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o EMI
to Cut 20% of Workforce, Drop 20% of Artists from Record Label
o Head
of French Record Industry Says File-Swapper Lawsuits Looming
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Microsoft Drops Xbox Sports Game Releases for Year, Cites Quality
Issues
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Fidelity Restriction Talks Delay Sale of Samsung MP3 Phones in Korea
o Digital Envoy Suing Google
Over Patent
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o EMI to Cut 20% of Workforce, Drop
20% of Artists from Record Label
London -- Major record label EMI announced on Wednesday that it
will cut 20% of its global workforce and eliminate one in five of
its roster acts, as part of a restructuring that will also see the
company largely outsource its CD manufacturing needs. EMI said 900
of the 1,500 total layoffs will come from the closure of
manufacturing plants in the U.S. and Europe, including one in
Illinois. The company did not disclose which artists would be
dropped from the label, but said that they are "largely niche and
under-performing artists," and that "the roster is being rebalanced
to focus resources and efforts more effectively on the artists who
have the greatest potential on both a global and local level." EMI
expects the restructuring to save the company $91.5 million a year.
http://www.emigroup.com/news/pr215.html
http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/news/newsPage.cgi?news05009m01
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o Head of
French Record Industry Says File-Swapper Lawsuits Looming
Paris -- The head of France's record label trade group said that
lawsuits against individual music file-swappers would be filed
shortly in the country, on the same day that an international record
label trade group filed 247 suits against alleged pirates in
Denmark, Germany, Italy and Canada, Reuters reported. "We will do
the same thing in France in the coming weeks or months. Whatever
happens, lawsuits against Internet users are inevitable," Herve Rony,
head of France's SNEP (Syndicat National de l'Edition Phonographique),
told Reuters. In addition to prosecuting file-swappers, France will
also go after Internet service providers, utilizing a law that will
go into effect shortly that asks them to filter copyrighted content
on their networks. "We have a two lines of fire: taking action
against individual Internet users does not imply we will not act
against service providers to oblige them to filter," Rony added.
http://makeashorterlink.com/?V486626E7
http://www.disqueenfrance.com
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o Microsoft
Drops Xbox Sports Game Releases for Year, Cites Quality Issues
Redmond, Wash. -- Microsoft has announced that it will not
publish previously announced sports games for its Xbox video game
console under its XSN Sports brand, citing quality issues with the
titles, according to published reports. "We're focused on closing
the quality gap between our sports line-up and that of our
competitors," Microsoft Game Studios' Kevin Browne told Reuters.
"Therefore we will not be shipping new versions of our sports games
this fall." Microsoft said that it will resume publishing XSN Sports
titles, such as "NFL Fever," "NBA Inside Drive" and "NHL Rivals," in
2005. The company will still publish a lone XSN Sports title yet
this year, when "RalliSport Challenge 2" is released in May.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content/pub/3215
http://makeashorterlink.com/?D2E7126E7
http://www.xsnsports.com
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o Fidelity
Restriction Talks Delay Sale of Samsung MP3 Phones in Korea
Seoul -- The Korea Herald reported on Wednesday that the Korean
recording industry is demanding that cell phones that can download
and play MP3 music files support only radio-quality sound, to deter
potential piracy. Bowing to pressure from groups including the Korea
Association of Phonogram Producers and Korea Music Copyright
Association, Samsung decided to delay release of its MP3 Anycall
handset this week while it negotiates with the Korean record
industry over degrading the sound quality of recordings to below 96
kbps. "Our industry has been in a nose-dive since the release of MP3
players in 2000. At that time, we felt hopeless because Korean
people were insensitive to copyright issues and we did not have any
unified organization that could cope with the situation," Yoon Seong-woo,
a director of the Korea Association of Phonogram Producers, told The
Korea Herald. "Because the MP3 phone market is big enough to destroy
the music industry, we're struggling to defend it."
http://makeashorterlink.com/?D1FE216E7
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o Digital Envoy
Suing Google Over Patent
Mountain View, Calif. -- Digital Envoy, a Georgia-based provider of
technology that enables companies to uncover geographical
information about online users based solely on their IP addresses,
has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Mountain View-based
Google, the Internet search engine provider. Digital Envoy is
alleging that Google is using its technology improperly to place
advertisements on third-party web site, the Atlanta Business
Chronicle reported. The license between the two companies restricts
Google from using the technology for purposes other than search and
from using it on other web sites, a Digital Envoy attorney told the
newspaper. "Last year, Google got in the business of advertising,"
Kratz said. "When they did that, they took our technology with
them... They've been making money on it. We haven't." He said the
lawsuit probably will seek multi-millions of dollars in damages.
http://makeashorterlink.com/?F45A213E7
http://www.digitalenvoy.net
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GAMES & MOBILE FORUM
April 15,
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www.gamesandmobile.com
OVERVIEW
Games & Mobile Forum is 1-day executive forum focused on business
and technology developments impacting games and mobile
entertainment. In 2003, leading executives from entertainment
and technology companies including, Yahoo! Games, AOL Games,
Atari, Acclaim, Warner Bros. Online, AtomShockwave, CNET,
Creative Artists Agency (CAA), The Endeavor Agency, Mythic
Entertainment and Digital Bridges participated in a series of
panels on topics, including "Mobile Games: The Coming Wireless
Revolution", "Developing Games Based on Film, Television & Music
Properties and Visa-Versa"", and "Advergames: Recent Developments
& Opportunities".
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Greg Ballard -
CEO, Sorrent
John Welch - Chair, IGDA Online Games SIG,
VP, AtomShockwave
CONFIRMED
SPEAKERS
Eric Albert,
Business Development Manager,
Gameloft
Jeff Anderson -
President & CEO, Turbine Entertainment
Matthew Bellows - VP, Mobile
Entertainment, GameSpot
Matt Bromberg - GM, AOL Games
Gordon Bellamy - former
Exec. Dir.,
Academy of Interactive Arts & Science
Mike Cartabiano - President, Sennari Mobile
Greg Costikyan -
Chief Creative Officer, Unplugged Inc.
Lee Crawford - Editor, IGDA Mobile Games whitepaper
Ron DiNicola - Partner,
Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP
Michael Dowling - VP,
Business Development, Nielsen Entertainment
Andrew Elliott - Head of Bus.
Dev. & Strategies,
Ent. &
Media,
Nokia Americas
Keith Ferrazzi - CEO, YaYa Media
Mark Friedler - CEO,
Gigex, Inc./GameDAILY LLC
Minard Hamilton - SVP, Sales & Brand
Partnerships, JAMDAT
Stewart
Halpern - Managing Dir.,
Digital Ent. Research,
RBC Capital Markets
Todd Herman -
Streaming Evangelist,
MSNBC.com
Mark Jacobstein -
President & COO, Digital Chocolate
Daniel James - Founder & CEO, Three
Rings Design
Scott Jensen - VP, Bus. Development, Media & Entertainment,
Mforma Group
Scott Johnson -
President, MENT (Mobility
Entertainment)
Garry Kitchen -
President/CEO, Skyworks Technologies, Inc.
Joseph Laszlo - Senior Analyst, Broadband & Wireless,
Jupiter Research
Misha Lyalin - CEO, Reaxion Corp
Matt Railo - Partner, IP & Technology, Mitchell Silberberg &
Knupp LLP
Brian Robbins - Editor, IGDA Downloadable Games whitepaper
Jason Rubinstein -
GM, Ubi.com, Ubisoft
Don Ryan - Studio Manager, Microsoft's Zone.com
Mika Salmi,
CEO,
AtomShockwave
Dan Scherlis - CEO, Etherplay
Mike Skagerlind -
SVP & GM, Nickelodeon Online
Alex St. John - CEO &
Co-Founder, Wild Tangent
Jeff Tunnell - Founder & Chief
Creative Officer, GarageGames
Joseph Varet - Vice President, Groove Alliance
Gabe Zichermann - VP, Strategy &
Communications, Trymedia Systems
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This month's featured coverage includes reports on
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o Briefly Noted: (Sunnyvale,
Calif.) Online advertising firm Overture Services has announced that
it will launch sponsored links for cell phone browsers for
U.K.-based wireless carriers Vodafone and Orange. Overture, a unit
of Yahoo, will work with U.K.-based Mobile Commerce to sell ads
relevant to user searches performed on WAP (Wireless Access
Protocol) portals operated by Orange and Vodafone. "Initially, we
will deploy our...commercial search model on text and location-based
services, gradually moving on to more sophisticated applications
allowing easy migration to 3G mobile technology," Martin Child,
managing director of Overture's northern Europe unit, told Reuters.
http://makeashorterlink.com/?E12C246E7
http://www.mobilecommerce.co.uk
(San Diego) Recording artist Prince has launched digital sales of
his new album "Musicology" from his online fan club, NPG Music Club.
San Diego-based Entriq is providing the back-end fulfillment for the
tracks, which will be delivered with digital rights management
security in Microsoft's Windows Media Audio format.
http://www.entriq.com
http://www.npgmusicclub.com
(New York) Classical International, a provider of digital music
recordings for streaming within libraries, announced that it has
signed its first deal with a major label, as EMI Classics has agreed
to provide songs for its Classical Music Library. EMI recordings of
artists including Maria Callas, Herbert von Karajan and Placido
Domingo will increase the company's offering to 30,000 tracks
available for streaming by patrons at libraries subscribing to the
Classical Music Library service.
http://www.classical.com/index.php?p=126
http://www.emiclassics.com
(Tacoma, Wash.) APS, Inc., a provider of in-flight entertainment
devices, said on Wednesday that Hawaiian Airlines has launched its
digEplayer devices for Hawaiian air passengers. The portable devices
hold up to 30 full-length movies and 10 hours of music and are
rented to passengers while in-flight.
http://www.digeplayer.com
(New York) Game developer Kuma Reality Games announced on
Wednesday the launch of its online PC title, "Kuma/War." Players
will be able to download new "missions" each month, based on actual
military events occurring recently around the world. Missions
offered at launch will include Uday and Qusay Hussein's "last stand"
in Mosul, Iraq; Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan; and a recreation
of a large-scale bank robbery thwarted by American troops in Samarra,
Iraq in November 2003. The game will be available by subscription
for $9.99 per month.
http://www.kumawar.com
(Los Angeles) The Game Audio Network Guild (GANG), a non-profit
that recognizes advancements in digital audio used in video games,
recently announced winners for its Second Annual G.A.N.G. Awards. In
all, 31 awards were bestowed in categories including, Music, Sound
Design, Voice Acting, Industry and Trade, and Recognition. A full
list of nominees and winners is available at the link below.
http://www.audiogang.org/public/awards/2nd_gang_awards.html
(Austin, Texas) The Austin Game Initiative announced that it will
hold a workshop in Los Angeles for those eager to enter the video
game industry in the days preceding the Electronic Entertainment
Expo in May. "How To Break Into Video Game Industry: Conference and
Resume Workshop" will be held on May 8 at Mount St. Mary's College.
http://www.thegameinitiative.com/labreakin/index.html
(San Francisco) CNET News.com recently reported on a number of
new online advertising formats becoming available that hope not to
annoy Internet users as much as some of their predecessors.
180solutions will introduce a form of ad-ware that serves a limited
amount of pop-ups to users in return for free software and items
like free music downloads, while Vibrant Media is launching an ad
service that sells placement for keywords that appear as hyperlinks
located within the actual text of online news stories.
http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-5182072.html
http://www.180solutions.com
http://www.vibrantmedia.com
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> Correction:
A story in yesterday's edition about America Online's claim of
250,000 subscribers for its on-demand MusicNet@AOL streaming music
service also mentioned that rival RealNetworks surpassed 250,000
subscribers back in October. However, RealNetworks combines
subscriber tallies from both its on-demand Rhapsody service and
non-interactive RadioPass service in its total subscriber figures.
MusicNet@AOL currently counts the greatest number of reported
subscribers for an on-demand streaming music subscription service.
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