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o Industry Group Launches "Open An eBook Week"
o Judge: Filmmakers Can Superimpose Digital Ads Over Existing Ones
o AtomFilms to Launch 24-Hour Digital TV Channel for Short Films
o Sony Acquires "Twisted Metal" Game Developer Incog
o CNET Networks Acquires U.K. Technology News Site Silicon.com
o Digital Distribution Technology Firm Tornado Virtue Buys Streamway

o Briefly Noted: Garageband.com, TVN Entertainment - Chaos Media Networks,
Wink Communications - Experian, Sonicblue - Seagate, Netgear - Listen.com,
OpenTV - BSkyB, Terra Lycos - MovieTickets.com, LodgeNet - Hilton Hotels,
Fandango - Edgar Bronfman, Jr., Pressplay - unfair competition?
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o Industry Group Launches "Open An eBook Week"

New York -- The Open eBook Forum, an international non-profit trade and
standards organization for the electronic book publishing industry,
announced on Monday the launch of "Open an eBook Week," August 5th through
the 11th. During the week, all major e-book retailers will offer many
titles at discounted prices; in addition, a number of publishing houses
will release new e-book titles from authors including David Baldacci, Rita
Emmett and Neil Gaiman. Retailers including Amazon.com and
BarnesandNoble.com will offer discounts on e-book titles available in
Adobe Acrobat Reader, Gemstar eBook, Franklin, Mobi Reader, Microsoft
Reader and Palm Reader formats. Sponsors of the Open eBook Forum include
Microsoft and Adobe; the group's members include publishers Random House,
AOL Time Warner and HarperCollins, and device makers Palm, Gemstar-TV
Guide International and Sony.
http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/f_headline.cgi?day0/222172035&ticker=
http://www.openanebook.org
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o Judge: Filmmakers Can Superimpose Digital Ads Over Existing Ones

New York -- A U.S. District Court judge has ruled that filmmakers may
superimpose digital ads over existing outdoor ads that appear in movies,
such as those appearing on New York City's skyscrapers in the movie
"Spider-Man." Sherwood 48 Associates, which owns New York City skyscraper
Two Times Square, and outdoor advertising firm Super Sign filed suit
against Sony Pictures in April, alleging that the company stole
advertising revenue when it replaced ads for companies like NBC that
appear on the buildings with other ads it had sold to firms including
Cingular Wireless for the movie. The plaintiffs argued in their complaint
that "advertisers depend on the fact that their ads will not only be seen
by the hundreds of millions of people who pass through Times Square each
year but also on the residual impact of their signs appearing in
photographs, newspapers, magazines, TV shows, movies and elsewhere." In
his ruling, Judge Richard Owen stated that the superimposed ads deserve
some First Amendment protection because they are part of a fictional work.
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-882158.html?tag=rn
http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/spiderman/spiderman040902cmp.pdf
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o AtomFilms to Launch 24-Hour Digital TV Channel for Short Films

New York -- AtomFilms, an online provider of short film and animation
content, announced on Monday that it will launch a 24-hour digital
television network in early 2003. AtomTelevision, a joint venture between
AtomFilms and Global Media Holdings, said it is currently in negotiations
with Comcast and other cable TV operators regarding carriage of the
channel. Comcast has already agreed with the company to launch Atom On
Demand, a video-on-demand service that will offer five one-hour programs,
as part of Comcast's planned fall launch of video-on-demand in
Philadelphia. New York-based AtomTelevision will be managed by cable
industry veteran Andrew Tow, founder of Global Media Holdings and former
chairman of the cable division for Century Communications Corp. "We are
very excited to extend to television the powerful brand that AtomFilms has
created, and utilize the world's largest library of short form content to
provide a dynamic new television experience," said Tow.
http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/f_headline.cgi?day0/222170208&ticker=
http://www.atomtelevision.com
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o Sony Acquires "Twisted Metal" Game Developer Incog

Foster City, Calif. -- Sony Computer Entertainment America announced on
Monday that it has acquired game developer Incog Inc. Entertainment,
creator of the popular "Twisted Metal" video game franchise. Financial
terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Salt Lake City-based Incog
will maintain its current location and staff of 51 employees. The company
is slated to release its first online game, "Twisted Metal: Black Online,"
on August 27 in conjunction with Sony's release of its high-speed network
adapter for the PlayStation 2.
http://www.scea.com/news/press.asp
http://www.tmalliance.com
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o CNET Networks Acquires U.K. Technology News Site Silicon.com

San Francisco -- CNET Networks, a provider of technology-related news and
services, announced that it has acquired the UK-based assets of struggling
Silicon Media Group, which owns and operates the technology news site
Silicon.com. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. San
Francisco-based CNET plans to expand Silicon.com to become the first
pan-European English language site exclusively covering news and industry
issues related to European business technology. Silicon.com co-founder and
CEO Tom Bureau will join CNET as a vice chairman and will continue to
oversee the site's business operations. U.K. news site Net Imperative
reported that 20 of Silicon.com's 53-member staff will transition to CNET.
"Silicon is a perfect complement to our local ZDNet sites in France,
Germany and the UK that cater to IT professionals, said Freddy Mini,
senior vice president and Europe managing director of CNET Networks
International Media.
http://www.silicon.com/public/door?6004REQEVENT=&REQINT1=54936&REQSTR1=silicon.com
http://www.cnet.com
http://www.netimperative.info/cmn/viewdoc.jsp?cat=all&docid=BEP1_News_0000040675
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o Digital Distribution Technology Firm Tornado Virtue Buys Streamway

London -- Tornado Virtue plc, a European provider of webcasting and
digital media distribution services, announced that it has acquired
corporate webcasting services provider Streamway Netcasting, in an
all-stock transaction valued at about $934,000. Tornado Virtue, which
focuses on entertainment services such as digital music subscriptions,
said the deal will give it access to new corporate clients, as Streamway's
customers include BP, BG Group, Rentokil, Reuters, Roche and Deutsche
Bank. Tornado Virtue has provided digital music distribution technology to
companies including Virgin Megastores, HMV, BMG and Sony Music.
http://www.virtueapplications.com/pages/press/streamway.html
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Briefly Noted:

(San Francisco) After closing in February 2002 for lack of a distribution
deal for its artists, Garageband.com, a site that allowed unsigned
musicians to upload their music for review by a community of peers, has
announced the re-launch of its service. A group of the site's users and
employees bought the defunct company in April and have now re-opened the
site, which while still not accepting new music submissions will now once
again offer services to its existing community of artists. "Over time, we
plan to develop certain new features, products, and services that we'll
make available to musicians and music lovers on a paid basis," reads a
note on the site.
http://www.garageband.com

(Burbank, Calif.) TVN Entertainment, a provider of video-on-demand
distribution services, announced on Monday that it has partnered with
video-on-demand programming provider Chaos Media Networks to develop and
distribute video-on-demand and subscription video-on-demand services to
U.S. cable TV operators. Under the five-year agreement, Santa Monica,
Calif.-based Chaos Media will provide interactive TV-enhanced on-demand
programming to Burbank, Calif.-based TVN's cable operator partners, which
include Charter, Comcast and Insight.
http://www.tvn.com

(Alameda, Calif.) Wink Communications, a provider of interactive TV
advertising technology, announced on Monday that it has partnered with
information solutions provider Experian to create demographic and
geographic reports for its ad-buying customers. Alameda, Calif.-based
Wink's service is deployed on Wink-enabled set-top boxes, and allows TV
viewers to interact with ads and other content with their remote control.
The new reports will allows advertisers that use Wink's technology to see
information on viewers' age, gender, ethnicity, state of residence, family
size and household income.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/020805/sfm039_1.html
http://www.experian.com
http://www.wink.com

(Santa Clara, Calif.) Consumer electronics firm Sonicblue announced on
Monday that it will use hard drives manufactured by Seagate for its
RioCentral digital audio home stereo component. The device allows for
storage and cataloging of up to 650 CDs in compressed audio formats for
playback on home stereo systems. Seagate also provides hard drives for
personal video recorders and the version used in Microsoft's Xbox video
game console.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/020805/sfm031_1.html
http://www.seagate.com
http://www.sonicblue.com

(Santa Clara, Calif.) Netgear, a provider of consumer home networking
equipment, announced on Monday that it has partnered with music
subscription service provider Listen.com, to offer consumers who purchase
Netgear products a 30-day free subscription to the company's Rhapsody
music service. "In the past two years, millions of consumers have set up
home networks that connect their PCs and home entertainment systems," said
Listen.com CEO Sean Ryan. "Combining Rhapsody with Netgear's networking
solutions gives this audience a killer broadband application that lets
them listen to thousands of CD-quality albums throughout their home."
http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/f_headline.cgi?day0/222170129&ticker=
http://www.netgear.com
http://www.listen.com

(London) OpentTV, a provider of software and services for interactive
television, said on Monday that British Sky Broadcasting will deploy its
advanced digital text service to its 15 million subscribers this week.
Mountain View, Calif.-based OpenTV's Sky Text service will let BSkyB
viewers access 1000 pages of constantly-updated news, sport, travel and
weather information while still watching a program in quarter-screen
format.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/020805/50097_1.html
http://www.sky.com
http://www.opentv.com

(Waltham, Mass.) Global Internet network Terra Lycos announced on Monday
that it has partnered with MovieTickets.com to launch a co-branded advance
movie ticket sales site on Lycos Entertainment. Hollywood-based
MovieTickets.com has agreements to provide advance movie ticket sales for
movies screened by exhibitors including AMC Entertainment, National
Amusements, Famous Players, Hoyts Cinemas, Marcus Theatres and
Consolidated Theatres.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/020805/52015_1.html
http://www.movietickets.com
http://entertainment.lycos.com

(Sioux Falls, S.D.) LodgeNet Entertainment Corp., a provider of in-room
interactive television and high-speed Internet services to hoteliers,
announced on Monday that it has expanded its existing seven-year contract
with Hilton Hotels Corp. In addition to providing on-demand movies, music
and games in Hilton guest rooms, South Dakota-based LodgeNet will now also
provide television-based Internet access and time-shifted TV programming
services to participating hotels. In addition, the company dissolved its
InnMedia joint venture with Hilton to provide interactive TV services to
hoteliers; an April 2002 lawsuit filed by InnMedia against LodgeNet has
also been dismissed.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/020805/flm007_1.html
http://www.lodgenet.com

(Hollywood) Fandango, a provider of online movie ticket sales, said on
Monday that Vivendi Universal vice-chairman Edgar Bronfman, Jr. has been
appointed to the company's board of directors. Hollywood-based Fandango
has agreements with six movie theater chains to sell advance tickets to
movies on the Internet.
http://www.fandango.com

(Los Angeles) The Los Angeles Times reported on Monday that several online
music companies have complained that Pressplay, a digital music
subscription service joint venture between Sony Music and Universal Music
Group, is offering more compelling licensing terms to its own service than
to those of competitors. The U.S. Justice Dept. is currently investigating
potential antitrust concerns among major label-owned online music
services, as major labels control about 85 percent of all music sold.
Specifically, unnamed executives at several online music companies told
the LA Times that Sony and Universal offer new features and business
models with Pressplay before making them available to its competitors, and
that the companies are not providing the same access to catalogs or
wholesale prices for permanent downloads.
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-music5aug05002050.story?coll=la%2Dheadlines%2Dtechnology
http://www.pressplay.com
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Vice President, Product Development - Warner Bros. - Burbank, CA

VP to oversees all aspects of customer management, project management,
creative development, and technical development for the delivery of Web
sites and on-line collateral for WBOL clients. Set Product development
organization strategy and priorities. Build Customer relationships. BA
from an accredited university and preferably an MBA or MA in a field
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Director, Communications - Warner Bros. - Burbank, CA

WB seeks a Director of Communications for the Online Marketing & Promotion
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VP Marketing & Product Development - Fandango - Santa Monica, CA

As the premiere remote source movie ticketing service, Fandango is
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Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, the VP, Marketing & Product
Development, is responsible for leading all marketing and product
initiatives for Fandango's remote ticketing service offerings. Will
develop, direct and execute the total business marketing strategy
including positioning, brand awareness, usability, promotion/advertising
campaigns and customer loyalty programs. BA/BS in Marketing or Business
with 7-10 years of marketing experience. 3-5 years in a senior management
role in entertainment, internet, or consumer products. Resume to:
jobs@fandango.com and indicate position title in the subject.
http://www.fandango.com.
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Creative Director - CareersFromHome.com - Los Angeles, CA

Oversees all creative aspects of the company. Develops creative briefs and
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Public Relations Coordinator - Gartner - San Jose, CA

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analyst. Handle any broadcast requests from CNN, CNBC and other broadcast
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Apply at:
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Management Supervisor - Grey Interactive - New York, NY

Award winning interactive agency seeks seasoned Management Supervisor with
Strong
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for immediate consideration: Jobs@greyinteractive.com
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Accounting Manager - Public Company - Washington DC

Washington DC based public company involved in technology venture
investing and business services seeks an Accounting Manager. Experience
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small staff. Email resume and salary requirements to rsc672@hotmail.com
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Senior Program Manager - HireStrategy - Washington DC

One of the world's largest systems integrators is seeking a Senior Program
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Must have 15+ years professional technology experience.
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