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Mark HefflingerMichael Jackson Breaks Digital Song Sales RecordsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 1, 2009 - 7:50am.
 Los Angeles
- Michael Jackson has sold a record 2.6 million digital songs in one week, up
from 48,000 a week ago, according to sales data compiled by SoundScan. The feat
makes Jackson the first artist to sell over a million downloads in a single
week.
MCS Music Files Copyright Suit Against Yahoo, Microsoft, RealAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 1, 2009 - 7:24am.
 Nashville, Tenn. - MCS Music America,
a company that provides administration and manages copyrights for some 45,000
music tracks, has filed copyright infringement claims against Yahoo (NASD: YHOO), Microsoft (NASD: MSFT)
and RealNetworks (NASD: RNWK), alleging the companies did not obtain all the proper
permissions for using its tracks on their service, Techdirt reported. On its
website, MCS Music America
says it administers copyrights for artists including Elvis Presley, Tina
Turner, Mariah Carey, Metallica and Moby, among others.
RIAA Wins Copyright Judgment Against Usenet.comAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 1, 2009 - 6:00am.
 Los Angeles
- The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced on Wednesday
that a federal court has ruled in its favor in a copyright infringement lawsuit
it filed against Usenet.com. According to CNET's coverage, U.S. District Judge
Harold Baer of the Southern District of New York found Usenet.com -- which
offers access to the twenty-year-old Usenet network -- guilty of direct,
contributory and vicarious copyright infringement.
Joost to Become White-Label Video Provider; CEO Volpi OutAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 30, 2009 - 7:12am.
 New York
- Joost, the video distribution firm launched by the creators of Kazaa and
Skype, announced on Tuesday that it will cut staff and turn its focus from an
entertainment portal to being a provider of white-label video services. Chief executive
Mike Volpi is stepping down, but will remain chairman, and will be replaced by
former Comcast executive Matt Zelesko.
YouTube Co-Founder Chen Takes Position at GoogleAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 1, 2009 - 9:28am.
San Bruno,
Calif. - YouTube co-founder and
chief technology officer Steve Chen has stepped down to take an unspecified
position at parent company Google (NASD: GOOG), All Things D reported. "Steve shifted
his focus to help with some Google engineering projects. He's still involved
with YouTube and invested in its success," YouTube spokesman Ricard Reyes
told The Times' Bits Blog. Chen's holdings in YouTube, which was acquired by
Google for $1.65 billion, reportedly were worth more than $326 million in
February 2007.
Pandora Comments on New Submission RequirementAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 1, 2009 - 9:27am.
San Francisco
- Tim Westergren, founder and CEO of streaming music service Pandora, has
responded to complaints about the company's new requirement that independent
artists first list a CD for sale on Amazon before they are eligible for play on
Pandora, Hypebot reports. Westergren chalked the move up to three reasons:
"user experience, improving the metadata, and managing submissions."
"We are huge believers in not discriminating against aspiring/emerging
artists -- 70% of the 75,000 artists in our collection are not on a major
label," Westergren told Hypebot. "All we're asking of artists is to
make great music, and have it available for easy purchase for Pandora's
audience."
Sony Music, RED in Talks With IODA for Distribution, MarketingAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 1, 2009 - 9:25am.
Los Angeles
- Major record label Sony Music Entertainment and its RED Distribution arm are
in talks to partner with IODA, a provider of digital distribution services for
independent artists, Digital Music News reported. The proposed deal reportedly
centers on use of IODA's Rightsholder Dashboard, an online tool that artists,
managers and labels can use to track sales and related data.
Yahoo Enables Flickr Photo Posting to TwitterAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 1, 2009 - 9:23am.
San Francisco
- Yahoo's (NASD: YHOO) Flickr photo-sharing site has launched a new feature that lets users easily
post Flick photos to their Twitter accounts. The Flickr2Twitter feature lets
users post photos to Twitter with a new button above the photos on Flickr,
which creates a shortened URL at the address flic.kr.
Hype Machine Outs Bands it Thinks Manipulated ChartsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 1, 2009 - 9:22am.
Los Angeles
- Hype Machine, an aggregator of music based on coverage and buzz generated on
blogs, has made changes to its chart of popular songs after it found allege
manipulation of some of the placements. The company found that multiple fake
accounts had been created whose only actions were to favorite a single band's
songs, upping their ranking. Hype Machine also went as far as to name the bands
"who (or their managers, promoters, interns, determined fans, there is no
way to ultimately know) we believe have attempted to manipulate the charts on
the Hype Machine."
1Cast Mobile Clip Service Adds Al Jazeera English, Fox BusinessAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 1, 2009 - 9:21am.
Kirkland,
Wash. - 1Cast, the provider of a
video news aggregation service for smartphones and the Web, said on Wednesday
that it has added programming from Al Jazeera English and Fox Business Network
to its service. 1Cast also offers up-to-the-minute video clips from the
Associated Press, BBC, Bloomberg, Reuters, CNBC and All Things D.
Lime Wire Store to Stock CD Baby Digital CatalogAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 1, 2009 - 9:20am.
New York
- Lime Wire, a provider of peer-to-peer file-sharing software and an online
media store, announced on Wednesday that it has partnered with online CD
retailer CD Baby. Under the deal, the LimeWire Store will now sell CD Baby's
digital catalog, boosting its library to over 3.5 million songs. CD Baby offers
recordings from over 240,000 artists.
Gizmodo, Engadget Founders Launch GDGT Social NetworkAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 1, 2009 - 9:19am.
San Francisco
- The founders of gadget news blogs Gizmodo and Engadget have teamed to launch
GDGT, a gadget-focused online social network.
Insider Trading Probe Launched on Pirate Bay BuyerAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 1, 2009 - 8:24am.
Stockholm, Sweden - An investigation has been launched into suspected insider trading
of shares in Sweden-based Global Gaming Factory, following irregular volume was
seen a week before the company acquired file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay for
$7.8 million, TorrentFreak reported.
tags: Deals | Law | Music | Movies | Acquisitions | Copyright | The Pirate Bay | Global Gaming Factory |
Former NCAA Players Sue EA Over Likenesses in Football GamesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 1, 2009 - 8:01am.
Los Angeles
- A number of former college football players have filed suit against
Electronic Arts (NASD: ERTS), alleging the company included their likenesses in its
"NCAA Football" video games without permission, GamePolitics
reported.
Report: iPhone App Developers Have Raised $100M to DateAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 1, 2009 - 7:37am.
Los Angeles
- Start-up companies focusing on developing applications for Apple's (NASD: AAPL) iPhone
have raised $102.49 million in venture capital over the past two years, according
to data compiled by the blog ChubbyBrain.
tags: Deals | Mobile | VC | Apple | Investments | iPhone | Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers | iFund |
AMC Acquires Movie Sites Filmcritic.com, Filmsite.orgAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 1, 2009 - 5:38am.
New York
- Rainbow Media's AMC cable TV network announced that it has acquired two
movie-related websites, Filmcritic.com and Filmsite.org.
Report: U.S. Used Game Market Hits $2B, 100 Million UnitsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 30, 2009 - 8:39am.
New York - The U.S. market for
used video games has reached $2 billion in annual revenues, with 100 million
units now changing hands each year, according to a report from Wedbush Morgan
cited by GamesIndustry.biz. The figure represents one-third of all games sold
every year. The firm said that just 5% of new game sales are affected by the
used market, noting that most used games do not appear on the market until more
than two months after their physical release dates.
Pandora Requires Indie Artists to Have CDs Listed on AmazonAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 30, 2009 - 8:35am.
San Francisco
- Streaming radio service Pandora is now requiring independent artists to stock
a physical CD for sale at Amazon.com before adding their songs to the service,
Hypebot reported. Submissions must be available as a physical CD, and include
cover art and a UPC code, in part due to a deal to display album art on Pandora
via Amazon's servers. Artists are also encouraged to joint the Amazon Advantage
Program, which costs $29.95 per year and gives Amazon a 55% cut of profits from
CD sales.
White House Launches New Site to Track Federal IT SpendingAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 30, 2009 - 8:32am.
Washington
- The White House on Tuesday launched USASpending.gov, a new web site designed
to inform visitors about how the federal government is spending money on
information technology projects. Speaking at a forum in New York Tuesday morning, Vivek Kundra, the
federal chief information officer, said that although information on the site
already was publicly available, the site's new "dashboard" format is
designed to make it much easier to understand. The site, available at the link
below, features information on nearly 7,000 federal IT investments.
Microsoft's IE8 Sponsors Free Music via Live NationAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on June 30, 2009 - 8:28am.
Los Angeles
- Concert promotion giant Live Nation announced on Tuesday that it partnered
with Microsoft to offer free music downloads to fans who download new customized
versions of the recently-launched Internet Explorer 8 Web browser. The Live Nation
custom browsers will give access to access to an exclusive song from
Nickelback, and content from the Bamboozle Music Festival. IE 8 will be a
sponsor of the band's tour and the Live Nation festival.
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