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o Sony Names PlayStation 3 Launch Titles, Details Online Game Service
o YouTube Removes 30,000 Videos at Request of Japan Copyright Society
o Russian Download Store AllofMP3 Reacts to Visa, MasterCard Bans
o Swedish Courts Dole Out First File-Sharing Fines
o Report: AOL Exploring Acquisitions in Europe
o MacArthur Foundation Commits $50 Million to Study Digital Learning
o Red Hill Group Launches Virtual Political Stock Market
o Bertelsmann Launches Digital Media Investments Fund
o Mobile Podcast Distributor Spodradio Raises $10 Million
o Investor Eric Di Benedetto Launches Active Starts Angel Investment Firm
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  Forbes MEET 2006 - October 24-25, 2006 - Beverly Hills, CA
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o Island Records Band Keane to Release Single on USB Flash Drive
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JibJab, Verizon Name Finalists for Great Sketch Experiment Contest
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On Command Taps Amino for Hotel IPTV Set-tops
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Robert Wood Foundation Announces $30,000 Games for Health Competition
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Electronic Arts Says 30 Titles in Development for PlayStation 3
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Kuma Reality Games, History Channel Partner on TV-Gaming Series

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Top Stories

o Sony Names PlayStation 3 Launch Titles, Details Online Game Service

Foster City, Calif. - Sony Computer Entertainment America this week announced its roster of more than 20 launch titles for the PlayStation 3, which goes on sale in North America on Nov. 17, and detailed the online and network services the company will offer for the next-generation game console. Sony-developed PlayStation 3 titles available at launch will include "Resistance: Fall of Man," "NBA 07" and "Genji: Days of the Blade," while third-party titles will include "Marvel: Ultimate Alliance" (Activision), "Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion" (Bethesda Softworks), "Madden NFL 07" (Electronic Arts) and "Sonic the Hedgehog" (Sega). Sony also announced that basic features of its online network for the PlayStation 3 will be offered for free. A navigation system called XMB (Xross Media Bar) will allow gamers to play multiplayer games across the network; communicate with other players via chat, voice or video; browse the Web and shop online; store and view pictures and video; download and listen to music; and purchase game content. Sony said that first party downloadable games on the network will cost less than $15 at launch, adding that about a dozen downloadable original PlayStation titles will be available for $5-$10. Most regular console titles will cost less than $60. A PlayStation 3 with a 20GB hard drive will sell for $499, while a premium version with a 60GB hard drive and built-in Wi-Fi connectivity will cost $599.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061019/sfth082.html?.v=53
http://us.playstation.com
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o YouTube Removes 30,000 Videos at Request of Japan Copyright Society

Tokyo - Google's YouTube video-sharing service has deleted close to 30,000 videos after a Japanese copyright society said they were posted without permission, the Associated Press reported. Among the items removed were clips from TV shows, music videos and movies from 23 Japanese companies, Fumiyuki Asakura, an official from the Japan Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers, told AP. Asakura added that the Japanese copyrights society may ask YouTube to introduce a filter to prevent future uploading of copyrighted clips. The company already employs an audio fingerprinting technology that identifies low-quality versions of licensed clips. YouTube recently signed licensing deals with a number of major record labels for the rights to post their music and videos. The service was acquired earlier this month by Google for $1.65 billion. About 8.5 million of YouTube's 72.1 million visitors in August were from Japan.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/15808034.htm (AP)
http://www.youtube.com 
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o Russian Download Store AllofMP3 Reacts to Visa, MasterCard Bans

Moscow - Reacting to the blow that came as two major credit card companies halted payment processing for its controversial music download store, Russia-based AllofMP3.com called the actions "arbitrary, capricious and discriminatory," adding that it may seek legal recourse to reverse the decisions. The site sells albums for about $2 each, and claims to be legal under Russian law and hold a valid license from a Russian copyrights society. This week, both Visa and MasterCard ceased processing payments for the site. "Visa and MasterCard should immediately re-qualify AllofMP3," said AllofMP3 director general Vadim Mamotin. "There is no valid reason and absolutely no legal basis for the action." Record labels tried last year to compel Russian authorities to shut the site down, but prosecutors in Moscow declined to pursue the case. Recently, U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab said the site is a sign that Russia doesn't respect intellectual property, and could affect the country's accession to the World Trade Organization. "It is evident that Visa and MasterCard made the decision on factors other than legal grounds since the decision was not based on an adjudicated verdict by any court in the Russian Federation or, for that matter, anywhere in the world," AllofMP3 said.
http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=182003
http://www.ifpi.org/site-content/press/20061018.html
http://www.allofmp3.com
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o Swedish Courts Dole Out First File-Sharing Fines

London - Two Swedish men who uploaded movies and music to the Internet were convicted and fined by Swedish courts this week, according to The Register, which cited a report from Swedish site The Local. In the first case in Sweden where someone was fined for music file-sharing, a 44-year-old man from Boras paid an undisclosed sum for making songs available from artists including the Eurythmics and Roxette. In a separate case, a 32-year-old man from Norrkoping was convicted and fined for posting a Swedish film online. The cases are of note because both convictions came as a result of supporting evidence consisting of an IP address linked to a file-sharing network, which a Swedish judge in a case in September ruled was insufficient to prove guilt.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/19/swedish_file_sharers_fined
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o Report: AOL Exploring Acquisitions in Europe

Dulles, Va. - Looking to further strengthen its online advertising business, AOL is planning to make acquisitions in Europe, a German newspaper reported on Friday. Jonathan Miller, the CEO of AOL, told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper, "We're actively searching for Internet firms. There are good opportunities here." Miller did not reveal any specific acquisition targets.
http://tinyurl.com/ykfq8q (Reuters)
http://www.faz.net/s/homepage.html
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o MacArthur Foundation Commits $50 Million to Study Digital Learning

New York - The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation this week announced plans to commit $50 million over five years to fund research and innovative projects focused on understanding the impact of the widespread use of digital media on youth and how they learn. "This is the first generation to grow up digital -- coming of age in a world where computers, the Internet, videogames, and cell phones are common, and where expressing themselves through these tools is the norm," said MacArthur president Jonathan Fanton. "Given how present these technologies are in their lives, do young people act, think and learn differently today? And what are the implications for education and for society? MacArthur will encourage this discussion, fund research, support innovation, and engage those who can make judgments about these difficult but critical questions." The Foundation has already funded exploratory grants for researchers at several universities, and plans to publish six books in 2007 representing leading research and thinking on a range of digital media and learning topics.
http://tinyurl.com/vddhm
http://www.digitallearning.macfound.org
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o Red Hill Group Launches Virtual Political Stock Market

Gaithersburg, Md. - Red Hill Group said that it has launched a website giving political aficionados the chance to express their opinions about who will win in November by buying and selling candidates in a virtual stock market. The site, CasualObserver.net, allows registered users to participate for free, sharing their opinions about who will win more than 70 of the most competitive mid-term Senate, House and governor's races across the nation. Users can "invest" in the candidates they deem most likely to win or lose, then follow the results online with real-time updates on prices and portfolio values. The site, which went live in September, recently launched a contest, awarding an iPod Nano to the top trader at the market close on Nov. 7.
http://www.casualobserver.net 
http://www.redhillgroupllc.com
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o Bertelsmann Launches Digital Media Investments Fund

Gutersloh, Germany - German media conglomerate Bertelsmann this week announced the launch of a new venture capital fund that will invest in digital media companies. Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (BDMI) has initial funding of $63 million, which it will use to cover seed stage to early round investments in companies that intersect with Bertelsmann's books, magazines, music, television, direct marketing and media services businesses. "As digital media, the web and mobile access continue to converge on a global scale, we seek to partner with pioneering companies developing new technologies, new business models or new visions of the future," said BDMI president Richard Sarnoff.
http://www.randomhouse.com/bdmifund
http://tinyurl.com/ya7pqr (Red Herring)
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o Mobile Podcast Distributor Spodradio Raises $10 Million

Stuttgart, Germany - Spodradio, which operates a worldwide radio and podcast hub for mobile phones, announced that it has raised $10 million in its second round of venture capital financing, led Benchmark Capital Europe and previous investor Baytech Capital.
Germany-based Spodradio provides mobile operators with an application that delivers a network of radio broadcasts and podcasts, synchronized with relevant visual content, to mobile phones. The company will use the funds to accelerate expansion into international markets, and to develop new services.
http://www.spodradio.com/en/news-detail.html?id=165
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o Investor Eric Di Benedetto Launches Active Starts Angel Investment Firm

San Francisco - Venture capitalist and angel investor Eric Di Benedetto said that he has launched Active Starts, a San Francisco-based angel investment firm focused on California-based software startups. The firm initially will have a portfolio of 11 investments in the social Web, mobility services and on-demand applications. Recent investments include ActiveWeave, Plastyc, RapLeaf, Before The Call, Chegg, ClairMail, GoFish, Kalat, Real Travel, Visible Path and Xactly. Di Benedetto has more than 15 years of Silicon Valley venture capital experience as an investor in software, mobile applications and digital media.
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/10/prweb451951.htm 
http://activestarts.com/default.aspx

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November 7-8, 2006M
West Hollywood, CA
www.lagamesconference.com

November 16-17, 2006
New York, NY
www.televisionconference.com

LA Games Conference - November 7-8, 2006 - Los Angeles, CA

www.lagamesconference.com
November 7-8, 2006 - Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, CA

For the past five years, the most influential decision-makers in the games industry have gathered at Digital Media Wire’s annual Games & Mobile Forum in New York to network, do deals and share ideas about the future of online and mobile games. Over 1,500 senior executives have attended the event over the past five years, including senior participants from Electronic Arts, Microsoft, Sony, JAMDAT, Glu Mobile, Nokia, I-Play, Hands-on Mobile, Verizon Wireless, Cingular, Sprint, Ericsson, QUALCOMM, Virgin Mobile, PlayFirst, Atari, Playboy, MTV, Wired, GameSpot, Ziff Davis, Digital Chocolate, Turbine, Gameloft, Yahoo!, AOL, UBS Warburg, Deloitte, the UK Government, the Irish Government, Coca-Cola, and PepsiCo, among others. It is with this illustrious background that we are pleased to announce the launch of LA Games Conference at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, November 7-8, 2006.

KEYNOTES & FEATURED PRESENTATIONS
Doug Lowenstein, President, Entertainment Software Association
Mika Salmi, Founder & CEO, Atom Entertainment
John Broady,
Director of Business Intelligence, CNET Networks Entertainment
Michael Dowling,
CEO, Interpret LLC
David Higley,
Managing Dir. & Head Of Digital Media Technologies, UBS Investment Bank
Andrew Katz,
Partner, MS&K

PANELISTS & SPEAKERS
Cody Alexander, Head of Video Games , William Morris Agency
Greg Ballard, CEO, Glu Mobile
Gordon Bellamy, Executive Consultant , MTV Networks / Spike TV
Nicholas Longano, President of New Media, Massive Incorporated
Teemu Huuhtanen, EVP, Sales & B. Dev., Regional President, N. Am., Sulake Corporation Ltd.
Kanishka Agarwal,
VP, New Products and Media Analyst , Telephia
Cody Alexander,
Head of Video Games , William Morris Agency
Mathew Bellows,
GM & VP Marketing , Floodgate Entertainment
John Blakely ,
VP, Development , Sony Online Entertainment, Austin
George Borkowski ,
Head of IP & Tech Practice , MS&K
Jon Van Canegham,
Co-Founder & President, Chief Creative Officer, Trion World Network, Inc
Chris Cao,
Studio Creative Director , Sony Online Entertainment
Kenny Dinkin,
VP & Executive Producer , Playfirst
Jay Moore,
Founder , The Strategery Group
Chris Early,
Studio Manager , Microsoft Casual Games Group
Mike Goslin,
VP, Virtual Reality Studio , Walt Disney Internet Group
Jeff Herrmann,
Business Dev. & Strategy , VNU’s Media Measurement & Information Group
Alex St. John ,
CEO & Co-Founder , WildTangent
Sandi Isaacs ,
VP, Interactive & Mobile , Paramount Pictures, Licensing Group
Gary Price ,
Partner, TAG Strategic
Keith McCurdy,
COO, Hands-On Mobile
Joseph Olin,
President, Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences
Jim Merrick ,
CEO, Mobliss
Michael Schutzler ,
SVP, Games Division , RealNetworks
Julie Shumaker,
VP, Worldwide Sales , Double Fusion
Keith Boesky ,
Principal, Boesky & Company
Richard Weil ,
President , FUN Technologies
John Welch,
President & CEO , PlayFirst
Mike Yuen,
Senior Director  Gaming Group, QUALCOMM
Eric Zimmerman,
Co-Founder & CEO , gameLab
Mathieu Nouzareth,
Founder & President , Boonty S.A.
Jim Banister,
Principal, Spectrum MediaWorks
Mark Friedler ,
CEO, GameDAILY
Eric Goldberg ,
Managing Director , Crossover Technologies
Brad Singer,
VP, Marketing & Business Development, PaymentOne
Dave Rohrl,
GM - SF Studio, PopCap Games
Megan Galbraith,
Game Producer, Atom Shockwave

Don’t miss the opportunity to participate in the premier event for games industry decision-makers focused on online, mobile, pc and console games. For sponsor packages and to submit speaker proposals, please contact Tinzar Than Sherman, Vice President of Marketing & Events at 323-822-0936 or by email at tinzar@digitalmediawire.com.

REGISTRATION RATES:
Pre-Registration: $499 until October 15, 2006
Registration: $599 until November 4, 2006

Online Registration:
http://www.meeting-services.com/reg/en/register.asp?event=711=71

Phone Registrations: (310) 855-0033

WHEN: November 7-8, 2006

WHERE: Pacific Design Center
              8687 Melrose Avenue
              West Hollywood, CA

INQUIRIES: Tinzar Than Sherman, VP, Marketing & Events, tinzar@digitalmediawire.com

For agenda, registration and event details, please visit
www.lagamesconference.com

 


 

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Digital Media Wire is growing and we are recruiting 2 full-time manager or director-level (depending on experience) hires to work in our industry leading events business in our Los Angeles office on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood.

These individuals will be responsible for managing all aspects of event production, including creating and maintaining budgets, working on agendas, establishing and implementing marketing plans, organizing event-day logistics, and interfacing with senior executives at leading media and entertainment companies about speaking, sponsorship and advertising opportunities.

Applicants should be computer and Internet-savvy. Knowledge of PC, Internet/e-mail, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, Power Point, and Excel, and experience in event planning/management and existing relationships in the digital media industry are a "must". Basic skills in Front Page or HTML, Adobe Photoshop, and Quickbooks are a plus. Send resume to
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o Island Records Band Keane to Release Single on USB Flash Drive

London - Universal Music Group/Island Records recording artists Keane will ship the first single to be released on USB flash drives, the BBC Online reported. The U.K. band will sell 1,500 512MB flash drives containing MP3 copies of its song "Nothing In My Way" later this month for about $7.50. "We're definitely testing the waters," Island Records general manager Jon Turner told the BBC. The single is not the first USB drive release, however, as Canada's Barenaked Ladies offered an album on a USB drive last year.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6065656.stm
http://www.keanemusic.com
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o Post's Liz Spayd Named New Editor of washingtonpost.com

Arlington, Va. - Liz Spayd, an assistant managing editor of The Washington Post responsible for national news, has been named the new editor of the newspaper's website, washingtonpost.com. Spayd, who joined the paper in 1988, has been in charge of its national news coverage since 2000. She will assume her new role by the end of the year.
http://tinyurl.com/w5nhj
http://www.washingtonpost.com
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o JibJab, Verizon Name Finalists for Great Sketch Experiment Contest

Santa Monica, Calif. - Online comedy network JibJab and partner Verizon Wireless announced on Friday that six finalists have been chosen for its Great Sketch Experiment contest, which will award the producer of the funniest sketch comedy video a $10,000 development deal with JibJab and see their performance featured on Verizon's V CAST service. Santa Monica, Calif.-based JibJab said director John Landis ("Kentucky Fried Movie," "Animal House") directed the six finalists' entries, which are available for viewing and voting on at JibJab.com.
http://tinyurl.com/yn9cqp
http://www.jibjab.com
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o On Command Taps Amino for Hotel IPTV Set-tops

Cambridge, England - Amino, a provider of IPTV delivery technology, announced on Friday that hotel video-on-demand service provider On Command has deployed its AmiNET set-top boxes in hotels that choose to use existing coaxial cabling to provide in-room interactive entertainment. On Command provides its services in over 800,000 hotel rooms worldwide.
http://tinyurl.com/yl5kuj
http://www.oncommand.com
http://www.aminocom.com
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o Robert Wood Foundation Announces $30,000 Games for Health Competition

Princeton, N.J. - The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which focuses on health care-related issues, this week announced a $30,000 contest that will award entrants who develop game concepts or prototypes aimed at improving aspects of health and health care. The Foundation gave as examples game titles such as "Ben's Game," a skateboarding title for chemotherapy patients, and Konami's "Dance Dance Revolution," in which gamers burn calories while following dance steps. "Today's technology has the ability to both educate and entertain," said Chinwe Onyekere, program officer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. "We want to encourage people with creative minds to harness that potential in a way that leads to better management and delivery of health and health care." The Games for Health Competition will accept entries through April 1, 2007, with winners to be announced in May 2007.
http://www.rwjf.org/newsroom/newsreleasesdetail.jsp?id=10441
http://www.seriousgames.org/index2.html
http://www.gamesforhealth.org/competition
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o Electronic Arts Says 30 Titles in Development for PlayStation 3

Redwood City, Calif. - Electronic Arts said this week that it has more than 30 games currently in development for Sony's forthcoming PlayStation 3 console, which it plans to roll-out over the next 18 months. Titles available at launch will include "Madden NFL 07," "Need for Speed Carbon" and "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07," with 8-10 titles such as "Def Jam: Icon" to follow by late March. Other PlayStation 3 titles in development at EA include "Army of Two," "Battlefield: Bad Company," "Burnout 5," "Medal of Honor Airborne" and "SKATE."
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/061019/20061019006082.html?.v=1
http://www.ea.com
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o Kuma Reality Games, History Channel Partner on TV-Gaming Series

New York - Kuma Reality Games, a publisher of military-themed online games whose plots are taken from real-world headlines, announced that it has partnered with The History Channel to develop synergistic gaming and TV programming. The second season of The History Channel series "Shootout!," which debuts Nov. 3, will see new online games for each episode that allow viewers to learn of an historical gun battle -- such as Iwo Jima, Battle of the Bulge and the Tet Offensive -- and then play a 3D game re-creation of the battle.
http://www.history.com
http://www.kumawar.com

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Job Opportunities at DMW - Join the DMW Team!

Digital Media Wire is growing and we are recruiting a full-time manager or director-level (depending on experience) hire to work in our industry leading events business in our Los Angeles office on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood.

This individual will be responsible for managing all aspects of event production, including creating and maintaining budgets, working on agendas, establishing and implementing marketing plans, organizing event-day logistics, and interfacing with senior executives at leading media and entertainment companies about speaking, sponsorship and advertising opportunities.

Applicant should be computer and Internet savvy. Knowledge of PC, Internet/Email, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, Power Point, and Excel, experience in event planning and management and existing relationships in the digital media industry are a "must". Basic skills in Front Page or HTML, Adobe Photoshop, and Quickbooks are a plus. Send resume to dmwjobs@digitalmediawire.com with “DMW Event Position” in the subject line.
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Design Director - NPR Digital Media - Washington, DC

Looking for a talented, Web-savvy, usability-conscious Design Director to define the visual identity and interaction design of NPR.org and other NPR products/services. Role includes hands-on concept creation as well as managing projects & people. Experience in media/journalism desirable. More details at NPR.org. Send resumes to employment@npr.org
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Product Marketing Specialist - Airlines Reporting Corporation - Arlington, VA

Work collaboratively with all business lines and product managers to develop and implement marketing plans for the ARC product suite. Required: 3-5 years of experience in B2B product marketing roles; knowledge of product marketing & product management best practices; experience with best-practice use of marketing plans; experience dev. marketing plans; excellent written & verbal communications skills; experience with the main forms of marketing & promotional communications: web, email, direct mail, collateral dev., tradeshow messaging. Significant training and hands-on experience with Microsoft Project and its use in a marketing environment.  Send resumes to jobs@arccorp.com
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Technology Managing Editor - The Magazine Group - Washington, DC
 
TMG in Washington, D.C. is searching for candidates, one specifically with substantial education tech. exp. and the other candidate with solid state and local government tech. exp. and ties; both candidates must have deep roots with technology insights. The focus will be on providing tech-rich stories that detail how systems and communications can help organizations succeed. The successful candidates must have 5 years of IT reporting and editing experience, sharp writing & editing skills, proven ability to frame stories for niche publications, experience working with freelance writers and a clear understanding of magazine production. The job will require finding and developing sources, as well as covering events. Please fax resume, along with clips and editing samples, to TMG/AS at 202-293-5583 or e-mail to jobs@themagazinegroup.com or erni@themagazinegroup.com Please visit our web site at http://www.themagazinegroup.com
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Director of Consumer & Affiliate Marketing - Exent Technologies – San Mateo, CA

Exent offers a Games-on-Demand private label or licensed technology service to many leading portals including Comcast, Verizon, Turner Broadcasting's GameTap, among others. The successful candidate will manage the merchandising and visual presentation of our growing list of partner sites, optimize online selling opportunities, execute online promotions with partners, forecast and analyze partner site performance. The individual will work closely with other members of the team to ensure the optimum customer shopping experience. For more information and to apply, click here.
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Mobile Product Manager - New Motion – Irvine or West Los Angeles, CA

New Motion, Inc. is one of the fastest growing direct-to-consumer mobile entertainment companies in the U.S. The Product Manager will be responsibility for developing and managing the product offerings in a specific channel (e.g. Sports, Entertainment, Lifestyle, etc). This position is geared towards individuals with an entrepreneurial mindset and the desire to run their own show. The ideal candidate will possess the ability to create a business strategy, clearly illustrate that strategy to upper management, and then execute on the plan. This individual will also be an integral part and interface with other departments within the organization to create the end-product marketed and sold to consumers. When applicable, this individual will be client facing, working with Intellectual Property owners on a day-to-day basis and evangelizing the brand/product internally. Email resumes to: jobs@newmotioninc.com.
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Associate Producer - NPR Digital Media – Washington, DC

Produces blogs, editing and suggesting items, creating multimedia elements and working with bloggers and blog editors to help guide tone and direction. Uses news judgment to edit news, arts and NPR program pages. Plans and produces web presentations involving photographs, audio, video and text. Writes and edits news headlines and other display copy. Reports and writes original stories and story elements. This is a full-time, union position in Washington, DC. For more information, including detailed requirements, please visit http://www.npr.org/about/jobs/positions.html
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Online Search Manager - New Motion – Irvine or West Los Angeles, CA

New Motion, Inc. is one of the fastest growing direct-to-consumer mobile content providers in the U.S. The Online Search Manager is a key player in managing the success of our products by managing and optimizing search results across all search engines. Responsibilities will include: analyzing our website and competitor sites; making recommendations; and managing execution. Understanding of online search and the wireless industry is important. Email resumes to: jobs@newmotioninc.com.
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On Line Marketing Manager - TheNewsRoom.com - Reston, VA

Experienced marketing manager needed to drive traffic to TheNewsRoom.com to develop a network of syndication partners for distributing news online. Identify new market segments and partners, Manage ongoing relationships with syndication network, Use search engine marketing tactics, Develop PR campaigns for bloggers, trade press, mainstream media, Oversee telemarketing efforts, media buys, banner ad campaigns, email marketing, Maintain performance metrics via Salesforce.com. Knowledge of online advertising, Web site terminology and practices is required. Send resumes to lcrigler@voxant.com

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Recruiting Founding Team for Video-Centric Web Startup

Join a small group of industry veterans in the launch of a new, video-centric Web-based service. This is an early-stage startup. Please contact us only if you have deep digital media industry experience, and a desire to join a venture in the formative stages. For a list of open positions and to apply, click here.

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Client Services Executive - Beck Media & Marketing - Los Angeles, CA

Beck Media & Marketing, a growing entertainment technology PR agency, seeks PR talent with 2+ years of agency or in-house public relations experience. Successful candidates will have technology experience, plus solid writing and media relations skills. Demonstrated success pitching media required. Position deals with TV, Emerging Media, Mobile and Web Services client base. Principals only. For more information and to apply, click here.
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2006 Digital Entertainment & Media Directory - 1,000+ Company Profiles

Digital Media Wire's d
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PricewaterhouseCoopers Global Entertainment and Media Outlook: 2005-2009

PricewaterhouseCoopers forecasts revenue for the global entertainment and media market will reach $1.8 trillion by 2009. For a comprehensive look at the forecast for the entertainment and media industry including analyses and five year growth projections for 14 industry segments covering every major region of the world, purchase PricewaterhouseCoopers Global Entertainment and Media Outlook: 2005-2009. Online distribution of music, films, books and video games is beginning to fuel end-user spending but what impact will rising interest rates and higher energy costs have on the expansion. Click here for more.
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