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o Report: Icahn's Group May Attempt to Quadruple Time Warner Stake
o RIAA Sues Another 754 Song-Swappers for Copyright Infringement
o Google to Buy Print Ads, Re-Sell Them to Online Advertisers
o "Call of Duty" Developer Spark Sues Activision for $10 Million
o Virgin to Launch Digital Music Subscription Service on Friday
o Gracenote Raises $10.9 Million, Acquires Technology from Philips
o Napster Offers Music Service for Cell Phones
o Disney, Swiss Firm Kudelski to Develop Video-on-Demand Service
o Korean Mobile Game Publisher Com2uS Raises $8 Million
o P2P Streaming Developer Rawflow Raises $4 Million
o Report: U.K. Mobile Phone Spending Jumped 17% in 2nd Qtr
o Impact of Hurricane Katrina Slows Some Major U.S. Websites

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o Briefly Noted: Maxtor - PC-free home network, U.S. Copyright Office - pre-registration, eMusic - podcasts, AOL - USTA, XM Satellite Radio, Grammy Foundation - Electronic Arts, Loudeye - Magasins U, The Orchard - American Association of Independent Music, Blinkx, Orion Information Services - PixelPlay, Macrovision, Jamdat Mobile - Marvin Harrison - Jake Delhomme, Linktone - "Super Girls," DigitalLife - Global Gaming League, I-play, CNET Download.com - "Save CBGB," Hurricane Katrina - The New Orleans Times-Picayune
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o Report: Icahn's Group May Attempt to Quadruple Time Warner Stake

Dulles, Va. -- Hoping to turn up the pressure on AOL parent Time Warner, a group led by billionaire financier Carl Icahn is considering quadrupling its stake in the media giant to 10%, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters. Icahn has been trying to get the company to implement his plan for increasing shareholder value, which includes a massive stock buyback and the divestiture of Time Warner's cable television unit. Icahn's group, which includes SAC Capital Advisors, Jana Partners and Franklin Mutual Advisors, currently owns about 2.6% of the company. Increasing its stake to 10% could cost more than $6 billion. Icahn two weeks ago met with Time Warner CEO Dick Parsons in what he described as a "good and productive discussion with a lively exchange of ideas." He is recommending that the company spin off its cable television business and repurchase $20 billion in stock. Plans for Dulles-based AOL were not disclosed.
http://tinyurl.com/d9trc
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o RIAA Sues Another 754 Song-Swappers for Copyright Infringement

Los Angeles -- The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced on Wednesday that it has sued another 754 individuals for copyright infringement of songs on peer-to-peer file-sharing networks. The "John Doe" lawsuits, filed in federal courts in California, Colorado, Georgia, Missouri, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington, D.C., will seek to obtain the identities of individuals from their Internet service providers. The industry's last wave of 765 file-swapper lawsuits was filed in late July; defendants have usually settled with the record labels for between $3,000 and $5,000 each. The RIAA has now sued over 14,000 individuals since launching its legal anti-piracy campaign in Sept. 2003.
http://tinyurl.com/br72b
http://www.riaa.org
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o Google to Buy Print Ads, Re-Sell Them to Online Advertisers

San Francisco -- In an effort to expand its lucrative online ad sales business, Google has begun buying ads in print publications and re-selling them to advertisers who use its online AdWords program, CNET News.com reported. Google has purchased full page ads in publications including PC Magazine and Maximum PC, broken up the ad space, and re-sold the smaller sections to AdWords advertisers. "Google has shown that big media companies don't have to be part of the mix at all," Tim Hanlon, senior vice president of emerging contacts at ad agency Publicis Groupe. "People can just get the content and ads directly from an uber-intermediary. That's caught a lot of traditional ad types off guard." The Google print ad pages, labeled "Ads by Google," include an address for a website that features a replica of the ads on the print page.
http://tinyurl.com/cl7g2
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o "Call of Duty" Developer Spark Sues Activision for $10 Million

Santa Monica, Calif. -- Video game publisher Activision has been sued for $10 million by Spark Unlimited, developer of its "Call of Duty: Finest Hour" title, over allegations Activision reneged on an agreement that would have seen Spark develop two sequels to the game. Spark says in its lawsuit that Activision withheld bridge financing due after the delivery of Finest Hour, in addition to lowering royalty payments to the developer for the title. Spark also alleges that Activision stole ideas presented by Spark for sequels to Finest Hour, which are now being implemented in a sequel being worked on by developers Grey Matter and Treyarch. "Activision refused to pay Spark the royalties owed on Finest Hour or the bridge financing due under the contract, stole Spark's idea, and then hired away Spark's own employees to develop that sequel, hoping that if Spark was sufficiently crippled, Spark would be unable to protect its rights," Spark alleges, in its lawsuit. Activision told Reuters that it is reviewing the lawsuit.
http://tinyurl.com/cdxmb
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=11184
http://www.activision.com
http://www.sparkunlimited.com
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o Virgin to Launch Digital Music Subscription Service on Friday

London -- The U.K.-based Virgin Group said on Wednesday that it plans to launch its digital music service, Virgin Digital UK, on Friday, offering a library of over one million tracks for 79p ($1.42) each. The service was developed in-house, and will feature tracks licensed through U.S.-based MusicNet. In addition to permanent downloads, Virgin Digital will offer a basic subscription for 9.99 pounds ($18) per month and a premium version for 14.99 pounds ($27) per month. Virgin Digital will be promoted within all Virgin Megastores, which will also sell MP3 hardware compatible with the service from Samsung, Sony, Creative and iRiver; the service will not support Apple's iPod. The company also partnered with U.K. broadband provider Blueyonder, to offer free downloads and trial subscriptions to Virgin Digital. "With a strong music heritage behind us, as a record label and a retailer, Virgin has a huge advantage, and platform to launch a digital service that will become the ultimate destination to buy, stream, burn and enjoy the best the music world has to offer," said Virgin Group founder Richard Branson.
http://www.virgindigital.com
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o Gracenote Raises $10.9 Million, Acquires Technology from Philips

Amsterdam -- Gracenote, a provider of song identification technology, announced that it has raised $10.9 million in its fifth round of venture capital financing from existing investors. The company also announced that it will acquire audio identification and fingerprinting technology from Philips, which will make an equity investment in the company. Berkeley, Calif.-based Gracenote paid an undisclosed sum for Philips' technologies; the companies will also enter into a long-term research and development pact. Gracenote said the acquisition would further extend its lead in the digital entertainment technology market and allow it to expand into significant new markets, including chip-based recognition, embedded technologies for devices such as car stereos and music and advertising monitoring.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050830/sftu067.html?.v=23
http://www.gracenote.com
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o Napster Offers Music Service for Cell Phones

Los Angeles -- Napster announced on Wednesday the availability of its Napster To Go portable music subscription service for a number of cell phone models. The service is now available on smartphones and cell phones that run Microsoft's Windows Mobile 5.0 and Windows Mobile 2003, including the forthcoming Motorola Moto Q, and certain models made by Audiovox, HP, HTC, i-Mate, Orange, Palm, Samsung, Siemens and Sierra. The mobile subscription service will allow for both unlimited streaming of songs and a la carte downloads to cell phones. Wireless carriers that support handset models compatible with Napster To Go include BellSouth, Cingular, O2, Orange, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon and Vodafone.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050831/law029.html?.v=25
http://www.napster.com
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o Disney, Swiss Firm Kudelski to Develop Video-on-Demand Service

Zurich -- The Walt Disney Company has partnered with Swiss security software firm Kudelski, to develop a video-on-demand service for global digital TV operators that would deliver movies and TV programs to the hard drive of a digital video recorder, Reuters reported. The companies said the service will be compatible with satellite, cable, terrestrial and IPTV digital video recorders. However, the service will not be offered in the U.S., Canada or Japan.
http://tinyurl.com/b8sgr
http://www.nagra.com
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o Korean Mobile Game Publisher Com2uS Raises $8 Million

Seoul, South Korea -- Com2uS, a Korean developer and publisher of mobile games, announced on Wednesday that it has raised $8 million in a new round of venture capital financing, led by Storm Ventures and Walden International. Com2uS titles, such as "Andre Agassi COM2US Tennis," "Civilization" and "3D Golf," are available on Korean carriers including SK Telecom, KTF and LG Telecom, and internationally through Vodafone, NTT DoCoMo, China Mobile and T-Mobile. The company will use the funds -- which it calls largest amount to date raised by a Korean online game publisher -- to boost its game development programs and marketing activities in both Korean and international markets.
http://www.com2us.com/english/e_press_list.asp
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o P2P Streaming Developer Rawflow Raises $4 Million

London -- Rawflow, a London-based developer of peer-to-peer streaming media technology, announced on Wednesday that it has received a $4 million investment from Benchmark Capital. Founded in 2000, Rawflow developed Intelligent Content Distribution (ICD) technology that distributes a live broadcast to users' computers connected through a peer-to-peer network; the system is being used by customers including the Danish Broadcasting Corporation. The company will use the funds for marketing and sales efforts for its ICD technology.
http://www.rawflow.com
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o Report: U.K. Mobile Phone Spending Jumped 17% in 2nd Qtr

London -- According to the "Communications Market August 2005 Quarterly Update", published by U.K. telecommunications watchdog Ofcom, mobile spending in the first quarter of 2005 came to nearly $6 billion, about 17% higher than the total for the same quarter last year. Total retail revenues for U.K. telecommunications companies in the 12 months ended March 2005 came to more than $66 billion, about 5% higher compared to the year previous. Ofcom's report also found that Freeview, a fast-growing digital terrestrial platform, has now reached more than 5 million U.K. households and that shopping, interactive services and pay-per-view services accounted for about a fifth of local digital channels' revenues in 2004.
http://makeashorterlink.com/?H33C225BB
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o Impact of Hurricane Katrina Slows Some Major U.S. Websites

San Mateo, Calif. -- As Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast, several popular websites had difficulty maintaining their performance and availability, according to new information from Keynote Systems, a provider of site performance measurement services. For a period of about three hours on Sunday night, some of the graphic content on Weather.com was not available, and the availability of other content on the site also dipped for about 35 minutes on Monday morning. Both CNN.com and USAToday.com, although both stable and available, also showed some degradation of performance on Monday morning, with home pages taking up to 10 seconds to load, or about three times as long as normal. In addition, the National Weather Service's site went from its usual availability rate of 94%-98% to just 29% for a short period. Keynote's performance index measures the average download time for the home pages of 40 important sites from the 25 largest metropolitan areas of the U.S.
http://www.keynote.com
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o Briefly Noted:

(Milpitas, Calif.) Storage solutions provider Maxtor on Wednesday introduced a new home file storage server that can host video, music, images and other files and serve them to various rooms in the home without the need of a PC. The company's Shared Storage Plus drive -- available in 200GB ($299), 300GB ($399) and 500GB ($499) capacities -- can connect to a home network and allow users to simultaneously "listen to a music collection via a networked sound system upstairs, play movies on a networked theatre system in the living room, and view a slide show of recent vacation photos on a laptop in the kitchen."
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050831/sfw027.html?.v=25
http://www.maxtor.com 

(Washington) The U.S. Copyright Office has posted comments on its website provided by the entertainment industry and private citizens, in response to its request for feedback on a proposal to provide "pre-registration" of copyright works with a history of pre-release infringement. The comments range in scope from what types of works should be eligible for pre-registration, to whether the Copyright Office is wrong to only offer a version of its pre-registration website for Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser.
http://www.copyright.gov/prereg 

(New York) Digital music download service eMusic announced on Wednesday the addition of podcasts and RSS feeds produced by its music editors for subscribers to its service. The offerings will include podcasts of "best-of" lists from eMusic editors, with editor commentary interspersed with song clips. Editors at New York-based eMusic, which sells 2.4 million tracks from mainly independent artists each month, include former Rolling Stone editor Michael Azerrad; former New York Times pop music critic Ann Powers; and Sonic Youth guitarist Thurston Moore.
http://www.emusic.com 
http://www.emusic.com/podcast/eMusicPodcast.xml 

(Dulles, Va.) America Online said that it has reached a deal with the United States Tennis Association to deliver exclusive video content from the 2005 U.S. Open on AOL and AOL.com. As part of the deal, AOL will be the official ISP for the tournament. Content will include an array of exclusive video features, including preview and recap shows, as well as the "top point" of the day.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050830/305536.html?.v=1

(Washington, DC) XM Satellite Radio, a provider of satellite radio services with more than 4.4 million subscribers, said that it will kick off its coverage of the 2005 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) and Big Ten Conference (Big Ten) football seasons on September 1. In addition to play-by-play broadcasts of games throughout the season, the company plans to debut a new weekday college football news and call-in show on September 12.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050830/dctu004.html?.v=24 

(Los Angeles) The Grammy Foundation announced on Wednesday that it has partnered with video game publisher Electronic Arts, to offer student seminars on the topic of producing music for video games. The "Grammy Pro Session: Video Game Music and Sound Design" seminars will be offered to high school students in Los Angeles, Orlando, Vancouver, San Francisco and Chicago.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050831/315221.html?.v=1
http://www.ea.com
http://www.grammyintheschools.com 

(London) Loudeye, a provider of branded music download stores and other digital media services, announced on Wednesday that it has signed an agreement to create a branded music download store for French supermarket chain, Magasins U. Initially, the service will be promoted at 50 locations with pre-paid download cards, eventually expanding to the company's network of over 800 stores across France in early 2006.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050831/sfw007a.html?.v=1
http://www.magasins-u.com
http://www.loudeye.com

(New York) The Orchard, a digital distributor of independent label music to download stores and other music services, announced on Wednesday that it has joined the newly-formed American Association of Independent Music (A2IM), a trade group of U.S. independent record labels. New York-based The Orchard is the first digital distributor to sign on with the group, whose stated business goal is to represent the interests of independent labels in business, government and the media.
http://www.a2im.org
http://www.theorchard.com 

(San Francisco) Blinkx, the provider of a searchable index of Internet video, announced on Wednesday that it has signed deals with new content providers that have almost doubled its existing partner list. New providers of video to Blinkx include Blastro, CNET, CraveOnline, Gametrailer.com, IT Conversations, ManiaTV, StupidVideos, YouTube and Vidiac. The San Francisco-based company said its index now searches over a half million hours of online video and audio content.
http://www.blinkx.tv

(New York) Mobile content publisher Orion Information Services announced on Wednesday that it has partnered with interactive TV game developer PixelPlay to develop an interactive TV mobile entertainment portal. The interactive TV channel, slated to launch by the end of the year, will let viewers browse ringtones, images, animations and Java mobile games on their televisions and then make purchases that are automatically downloaded to their cell phones.
http://www.ois-inc.com
http://www.pixelplay.com
http://www.dishmobile.com 

(London) Macrovision, a provider of copy-protection technology for CDs, DVDs and video games, said on Wednesday that its Trymedia unit -- which offers secure delivery of downloadable video games -- has signed game publishers Zylom and Hip Interactive. The publishers' game titles will be offered through Trymedia partners on a try-before-you-buy basis.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050831/315154.html?.v=1
http://www.macrovision.com
http://www.hip-europe.com
http://www.zylom.com 

(Los Angeles) Jamdat Mobile, a publisher of wireless entertainment, announced on Wednesday that it has signed Marvin Harrison of the Indianapolis Colts and Jake Delhomme of the Carolina Panthers to serve as cover athletes for its 2006 line of NFL-licensed mobile games. "Jamdat Sports NFL 2006" is slated to launch alongside the start of the pro football season.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050831/315250.html?.v=1
http://www.jamdat.com

(Shanghai, China) Chinese mobile entertainment publisher Linktone announced on Wednesday that it has partnered with Hunan Satellite TV, to provide text message voting capabilities for the Chinese version of "American Idol," called "Super Girls." Linktone said that Chinese media sources claim more than 400 million viewers watched the season finale last week.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050831/cnw011.html?.v=4
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-08/12/content_468543.htm
http://english.linktone.com/aboutus 

(New York) Publisher Ziff Davis Media's DigitalLife title said on Wednesday that it has partnered with the Global Gaming League, a producer of live video game tournaments, to launch the DigitalLife Tournament Series, a nationwide video game tournament. The tournament will offer five regional qualifiers before the grand finals in New York in October, which will feature a $100,000 prize purse. Games in competition will include "Halo 2," "Counter-Strike," "Battlefront," "Unreal Tournament 2K4" and "Warcraft 3."
http://www.digitallife.ggl.com 

(London) Mobile game publisher I-play on Wednesday announced the launch of its first 3D title, "Major Carnage." The game was developed by recent I-play acquisition, Ditto Studios.
http://about.iplay.com/article.jsp?NID=90&NYID=2005 

(San Francisco) CNET Networks announced on Wednesday that its CNET Download.com portal will serve as the exclusive online sponsor and webcast provider of the "Save CBGB" benefit concert, taking place today in New York City's Washington Square Park. The legendary rock club is in danger of being evicted, after helping launch the careers of The Ramones, Talking Heads, Blondie and others over the years. The concert, which will feature performances from artists including Blondie and Bouncing Souls, will also be available for on-demand streaming until Sept. 30.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/050831/315391.html?.v=1
http://www.savecbgb.org
http://www.download.com 

(New York) The New York Times and The Washington Post on Wednesday reported on the efforts of editors and reporters with the New Orleans Times-Picayune to publish an online edition of the newspaper. Hurricane Katrina knocked out newsroom phones and e-mail, and forced the evacuation of Times-Picayune headquarters. "So we've been out of touch, but they've had this amazing publishing thing on the Web and the Web log and they've done it under these terrible conditions," Steven Newhouse, chairman of Advance.net, which operates the websites of Newhouse publications including the Times-Picayune, told The New York Times. The Times-Picayune's staff, which has since relocated to Houma and Baton Rogue, La., published the newspaper on the Internet in PDF format today.
http://tech.nytimes.com/2005/08/31/national/nationalspecial/31media.html
http://tinyurl.com/9cdbd 
http://www.nola.com/hurricane/katrina/pdf/083105/a1.pdf

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