Los Angeles - The pilot episodes from several upcoming TV series -- including NBC's "Bionic Woman" and Fox's "The Sarah Connor Chronicles" -- have been leaked onto Internet file-sharing networks, TVWeek.com reported. [more..]

Lawrence, Kan. - The University of Kansas is refusing to forward pre-litigation settlement letters from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) to its students, claiming the action could constitute a breach of student privacy, The University Daily Kansan reported. [more..]

Hangzhou, China - Alibaba.com, China's largest business-to-business site, is currently preparing for a $1 billion initial public offering (IPO) later this quarter in Hong Kong, PEHub.com reported, citing the official China Securities Journal. [more..]

Bellevue, Wash. - Action Engine, a developer of mobile on-device portal applications, announced on Monday that it has raised $20 million in its latest round of venture capital financing, led by Baker Capital. [more..]

New York - Hotswap.com, an Internet video start-up founded by three former University of California grad students, has raised an undisclosed sum of funding from backers including Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and Clear Channel co-founder Red McCombs, Reuters reported. [more..]

Vancouver, Canada - NowPublic, a Vancouver, Canada-based citizen journalism site, has raised $10.6 million in its first round of financing, led by Rho Ventures and Rho Canada, the Associated Press reported on Monday. [more..]

Seattle - BuddyTV, a site that provides original and user-generated content related to television shows, has raised $2.8 million in its first round of financing, led by Gemstar-TV Guide International, PEHub.com reported, citing a regulatory filing. [more..]

Reston, Va. - iCrossing, an Arizona-based digital marketing firm, said on Monday that it has acquired Web development agency Proxicom for an undisclosed sum. [more..]

We sat down for an interview with The Liquid Experience Group to hear its thoughts on enhancing charitable living within the music industry [more..]

Bill Tancer blogs about how Xbox 360 has overtaken the Nintendo Wii as the most searched for gaming console, based on share of US Internet searches, for the first time since the Wii’s launch in November 2006. [more..]

We are getting to the point where the browser on the internet as a platform is becoming stagnant. To get to higher-speeds that can run advanced multi-media applications we need to think in terms of intranet. [more..]

Jay Baage blogs about how Bergman was, at the end, quite alone in his approach to filmmaking, but his work will live on, especially in this new, long-tail digital world.
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New York - Hip-hop impresario Sean "Diddy" Combs has launched a search for a new personal assistant on YouTube, where prospective college graduate candidates can upload their virtual applications, The New York Times reported. [more..]

New York - Dailymotion, a France-based video-sharing site with 30 million users that recently launched U.S. operations, announced on Monday that it has signed a deal with media company RDF USA, to create Web series based on eight original concepts. [more..]

New York - The Associated Press will shutter asap, its two-year-old premium multimedia news service geared towards a younger, YouTube-friendly demographic, after it failed to attract enough interest from its newspaper partners, the AP reported. [more..]

Scotts Valley, Calif. - Amazon.com's CustomFlix on-demand DVD service said on Monday that it has partnered with the National Archives and Records Administration, to make thousands of historic films from the National Archives available for purchase on Amazon.com. [more..]

Boston - Buzzwire on Monday announced the launch of a beta test of its streaming mobile media service, which lets users create their own customized audio and video programming channels and access them on their 3G mobile phones. [more..]

London - U.K.-based social network Bebo on Monday announced the launch of "KateModern," an original Web series spun-off by the producers of the "Lonelygirl15" video blog. [more..]

Los Gatos, Calif. - Online DVD rental service Netflix announced on Monday that it has partnered with CBS Corp.'s Showtime Networks, on a marketing promotion that will let Netflix subscribers watch the upcoming series "Californication" three weeks prior to its premiere on Showtime. [more..]

Foster City, Calif. - A Sony Computer Entertainment America patent application filed in September 2005 has emerged, for a device that appears to connect a PlayStation controller to its PSP handheld game device. [more..]

Redmond, Wash. - Nintendo on Monday shipped its "Mario Strikers Charged" soccer title for the Wii to retailers. [more..]

San Jose, Calif. - Namco Networks, a unit of Japan's Namco, on Monday released the mobile game "Snoopy the Flying Ace," the first mobile title to be published under its license deal with United Media. [more..]

San Diego - Mobile game publisher Gameloft has secured the rights to develop a mobile game based on Paramount Pictures' upcoming film adaptation of the epic tale, "Beowulf," GameDaily.biz reported. [more..]