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DMW Daily, June 28, 2007

Top Stories
o Web Radio Fans Make 400,000 Phone Calls to Congress
o Blockbuster, Netflix Settle Patent Dispute
o MPAA Sues Two Sites That Link to Movie, TV Downloads
o BurnLounge, FTC Reach Compromise on New Business Model
o News Publisher Gannett to Raise $1 Billion Though Debt Offering
o AOL Releases New E-mail, Instant Messaging Products
o RoyaltyShare Acquires Music Royalty Software Firm Musicalc
o Report: Online DVD Rentals to Bring $3.2 Billion in 2011
Opinion & Analysis
o Buzz Watch: The Spice Girls Are Back! Check Out This Video
o Analysis: MSNBC Skips Social News Trend, Focuses on Visual News
o Analysis: Slide.com, Rock You - Sites Gaining from Social Network Widgets in the UK
o 5 Questions about Mobile Games with QUALCOMM’s Mike Yuen
Briefly Noted
o Canada's CTV Acquires Rights to Comedy Central Programming
o Studios, Electronics Firms Team on Blu-ray Summer Promotion
o XM Radio Exclusive NHL Broadcast Deal Begins July 1
o Mochila to Syndicate Photos From Getty Images, Others to Blogs
o Digital Distributor IODA, Mondomix Team to Launch IODA France
o Makena Brings Capitol Music Artists Into Virtual World There.com
o Cellfish Media Debuts Mobile Media Digital Locker Service
 Top Stories
o Web Radio Fans Make 400,000 Phone Calls to Congress 
Washington - Organizers of yesterday's national Web radio Day of Silence -- observed by more than 14,000 webcasters to protest higher royalty rates -- said on Thursday that nearly 400,000 phone calls were placed to members of Congress on Wednesday, calling on them to support legislation that would vacate the new royalty rates. [more..]
o Blockbuster, Netflix Settle Patent Dispute 
Dallas - Video rental giant Blockbuster said on Thursday that it has settled patent litigation with online DVD rentals rival Netflix. [more..]
o MPAA Sues Two Sites That Link to Movie, TV Downloads 
Los Angeles - The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has filed copyright infringement lawsuits against two websites, YouTVpc.com and Peekvid.com, which the movie studio trade group says identify, post, organize and index links to infringing content. [more..]
o BurnLounge, FTC Reach Compromise on New Business Model 
New York - Digital music store provider BurnLounge announced on Thursday that it has come to a cooperative agreement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which several weeks ago branded the company's business model a pyramid scheme. [more..]
o News Publisher Gannett to Raise $1 Billion Though Debt Offering 
McLean, Va. - Gannett, the publisher of USA Today and 84 other daily newspapers in the U.S., said that it will raise $1 billion through a public debt offering. [more..]
o AOL Releases New E-mail, Instant Messaging Products 
Dulles, Va. - AOL said on Thursday that it has released a test version of its free, Web-based e-mail service integrated with the AIM instant messenger, allowing users to simultaneously email and IM from the same screen. [more..]
o RoyaltyShare Acquires Music Royalty Software Firm Musicalc 
London - RoyaltyShare, a provider of digital royalty processing services to the entertainment industry, announced on Thursday that it has acquired Musicalc, a U.K.-based provider of music royalty accounting software. [more..]
o Report: Online DVD Rentals to Bring $3.2 Billion in 2011 
Carmel, Calif. - U.S. spending on online DVD rental services is expected to increase by 68% between 2007 and 2011, to $3.2 billion, or about 37.5% of the total video rental market, according to a report from market research firm Adams Media Research. [more..]
 Opinion & Analysis
o Buzz Watch: The Spice Girls Are Back! Check Out This Video 
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o Analysis: MSNBC Skips Social News Trend, Focuses on Visual News 
Rohit Bhargava blogs about a new branded campaign executed to help MSNBC break out of the online news category and (perhaps accidentally) lead the way into a new category of visual news. [more..]
o Analysis: Slide.com, Rock You - Sites Gaining from Social Network Widgets in the UK 
Heather Hopkins at Hitwise blogs about how widgets that embed content into profiles in social networks are causing a stir in the UK rankings of Photography websites. [more..]
o 5 Questions about Mobile Games with QUALCOMM’s Mike Yuen 
Scott Goldberg sits down with Mike Yuen, Senior Director of QUALCOMM's Gaming Group, to hear his always insightful views on the mobile games space. [more..]
 Briefly Noted
o Canada's CTV Acquires Rights to Comedy Central Programming 
New York - Viacom's Comedy Central cable network announced on Thursday a multi-year agreement with Canadian broadcaster CTV, giving CTV the exclusive broadcast and digital rights to Comedy Central programming. [more..]
o Studios, Electronics Firms Team on Blu-ray Summer Promotion 
Los Angeles - Seven Hollywood movie studios, along with six consumer electronics firms, announced on Thursday that they have teamed on a summer-long promotional program for the Blu-ray Disc format that will provide buyers of new Blu-ray players with five free Blu-ray movies. [more..]
o XM Radio Exclusive NHL Broadcast Deal Begins July 1 
Washington - XM Satellite Radio said on Thursday that its exclusive deal to broadcast National Hockey League (NHL) games will begin on July 1 -- Free Agency Day -- the annual start of the free agency period for NHL players. [more..]
o Mochila to Syndicate Photos From Getty Images, Others to Blogs 
New York - Mochila, a provider of content syndication for news organizations and bloggers, said on Thursday that it has signed deals to make images from three major photo agencies -- Getty Images, Zuma Press and Jupitermedia -- available for licensing by its customers. [more..]
o Digital Distributor IODA, Mondomix Team to Launch IODA France 
San Francisco - Digital music distributor IODA announced on Thursday that it has partnered with Mondomix Media to launch its service in France. IODA France will distribute tracks to service partners including FNAC, VirginMega, iTunes and Musiwave. [more..]
o Makena Brings Capitol Music Artists Into Virtual World There.com 
San Mateo, Calif. - Makena Technologies, creators of the There.com virtual social world, announced on Thursday a partnership with Capitol Music Group, to bring music artists into a Capitol-themed virtual nightclub. [more..]
o Cellfish Media Debuts Mobile Media Digital Locker Service 
New York - Mobile entertainment publisher Cellfish Media on Thursday announced the launch of a social network and portal that lets users play, share and store music, videos and other content between their PCs and mobile devices. The company is offering free personal digital lockers that will synchronize media and contacts, and transfer them between devices over-the-air. [more..]