DMW's Gaming SuperSession @ CES - January 6, 2011 - Las Vegas, NV Thank you to all our friends at CES, speakers and attendees! Digital Media Insider @ CES - January 6, 2011 - Las Vegas, NV Thank you to our "25 Digital Entertainment Executives to Watch", sponsors ClickandBuy, Habbo Hotel, WOWee, and Vindicia, and attendees! See you next time!  11th Annual Digital Music Forum - February 24, 2011 - New York City, NY We are pleased to announce the addition of Dermot McCormack, EVP of Digital Media, MTV Networks Music & Logo Group as a keynoter for the event. McCormack will speak on the topic of "More Than Music Videos: Why today’s music fan wants a 360 curated music experience that includes a diversity of music content and digital products". We are currently offering sponsor/exhibit opportunities. Please contact Event Director Jay Baage via email jay@digitalmediawire.com for more information. To submit a speaker, please click here. Don't miss the chance to register at the special New Year rate - ends on Jan 5! Register Now!   Digital Media Conference - June 24, 2011 - Washington D.C. On June 24, over 500 of the most influential decision-makers in the media, entertainment and technology industries will gather in Washington, D.C. for the 8th Annual Digital Media Conference East. We invite you to join us at this engaging event and take part in the discussion with top executives, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, analysts and press who will be instrumental in shaping the future of the digital media sector. To submit a speaker, register, and find out more, click here.. We are currently offering sponsor/exhibit opportunities. Please contact Event Director Jay Baage via email jay@digitalmediawire.com for more information. Register now at a special rate! Extras
| | | New York - Verizon Wireless is expected to announce a deal tomorrow to begin selling Apple's iPhone later this month, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing sources. [more..]Los Angeles - News Corp.'s struggling MySpace unit is expected to lay off 550 to 600 employees tomorrow, or around half of its total 1,000 staff, All Things D reported, citing sources. [more..] Chicago - Groupon, the provider of online "daily deals" group buying offers in more than 500 markets, has closed a new $950 million round of financing, TechCrunch reported. [more..] Washington - The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected the major record labels' request that it block a lawsuit lodged by consumers who claim they colluded years ago to fix prices on music sold on the Internet, Bloomberg reported. [more..] Chicago - Playboy Enterprises on Monday announced a deal with Icon Acquisition Holdings, an entity controlled by founder Hugh Hefner, to take the company private in a deal valued at $177 million. [more..] Los Angeles - Some 50,000 fraudulent iTunes Store accounts, linked to stolen credit cards, are currently on sale at TaoBao, an online auction site based in China, according to published reports. [more..] Las Vegas - Motorola's Xoom Android-based tablet computer was named "Best of Show" by CNET's editors at the Consumer Electronics Show last week. [more..] San Francisco - Mobile payments service Square has raised $27.5 million in a new round of funding led by Sequoia Capital, All Things D reported. [more..] San Francisco - Klout, a provider of "influence measurement" for social media services, announced on Monday that it has raised $8.5 million in new venture capital financing, led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers' sFund. [more..] San Francisco - Foodspotting, the developers of a Web service and mobile application that lets users upload photos of favorite dishes at particular restaurants, has closed a $3 million, first round of funding led by BlueRun Ventures. [more..] Berlin, Germany - SoundCloud, a provider of audio and music hosting services, has received an undisclosed amount in a new investment from Union Square Ventures and Index Ventures. [more..] Palo Alto, Calif. - MUBI, an online video-on-demand service focused on independent films and titles screened on the festival circuit, has raised $2.4 million in financing, Vator.tv reported. [more..] Atlanta - Music application developer Khush has raised an undisclosed amount of new funding, from investors including 500 Startups, Yee Lee and Georgia Tech ATDC VentureLab, TechCrunch reported. [more..] | Technology Council of Southern California: Digital Media Society Event - January 12, 2011 - Los Angeles, CA
Content World Turned Upside Down: Can Traditional Media Adapt? To register: www.tcosc.org.
January 12, 2011 from 6-9pm Sheraton 4 Points, Culver City, CA: Dinner Included
Panelists: Richard Berger, SVP Global Digital Strategy: SONY; Scott Brovsky: Director Global Marketing: DISNEY Interactive; Eric Garland: CEO Big Champagne; Richard Neff, Neff Law Firm. Moderator: Ned Sherman: CEO: DigitalMediaWire.
Traditional media is under assault by disruptive business models. From GoogleTV to iTunes and YouTube to the rise of social networks to e-book readers to cloud computing and free software, the worlds of newspapers, books, music, games, film, television and even software have seen revenues plummet. Can they survive and thrive?
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| | Briefly Noted | Cupertino, Calif. - Apple has dropped the price on its iPhone 3GS to just $49, following a similar move by carrier partner AT&T. [more..] New York - Taking another step to boost its in-house content offerings, AOL on Monday named former Fox News editor Stephen Bromberg as the executive editor of AOL.com. [more..] Alexandria, Va. - PBS said on Monday it has launched a PBS app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, featuring more than 300 hours of free video, including full-length programs. [more..] Irvine, Calif. - Video game publisher Activision Blizzard announced on Monday that "World of Warcraft: Cataclysm," the third expansion pack for its massively multiplayer online roleplaying game, sold more than 4.7 million copies during its first month of release -- a new record for monthly PC game sales. [more..] Seoul, South Korea - Noted South Korean director Park Chan-wook ("Old Boy," Thirst") has released a new half-hour movie shot entirely using Apple's iPhone, the Associated Press reports. [more..] |
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