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o House
Judiciary Passes Bill Criminalizing Voyeur Camera Phone Photos
o Sony
to Add Video Capabilities to Vaio Pocket Music Player
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Reuters Sells Yankee Group to Private Equity Consortium
o Music
Choice Sues AOL Over Trademark for Cable TV Music Service
o Irish ISP Eircom Net Launches
Digital Song Store
> DMW Announcements:
--Washington Digital Media Conference - June 18,
2004
> Featured
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--PricewaterhouseCoopers' Entertainment and Media Outlook
--Digital Media Law Report - Volume 3 - March/April
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Briefly Noted: Yahoo - 100MB
email - CNN.com, Canadian Recording Industry Association - The
Tragically Hip - new piracy data, Video game publishers -
minitransactions, Warner Music U.K. - Interoute
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--Internet Marketing Manager
--2-Day Workshop:"Developing Successful Products"
Philadelphia-May 26-27
--Account Manager: Technology Communications
--Director of Marketing & Communications - D.C.
--Communications and Writing Services for Early-Stage Cos.
--IT Perm and Contract Placement Services
--HireStrategy - Treasury Manager
--Account Executive
--Regional Manager, Business Development
--Director Business Development (DBD)
--Advanced Selling for High Tech Professionals
--Supplier Diversity Summit at SUPERCOMM 2004, June 21, Chicago,
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o House Judiciary Passes Bill
Criminalizing Voyeur Camera Phone Photos Washington -- The U.S.
House Judiciary Committee this week approved a bill that would
prohibit taking voyeuristic photos with camera phones and other
devices in locker rooms and other places where there exists a
reasonable expectation of privacy. The Video Voyeurism Prevention
Act, which was introduced in light of a growing number of reports of
people using their camera phones to take "upskirt" pictures of
unassuming women and men at the gym and other locations, also passed
in the Senate in September 2003. If convicted under the proposed
legislation, violators would face up to a year in prison.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:s.1301:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?V33D12D48
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o Sony to Add
Video Capabilities to Vaio Pocket Music Player
Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium -- Sony said on Friday that it plans to
launch a version of its new Vaio Pocket "iPod killer" digital music
player that supports video playback and can beam video to a TV,
Reuters reported. The Vaio Pocket audio version is slated to launch
in Japan next month. "Vaio pocket will be launched in Europe within
this year," Keiji Kimura, chief of Sony's Vaio computer and mobile
products, told Reuters. "As for the video version, we want to
productize it as soon as possible. It's very near future. It will be
earlier than (2005)." Sony also recently launched Connect, its entry
into the growing roster of legal music download stores that includes
Apple's iTunes and Napster. For the time being, only Sony's own
portable digital music players, such as the Vaio Pocket, support the
transfer of songs from Connect.
http://makeashorterlink.com/?E2CB12D48
http://www.vaio.sony.co.jp/Products/VGF-AP1
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Reuters Sells Yankee Group to Private Equity Consortium
London -- U.K.-based news and information company Reuters Group
announced on Friday that it has offloaded Yankee Group, its
U.S.-based research and technology advisory firm, to a consortium
led by venture-capital firm Monitor Clipper Partners. Financial
terms for the deal were not disclosed. Reuters acquired Yankee
Group, currently the largest research and advisory firm in the world
focused exclusively on communications and networking, in 2000 for
about $72.5 million. Reuters said that the Monitor Clipper
Partners-led consortium also included former Lycos President and CFO
Ted Philip, who will become a Yankee Group director. Reuters said
the Yankee Group deal was part and parcel of its strategy to refocus
on its core business in the face of a marked downturn in the
financial-services industry. The company also recently cut its stake
in U.S.-based financial software firm TIBCO Software and offloaded
its France-based credit-evaluation firm ORT SAS.
http://makeashorterlink.com/?D21311D48
http://www.yankeegroup.com
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o Music Choice
Sues AOL Over Trademark for Cable TV Music Service
Horsham, Penn. -- Music Choice, a provider of music services on
digital cable television systems, announced that it has filed a
lawsuit against America Online, over that company's launch of a
competing music service called "My MC." Pennsylvania-based Music
Choice said the name is confusingly similar to its "My Music Choice"
service, which launched in select cable TV markets in November 2003
and is set to become available nationwide this summer. AOL's My MC
service is being offered to Time Warner Digital Cable subscribers.
Music Choice said it filed the lawsuit on May 12, after efforts to
settle the dispute out of court failed. "While Music Choice welcomes
fair competition, we object to a competitor introducing a competing
product under a confusingly similar name," said Music Choice
president and CEO David Del Beccaro. "With millions of names out
there to choose from, AOL's selection of the name MY MC for a
channel that may appear alongside our own "MC" branded music
channels will undoubtedly lead to confusion among the public and the
industry at large,."
http://media.aoltimewarner.com/media/press_view.cfm?release_num=55253919
http://backstage.musicchoice.com/what_we_are/press_mymc1.html
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o Irish ISP
Eircom Net Launches Digital Song Store
Dublin -- Eircom Net, Ireland's largest Internet service provider,
this week launched an online digital music download store, offering
250,000 songs at prices starting at $0.81. To access the service,
which is powered by U.K. digital music distributor OD2, users must
purchase "credits" either a la carte or via monthly subscription,
which may be redeemed to stream, download and burn songs to CD. The
Eircom Net Music Club offers free 30-second streams of its tracks;
streaming an entire track costs 1 credit, while a temporary download
to PC costs 10 credits and, depending on the artist, permanent
downloads cost between 99 and 189 credits. "The massive selection
features something to suit all tastes from Pavarotti to the Red Hot
Chili Peppers, Kylie or Westlife at prices which are up to 50%
cheaper than high street prices," said Eircom Net managing director
Fintan Lawler.
http://sib1.od2.com/common/frameset/frames.asp?shid=0439002E
http://www.od2.com
http://www.eircom.net
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Get a unique view of the future of media and entertainment from
the inside. Gain insight into new business opportunities driving
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How are traditional business models being
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technology age? Be a part of this inaugural event, which brings
together the business and government leaders who are transforming
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o Briefly Noted: (Sunnyvale,
Calif.) Web portal Yahoo has announced that it will increase the
free storage capacity for users of its Web-based email service from
4MB to 100MB, in a move designed to counter rival Google's new Gmail
service that will offer 1GB of free online email storage. Yahoo also
this week won over the account to provide search results and
sponsored listings to CNN.com from Google, in another sign of the
intense and growing rivalry between the two companies.
http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-5212262.html
http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-5212248.html
(Toronto) The Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) said
this week that since March 31, when a Canadian federal court ruled
that file-sharing is legal in the country, Internet piracy has been
rampant. Universal Music Group pointed to the fact that in a
five-week period, more than 2.8 million attempts were made to
download songs from Canada's The Tragically Hip -- while at the same
time the band sold less than 1,000 songs through legitimate
services. "Any reasonable person will be staggered by the disparity
in those numbers," said bass player Gord Sinclair. "The grim
economic reality aside, it shows how widespread the practice of
downloading has become." The CRIA also this week praised a House of
Commons committee report that recommended an "immediate overhaul" of
Canada's copyright law.
http://www.cria.ca/news/cria_12may04b.htm
http://www.cria.ca/news/cria_12may04a.htm
(San Francisco) CNET News.com and The Los Angeles Times on Friday
reported on how video game publishers are increasingly turning to
minitransactions as a means of generating revenue with their online
game titles. Instead of the current standard of monthly
subscriptions for titles like "EverQuest," gamers are charged small
amounts for purchases of in-game items, such as a new suit of armor.
"The subscription-based model is inherently self-limiting," Andrew
House, executive vice president at Sony Computer Entertainment
America, told News.com. "The preferable model, we think, is based on
downloadable content and minitransactions. You'll see the fruits of
that emphasis from us over the next year."
http://news.com.com/2100-1043_3-5212473.html
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-game14may14,1,7538891.story
(Los Angeles) Daily Variety reports that Warner Music U.K. is
abandoning the practice of mailing promotional CDs to journalists,
radio stations and others in favor of a new digital distribution
system from U.K.-based Interoute called Share. The system is
controlled using a secure email list, which lets approved recipients
stream and download tracks with digital watermarks, enabling the
industry to track what happens to songs downloaded by each
recipient. Variety reported that BMG used the system to distribute
Avril Lavigne's "Don't Tell Me" to U.K. radio.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117904842?categoryid=1009&cs=1
http://www.interoute.com/products_share.html
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Department monitor industry trends with focus on search engines,
evaluating new technologies, improving client performance,
collecting and analyzing data, testing and implementing new
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challenges in a timely manner. Candidate should have strong
knowledge of: html, web Analytical Software, Microsoft Office
and Dreamweaver. Familiarity with: Search engine algorithms,
Paid Search Engine Marketing. Send resume and cover letter
detailing salary history to
bbrown@thayerinteractive.com _________________
> 2-Day Workshop:"Developing Successful Products"
Philadelphia-May 26-27
Learn unique approach to creating, developing, & launching
products. Includes: Market research, segmentation, value
proposition, positioning, requirements writing, business case,
working with development, leading a cross-functional product
team, devising business cases, & orchestrating a successful
product launch, & post-launch audit. CALL Sequent Learning
Networks to register $995. Go to sequentlearning.com for FREE
prod mgmt/mktg/templates. Send inquiries to
sjhaines@sequentlearning.com
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> Account Manager: Technology Communications
Stanton Communications, The Holmes Report's 2003 Best Small
Agency, seeks a professional with a proven ability to develop
and retain media relationships, and can demonstrate success
preparing written materials such as by-lined articles and
speeches, and utilizing electronic tools for reaching the media.
A minimum of 3-5 years experience communicating about technology
products and services preferred. Agency experience a plus. Visit
http://www.stantoncomm.com
Send resumes to
pstanton@stantoncomm.com
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> Director of Marketing & Communications - Washington, DC
This emerging homeland security company that provides
products and services to first responders is looking for an
experienced professional to build its marketing and
communications capabilities. The position entails building the
brand of the corporate parent and working with its subsidiaries
to organize trade shows, advertising campaigns, public
relations, marketing materials, and events. A min. of 10 years
experience required with a strong background in developing,
executing, and managing marketing strategies. Send resumes to:
ldorrow@globalsecureholdings.com
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> Communications and Writing Services for Early-Stage Cos. -
DC Area
Exact Words provides experienced, affordable writing and
strategic PR services to growing tech companies and nonprofits -
Web site copy, press releases, case studies, bylined articles,
media/analyst relations and PR planning. Exact Words specializes
in helping organizations that are at critical stages in their
development and need reliable communications guidance to reach
target audiences effectively. Visit
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inquiries to
sbeller@exactwordsinc.com
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> IT Perm and Contract Placement Services
Technical Staffing Solutions specializes in recruiting the
hard to find candidates with or without high level DoD security
clearances. We can provide your firm with solutions ranging from
1 permanent employee to a team of technical consultants for the
duration of your short or long term engagement. Send inquiries
to Skip Kearnes at
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more information.
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> HireStrategy - Treasury Manager
Candidate will oversee a staff of two and will perform
servicing reports for 3 Lines of Credit, Cash allocations for
the lines of credit, forecast using a cash mgmt model, oversee
wire transfers/cash transfers, work with investment bankers and
deal teams, and handle business loan trusts. Qualified
candidates will have 4-7 years of exp. with an accounting
foundation. Financial services experience is preferred. Please
send resume to
mmolinas@hirestrategy.com or visit
http://www.hirestrategy.com/quicklinks/hire185.asp
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> Account Executive
Account Executive and Inside Sales position available for
highly motivated individuals with success selling software
development services to private sector customers. Since 1982,
Information Concepts (http://www.InfoConcepts.com) develops
fixed-price, custom web-based, mission critical, database
applications. Commissions based on gross sales with no limit on
commission earnings. Send resumes to
Resumes@InfoConcepts.com
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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
and benefits. Send resumes to
lgant@westlake.com
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> Director Business Development (DBD)
Major, Hagen & Africa is the world's largest attorney
recruiting firm with the top in-house and law firm placement
record globally. The DBD will be responsible for client sourcing
strategies and the relationship development process with C-level
executives, General Counsels, CFO's and VP's of HR. Minimum of
two years' consultative selling experience including knowledge
of the Bay Area business sectors, preferably within the
bio-tech/pharma industry; JD or advanced degree is a plus.
Submit resume and salary requirements. Send resumes to
jmckinlay@mhaglobal.com
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visit:
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> Supplier Diversity Summit at SUPERCOMM 2004, June 21, Chicago,
IL
The Supplier Diversity Summit at SUPERCOMM 2004 in Chicago is a
forum for MWDVBEs and corporate supplier diversity teams to stay
current on the latest business, political, regulatory and
technical activities in the telecommunications industry. For more
information on the summit, visit
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