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Record Labels Reach Deal to Pay Artists $50 Million in Unpaid
Royalties
o Sony
Launches Connect Digital Song Store
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Napster to Launch Canadian Service This Summer
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Targeted Broadband Ad Developer Invidi Technologies Raises $12
Million
> DMW Announcements:
--Washington Digital Media Conference - June 18,
2004
--Digital Media Law Report - Volume 3 - March/April
> Featured
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--PricewaterhouseCoopers' Entertainment and Media Outlook
--Digital Media Content Manager
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Briefly Noted: OpenTV -
Motorola, Yahoo - AT&T Wireless, THQ - E3 lineup, Namco - E3 lineup,
Rockstar Games - "Red Dead Revolver," Sony Computer Entertainment
America - "Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain," Electronic Arts -
"Samurai Warriors," Sony Online - "Champions: Return to Arms,"
Mashups
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--Digital Media Content Manager
--HireStrategy - Treasury Manager
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--Advanced Selling for High Tech Professionals
--2nd Annual BNA Contracting and Homeland Security Forum -- May
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o Record Labels Reach Deal to Pay
Artists $50 Million in Unpaid Royalties New York -- New York state
Attorney General Eliot Spitzer announced on Tuesday that the state
has reached an agreement with the major record labels and music
publishers that will result in the distribution of $50 million in
unpaid royalties to thousands of musicians. The payout comes after a
two-year investigation into the accounting practices of the labels,
which found that many artists and writers were not being paid
royalties because record companies had failed to maintain contact
with the performers and had stopped making required payments. In
addition to more obscure artists, some of the checks will be going
to top-sellers like David Bowie, Sean Combs, Dolly Parton and Dave
Matthews. "As a result of this agreement, new procedures will be
adopted to ensure that the artists and their descendants will
receive the compensation to which they are entitled," said Spitzer.
The labels said they will now list names of artists owed unpaid
royalties online, as well as work with industry groups and unions to
locate artists.
http://www.oag.state.ny.us/press/2004/may/may4a_04.html
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1486799/20040504/index.jhtml
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o Sony Launches
Connect Digital Song Store
Chicago -- Sony on Tuesday announced the formal launch of the
media and electronics conglomerate's Connect online digital music
store. The service, which sells $0.99 downloads a la carte like
Apple's iTunes, launched with a library of 500,000 tracks from all
the major labels and many independents, encoded in Sony's
proprietary ATRAC3 format. Users will be able to play tracks on up
to three PCs and burn up to 10 CDs of songs purchased. Tracks may
also be transferred an unlimited number of times to Sony portable
devices, such as its Hi-MD Walkman, which the company also launched
on Tuesday. Sony said it plans to add compatibility for devices from
other manufacturers. The company also partnered with United Air
Lines to allow Connect users to redeem their frequent flier miles
for song downloads.
http://www.sony.com/SCA/press/040504.shtml
http://www.connect.com
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o Napster to
Launch Canadian Service This Summer
Los Angeles -- Napster, a unit of Roxio that offers music
subscriptions and a la carte downloads, announced on Tuesday that it
will launch a localized version of its service in Canada this
summer. Roxio, whose Ontario office will serve as Canadian
headquarters for the service, said that the Canadian Napster will
feature Canadian-specific radio stations, promotions and content
from domestic acts. The company also has plans to launch a U.K.
version of its service, as does rival Apple.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040504/latu051_1.html
http://www.napster.com
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o Targeted
Broadband Ad Developer Invidi Technologies Raises $12 Million
Edmonton, Alberta -- Invidi Technologies, a provider of targeted
advertising technology for the broadband industry, announced on
Tuesday that it has raised $12 million in its first round of venture
capital financing, co-led by Menlo Ventures and EnerTech Capital.
Invidi, founded in 2000, plans to use the new funds to commercialize
its targeted advertising software for digital TV set-top boxes. The
company said that its technology allows advertisers and media buyers
to selectively target cable TV viewers with "the same pinpoint
accuracy" as direct mail and database marketing.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040503/phm064_1.html
http://www.invidi.com
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Digital Media
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Washington, DC
www.digitalmediaconference.com
OVERVIEW
Media and entertainment companies are
going through a digital transformation, which is impacting
traditional business models and changing the way we distribute,
access and market media and entertainment.
Washington Digital Media Conference
brings
together decision-makers from the leading
media, entertainment and technology
companies in the Greater Washington, DC area
for a 1-day executive forum
focused on business, legal/policy and
technology
developments impacting digital media.
Get a unique view of the future of media and entertainment from
the inside. Gain insight into new business opportunities driving
the transformation of entertainment and media businesses. Take a
hard look at how traditional challenges to sustainable business
models are dissolving, only to be replaced by new obstacles, and
how we can prepare now to overcome them. Examine media and
entertainment-based technologies emerging today and explore how
these technologies are driving the transformation of the media
and entertainment industries.
How are traditional business models being
reinvented? What are the challenges and opportunities involving
digital media? What do you need to do to stay competitive in the
technology age? Be a part of this inaugural event, which brings
together the business and government leaders who are transforming
the Greater Washington, DC area into a center for digital media
innovation and development.
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o Briefly Noted: (San
Francisco) OpenTV, a provider of interactive TV software and
services, on Tuesday announced a five-year licensing agreement with
set-top box maker Motorola. Financial details were not disclosed.
Under the terms, Motorola will be able to incorporate San
Francisco-based OpenTV's middleware into the set-tops it offers
cable and satellite TV operators.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040504/45372_1.html
http://www.motorola.com/broadband
http://www.opentv.com
(Sunnyvale, Calif.) Yahoo and partner AT&T Wireless on Tuesday
announced the launch of Yahoo Mobile Photos for AT&T Wireless mMode
subscribers. The $2.99 monthly service lets users view and share the
pictures in their Yahoo Photos account on their cell phones.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040504/45757_1.html
http://mobile.yahoo.com/photos
(Calabasas Hills, Calif.) Video game publisher THQ announced on
Tuesday the new console, PC and handheld titles it will showcase at
the Electronic Entertainment Expo trade show next week in Los
Angeles. The company will offer demos of three titles based on
upcoming feature films -- "The Incredibles," "The SpongeBob
SquarePants Movie" and "The Polar Express" -- in addition to PC
titles like "S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl" and "Warhammer
40,000: Dawn of War." Other games on display will include "Full
Spectrum Warrior," "The Punisher," "WWE Day of Reckoning," "Destroy
All Humans" and "Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams."
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040504/45464_1.html
http://www.thq.com
(San Jose, Calif.) Japanese video game developer Namco on Tuesday
announced the roster of games it plans to show at next week's E3
Expo. The company will preview a number of sequels to its existing
franchises, including "Ace Combat 5," "Tekken 5," "Xenosaga Episode
II," "Dead to Rights II," "Time Crisis: Crisis Zone," "Tales of
Symphonia" and "Smash Court Tennis Pro Tournament 2." In addition,
Namco plans to showcase a number of original titles, such as "Street
Racing Syndicate," "Death by Degrees," "Ghosthunter," "Baten Kaitos,"
"The Adversary" and "Taiko Drum Master."
http://www.namco.com/usa
(New York) Rockstar Games, the development unit of Take-Two
Interactive responsible for the "Grand Theft Auto" franchise,
announced on Tuesday the North American release of its "Red Dead
Revolver" title for PlayStation 2 and Xbox. The Western-themed game
will also be released in Europe on May 28.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040504/45232_1.html
http://www.take2games.com
http://www.rockstargames.com/reddeadrevolver
(Foster City, Calif.) Sony Computer Entertainment America on
Tuesday announced the release of "Syphon Filter: The Omega Strain"
for PlayStation 2, the latest installment in the multi-million
unit-selling "Syphon Filter" franchise. Developed by Sony Computer
Entertainment America's Oregon-based Bend studio, the game features
four-player cooperative peer-to-peer online play that includes voice
chat via the USB or SOCOM headsets for PlayStation 2.
http://us.playstation.com
(Redwood City, Calif.) Game developer Electronic Arts on Tuesday
said that it shipped its "Samurai Warriors" title for PlayStation 2
to retailers. Based on the "Dynasty Warriors" game franchise, the
title was published by Japan's Koei Corporation and developed by
Omega Force.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040504/45510_1.html
http://www.ea.com
http://www.koei.co.jp/english/html/index.html
(San Diego) Sony Online Entertainment said on Tuesday that it
plans to release "Champions: Return to Arms," a sequel to its
"Champions of Norrath" massively multiplayer online game, in the
first quarter of 2005. Both titles are spin-offs of SOE's flagship
multiplayer title, "EverQuest." The sequel will be developed
exclusively for PlayStation 2 by Bellevue, Wash.-based Snowblind
Studios.
http://www.snowblindstudios.com
http://www.championsrta.com
(San Francisco) Wired News on Tuesday reported on "mashups," a
form of musical art collage that combines elements from two
different songs, often mixing vocals from one with the instrumental
track from another. Popular in underground DJ culture, the medium
was also recently exploited by artist David Bowie in the form of an
online contest that encouraged entrants to create mashups using bits
of his recordings, for the chance to win an Audi. "We need to look
at common-sense changes to copyright law that can legalize this art
form, because there really [are] some restrictions placed on it and
that's not good for anybody. It's sort of a myth that something like
the Grey Album is going to be bad for Jay-Z and the Beatles,"
Nicholas Reville, co-founder of the music activist project Downhill
Battle, told Wired News.
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,63314,00.html
http://www.davidbowie.com/neverfollow
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Commissions based on gross sales with no limit on commission
earnings. Send resumes to
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> Regional Manager, Business Development
New Business Sales Executive needed by a Web training company
located in Washington, DC. Successful candidate will have the
ability to prospect, propose and close training and consulting
solutions with Fortune 1000 and technology companies.
Requirements include professionalism, strong communications
skills, knowledge of the internet, and a successful track record
of exceeding sales objectives. Competitive base plus incentives
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____________________> Director Business Development (DBD)
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