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June 2011  | | Connecting People & Knowledge Since May 2000 | | | January 20, 2011 · Today's Sponsor: | | |  | Mountain View, Calif. - Citing a desire to "streamline decision making and create clearer lines of responsibility at the top of the company," Google on Thursday announced that CEO Eric Schmidt will step down, becoming executive chairman, while co-founder Larry Page will take over as chief executive. [more..] London - Amazon.com announced on Thursday that it will acquire LOVEFiLM, the European online DVD rental and video streaming service. [more..] London - Global digital music revenues were up 6% in 2010 to $4.6 billion, and accounted for 29% of total industry revenues last year, according to a report from IFPI, an international trade group of record labels. [more..] Moscow - Russian prosecutors have filed criminal online copyright infringement charges against a 26-year-old accused of posting 18 tracks on Russian social network Vkontakte, Agence France-Presse reported. [more..] Los Angeles - European streaming music service Spotify has finally signed a licensing deal for the U.S. with a major record label, Sony Music, All Things D reported, citing sources. [more..] Washington - In the largest deal to date in the social buying space, LivingSocial on Wednesday sold 1.3 million Amazon.com gift cards. [more..] Espoo, Finland - Nokia has cancelled the U.S. launch of its X7 smartphone, which was expected to be offered exclusively by AT&T later this year, The Wall Street Journal reported. [more..] Las Vegas - Cricket, the budget wireless service operated by Leap Wireless, on Thursday announced the launch of Muve Music, its unlimited mobile music download service, in the Las Vegas market. [more..] Sydney - Yahoo7, the joint venture in Australian between Yahoo and local broadcaster Channel Seven, has announced it will acquire Spreets, a daily deals group buying site with 500,000 members. [more..] New York - Major record label Universal Music Group announced on Thursday that it will utilize Amazon.com's CreateSpace unit to release classic out-of-print CDs from its catalog. [more..] Redwood City, Calif. - Kabam, a developer of massively multiplayer social games, announced on Thursday that it has raised $30 million in a third round of venture capital financing. [more..] Palo Alto, Calif. - Qwiki, a service that generates interactive video content on-the-fly from audio, text and animated photos sourced from the Web, has raised $8 million in its first round of financing, TechCrunch reported. [more..]
DMW Notice Board Digital Media Insider - Event Coverage! Recognition of the award recipients can be found online at www.VegasNET.tv! 11th Annual Digital Music Forum - February 24, 2011 - New York City, NY
We are pleased to announce the addition of Gary Shapiro, President & CEO, The Consumer Electronics Association as a speaker for the event. He joins Dermot McCormack, EVP of Digital Media, MTV Networks Music & Logo Group as a keynoter for the event. Go to our website for more info and to register! We are currently offering sponsor/exhibit opportunities. We've also reserved a room block at a group rate of $269 at W New York Downtown. For more information and to book a room, click here. Hurry, this deal ends February 4th! 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. 14!
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LA Games Conference - April 26, 2011 - Los Angeles, CA
Keynote announcements! Join us in welcoming Jack Buser, Director of PlayStation®Home for Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA), as a new keynoter for the event! Buser joins Tony Bartel, President of GameStop Corporation, who will also keynote at the 2011 LA Games Conference! Also, this year's conference will take place at the prestigious SLS Hotel at Beverly Hills! To book a room with our 20% group discount, enter the following number “390744” in the box for "SET or Corporate Account Number" after you have selected your arrival and departure dates: Click here to book! 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.
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Digital Media Conference - June 2011 - Washington D.C.
In June 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.
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NY Games Conference - September 21-22, 2011 - New York City, NY
The most influential decision-makers in the digital media industry gather at NY Games Conference to network, do deals, and share ideas about the future of games and connected entertainment. NY Games Conference – now in its 4th year – features lively debate on timely cutting-edge business topics. Executives from publishers, developers, advertising, investment firms, social networks, technology providers and content companies mingle together at this top industry event. We are currently offering sponsor/exhibit opportunities. To submit a speaker, register, and find out more, click here. Please contact Event Director Jay Baage via email jay@digitalmediawire.com for more information.
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Briefly Noted Los Angeles - Bram Cohen, inventor of the BitTorrent file-sharing protocol, is finalizing development on a new peer-to-peer, live video streaming protocol slated for release later this year, TorrentFreak reported. [more..] Washington - Billionaire financier Warren Buffett will retire from The Washington Post Company's board of directors, the company announced on Thursday. [more..] Seoul, Korea - Samsung Electronics has announced that more than 2 million applications have now been download from its Samsung Apps store for its Web-connected televisions, which launched last year. [more..] Tokyo - Sony announced on Thursday that it is bringing Qriocity, its proprietary video-on-demand service, to Japan later this month. [more..] New York - Mobile music ID service Shazam has teamed with pay-TV network Syfy to launch its first "TV Tagging" initiative. [more..] Redwood City, Calif. - Social games and applications developer RockYou said on Thursday that it has signed a development agreement with Loot Drop, to fund and publish the studio's first title. [more..] New York - Sony Music said on Thursday that it will use technology from Mobile Roadie to develop mobile entertainment applications for its artists and labels. [more..]
Extras o Poll: What was hottest at 2011's CES? Click here to vote! - Verizon 4G (and their deal w/ iPhone)
- 3-D TVs (LG, Samsung, Panasonic, etc.)
- More efficient processor chips (Intel, AMD, ARM, etc.)
- Tablet PCs (Samsung, Sony, Dell, Motorola, etc.)
- Mobile DTV (with gadgets from LG, Audivox...)
- Other...
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