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o Gay Online Media Firm PlanetOut Files for $74.9 Million IPO
o Judge Strikes Down Wash. Law Banning Violent Game Sales to Minors
o Search Technology Firm Lookout Acquired by Microsoft
o Weblog Software Provider Six Apart Acquires Ublog, Names CEO
o Report: Europe Suffering from "Broadband Divide"
o DVD Rental Firm Netflix Sees Higher Revenue, Acquisition Costs

 > DMW Announcements:
 --Future of Television: Next Generation - November 19, 2004

 > Featured Advertisement:
 --New Media Attorney
 --Billboard Digital Entertainment Conference & Awards - Nov. 4-5
 

o Briefly Noted: Sirius Satellite Radio - Tony Hawk - Hertz, DivXNetworks - Wind's Libero.it, MarketWatch.com - MarketWise University, Majesco - "Advent Rising" delay, Activision Value - Discovery's "American Chopper," Sir Tim Berners-Lee
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> Job/Event/Marketplace Classifieds:
--New Media Attorney
--Controller
--Database Programmer
--Deloitte Consulting LLP - Consultants and Senior Consultants
--Branch Manage: Boston, Richmond, Reston, Chicago, L.A., San Jose, Minn.
--VP of Sales - Web Hosting / Internetworking / Telecom Services
--VP - Ignition Strategic Communications
--NMS Imaging Seeing Sales Manager
--Financial Pricing/Modeling Analyst
--Audio Conference - Homeland Security Contracting - July 27
--Executive Networking Meeting - Going International, July 20th
--Leverage the India Advantage -- For Your Data Needs 
 


o Gay Online Media Firm PlanetOut Files for $74.9 Million IPO

San Francisco, Calif. -- PlanetOut, an Internet media company focused on the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered communities, has set the terms of its upcoming initial public offering (IPO). The company said that it plans to raise about $74.9 million by selling 4.65 million shares at $12-$14 each. The company, which originally filed for the IPO in April, said that it has a community of 3.3 million active members. It operates a network of web sites, including Gay.com, PlanetOut.com, Kleptomaniac.com and Out and About travel.
http://www.planetout.com        
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o Judge Strikes Down Wash. Law Banning Violent Game Sales to Minors

Seattle -- A Washington state law passed last year that restricts the sale of violent video games to minors has been struck down in federal court via summary judgment. U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnik said the law was "unconstitutionally vague" and violated free-speech rights. The law would have imposed a $500 fine on any clerk who sold games depicting violence against law enforcement officers. "While we may have lost this one battle in the sale of violent games against children, the war is far from over," Washington Democratic state Rep. Mary Lou Dickerson, who wrote the law, told Reuters. She added that she has not decided yet whether to appeal or propose new legislation. "It's our hope that Washington state and all other states will now turn their focus to helping us in our efforts to implement voluntary ratings measures at the retail level and enhance parental awareness and use of the ESRB game ratings," said Doug Lowenstein, president of industry trade group the Entertainment Software Association, which supported plaintiffs the Video Software Dealers Association.
http://www.theesa.com/SJORDER.pdf 
http://makeashorterlink.com/?C194522D8       
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o Search Technology Firm Lookout Acquired by Microsoft

San Francisco -- Hoping to bolster its capabilities in the search arena, Microsoft said on Friday that it has acquired San Francisco-based Lookout Software, a maker of software that searches emails, files and desktop data within Microsoft's Outlook. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Microsoft's MSN has been working in recent months to increase the relevancy of its search results in an effort to better compete with rivals Google and Yahoo. "Lookout has developed an innovative technology for searching e-mail that is aligned with our own MSN Search efforts," said Yusuf Mehdi, the corporate vice president of MSN. As part of the acquisition, Lookout founder Mike Belshe will become a full-time employee on the MSN Search team. Co-founder Eric Hahn will work closely with the MSN Search team during the transition of Lookout to Microsoft.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040716/sff002_1.html 
http://www.lookoutsoft.com   
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o Weblog Software Provider Six Apart Acquires Ublog, Names CEO

San Mateo, Calif. -- Looking to further build its international presence, Six Apart, a maker of weblog software, said that it has acquired Ublog, a provider of one of Europe's most popular blogging tools and hosting services. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Ublog has served as the exclusive agent for San Mateo, Calif.-based Six Apart in Europe over the last six months. Already deployed in France and Spain, SixApart's TypePad service will be launched in Germany next week, and in the UK by this fall. Six Apart also said that it has added several top executives, including Barak Berkowitz, its chairman and CEO. Berkowitz, the former co-founder and president of OmniSky, has been the company's acting CEO for the past six months.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040714/sfw093_1.html 
http://www.u-blog.net/site 
http://www.sixapart.com 
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o Report: Europe Suffering from "Broadband Divide"

Brussels -- A new report by market analysis firm Jupiter Research shows that Europe is experiencing something of a "broadband divide", with wide disparities in Internet speeds and quality of service depending on the country. While many Europeans have access to ultra-fast Internet connections, nearly 30% have connections slower than 512 kilobits per second, Jupiter said. "Across Europe, broadband is evolving at markedly different rates, speeds and prices," said Ian Fogg, author of the report. "It will lead to a kind of digital patchwork, where some areas have high-quality broadband and others have much more limited services, even within the same country." According to the report, Germany will boast the largest broadband market in Europe by 2009, with 13.5 million households, followed by the U.K., which will have more than 10 million broadband households.
http://makeashorterlink.com/?A6DC261D8  
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o DVD Rental Firm Netflix Sees Higher Revenue, Acquisition Costs

Los Gatos, Calif. Online DVD rental firm Netflix said it saw a 90% increase in revenue in its second quarter, as the company reported $120.3 million as compared with $63.2 million in revenue for the same period in 2003. The company added that it now counts 2.1 million subscribers, having added 583,000 new subscribers in the last quarter. However, Netflix shares fell over 25% on Friday on news that the company's acquisition cost for each new subscriber rose to $35.12, compared with $30.45 in the second quarter of 2003, and projections that acquisition costs will rise to between $37 and $39.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040715/sfth002_1.html
http://biz.yahoo.com/rc/040716/media_netflix_stocks_1.html 
http://www.netflix.com 

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 > DMW Events:

Future of Television Forum: Next Generation
November 19, 2004  |  New York City

www.televisionconference.com
Phone Registration Available Now
323-822-0936

OVERVIEW
Last year 370+ attended Future of Television Forum, which included keynotes from Mark Cuban (Chairman, HDNet / Owner, Dallas Mavericks), Joshua Sapan (President & CEO Rainbow Media Holdings, Inc.), and David Zaslav (President, NBC Cable). This year's event is scheduled for November 19, 2004 at NYU's Stern School of Business and will feature an impressive line-up of speakers and cutting-edge topics focused on the "Next Generation" of television.

REGISTRATION
Early Bird: $195 (until August 31)
Pre-Registration: $295
(until November 12)
Registration: $395 (after November 12 & at Door)
Online Registration: http://kb.digitalmediawire.com/register.php?eventid=1074

Phone: 323-822-0936


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> Featured Advertisement:

> New Media Attorney

The online division of a multimedia global entertainment company has an exciting career opportunity for a New Media attorney with 4-6 years prior legal experience. In this key role, you will provide counseling and transactional support to various business units of the online division and work with the corporate legal department to monitor and enforce the company's editorial standards and protect its intellectual property. Primary responsibilities will include the drafting and negotiating of a wide variety of agreements related to: content development and distribution working closely with international group on a range of international Internet, broadband and wireless distribution agreements, strategic partnerships, vendor and technology service providers, advertising, marketing, and other commercial matters.

The successful candidate will have a JD with a minimum of 4-6 years prior legal experience with an emphasis on intellectual property and commercial transactions. An Internet background and in-house experience preferred. Must have excellent communication and organization skills, as well as the ability to problem solve in a business-friendly, creative manner. Looking for a fast-moving, sharp attorney with the ability to provide high quality legal support.

For immediate consideration, send your resume AND salary requirements to: Legalres58@yahoo.com.
 

> Billboard Digital Entertainment Conference & Awards, November 4-5 

The Billboard Digital Entertainment Awards honor this vision, along with innovation, entrepreneurship and brand development in digital entertainment.

With awards in 30 unique categories honoring achievements involving games, music and film, television and video, Billboard recognizes the cutting-edge developments and forward thinkers shaping the future of entertainment.

The Conference will feature provocative panel sessions on current digital entertainment issues. For a complete list of speakers, panel and keynote addresses, visit the site below. Early bird registration ends August 31st!

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Deadline for Submissions: September 15, 2004

Conference & Awards Show: November 4 and 5, 2004

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o Briefly Noted:

(New York) Sirius Satellite Radio, a provider of satellite-delivered digital radio programming, announced on Friday that it has signed professional skateboarder Tony Hawk to host a show on Sirius Faction, a channel created for action sports enthusiasts. "Tony Hawk's Demolition Radio" will be broadcast from a custom studio built into Hawk's practice skate park in California. New York-based Sirius said it will announce additional athlete-hosts for the channel in coming months. The company also said on Friday that rental car partner Hertz has expanded its Sirius offering to include complimentary satellite radio for those renting its Prestige and Luxury vehicle models.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040716/nyf042_1.html
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/040715/nyth161_1.html 
http://www.siriusradio.com

(San Diego) DivXNetworks, a developer of video compression technology and provider of video-on-demand delivery technology, announced on Friday that will power a new video-on-demand service for Italian telecommunications firm Wind. The service will be offered on Wind's Libero.it portal, which claims 8 million unique monthly visitors.
http://www.divxnetworks.com 
http://www.libero.it

(San Francisco) MarketWatch.com, a provider of business news, financial information and analytical tools, said on Thursday that MarketWise University, a provider of stock market education, has extended its contract to offer educational courses for introductory and advanced trading and investing tactics to users of CBS.MarketWatch.com and BigCharts.com. MarketWise University conducts its sessions both online and live at cities nationwide including Boulder, Co.; Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. and New York City.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040715/155668_1.html
http://www.marketwise.com/MW_main/index.asp

(Edison, N.J.) Video game publisher Majesco announced on Friday that it has postponed the release of its "Advent Rising" title until the first quarter of 2005, but said the move should not affect its previously announced revenue and income estimates for the current year. "We are taking advantage of our strong fourth quarter line-up to allow Advent to fully realize all aspects of its franchise potential," said Majesco CEO Jesse Sutton. "This change in strategy also enables us to free the game from what we expect to be an overcrowded holiday season so that we can maximize the impact of our marketing campaign."
http://www.majescogames.com 
http://www.adventtrilogy.com

(Minneapolis) Activision Value, the game developer's value-priced game publishing label, announced on Friday a multi-year alliance with Discovery Consumer Products to develop PC, console and handheld titles based on its "American Chopper" series. The first "American Chopper" games are expected at retail in the fall.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/040716/165198_1.html 
http://www.activisionvalue.com
http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/amchopper/amchopper.html

(London) Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the British inventor of the World Wide Web, on Friday officially received his knighthood from Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace for "services to the global development of the Internet." The modest inventor is widely credited with having come up with the system used to organize, link and browse Web pages on the Internet. True to form, Berners-Lee, recently named by Time magazine as one of the Top 20 thinkers of the 20th century, downplayed his achievement, saying he was merely "in the right place at the right time."
http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page1.asp 
 
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> Classifieds -- Ad Postings

> New Media Attorney

The online division of a multimedia global entertainment company has an exciting career opportunity for a New Media attorney with 4-6 years prior legal experience.  For more information, see  Featured Advertisement.
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> Controller

Join a well-established non-profit organization downtown DC as their Controller. This position will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the accounting department and financial reporting for the organization. This person will also provide monthly financial reports for the CFO's review, and will ensure compliance with all Federal and state reporting requirements. Qualified candidates will have: Bachelor's degree in accounting or equivalent, five or more years of nonprofit accounting experience, CPA required, proficient working with computerized accounting systems and spreadsheets, maintains the ability to fulfill all accounting functions during the absence of the Accounting Assistant, ability to develop and monitor budgets, experience hiring and supervising other employees. Please send resume to kstephens@hirestrategy.com  or visit http://www.hirestrategy.com/quicklinks/hire202.asp
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> Database Programmer 

Judy Diamond Associates, a leading provider of employee benefits databases located near the McPherson Square Metro station, is looking for a database and Internet savvy programmer to assemble its products. Candidates must be able to learn quickly, self-start, and follow through on projects without supervision. Two years experience and proficiency with FoxPro, Microsoft Excel, and SQL preferred. Candidates must demonstrate excellent communication skills and a thorough knowledge of database and Internet technologies. Benefits include competitive salary, 401(k), and health. E-mail resume to dcole@judydiamond.com, or fax 202-728-0845 (no phone calls, please).
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> Deloitte Consulting LLP - Consultants and Senior Consultants

Deloitte Consulting LLP, one of the world's leading management consulting firms, is currently seeking to hire Consultants and Senior Consultants for our Washington D.C. Metro based Technology Integration practice. We seek individuals with technical acumen, strong academic credentials, leadership and interpersonal skills. Experience in the Energy, Process Manufacturing, Technology, and Public Sector industries is a plus. Qualified candidates must have between 2-6 years experience in one of the following areas: Enterprise Connection Services, Custom Application Development, Data Warehousing, Enterprise Portal Integration, or Architecture and Network Services Candidates should submit their resume to devwilliams@deloitte.com
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> Branch Manage: Boston, Richmond, Reston, Chicago, L.A., San Jose, Minn.

Aquent, a global leader in the IT staffing industry, is seeking an experienced branch manager who has experience acting as a "player/coach" responsible for individual sales quotas, managing the day-to-day activities of the sales and recruiting staff, setting performance expectations, and assisting with the sales and recruiting process. We are looking for a seasoned manager who has experience developing deep relationships with clients. Candidates should also have several years of sales experience in the IT staffing industry, branch or regional management experience, and a track record in the local area Please email your resume to lisas@ren-network.com  Please visit http://www.aquent.com  for company information
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> VP of Sales - Web Hosting / Internetworking / Telecom Services

XIF is an 8-year old Internetworking Solutions firm. We are a small firm with a start-up mentality, but with the luxury of having been a profitable entity since 1997 with a strong customer base and a stable source of revenue. We are currently seeking to hire a VP of Sales. We view this position as a critical component to our future growth, and are looking for a true equity partner. We are looking for someone with 8+ years experience in sales and sales management, preferably in Web Hosting and/or Telecom. Send inquiries to jobs@xif.com.
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> VP - Ignition Strategic Communications

Ignition Strategic Communications is a fast-paced, fast-growing independently owned communications consulting firm with offices in Washington, D.C. and Austin, Texas. The firm has a reputation for delivering sophisticated, highly successful public relations and public affairs campaigns. Ignition seeks talented people with at least a decade of experience. Ideal candidates will have hands-on experience media relations and PR experience, management know-how and entrepreneurial expertise in growing a full-service agency. Journalism experience useful. Competitive salary and benefits. Send resumes to mediarelationsjob@hotmail.com.  No phone calls, please.
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> 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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> 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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> Audio Conference - Homeland Security Contracting - July 27

Spending on homeland security is growing at an unprecedented pace at state, local and federal levels. During its first year, the Department of Homeland Security signed over 18,500 contracts for goods and services from US companies of all sizes. Join the Institute of Management and Administration (IOMA) and our panel of contracting experts in this 90-minute audio telephone conference to find out how proper marketing and product strategy can make all the difference in your DHS bid. Click the link below for information and to register: http://www.homeland-directory.com/contracting.html
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> Executive Networking Meeting - Going International, July 20th

Going International too late can cause you to miss the boat on great opportunities - are your competitors already making headway in some of these markets? Perhaps without your knowledge? But going International too early can also cause a company to lose focus if it's not ready to do so yet. If you're already executing on an International strategy, this session will help you make sure you get the most out of it. And if you haven't yet defined an International strategy, this session will help you shape it. http://www.netsea.org/events_info.shtml

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> Leverage the India Advantage -- For Your Data Needs

DC-based outsourcing firm String Information Services offers online data collection & telephone verification solutions from its operations centers in India. String guarantees 30%-50% cost savings, world-class quality and quick turn-around. Our marquee client list includes firms from all over North America. To learn more, and to set up a free trial, contact Prashant Kothari at 1-888-3STRING, Box 702 or marketing@stringinfo.com
 
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