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September 21, 2010  | | Connecting People & Knowledge Since May 2000 | | | | | August 16, 2010 · Today's Sponsor: | | |  | Top Stories New York - Hulu, the online video portal joint venture between NBC Universal, News Corp. and Disney, is in talks with potential underwriters on pursing an initial public offering (IPO) that could value the company at over $2 billion, The New York Times reported, citing people briefed on the matter. [more..] Los Angeles - A federal lawsuit claims that websites owned by Disney, Warner Bros. Records and others that worked with widget advertising firm Clearspring Technologies illegally tracked the Web surfing of site visitors. [more..] New York - Subscription revenues from interactive periodicals at U.S. newspapers and magazines are projected to reach $3 billion by 2014, according to a report conducted by Oliver Wyman for Next Issue Media, a publishing consortium whose members include Conde Nast, Hearst, Time and News Corp. [more..] Cupertino, Calif. - A manager at Apple faces federal charges related to accepting kickbacks from Asian manufacturers of iPod and iPhone accessories to whom he allegedly provided corporate secrets, the San Jose Mercury News reported. [more..] Hyderabad, India - Digital marketing firm Ybrant Digital announced on Monday that it will acquire veteran search portal Lycos from Daum Communications of Korea for $36 million. [more..] Palo Alto, Calif. - Facebook has acquired Chai Labs, the provider of a website publishing platform, for around $10 million, All Things D reported. [more..] Washington - Three hundred American colleges, universities, art and trade schools will offer degrees in video game design, development, programming and art during the coming academic year, according to new research from the Entertainment Software Association (ESA). [more..] New York - IGA Worldwide, the operator of an in-game ad network, announced on Monday that it has closed a new investment round, led by T-Venture Funds with participation from previous backers Kreos Capital and Easton Capital. [more..] Providence, R.I. - Shape Up The Nation, a health and wellness-based online social network, announced on Monday that it has raised $5 million in its first round of financing, from Cue Ball Capital and Excel Venture Management. [more..] Boston - Ayeah Games, a developer of what it calls social reality games, announced on Monday that it has raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding, from angel investors and micro-cap venture capital firms. [more..] Boston - Start-up online social network eegoes has raised $500,000 in seed funding, from investors including Fatima Hanich and Coliseum International SA. [more..]
DMW Notice Board New York Games Conference - September 21, 2010 - New York, NYKeynote Speakers for this year's event will be Tal Kerret, Chairman of the Board, Co-Founder & Head of Strategic Partnerships for Oberon Media, Alex St. John, President & CTO of hi5, and Steven Chiang President, Studios for Zynga, who will be having a 1-on-1 interview with Mike Vorhaus, President of Magid Advisors. All event updates, including an up-to-date agenda, can be found online. We are accepting speaker submissions and offering sponsor/exhibit opportunities now. Please contact Event Director Jay Baage via email jay@digitalmediawire.com for more information. Register now for the Economy Rate of only $499 until August 27! Digital Music Forum, West - October 6-7, 2010 - Los Angeles, CA
We are happy to announce Chris Tsakalakis, General Manager of Ebay Tickets/StubHub, and Rick Alden, Founder & CEO of Skullcandy, as Keynote Speakers for the conference! The first round of speakers for this years conference have also been released. An updated agenda and speaker list can be found online. We are accepting speaker submissions and offering sponsor/exhibit opportunities now. Please contact Event Director Jay Baage via email jay@digitalmediawire.com for more information. Register now for the Economy rate of $499 until August 27! Digital Media Conference, West - October 27, 2010 - San Francisco, CA
Join us as we bring some of the nation's top industry leaders back to the city by the bay! All event updates and registration forms can be found online! We are currently accepting speaker submissions and offering sponsor/exhibit opportunities now. Please contact Event Director Jay Baage via email jay@digitalmediawire.com for more information. Register now for the Economy rate of $399 until August 27th.
Briefly Noted Las Vegas - IAC's InstantAction game development studio on Monday launched "Instant Jam," an online music-rhythm game that is free to play and can be embedded on third-party sites. [more..] Chicago - The original founders of Epitonic.com, a digital music destination site that launched in 1999, have announced plans for a re-launch. [more..] Palo Alto, Calif. - Facebook has partnered with Livestream on a new application called Facebook Live, which will offer video highlighting happenings at the company. [more..] San Francisco - Social games developer Zynga has hired former MySpace CEO Owen Van Natta as executive vice president of business operations. [more..] Berkeley, Calif. - MOG, the operator of a music-focused blog network and digital music subscription service, on Monday launched a new editorial hub to showcase the best content from its network of 1,300 music blogs. [more..] Extras Job/Event/Marketplace Classifieds - Nike - Portland - Nike - Portland - Cisco Systems - New York City - AppNexus - New York
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