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o WSJ: Cingular to Team With
Yahoo, Napster, eMusic on Mobile Service
o Music Publishers, Kazaa to
Settle Copyright Infringement Case
o Time Warner Head
"Encouraged" by Early Results of AOL Strategy Shift
o eMusic to Lower Number of
Monthly Downloads Allowed
o Production on Microsoft
"Halo" Movie Halted
o Atom's Mika Salmi Named
President of MTV Global Digital Media
o Nintendo to Offer 32 New
Titles, 30 Retro Games for Wii Launch
o Nvidia Sees $150 Million
Charge, Restatements Related to Stock Options
o Apple Launches Latino
Section on iTunes Store
o Blockbuster Adds In-Store
Exchanges to Online DVD Rental Service
o Brazilian Broadcasters
Launch HD Radio Alliance
o Nielsen Introduces
National TV/Internet Fusion Database
o Recording Academy Debuts
"What's the Download Music Survival Guide"
o Charles River Ventures
Launches "QuickStart" Seed Funding Program
o U.S. Venture Capital
Fundraising on Track to Surpass 2005 Levels
o Indian Online Social
Network Sulekha.com Gets $10 Million Investment
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Sprint: 8 Million Full-Track
Mobile Song Downloads Sold
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Penthouse Acquires Adult
Sites Danni Ashe, Video Bliss
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XM Satellite Radio to Launch
"The Andretti Green Racing Hour"
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BigBand Says
Service Can Target TV Ads to Individual Recipients
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Digital Music Group Signs
Distribution Deals with Indie Labels
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MobileActive to
Sell Universal Music Ringtones in Australia
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Last.fm Debuts New Features
on Online Social Music Network
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for Speed Carbon," "FIFA Soccer 07"
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o WSJ:
Cingular to Team With Yahoo, Napster, eMusic on Mobile Service
New York - Mobile network operator Cingular Wireless is
set to announce partnerships with Napster, Yahoo, eMusic and XM
Satellite Radio that will greatly expand its mobile music service
offering, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. The new
service would allow over-the-air song downloads to phones, as well
as the transfer of existing CD collections in MP3 format to phones
over a USB connection. The service will also support Microsoft's WMA
format, which is used with both Napster's and Yahoo's subscription
services. Citing sources familiar with the matter, The Journal said
an announcement could come as early as tomorrow on the
collaboration. Rival Sprint said on Wednesday that its own mobile
music store has sold 8 million downloads in its first year.
http://tinyurl.com/yjnwjz
(Reuters)
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o Music
Publishers, Kazaa to Settle Copyright Infringement Case
Los Angeles - Music publishers suing the peer-to-peer
file-sharing service Kazaa for copyright infringement announced that
they have reached an anticipated settlement that includes a
"substantial sum" that will be paid to compensate the publishers.
The National Music Publishers Association (NMPA) said the settlement
with Kazaa was reached after months of negotiations. Earlier this
year, Kazaa settled similar litigation with the major record labels
and movie studios, agreeing to add filtering technology to its
service and pay $115 million in compensation. "The anticipated
settlement represents an important victory for songwriters, music
publishers and music fans alike," said NMPA president and CEO David
Israelite. "It will be another key milestone in the ongoing
transformation of the digital music marketplace to one that will
allow legal services to thrive."
http://www.nmpa.org/pressroom/showrelease.asp?id=122
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061101/ap_on_hi_te/downloading_music
(AP)
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o Time
Warner Head "Encouraged" by Early Results of AOL Strategy Shift
Dulles, Va. - The head of media giant Time Warner said on
Wednesday that the company is "particularly encouraged" by the early
progress made by AOL in switching to an advertising-supported model.
Although 2.5 million subscribers left the service as paying
customers during the third quarter, Chairman and CEO Dick Parsons
called the early results -- including only a negligible drop in
visitors to the company's sites -- promising. "These members are
maintaining their level of usage after they switch," Parsons said in
a conference call. "In addition, we are also signing up more new
users than we initially expected." Despite losing $210 million in
subscription revenue during the quarter, AOL made up much of the
difference with a 46% increase in ad revenue. AOL announced in
August that it would deemphasize its dial-up Internet business by
providing email and most of its content to broadband users free of
charge. The company now has 15.2 million subscribers, down from its
peak of 26.7 million in 2002.
http://ir.timewarner.com/releases.cfm?ptype=1
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o eMusic to
Lower Number of Monthly Downloads Allowed
Los Angeles - Digital music service eMusic, the nation's
second most-popular behind iTunes, is changing its terms to lower
the number of unprotected MP3 format songs that subscribers may
download each month. While monthly prices will remain the same,
starting Nov. 21 the company's $19.99 premium subscription option
will allow just 75 song downloads per month, down from 90. An
intermediate option will fall from 65 to 50 songs per month, while
the $9.99 per month basic service will now permit 30 songs, down
from 40 per month. The company defended its move, saying that it has
added hundreds of new features and grown its catalog from 250,000 to
1.7 million tracks since the previous pricing was set in 2003. "We
still offer the best value out of any download service, 25 cents a
track," an eMusic spokesperson told The Register. "We're offering
people more so we feel can we can charge more for it." To encourage
loyal subscribers, eMusic has offset the lowering of monthly
download caps by also lowering the cost of its annual subscription
plans. Originally launched in 1995, New York-based eMusic was
acquired by Dimensional Associates in 2003. When it relaunched in
2004, its new owners eliminated the service's popular "unlimited"
downloads per month option.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/31/emusic
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061101-8129.html
http://www.emusic.com
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Production on Microsoft "Halo" Movie Halted
Los Angeles - Production on the film version of
Microsoft's "Halo" Xbox video game has been officially postponed,
according to a statement from Microsoft and Peter Jackson and Fran
Walsh's Wingnut Films. Two financial backers of the movie -- Fox and
Universal Pictures -- recently bowed out, with Microsoft saying at
the time it would move forward on production while it sought new
partners. "As was previously confirmed, we deeply regret that both
Universal and Fox did not choose to move forward with financing the
Halo film under the original terms of the agreement. At this time
Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, along with their partner, Microsoft,
have mutually agreed to postpone making a feature film based on the
Halo video game universe until we can fulfill the promise we made to
millions of Halo fans throughout the world that we would settle for
no less than bringing a first class film to the big screen," the
parties said in a statement. Microsoft also dispelled a rumor that
uncertainty with first-time director Neill Blomkamp was a factor in
the financing and production process. "We are fully supportive of
director Neill Blomkamp's vision of the film. Neill is a
tremendously gifted filmmaker and his preliminary work on Halo is
truly awe-inspiring," the company said.
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/061101/microsoft_halo_movie.html?.v=1
(AP)
http://tinyurl.com/y29wu6
(IESB.net)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0464037 ("Halo" movie details)
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o Atom's
Mika Salmi Named President of MTV Global Digital Media
New York - Viacom's MTV Networks announced on Wednesday
that Mika Salmi has been named president of Global Digital Media. In
this newly created position, Salmi will work across MTV's portfolio
of music, games, entertainment, networking and interactive brands,
growing the network's appeal to young adult consumers through global
acquisitions activity and community and gaming assets. Salmi was
formerly CEO of Atom Entertainment, the company he founded and which
was acquired by MTV in August of this year. Salmi will report
directly to MTV chairman and CEO Judy McGrath, and will become a
member of her senior strategy team. As a side note, Salmi will be
keynoting at Digital Media Wire's LA Games Conference on November 8,
2006.
http://tinyurl.com/tlvo7
http://www.atomfilms.com
http://www.lagamesconference.com
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o Nintendo
to Offer 32 New Titles, 30 Retro Games for Wii Launch
Redmond, Wash. - Nintendo of America announced that it
will offer a total of 32 new games for the North American launch of
its next-generation Wii video game console. In addition to the 32
new titles, which include "The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess,"
"Metal Slug Anthology" and "Call of Duty 3," the company will offer
30 retro titles -- like "Super Mario 64" and "Sonic the Hedgehog" --
from NES, Super NES and other platforms through its Virtual Console
download service. Nintendo plans to ship 4 million Wii systems
globally by the end of 2006, with the greatest share allotted to the
Americas. The Wii goes on sale in North America for $249 on Nov. 19.
http://tinyurl.com/y83pzp
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=20767
http://wii.nintendo.com
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o Nvidia
Sees $150 Million Charge, Restatements Related to Stock Options
Santa Clara, Calif. - Graphics chipmaker Nvidia announced
on Wednesday that it expects to restate financial results for 2004
through 2006, along with selected statements for earlier years as
well as the first quarter of 2007, to correct accounting errors
resulting from its stock options granting practices. The stock-based
compensation charges incurred will have the effect of decreasing
reported net income or increasing reported loss from operations and
decreasing the reported retained earnings figures for the periods.
Santa Clara, Calif.-based Nvidia said the net impact from the
charges will be less than $150 million. The company is among more
than 100 that have either initiated internal investigations or are
under federal investigation with regard to stock option grants,
where the dates on which options were granted are changed to
increase their value for employees.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061101/sfw115.html?.v=38
http://tinyurl.com/ylwyn2
(Reuters)
http://www.nvidia.com
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o Apple
Launches Latino Section on iTunes Store
Cupertino, Calif. - Apple on Wednesday announced the
launch of iTunes Latino, a dedicated area within its U.S. iTunes
Store that will showcase Latin music, music videos, TV shows,
audiobooks and podcasts. The section will include Spanish-language
TV programming from Telemundo and its Latino youth network, mun2,
such as "Pasion de Gavilanes," "El Cuerpo del Deseo," "Decisiones"
and "mun2: The Immigration Special."
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061101/sfw072.html?.v=77
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061101/sfw075.html?.v=72
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Blockbuster Adds In-Store Exchanges to Online DVD Rental Service
Dallas - Video rental giant Blockbuster announced on
Wednesday that it has altered its online DVD mail order rental
service so that subscribers can now either return movies through the
mail or to participating Blockbuster stores. For each online rental
exchanged in a store, customers will receive a free in-store movie
rental. All of Blockbuster's 1.5 million online subscribers will
automatically be upgraded to the new Blockbuster Total Access
service. "Customers shouldn't have to choose between renting online
versus in-store, and they should never have to be without a movie,"
said Blockbuster chairman and CEO John Antioco.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061101/nyw085.html?.v=79
http://beta.blockbuster.com/totalaccess
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Brazilian Broadcasters Launch HD Radio Alliance
Columbia, Md. - iBiquity Digital, the developer of HD
Radio technology that lets radio stations transmit a digital signal
alongside their traditional analog signals, announced on Wednesday
that Brazilian broadcasters have formed an alliance to promote the
adoption of HD Radio. There are currently 16 stations in Brazil
broadcasting with the technology. The Brazilian Alliance for Digital
Radio counts nearly 2,500 stations supporting its efforts, including
the Brazilian Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters (ABERT)
and the Association of Broadcasters of Sao Paulo (AESP). Earlier
this month, Chile's Continental Lensa became the first licensed HD
Radio broadcast equipment maker outside of North America.
Maryland-based iBiquity said other countries deploying or testing HD
Radio include Australia, Canada, France, Mexico, Philippines,
Switzerland, Thailand and Ukraine.
http://tinyurl.com/y7u5do
http://www.ibiquity.com
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o Nielsen
Introduces National TV/Internet Fusion Database
New York - Nielsen Media Research and NetRatings on
Wednesday announced the launch of a new database that merges ratings
data from TV and Internet audiences. The National TV/Internet Fusion
database utilizes Nielsen's People Meter, which monitors TV viewing
of 30,000 respondents, with NetRatings' NetView, which
electronically tracks Internet use of 29,000 panelists. Analysis of
April 2006 TV/Internet data found that 40% of Americans are more
TV-centric, 24% are more Internet-centric, and 15% are equally heavy
users of TV and the Internet. Also, heavy Internet users were found
to watch more TV than light Internet users. "At a time when the
importance of the Internet as an advertising vehicle continues to
grow and expand with new streaming offerings, it's particularly
important to understand the interaction between these two media,"
said Paul Donato, chief research officer at Nielsen Media Research.
The company plans this month to begin installing its
Internet-monitoring software on computers in homes with its
TV-monitoring People Meters, with plans to deploy the combination
during the 2007-2008 television season.
http://tinyurl.com/yn5v4g
http://tinyurl.com/ygwmw9
http://www.netratings.com
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Recording Academy Debuts "What's the Download Music Survival Guide"
New York - The Recording Academy on Wednesday introduced
its "What's the Download Music Survival Guide," part of a public
education campaign that offers "constructive solutions to tackle
illegal downloading." The guide was written from the viewpoint of
young consumers, and "outlines relevant court cases and perceptions
of the music industry that have led to illegal downloading," while
providing suggestions on re-committing to artist development and
educating consumers. The What's the Download Interactive Advisory
Board that created the guide includes US Weekly entertainment editor
Shirley Halperin, BigChampagne CEO Eric Garland, and R&B artist
Chris Brown. Other artists supporting the campaign, which was
introduced at the CMJ Music Marathon in New York City, include Kanye
West, Common, Kelly Clarkson and Earth, Wind & Fire.
http://tinyurl.com/y2h5ym
http://www.whatsthedownload.com
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o Charles
River Ventures Launches "QuickStart" Seed Funding Program
Waltham, Mass. - Venture capital firm Charles River
Ventures (CRV) announced on Wednesday that it has launched a seed
funding program "designed to help entrepreneurs prototype and launch
new ideas quickly." Called "CRV QuickStart," the program will make
loans of up to $250,000 to very early stage businesses, allowing
them to avoid equity dilution as they explore the potential for
raising venture capital, CRV said. Founded in 1970, CRV focuses on
investments in technology and media sectors.
http://www.crv.com/NewsEvents/News/newsNov012006.html
http://tinyurl.com/yd422q
(CNET)
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o U.S.
Venture Capital Fundraising on Track to Surpass 2005 Levels
San Francisco - Venture capital fundraising in the U.S.
looks to be on track to surpass the level of a year ago, according
to new figured from Dow JonesVentureOne. During the third quarter, a
total of $6.69 billion was raised in 21 funds -- a monetary increase
of 17% from the same period in 2005, despite nine fewer funds.
Through the first three quarters, $19.66 billion has been raised by
venture capital firms, about $3 billion more than last year.
VentureOne noted that more than a fifth of the funds raised so far
this year are worth at least $500 million, up from just 8% last
year. "Increasing globalization is pushing firms to raise ever
larger sums to enable them to support new start-ups around the
world," said Stephen Harmston, the director of global research for
VentureOne. "As a result, smaller funds of less than $100 million in
size are becoming increasingly rare." Baltimore-based New Enterprise
Associates has raised the largest fund this year, at $2.5 billion.
http://tinyurl.com/y8swgr
http://www.ventureone.com
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o Indian
Online Social Network Sulekha.com Gets $10 Million Investment
Palo Alto, Calif. - Norwest Venture Partners, a venture
capital firm based in Palo Alto, Calif., said on Wednesday that it
has invested $10 million Sulekha.com, India's largest social
networking site. It was the company's first institutional round of
funding. The company runs various blogs, groups and networking
services, as well as local commerce sites, in 25 cities worldwide,
including eight in India. NVP currently manages more than $2.5
billion in venture capital.
http://www.nvp.com/news/nvppressDrill.aspx?prID=139
http://www.sulekha.com
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Future of Television Conference - November 16-17, 2006 - New York, NY
www.televisionconference.com
November 16-17, 2006 - NYU
Stern School of Business,
New York, NY
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Robert B. Clasen, Chairman & CEO, Starz LLC
Saul Berman, Partner, Media & Entertainment, IBM
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Tom Rutledge, Chief Operating Officer, Cablevision
Systems Corporation
John Rose, Director, Global Convergence Initiative,
Boston Consulting Group
Albert Cheng, EVP, Digital Media, Disney-ABC
Television Group
David Poltrack, Chief Research Officer, CBS
Corporation, President, CBS VISION
Jean-Briac Perrette, SVP, New Media / CFO, NBC
Universal Cable
Martin Yudkovitz, SVP, Corporate Strategy & Business
Dev., The Walt Disney Company
Max Robins, Editor-in-Chief, Broadcasting & Cable
David Del Beccarro, President, CEO & Founder, Music
Choice
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Eric Alterman, Chairman & CEO,
KickApps
Seth Arenstein, Assistant VP & Editorial Director,
Access Intelligence Cable Group
Gary Arlen, President,
Arlen Communications
Eric Bader, SVP, Director of Digital Connections,
MediaVest USA
Yuanzhe (Michael) Cai, Director, Broadband & Gaming,
Parks Associates
Todd Dagres, Founder & General Partner,
Spark Capital
Mike Fidler, CEO,
Digeo
Barry Frey, SVP
Cablevision Advanced Platforms
Jeffery A. Greenbaum, Partner,
Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz
Kelly Hoffman, Founder & CEO,
Varsity Media Group Inc.
Steve Jacobs, VP, Broadband Alliances,
Sony Corporation of America
Peter Kerckhoff, SVP, Content & Portal,
Deutsche Telekom/T-Online
Joseph Laszlo, Research Director Broadband Media,
Jupiter Research
Lydia Loizides, VP, Technology & Media Experience,
Interpublic Media
Dr. Ken Morse, VP, Client Architecture,
Scientific Atlanta, a Cisco Company
Andrew Nachison, Co-Founder & Executive Director,
iFOCOS
David D. Oxenford, Partner,
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Shelly Palmer, Chairman,
EMMY Advanced Media Committee
Gary Price, Partner,
TAG Strategic
Robert Riesenberg, President & CEO,
Full Circle Ent. (an Omnicom Media Grp Company)
Mark Rowland, Partner, IBB Consulting Group
Jason Rubinstein, Senior Director, Entertainment,
Mobile Devices Business, Motorola
Adam Shaw, SVP, Distribution, Sales & Marketing,
NFL Network
Perry Solomon, Senior Director, Media Business Development,
FAST Search & Transfer
Steven Starr, CEO,
Revver
Dave Thomas, SVP, Strategic Planning & Business Development,
Nielsen Media Research
Daniel Tibbets, EVP, Studios,
GoTV Networks
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Sprint: 8 Million Full-Track Mobile Song Downloads Sold
Overland Park, Kan. - Sprint announced on Wednesday that its
mobile music download store, powered by Groove Mobile, has sold more
than 8 million full-track song downloads in its first year of
operation. The store offers a library of 500,000 tracks from all the
major labels.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/061101/20061101005360.html?.v=1
http://www.groovemobile.com
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Penthouse Acquires Adult Sites Danni Ashe, Video Bliss
Boca Raton, Fla. - Penthouse Media Group, the publisher of
adult content, has acquired Danni Ashe Inc. and Video Bliss Inc.,
the owners and operators of a popular adult website that has been
online since 1996. Financial terms were not disclosed. The acquired
assets include several subscription websites that feature streaming
video, photographs, live events, and online stores and auctions. The
company also produces adult films, which are sold at major retail
stores, and licenses consumer products through a variety of
distribution channels.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061101/clw510.html?.v=60
http://www.danni.com
http://www.pmgi.com
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o XM Satellite Radio to Launch "The
Andretti Green Racing Hour"
Washington - XM Satellite Radio, a digital radio service
with over 7 million subscribers, announced on Wednesday plans to
launch "The Andretti Green Racing Hour," a weekly show featuring
Michael Andretti and drivers from the Andretti Green racing team. XM
also has an existing partnership to broadcast every IndyCar Series
race.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061031/dctu015.html?.v=74
http://www.xmradio.com
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BigBand Says Service Can Target TV Ads to Individual Recipients
Redwood City, Calif. - BigBand Networks, a provider of
broadband multimedia infrastructure for video, voice and data,
announced on Wednesday that it has developed the ability to deliver
TV commercials to individual recipients. The platform allows
advertisers to target beyond broad geographical areas, selecting
recipients by viewing preferences, hobbies, interests, personal
demographics, zip code, ethnicity and other parameters. The
technology has been tested with partners OpenTV and INVIDI
Technologies.
http://tinyurl.com/y9flzg
http://www.bigbandnet.com
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Digital Music Group Signs Distribution Deals with Indie Labels
Sacramento, Calif. - Digital Music Group, an owner and
distributor of digital music, announced on Wednesday that it has
signed new distribution agreements with a number of new independent
record labels that will add over 5,000 tracks to its catalog.
Sacramento, Calif.-based Digital Music Group signed new deals with
Music for Little People, DM Records, The Cryptic Corporation, DRT
Entertainment, ProgRock Records, Takeover Records and FILMguerrero.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061101/law085.html?.v=91
http://www.dmgi.com
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MobileActive to Sell Universal Music Ringtones in Australia
Sydney, Australia - Mobile entertainment publisher
MobileActive said on Wednesday that it has signed an agreement with
Universal Music Group to distribute master recording ringtones,
video ringtones, graphics and SMS tones in Australia.
http://tinyurl.com/ydoqks
http://www.mobileactivecorporate.com
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o Last.fm Debuts New Features on Online
Social Music Network
London - Last.fm, an online social network based on
music, on Wednesday launched a range of new features, including a
Taste-o-meter that matches singles based on musical tastes; one that
suggest shows based on location and tastes; and recommendations of
free MP3 downloads. The company also launched a Flash player that
lets unregistered users listen to member radio stations.
London-based Last.fm claims 15 million unique users, and a database
of 65 million tracks from 7 million artists.
http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=183074
http://www.last.fm
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o Electronic Arts Ships "Need for Speed
Carbon," "FIFA Soccer 07"
Redwood City, Calif. - Electronic Arts on Wednesday shipped
its "Need for Speed Carbon" and "FIFA Soccer 07" titles to
retailers. The latest installment in the "Need for Speed" franchise
was developed at EA Black Box in Vancouver, and is available for
Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, GameCube, the PC and mobile phones. The
game is slated for release on PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii
platforms. "FIFA Soccer 07" was released simultaneously in the U.S.
and Europe exclusively for the Xbox 360.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/061101/20061101005130.html?.v=1
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Superscape Publishes "Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion" Mobile Game
Hook, England - Mobile game publisher Superscape
and developer Vir2L Studios on Wednesday announced the availability
of developer Bethesda Softworks' "The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion" as
a mobile game for Cingular subscribers.
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