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o AOL Time Warner Officially Launches iPublish.com
o Napster Judge Says Labels Must Provide Filenames to Block Songs
o Stan Lee Media Receives Financing During Chapter 11 Reorganization
o Animation Site Neurotrash.com Diversifies in Merger with MVD Holdings
> Digital Media Wire Seminar: The Future of Digital Entertainment - DC
o Briefly Noted: Liberate Technologies - Intertainer, Destiny's Child,
Aimster, Walt Disney Internet Group - Nextel Communications, Microsoft -
Nintendo - E3, On Command
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o AOL Time Warner Officially Launches iPublish.com

New York -- AOL Time Warner on Monday officially launched its digital
publishing venture, iPublish.com. The Time Warner Books subsidiary will
seek authors to submit original works to be published as e-books. The
electronic format books will also be available in print through
print-on-demand technology, which allows books to be printed in response
to individual requests. The company says the most successful works may
also garner national print runs. iPublish.com will release 50 titles per
month, and has already signed on authors like Nelson DeMille, Walter
Mosley and James Patterson to distribute their original works online. One
feature of the site asks writers to review three other user-submitted
works before they post their own original works for consideration.
iPublish.com will distribute e-books in a range of formats -- including
Microsoft Reader, Adobe Reader, Palm Reader and Gemstar eBook -- for a
suggested retail price of $14.95.
http://media.aoltimewarner.com/media/press_view.cfm?release_num=55251882
http://www.ipublish.com
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o Napster Judge Says Labels Must Provide Filenames to Block Songs

Los Angeles -- U.S. District Court Judge Marilyn Hall Patel on Friday
clarified the court's position on the form in which record labels must
submit their copyrighted songs to Napster in order to have them blocked
from the company's file-sharing service, Reuters reported. Napster and the
record labels have argued over whether or not the labels were required to
search for and submit actual filenames used on Napster, which correspond
to the songs they are demanding to have blocked from the service. The
labels have submitted a large number of songs to Napster without
corresponding filenames. In her memo, Judge Patel states that the labels'
belief that filenames are not always necessary
"requires reading more into the paragraph (opinion) than the Ninth Circuit
has made apparent." Another hour-long teleconference between the two
parties and court-appointed technical expert A.J. "Nick" Nichols is
scheduled for Thursday.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/reuters_wire/1144649l.htm
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o Stan Lee Media Receives Financing During Chapter 11 Reorganization

Austin, Texas -- Venture firm Interfase Capital announced on Monday that
it is providing debtor-in-possession financing to Stan Lee Media for
operations during the company's reorganization. Los Angeles-based online
and off-line animation company Stan Lee Media -- founded by Spider-Man and
X-Men creator Stan Lee -- filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in
February. The company laid off all its staff and discontinued operations
shortly before Christmas. Austin-based Interfase Capital, which has funded
other online entertainment companies such as WildBrain.com, will take a
majority equity stake in the reorganized Stan Lee Media. Certain
executives of Stan Lee Media currently face a class action lawsuit from
shareholders, alleging the company misrepresented that it had secured
necessary financing and that executives misused funds.
http://www.stanleemedia.com
http://www.interfase-capital.com
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/010321/2459.html
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o Animation Site Neurotrash.com Diversifies in Merger with MVD Holdings

Los Angeles -- Entertainment site Neurotrash.com and parent company NT
Media Corp. announced on Monday that they have merged with MVD Holdings,
Inc. Under the terms, NT Media Corp. exchanged all of its shares for 10
million new shares in the merged company, which will also be called NT
Media Corp. All MVD Holdings directors have resigned from their positions,
while previous NT Media Corp. CEO Chris Mehringer and president Dana
O'Connor will fill the same positions in the merged company. NT Media
Corp. will now operate four business units, including entertainment site
Neurotrash.com, an online and off-line management company, a film and
television production and financing unit, and a new entertainment and
technology consulting unit.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/010430/lam037.html
http://www.ntmediacorp.com
http://www.neurotrash.com
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> Digital Media Wire Seminar: The Future of Digital Entertainment - D.C.

"The Future of Digital Entertainment: What's Next After Napster?"

Washington, D.C. | Sponsored by Katten Muchin Zavis
Wednesday, May 9th at The University Club

For more information and to register:
http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=13850&Referrer_id=4074

MODERATOR:
- David Halberstadter, Attorney, Katten Muchin Zavis

PANELISTS:
- Fritz Attaway, Executive Vice President & Washington General Counsel,
Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)
- Russell Frackman, Attorney, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP,
Lead counsel for the RIAA in their litigation vs. Napster
- Declan McCullagh, Washington Bureau Chief, Wired News
- Marybeth Peters, Register of Copyrights, U.S. Copyright Office
- Jonathan Potter, Executive Director, Digital Media Association (DiMA)
- Jenny Toomey, Executive Director, Coalition for the Future of Music
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o Briefly Noted:

(San Carlos, Calif.) Interactive television software developer Liberate
Technologies said on Monday that Los Angeles-based Intertainer will
integrate its video on-demand technology with Liberate's set-top box
software. Liberate has deployed its video on-demand to about 700,000
paying subscribers; Intertainer has content deals with providers such as Universal
Pictures, EMI Music, Warner Bros., Disney, DreamWorks SKG, Sony, Miramax
and Pearson Television.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/010430/lam070.html
http://www.liberate.com
http://www.intertainer.tv

(Burbank, Calif.) Movie theater owner AMC Entertainment and pay-per-view
event distributor TVN Entertainment announced on Monday that they will
partner to provide satellite-delivered digital broadcasts of a
pre-recorded Destiny's Child concert to five cities on May 5.
Burbank-based TVN will transmit the group's Houston performance via
satellite to AMC theaters in Phoenix, New York, Houston, Dallas and Kansas
City, Mo.
http://www.amctheatres.com
http://www.tvn.com

(New York) Inside.com on Monday featured an article on file-sharing
service Aimster's spokesmodel -- company founder Johnny Deep's 16-year-old
daughter Madeline Aimee Deep. The company is launching a new version of
its software soon, and the new design elements on the site include
pictures of Aimee in a swimsuit and her online diary.
http://www.inside.com/jcs/Story?article_id=29618&pod_id=13
http://www.aimster.com

(New York) Walt Disney Internet Group announced on Monday a partnership
with mobile operator Nextel Communications, where content from Disney's
ABCNEWS.com, ESPN.com and Mr. Showbiz sites will be available to Nextel
wireless Internet access subscribers.
http://www.nextel.com
http://disney.go.com/investors/wdig/

(San Francisco) The latest issue of The Industry Standard magazine
features an article on the upcoming release of two new video game
consoles, and the highly competitive market that will be created between
the industry's three biggest players. At next month's E3 Expo in Los
Angeles, Microsoft will announce the pricing and release date of its Xbox
console, and Nintendo is expected to announce details of its upcoming
Gamecube which will compete with Sony's Playstation 2.
http://www.thestandard.com/article/0,1902,24065,00.html?nl=mg

(Denver, Colo.) On Command, a provider of high-speed Internet and video
on-demand for hoteliers, announced on Monday that Jerome H. Kern has
resigned as CEO of the company. Kern will maintain his position as
chairman of the company. No plans for a replacement were announced.
Denver-based On Command also announced that Chris Sophinos with Liberty
Satellite & Technology has been appointed president of the company.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/010427/sff050.html
http://www.oncommand.com

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> idealab!, Marketing Associate - Los Angeles

Looking for a motivated, talented & creative individual to join the
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with other marketing programs & projects. Previous online marketing
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> Digital Horizon Conference & Expo, April 30 - May 1 - Los Angeles

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event targeting small business owners and SOHO (small office, home office)
entrepreneurs featuring over 20 workshops, Keynote Luncheons, an exhibit
hall and daily raffles for end-user computer products.
For more information and to register: http://www.digitalhorizonexpo.com
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