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Digitally Animated Film Studio Pixar Ends Distribution Deal with
Disney
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Report: One-Fifth of U.S. Now Has Broadband; 40% Projected by 2008
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Bertelsmann Ordered to Pay $260 Million Over Sale of AOL Europe
Stake
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Napster Gets New President; Roxio to Move Operations to Los Angeles
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Developer Bam Entertainment to Sell $2.3 Million in Shares
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Spoken Word Audio Distributor MediaBay Raises $4 Million in Offering
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Briefly Noted: SanDisk - 1GB
flash memory card, NuTech Digital - Wellspring Media, Majesco -
Popcap Games, Motion Picture Association of America - "Internet
Enforcement Manager"
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--Best Cities, Best Job Growth Performers: Where should you be?
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--Video Production Services
--Obtain Maximum Value for Your Excess Used Technology Equipment
--Tech Executive Meeting - Harnessing Metrics to Drive
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o Digitally Animated Film Studio
Pixar Ends Distribution Deal with Disney Emeryville, Calif. --
Pixar Animation, the digital animation studio helmed by Apple CEO
Steve Jobs that has produced high-grossing titles including "Finding
Nemo" and "Toy Story," has decided to part ways with long-time
partner Disney, which has distributed all of the company's films to
date. "After 10 months of trying to strike a deal with Disney, we're
moving on," said Pixar CEO Steve Jobs. "We've had a great run
together … and it's a shame that Disney won't be participating in
Pixar's future successes." Pixar will begin discussions with other
studios to distribute its films beginning in 2006, and intends to
retain full ownership of its future productions. "Although we would
have enjoyed continuing our successful collaboration under mutually
acceptable terms," Disney said in a statement, "Pixar understandably
has chosen to go its own way to grow as an independent company." To
date, Pixar's five films have earned more than $2.5 billion at the
worldwide box office and sold over 150 million DVDs and videos.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040129/295827_1.html
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-pixar30jan30.story
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,62104,00.html
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o Report:
One-Fifth of U.S. Now Has Broadband; 40% Projected by 2008
New York -- Jupiter Research reports that as of the end of 2003,
21.5 million households, or about one-fifth of U.S. households,
connected to the Internet via broadband. The firm predicts that by
2008, 46 million households -- representing half of online
households and 40% of all U.S. households, will have a broadband
connection. "The telcos and cable operators halfheartedly competed
for broadband customers in the past," said Jupiter Research senior
analyst Joe Laszlo. "2003 was the first year we saw coherent
competitive messages in the market: DSL's story was about low cost,
while cable modem services were about faster connection speeds." The
firm said that continued growth of online video, music and game
offerings in 2004 will increase broadband's appeal, but warns that
providers must focus on reducing prices to truly spur demand.
http://www.internet.com/corporate/releases/04.01.29-newjupresearch.html
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o Bertelsmann
Ordered to Pay $260 Million Over Sale of AOL Europe Stake
New York -- German media conglomerate Bertelsmann has been
ordered by a federal judge to pay two entrepreneurs a jury-awarded
sum of $260.8 million, for failing to provide them an equity
ownership interest after the formation and sale of AOL Europe,
Reuters reported. Judge James W. Brown said Jean Henric Buettner and
Andreas von Blottnitz are owed the payout, part of the $7 billion
Bertelsmann received when it sold its stake of the AOL Europe joint
venture with Time Warner back to the company in 2000.
http://makeashorterlink.com/?D16042047
http://www.bertelsmann.com
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Napster Gets New President; Roxio to Move Operations to Los Angeles
Santa Clara, Calif. -- Roxio, a maker of CD and DVD burning software
and parent company of the Napster music service, announced on Friday
that it will consolidate its management teams and corporate
functions into Napster's Los Angeles headquarters. As part of the
corporate consolidation, the company said that Napster president
Mike Bebel will be replaced, after a transitional period, by Roxio
head of worldwide business development Brad Duea. "We believe
Napster will be a very significant contributor to Roxio's future and
headquartering the company in the center of the entertainment
industry should prove advantageous," said Roxio chairman and CEO
Chris Gorog. Roxio's digital media software division will continue
to operate out of the company's Santa Clara, Calif. offices.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040129/lath113_1.html
http://news.com.com/2100-1027-5150528.html
http://www.roxio.com
http://www.napster.com
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o Game Developer Bam Entertainment
to Sell $2.3 Million in Shares
San Jose, Calif. -- Video game publisher Bam Entertainment said on
Friday that it plans to raise $2.3 million through a private
offering of its shares to institutional investors. The company will
sell 2,532,522 shares and warrants to purchase another 1,519,513
shares at a share price of $0.92. In December, the company also
raised $1.5 million in new financing. San Jose, Calif.-based Bam
develops games for all console platforms and the PC, and has created
games based on properties licensed from Cartoon Network, including
"The Powerpuff Girls" and "Dexter's Laboratory."
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040130/sff019_1.html
http://www.bam4fun.com
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o Spoken Word Audio Distributor
MediaBay Raises $4 Million in Offering
Cedar Knolls, N.J. -- MediaBay, a distributor of spoken-word audio
content, announced that it has raised $4 million in new financing
through the sale of convertible notes to institutional investors.
New Jersey-based MediaBay's content libraries include over 60,000
classic radio programs, 3,500 film and television programs and
thousands of audiobooks, which it distributes through streaming and
downloadable audio, as well as in over 7,000 retail outlets. "We
believe this financing will allow us to increase our marketing
efforts over the next few months, which will assist us in growing
our business," said MediaBay chief financial officer John F. Levy.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040129/nyth137_1.html
http://www.mediabay.com
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> DMW Events:
4th
Annual
Digital Music Forum
March 1, 2004 | New York City
www.digitalmusicforum.com
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
Amy Bernstein -
Senior Editor, Business 2.0
David Del
Beccaro - President & CEO,
Music Choice
Derek Broes - EVP, Worldwide Operations,
Altnet
Ted Cohen - SVP, Digital Development & Distribution,
EMI Music
David Card
- VP & Research Director,
Jupiter Research
Peter Csathy
- COO, MusicMatch
Maureen
Dorney - Partner, Gray
Cary
Roy Elkins
- CEO & Founder, Broadjam
Mark
Frieser - CEO & Founder,
Consect
Brian
Garrity - Senior Editor,
Billboard Magazine
Jim Griffin
- CEO, Cherry Lane
Digital
Ellie
Hirschhorn - GM & EVP,
MusicNet
Jeff Howe -
Contributing Editor,
Wired Magazine
John
Kilcullen - President & Publisher,
Billboard Magazine
David Kusek
- Associate VP, Berklee
College of Music
Steven Marks - SVP, Legal and
Business Affairs, RIAA
Tim Nilson
- VP, Mobile Technology,
Sony Music
Jonathan Potter - Executive Director,
Digital Media Association
Sean Ryan -
VP, Music Services, Real
Networks
Ned Sherman
- CEO & Founder, Digital
Media Wire
Howie
Singer - Chief Technology Officer,
Warner Music Group
Steve Schnur - Worldwide Executive of Music & Audio,
Electronic Arts
Perry Solomon - Founder & VP,
Strategy, Peppercoin
Bob Struble
- President & CEO,
Ibiquity Digital
Nikke
Slight - SVP, New Media,
Atlantic Records
Don Teague - VP, Sales & Marketing,
PaymentOne
Jim Van
Huysse - Executive Director & GM,
The AOL Radio@ Network
Jon Vlassopulos - Sr. Dir., Bus.
Dev., AT&T Wireless Mobile Multimedia
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- Is there a viable business model for selling music online?
- Can licensed services compete with free downloads from
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- Who will be the winners and the losers in the world of online
music sales?
- What is the status of pending lawsuits and legislation
concerning digital copyrights? Can the music industry profit
from legitimate uses of P2P?
- How are consumers reacting to new formats for music delivery?
- Will new formats generate the kind of success that the industry
experienced with CDs during the '80s and '90s?
- What are the challenges and opportunities for music industry
executives seeking to maximize the potential of the mobile
market?
- What does the future hold for satellite and Internet radio?
For complete agenda and event details, please go to:
www.digitalmusicforum.com
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o Briefly Noted: (Sunnyvale,
Calif.) Storage media developer SanDisk this week began shipping the
first 1GB Secure Digital flash memory card, which it co-developed
with Japanese consumer electronics firm Sharp. Intended for use with
consumer electronics, the $499.99 removable memory card -- which is
2.1 millimeters thick and the size of a postage stamp -- has the
capacity to store more than 30 hours of digital music, 1,000
high-resolution digital images and over five hours of MPEG-4
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http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040127/275272_1.html
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(Los Angeles) NuTech Digital, a provider of digital rights
management technologies, announced on Friday that it has reached a
worldwide licensing agreement with film distributor Wellspring
Media, to securely distribute the company's films over multiple
platforms, including Internet downloads. Wellspring Media's library
of some 800 titles includes major works by Francois Truffaut,
Jean-Luc Godard, Akira Kurosawa, Pedro Almodovar, Michelangelo
Antonioni and Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Los Angeles-based NuTech
said it will begin to release the films in the second quarter as
secure downloads, pay-per-use from a pre-delivered DVD and via
Internet subscription models.
http://www.wellspring.com
http://www.nutechdvd.com
(Edison, N.J.) Video game developer Majesco announced that it
will publish two popular Web-based games for the Nintendo Game Boy
Advance. New Jersey-based Majesco said it will release Seattle-based
Popcap Games' "Bookworm" and "Bejeweled" later this year.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040129/295691_1.html
http://www.popcap.com
http://www.majescogames.com
(Encino, Calif.) The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)
has posted a job opening seeking an "Internet Enforcement Manager,"
in a sign the film studio trade group is looking to expand its
anti-piracy operations. The duties listed for the position include,
"examining new piracy methods & protocols, overseeing Internet
anti-piracy operations worldwide, conduct training in Internet
functions & piracy-related issues, oversee evidence-gathering
efforts in support of litigation or criminal enforcement &
supporting Internet investigations."
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/35209.html
http://www.gnutellanews.com/article/10117
http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/jobseeker/jobsearch/job_detail.html?job_id=J164167OM
http://www.mpaa.org/anti-piracy
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