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Supreme Court Rules Against Child Online Protection Act
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Report: Global Entertainment & Media Industry to Grow to $1.7
Trillion in 2008
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Survey: 56% of U.S. Adults Say RIAA Shouldn't Sue File-Swappers
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Traffic's Steve Winwood, "Access Hollywood" Team for P2P Promotion
o U.K. to Launch Weekly Sales
Chart for Music Single Downloads
o Report: Global Digital TV
Sales to Reach $70 Billion in 2008
o Video Gaming Network IGN
Acquires DVD Site Rotten Tomatoes
o Online Marketing Firm
Agency.com Acquires Ad Firm Exile on Seventh
o BBC Sets Out Future Role in
"Digital Britain"
> DMW Announcements:
--Future of Television: Next Generation -
November 19, 2004
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Briefly Noted: eMusic - concert
recording download kiosk, Buena Vista Pictures Marketing - "National
Treasure" SmarTrailer, Nokia - Sun Microsystems, Linktone - Cartoon
Network, Codemasters, Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences
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--Director E-Business
--Financial Planning Analyst
--Product Manager
--PricewaterhouseCoopers' Entertainment and Media Outlook
--Executive Networking Meeting - Going International, July 20th
--Audio Conference - Homeland Security Contracting - July 27
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o Supreme Court Rules Against Child
Online Protection Act
Washington, D.C. -- By a 5-4 margin, the U.S. Supreme Court on
Tuesday ruled that legislation aimed at protecting children from
Internet pornography violates free speech rights. While shooting
down the measure, however, the justices left the door open for the
Child Online Protection Act (COPA) to make a comeback, ruling that a
lower court should decide whether technological advances now make it
possible to block "harmful" online material from children while
still preserving the rights of adults. Voting with the majority,
Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote that while Internet filters undeniably
have flaws, "content-based prohibitions" like COPA "have the
constant potential to be a repressive force in the lives and
thoughts of a free people." The decision was seen as a victory for
the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). "The Court has made it
safe for artists, sex educators and web publishers to communicate
with adults about sexuality without risking jail time," said Ann
Beeson, who argued the case for the ACLU last March and earlier in
2001.
http://www.aclu.org/Privacy/Privacy.cfm?ID=16025&c=252
http://makeashorterlink.com/?X6E421EA8
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,64028,00.html
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o Report:
Global Entertainment & Media Industry to Grow to $1.7 Trillion in
2008
New York -- The global entertainment and media industry will be
worth $1.7 trillion in 2008, as spending increases at a 6.3%
compound annual growth rate (CAGR), up from a growth rate of 4.2%
and spending of $1.2 trillion in 2003, according to a report from
PricewaterhouseCoopers. The firm credits an impressive 9.8% CAGR for
the Asia/Pacific regional market, as well as improved economic
conditions, new distribution channels and new technologies for the
overall growth. The number of broadband households will grow at a
31.3% CAGR to surpass 300 million for the first time in 2008, while
Internet advertising will outpace the rest of the industry with a
12.7% CAGR as it grows to $18.9 billion in 2008. The fastest growing
segment of the entertainment industry during the next five years
will be video games, expected to grow at a 20.1% CAGR to $55.6
billion in 2008. PricewaterhouseCoopers also expects a turnaround
for the struggling music industry, which will see a 2% CAGR and
global spending of $33.7 billion by 2008. "After a few years of
economic uncertainty, our projections for industry growth are
encouraging across the board, highlighted by particularly swift
gains in the video games and Internet advertising and access
spending segments," said Wayne Jackson, leader of
PricewaterhouseCoopers' entertainment and media practice.
http://www.pwc.com/outlook
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o Survey: 56%
of U.S. Adults Say RIAA Shouldn't Sue File-Swappers
Eagan, Minn. -- A majority of Americans surveyed said the music
industry should not sue individuals who illegally download music off
the Internet, according to a poll conducted by legal website FindLaw.
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has thus far
filed suit against over 3,400 suspected file-swappers, with around
600 of these settling out of court for about $3,000 each. FindLaw's
survey of 1,000 American adults found that 56% oppose the lawsuits,
while 37% support the industry's legal actions. Opposition was more
pronounced among 18 to 34-year-olds, nearly two-thirds of whom were
against the lawsuits; also more opposed were people with lower
incomes. "I suspect that many people, when educated about the
purpose of copyright law, support the law," commented Prof. Sharon
Sandeen, of the Hamline University School of Law. "Public opposition
to the lawsuits may be due, in part, to what some people consider
hard-handed tactics by the RIAA."
http://news.findlaw.com/legalnews/lit/riaa/index.html
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o Traffic's
Steve Winwood, "Access Hollywood" Team for P2P Promotion
Los Angeles -- Steve Winwood, a veteran musician who played in
Traffic and Blind Faith, announced that he has teamed with
entertainment news program "Access Hollywood" to promote his music
on peer-to-peer file-sharing networks like Kazaa, Reuters reported.
The deal was brokered between interactive marketer Jun Group and
Hearst-Argyle Television, which owns a stake in "Access Hollywood"
as well as 10 NBC affiliate stations. The promotion will include the
distribution of a previously unreleased live version of Traffic's
"Dear Mr. Fantasy" -- with an embedded five-second audio ad for
"Access Hollywood" -- onto peer-to-peer networks, as well as the
placement of additional video content and links to buy Winwood's new
independent CD on the "Access Hollywood" website.
http://makeashorterlink.com/?O4C823EA8
http://www.hearstargyle.com
http://jungroup.com
http://www.stevewinwood.com
http://www.accesshollywood.com/stevewinwood
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o U.K. to
Launch Weekly Sales Chart for Music Single Downloads
London -- The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) said it would
launch an official chart for downloaded music singles by Sept. 1.
The BPI said the chart would record the sale of paid tracks from
websites run by OD2, iTunes, HMV, Coca-Cola and Microsoft's MSN,
among others. The organization has already released a Top 20 list
for the third week of June, with the Pixies' iTunes-exclusive "Bam
Thwok" leading U.K. download sales, followed by Maroon5's "This
Love," OutKast's "Hey Ya!" and Anastacia's "Left Outside Alone."
"Music remains overwhelmingly a CD market," said BPI Chairman Peter
Jamieson. "But the excitement and energy surrounding the new legal
music sites is giving a lift to the entire market." The chart will
be compiled by the Official UK Chart Company, and the results will
be broadcast by Radio 1, the BPI said.
http://www.bpi.co.uk/news/press/index.asp?fName=news_content_file_806.shtml
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o Report:
Global Digital TV Sales to Reach $70 Billion in 2008
Framingham, Mass. -- Global sales of digital televisions are poised
to reach $70 billion in 2008, fueled by the popularity of DVD
players, as well as plasma and LSD displays, according to a report
from Massachusetts-based market research firm IDC. Sales for all
televisions will grow from 170 million in 2003 to 196 million in
2008, as consumers begin to replace their analog sets. IDC reports
that in 2003, 7.1% of global TV shipments were digital; this year
the percentage will climb to more than 12%, and by 2008, 60% are
projected to be digital. "As consumers become exposed to the crisp,
vivid images and overall cinematic experience of HD, they will begin
to see a compelling reason to replace their otherwise functioning
analog solutions. This move is well underway as the selection of
DTVs and HDTVs in retail continues to swell," said Danielle Levitas,
director of consumer research at IDC.
http://www.idc.com
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o Video Gaming
Network IGN Acquires DVD Site Rotten Tomatoes
Brisbane, Calif. -- IGN Entertainment, a video game news and
information provider, announced on Tuesday that it has signed an
agreement to acquire Rotten Tomatoes, a destination site for movie
and DVD buyers. Financial details of the agreement were not
disclosed. Rotten Tomatoes reached a worldwide audience of 5.2
million during May 2004, according to comScore data, as compared
with 17.7 million for all of IGN's properties. "Rotten Tomatoes will
add tremendous depth and complementary value to IGN's existing
portfolio of movie and DVD coverage on IGN's FilmForce," said IGN
CEO Mark Jung. "The acquisition is a good demonstration of how IGN
is applying our expertise in amassing vertical content, which we
honed in the gaming field, to another key digital entertainment
market segment -- movies and DVDs." Brisbane, Calif.-based IGN has
also acquired GameSpy Industries and TeamXbox within the past year.
http://www.ign.com
http://www.rottentomatoes.com
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o Online
Marketing Firm Agency.com Acquires Ad Firm Exile on Seventh
New York -- Agency.com, a provider of interactive marketing and
technology services, announced on Tuesday that it has acquired the
assets of San Francisco-based online ad agency Exile on Seventh LLC.
Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Exile on Seventh,
whose clients include eBay, 21st Century Insurance and Wells Fargo,
will be integrated into Agency.com's San Francisco office and will
assume the Agency.com brand in all markets except London.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040629/nytu024_1.html
http://www.agency.com
http://www.eo7.com
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o BBC Sets Out
Future Role in "Digital Britain"
London -- The BBC, seeking to renew a royal charter due to expire in
2006, on Tuesday published its submission and outlined its role in
creating a new "digital Britain." In its manifesto, the BBC pledged
to improve public access to digital services and encourage more
active and interactive participation. It also promised to open up
its creative archive and grant more access to a veritable "treasure
trove" of content. At the launch of the charter review paper --
called "Building public value: renewing the BBC for the digital
world" -- Director General Mark Thompson and Chairman Michael Grade
said the BBC was committed to working with the government and
leading Britain into the digital age. Even so, the company
criticized the government's 2010 target date for the national
switchover to digital and set its own target of 2012.
http://makeashorterlink.com/?V3AB53DA8
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o Briefly Noted: (New York)
EMusic, a digital music unit of Dimensional Associates that offers a
catalog of 400,000 tracks from mainly independent artists, announced
the launch of its new digital download kiosk at a concert last night
at Maxwell's in Hoboken, New Jersey. Immediately following the
show's conclusion, patrons were able to purchase MP3 downloads of
the night's performance from Southern Culture on the Skids from the
kiosk. Songs were delivered to patrons on a USB 2.0 pen-sized hard
drive; the songs on their own cost $10, or $30 when added to the
cost of the USB drive. San Diego-based eMusic plans to roll-out the
kiosks at other prominent independent music venues across the
country.
http://www.emusic.com
(Los Angeles) Disney's Buena Vista Pictures Marketing said on
Tuesday that it will debut its "SmarTrailer" technology with the
online trailer for Touchstone Pictures/Jerry Bruckheimer's upcoming
film, "National Treasure." The interactive trailer allows users to
explore areas of interest by clicking on picture windows that appear
as the trailer plays. For the "National Treasure" SmarTrailer, nine
unique windows will lead viewers to one-minute information "pods"
that delve into specific topics related to the film, the historical
facts behind the story, and the filmmaking process.
http://movies.yahoo.com/movies/feature/nationaltreasure.html
http://www.nationaltreasure.com
(San Francisco) Cell phone maker Nokia on Tuesday extended an
agreement with Sun Microsystems intended to simplify the development
and delivery of mobile multiplayer Java games. Under the terms,
Nokia's SNAP Mobile solution will be more closely integrated with
Sun's wireless game development tools, content delivery server
software and Java enterprise software.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040629/sftu081_1.html
http://www.sun.com
http://www.nokia.com/snapmobile
(Shanghai, China) Chinese wireless entertainment publisher
Linktone announced on Tuesday that it has partnered with Turner
Broadcasting's Cartoon Network to launch Cartoon Network Java-based
cell phone games in China. The first titles under the agreement are
"Tom & Jerry Cheese Chase" and "The Powerpuff Girls Bad Mojo"; the
deal also allows Linktone to develop and distribute other Java games
based on Cartoon Network properties.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040629/lntu009_1.html
http://www.cartoonnetwork.com
http://www.linktone.com
(New York) U.K.-based video game publisher Codemasters on Tuesday
shipped its "Soldiers: Heroes of World War II" PC game to retailers.
The title, which supports four-player multiplayer gaming, was
created by Ukraine-based developer Best Way.
http://www.codemasters.com/soldiers
(Culver City, Calif.) The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences
(AIAS), an interactive entertainment industry trade group with 5,000
members, announced on Tuesday that it has named Joseph Olin as
president of the organization. Olin has served as a vice president
at game publisher Eidos, and also as a senior partner at Ogilvy &
Mather.
http://www.interactive.org
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Classifieds --
Ad Postings > NMS
Imaging Seeing Sales Manager
Sales Professional wanted to build and mentor B2B outside sales
team of 12 covering NJ-VA. Ideal candidate has proven experience
with office automation equipment sales or similar. Knowledge of
selling applied solutions to line-of-business with ROI and
business process improvement will make the difference. Seeking
excellent presenting, speaking, and people skills with energy and
professionalism. Send resume and compensation requirements.
employment@nmsimaging.com
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> Senior Account Executive - PR
mPRm Public Relations has an opening for an AE or a SAE in its
Emerging Media and Technology practice. Candidates should have at
least 3+ years PR experience in technology-related PR, proven
media relationships and demonstrated competency in core PR
skills, including writing, pitching trade and business press and
client relations. SAEs should have the ability to manage their
own accounts on a day-to-day basis. Agency experience a plus.
Please send resume and cover letter to
emtjobs@mprm.com.
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> Financial Pricing/Modeling Analyst
Create and analyze complex financial models of proposals.
Collaborate with sales, operations, and finance to validate model
assumptions. Provide recommendations to the sales, operations,
and finance staff on financial models. Continually improve the
standard pricing models. Analyze statements to update assumptions
of cost structure. Prepare financial forecasts and budgets.
Create operational plans for new business opportunities. Assemble
potential operational costs into proposals to create solutions.
Send resumes to
timothy.r.smith@acs-inc.com
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> Senior Accountant - Online Resources
The Sr. Accountant is responsible for preparing financial
statements, reconciliations, journal entries and the general
ledger, as well as maintaining fixed assets schedules, assisting
with the month-end close and the monthly invoicing processes and
completing special projects as required. Requirements: Either a
Bachelors degree in acctg. with 3-5 years of accounting exp or an
Associates degree with 5 plus years of accounting exp., solid
knowledge of accounting principles, skill with Excel spreadsheets
and excellent verbal and written communications skills, CPA is
strongly desired. Great benefits, and competitive compensation.
Send resumes to shahn@orcc.com
or wnewman@orcc.com
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> Wholesale Product Manager - Cavalier Telephone
Candidate should have deep understanding of the Carrier market
including traditional circuit based transport/switched providers
and VO/IP backbone providers. Experience in FCC Type I special
access circuit pricing and Carrier/Cap provider pricing
structures. Require: 5 plus years marketing and strategic
development mgmt exp. targeted at the Wholesale/Carrier local,
national, and international marketplace. 4-Year
Business/Marketing degree, MBA. Technical certifications in
telecom systems a plus. Great benefits, rewarding compensation
program, medical and dental, 401K. Please email resumes and
salary requirements to
humres@cavtel.com
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Director E-Business
Immediate opening for a Director, eBusiness to direct, manage and
be accountable for the Company's eBusiness P&L. Key
Responsibilities: Manages eBusiness P&L, Build eBusiness through
stages including small order transition, customer integrations,
customized extranets and organic growth. Require: Degree or
equivalent experience in Business, Marketing, or related field of
study. 7 to 10 yrs of related exp. in eBusiness, Min 5 yrs of
mgmt exp reqd. Proven leadership abilities. Land base to
e-commerce experience, launching stand alone second commerce.
Send inquiries to
melon.yeshoalul@gtsi.com
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> Financial Planning Analyst
This position will provide in-house support to the CFO and CEO
for financial analysis, actuarial studies and financial
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reinsurance administration and financial projections and ensure
that all documentation complies with Company policy and
professional standards. Responsibilities: working with the CFO,
prepare financial modeling and forecasts. Conduct financial
analysis projects and special statistical studies as needed to
support projection; support the Consulting Actuary. Please send
resume to
kstephens@hirestrategy.com or visit
http://www.hirestrategy.com/quicklinks/hire198.asp
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> Product Manager
This Product Manager position will be responsible for specifying
the requirements and overseeing development of new trusted data
exchange applications on an innovative infrastructure for
carrier-class deployment in the mobile environment. Require: Exp.
in mobile carrier application product development, exp. in User
Interface development and evaluation, 5yrs software engineering
and development background reqd, knowledge of carrier billing and
class of service, Ability to manage product development program
reqd, Excellent writing and presentation skills required, Must be
able to travel. Please send resumes to
amy.ashker@epok.net
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