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August 02,
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o Dem.
Senators Propose 25% Internet Porn Tax to Protect Children
o CAFTA
to Export U.S. Digital Copyright Law to Central America
o Report: 2005 Streaming Ad,
Subscription Revenue to Reach $950 Million
o Sirius Satellite Radio Raises
2005 Subscriber Estimates
o NeoMedia to Acquire Mobile
Visual Search Firm Mobot
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Briefly Noted: Audible Magic -
V2, Blinkx - Internet Broadcasting, Loudeye - Satellite Interactive
- New Zealand, Promo Only MPE - Mediabase 24/7, 3UK - EMI Music UK,
Hudson Entertainment - Reaxion, Sonic Solutions - Audible, TOM
Online - "mobile music roadshow," 99Bill - Kuro - 9Sky.com, MLB.com
Arcade, Playlogic Entertainment - Donar Enterprises, RadioShack -
Jamdat Mobile, Majesco, Nevada - wireless handheld gambling
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--Web Development Firm Looking For Projects
--Paid Search Analytics Manager
--Telecom/Network Sales Executives
--Research Analyst
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--eBay Marketing Executive
--Advertising And Marketing Position
--Marketing Communications Manager
--Director of Marketing Analytics
--Project Manager
--Database Warehouse Architect
--Senior SAP Application Architect
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o Dem. Senators Propose 25% Internet
Porn Tax to Protect Children
Washington -- Several Democratic Senators have co-sponsored a
bill that would levy a 25% tax on pornographic website revenue, with
the proceeds to be spent on protecting children from Internet
pornography. Introduced by Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.), the
Internet Safety and Child Protection Act of 2005 is also supported
by Democratic Senators including Evan Bayh and Joe Lieberman. "Our
children can literally stumble into adult Web sites that are
inappropriate for their viewing," Sen. Mary Landrieu, (D-La.),
another of the bill's sponsors, told the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
"As parents, it is our responsibility to protect our children -- and
no longer does protecting our children mean only holding their hand
while crossing the street." Similar taxes and efforts to censor
Internet content have largely been thrown out by the courts. "The
general principle is that if you can't ban a certain category of
expression, then you cannot selectively impose a tax on it," Jamin
Raskin, a professor of constitutional law at American University,
told CNET News.com. "The bottom line is, if it were constitutional
to tax a disfavored category of speaker, then there would be 99
percent taxes on pornography and hate speakers and Howard Stern and
so on."
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:s.01507:
http://tinyurl.com/9w5jy
http://tinyurl.com/bruwu
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o CAFTA to
Export U.S. Digital Copyright Law to Central America
Washington -- The Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA),
a law passed last week in Congress that aims to open up trade
between the U.S. and Central America, also contains provisions that
will compel signatories to implement copyright laws similar to the
U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act, CNET News.com reported. The
agreement asks that Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador,
Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua enact laws to extend copyright
protections to 70 years after an author's death; prohibit the
circumvention of copy-protection technologies; permit software
patents; and prohibit manufacture or export of devices that can
decrypt satellite TV signals.
http://tinyurl.com/8orkj
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o Report: 2005
Streaming Ad, Subscription Revenue to Reach $950 Million
Monterey, Calif. -- Revenue from streaming media advertising and
subscription services is expected to reach $950 million in 2005,
according to a report from AccuStream iMedia Research. When combined
with revenue from download services for music and movies, streaming
and download revenue for 2005 is estimated at $1.36 billion, up 110%
over 2004. Revenue from streaming video advertisements is forecasted
to increase by 78%, to $343 million in 2005, while streaming audio
ad revenue will see an 82% increase, to $22 million. "It began in
2004, but 2005 is truly shaping up to be an exciting one for
streaming video advertising, and streaming advertising in general,"
said AccuStream research director Paul A. Palumbo. "There are more
advertisers in the market, product categories represented range from
automotive to technology and telecom, there are repeat buyers, solid
click-through results from previous campaigns and a generally
clutter-free broadband environment despite the fact that pre-roll
units are essentially sold out for the remainder of the year."
http://www.accustreamresearch.com
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o Sirius
Satellite Radio Raises 2005 Subscriber Estimates
New York -- Sirius Satellite Radio has announced that it expects
to add 300,000 more subscribers by the end of the year than
previously anticipated. Sirius, which added 366,000 subscribers last
quarter to increase its total to 1.81 million, now says it expects
to finish the year with 3 million subscribers, up from previous
estimates of 2.7 million. By comparison, rival XM Satellite Radio
currently has 4.4 million subscribers and expects to have 6 million
by year's end. Sirius, which is preparing to launch shows from such
notable personalities as Howard Stern and Martha Stewart, reported
$52.2 million in revenue last quarter, quadruple the amount of a
year ago, but also a net loss of $177.5 million. The company said
that it expects to turn cash-flow positive in late 2006.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050802/nytu049.html
http://www.siriusradio.com
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o NeoMedia to
Acquire Mobile Visual Search Firm Mobot
Fort Myers, Fla. -- NeoMedia Technologies, a wireless services
company, has agreed to acquire Mobot, a Massachusetts-based
developer of mobile visual and recognition technology. Terms of the
deal include a total of up to $11 million, including cash, stock,
and a $1 million bridge loan to Mobot. Mobot was founded in 2003 by
Russell Gocht, its current CEO, to capitalize on market
opportunities made possible through the rapid adoption of camera
phones. The company has partnered with media companies, including
Warner Music Group, JANE magazine, ELLEgirl, and VIBE magazine, and
with advertisers, including L'Oreal, Samsung and Saturn, to launch
interactive campaigns across multiple wireless carriers.
http://www.neom.com
http://www.mobot.com
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o Briefly Noted: (Los Gatos,
Calif.) Audible Magic, a provider of acoustic fingerprinting
technology used to identify songs on file-sharing networks, said on
Tuesday that U.K.-based Virgin Group's V2 Music record label has
signed a deal to register its songs with Audible Magic's database.
Los Gatos, Calif.-based Audible Magic has also signed Sony/BMG,
Universal and EMI to its service, which is being employed by
newly-legal peer-to-peer file-sharing service iMesh.
http://www.v2music.com
http://www.audiblemagic.com
(San Francisco) Blinkx, a provider of searchable Internet video
content, said on Tuesday that it has signed an agreement with
Internet Broadcasting to index the video produced by the company's
70 local TV and other informational websites. The Blinkx index will
now include news and informational video clips produced by NBC,
Hearst-Argyle, Post-Newsweek, Cox, McGraw-Hill and Scripps Howard.
http://www.ibsys.com
http://www.blinkx.com
(London) Loudeye, a provider of branded digital music stores and
other digital media services, announced on Tuesday that it partnered
with New Zealand-based interactive media firm Satellite Interactive
to launch a Coca Cola-branded digital music service in New Zealand.
The service marks the eighth co-branded digital music service that
Loudeye has launched with Coca-Cola. Coca-Cola said it will donate
its share of proceeds from the CokeTunes service to a fund that will
make grants to young local Kiwi musicians on a quarterly basis.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050802/sftu053.html
http://www.satellitemedia.co.nz
http://www.loudeye.com
http://www.cokefridge.co.nz
(Orlando, Fla.) Promo Only MPE, a provider of secure digital song
delivery from record labels to radio stations, said on Tuesday that
it has integrated its system with Mediabase 24/7, a radio industry
music tracking service. The combined service will let Mediabase's
customer base of 5,000 radio industry professionals track what songs
are getting airplay, and then download radio-ready versions of
desired singles from Promo Only MPE. Promo Only has delivered over
1,700 tracks from labels including Universal to stations owned by
Clear Channel, Infinity, Cox and others.
http://www.mediabase.com
http://www.promoonly.com
(London) 3 UK, a wireless network run by Hong Kong-based
Hutchison Whampoa, announced that it has entered into a partnership
with record label EMI Music UK to supply full-length audio tracks
directly to more than 3 million customers on 3's 3G network. 3 said
its customers would be able to access all the artists for which EMI
Music UK has mobile rights, including tracks from Robbie Williams,
Kylie Minogue, Coldplay, Jamelia, Joss Stone and Norah Jones.
http://makeashorterlink.com/?V5C323A8B
(Seattle) Japanese mobile entertainment publisher Hudson
Entertainment said on Tuesday that it has partnered with mobile
content delivery provider Reaxion, which will deliver its master
recording hip-hop ringtones to cell phone subscribers. Reaxion will
distribute Hudson's "The Source Masters" ringtones, which stem from
Hudson's deal to provide a mobile platform for hip-hop magazine The
Source.
http://www.reaxion.com
http://www.hudsonentertainment.com
http://www.thesourcemobile.com
(Novato, Calif.) Sonic Solutions, a provider of CD and DVD
authoring software, announced on Tuesday that audiobook distributor
Audible has licensed its CD burning application, enabling Audible
customers to burn CD copies of purchased audiobook downloads. New
Jersey-based Audible offers a library of some 70,000 hours of spoken
audio content.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050802/25382.html
http://www.sonic.com
http://www.audible.com
(Beijing) Chinese wireless Internet company TOM Online announced
on Tuesday that it will produce a six-city "mobile music roadshow"
across China, to promote a roster of emerging Internet-based music
artists and the company's mobile music download services. TOM Online
said a recent Mandarin pop song, "Mice Love Rice," has been
downloaded to more than 10 million handsets since its release late
last year.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050802/cntu014.html
http://www.tom.com
(Beijing) 99Bill, a Chinese provider of e-mail and wireless
payment processing, announced on Tuesday that it will provide online
payment solutions to two legitimate Chinese music download sites.
Kuro and 99Bill will jointly release a version of Kuro's music
download client, which offers a catalog of 500,000 songs, while the
company is working with 9Sky on special promotions for its music
service. 99Bill's service allows any business with a verified e-mail
address or mobile phone number to accept debit and credit card
payments.
http://www.99bill.com
http://www.kuro.com.cn
http://www.9sky.com
(New York) Major League Baseball on Tuesday launched an online
games section on its MLB.com site. The MLB.com Arcade will offer a
mix of free and for-pay titles, including original titles like "MLB.com
Playball," created in conjunction with developer Play at Joe's, and
third-party titles like "Scrabble" and "Civilization." A trial
version of "MLB.com Playball" can be downloaded for free, while the
full version will sell for $19.
http://arcade.mlb.com
(Amsterdam) Donar Enterprises, a provider of electronic filing
(Edgar) services to small public companies, announced on Tuesday
that it has merged with Playlogic Entertainment, a Dutch video game
developer and publisher. Financial terms of the all-stock
transaction were not disclosed. Playlogic Entertainment will
continue its current development of nine game titles for both
consoles and handhelds, maintaining its Dutch development facilities
and a U.S. headquarters in New York.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050802/nytu137.html
http://www.playlogicinternational.com
(Fort Worth, Texas) Electronics retailer RadioShack announced on
Tuesday that it has begun selling cell phone games from publisher
Jamdat Mobile at its 5,000 store locations. RadioShack employees
will guide customers through the game download process, with charges
sent directly to a user's monthly phone service bill. Jamdat games
will initially be available only for Sprint and Cingular
subscribers, although RadioShack is working to expand with other
carriers.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050801/dam055.html
http://www.jamdat.com
http://www.radioshack.com/jamdat
(Edison, N.J.) Video game publisher Majesco on Tuesday shipped
the PC version of its "BloodRayne 2" title, developed by Terminal
Reality, to retailers. A movie based on the franchise is currently
in production under director Uwe Boll.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050802/nytu022.html
http://www.bloodrayne2.com
(Carson City, Nev.) The Associated Press reported on Tuesday on a
new Nevada state law that approved the use of handheld wireless
gambling devices within casinos. The law enables wireless gambling
within the casino, and even poolside, while forbidding the devices'
use in guest rooms and other private areas. "Nevada is the first
state to have a bill to allow this. Once Nevada does it, you'll see
the New Jerseys and the Mississippis do the same thing," David
Loflin, president of portable gaming device maker Diamond I
Technologies, told AP.
http://www.wired.com/news/gizmos/0,1452,68399,00.html
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strong understanding of SQL database structure, and working
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Send resumes to
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Join a rapidly growing Online and Full Service market research
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Require: 7-10 years marketing research exp., particularly on
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Require: 4 plus years exp. working in the areas of marketing
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> Business Strategy Consultant - Telecom, Energy, Utilities
Fortune 1000 Firm/Qualified candidates must have experience
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> eBay Marketing Executive
Entry level position in a growing e-commerce company. We are
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Require good problem-solving skills, communications skills.
Excellent time-management skills. Great team worker.
Successful experience selling on eBay is a plus. Send resumes
to jobscss@comcast.net
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> Advertising And Marketing Position
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Services Position with 1 to 2 years experience. Contact
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> Marketing Communications Manager
Network World has a great opportunity for a creative project
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> Director of Marketing Analytics
In this position, the Director will support the Marketing
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> Project Manager
Cauldron Solutions, a leading provider of technology solutions
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> Database Warehouse Architect
This individual will lead in the design, modification,
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> Senior SAP Application Architect
2-3 Years SAP BW Implementation and Development Exp. 5 Years
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Ability to work with minimal direction yet keep all parties
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