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DMW Daily, August 15, 2007

Top Stories
o Moscow Court Tosses Case Against Former Head of AllofMP3.com
o DirecTV, Current Group Team on Powerline Broadband, Voice Services
o Report: Blu-ray Movies Outsell HD DVD 2-to1 in First Half of '07
o File-Sharing Firm Lime Wire Debuts Digital Music Store
o Report: 3.5% of U.S. Consumers Visit Social Networks via Mobiles
o MTV's Logo Acquires LGBT Social Network DowneLink.com
o HandHeld Entertainment Secures $5 Million in Bridge Financing
o Digital Marketer Serious USA Raises $7 Million in Venture Debt
o Mobile Content Providers UpSnap, Mobile Greetings Agree to Merger
o Social Networking Developer YFonGlobal Acquired by Splinternet
Opinion & Analysis
o How to Get a Free, Autographed Copy of The Art of the Start
o Hitwise: Searches for 'Fantasy Football' up 94% on Last Year
Briefly Noted
o HarperCollins to Release Digital Books for Apple's iPhone
o Fox Interactive Media to Manage 160 Local Fox TV Affiliate Websites
o Former PlanetOut President Launches Online Gay Ad Network
o Sirius Teams With Sonos, Introduces New Satellite Receivers
o Nokia Launches Beta of Mosh Mobile Content-Sharing Service
o Arvato Mobile Adds Mobile Music Videos From EMI
o Scientific American Seeks User-Generated Science Videos
o PassAlong Networks Spins Off Speakerheart Indie Publishing Unit
 Top Stories
o Moscow Court Tosses Case Against Former Head of AllofMP3.com 
Moscow - In a setback to the U.S. music industry's campaign against a Russian discount MP3 retailer, a Moscow court has thrown out prosecutors' copyright infringement case against Denis Kvasov, the former head of AllofMP3.com parent company Mediaservices, according to reports. [more..]
o DirecTV, Current Group Team on Powerline Broadband, Voice Services 
El Segundo, Calif. - Satellite TV provider DirecTV on Wednesday announced a partnership with Current Group to offer high-speed Internet and voice services over existing electric power lines to DirecTV subscribers. [more..]
o Report: Blu-ray Movies Outsell HD DVD 2-to1 in First Half of '07 
Hollywood - Blu-ray movies outsold titles on the rival HD DVD format by 2-to-1 in the U.S. during the first half of 2007, according to a report from Home Media Research, a division of Home Media Magazine. [more..]
o File-Sharing Firm Lime Wire Debuts Digital Music Store 
New York - Lime Wire, the company that distributes the LimeWire peer-to-peer file-sharing application, has announced plans to open a digital music store. [more..]
o Report: 3.5% of U.S. Consumers Visit Social Networks via Mobiles 
Seattle - Mobile social networking has yet to take off, as just 3.5% of U.S. consumers accessed a social networking site or blog via their mobile phones during June, according to a report from market research firm M:Metrics. [more..]
o MTV's Logo Acquires LGBT Social Network DowneLink.com 
New York - Logo, the LGBT television network owned by Viacom's MTV Networks, on Wednesday announced its acquisition of gay, multicultural-focused online social network DowneLink.com. [more..]
o HandHeld Entertainment Secures $5 Million in Bridge Financing 
San Francisco - HandHeld Entertainment, an operator of entertainment sites and maker of portable media players, said on Wednesday that it has arranged for bridge financing of up to $5 million, from company co-founder Carl Page. [more..]
o Digital Marketer Serious USA Raises $7 Million in Venture Debt 
New York - Serious USA, a New York-based media technology company, has raised $7 million in venture debt from Hercules Technology Growth Capital. [more..]
o Mobile Content Providers UpSnap, Mobile Greetings Agree to Merger 
Walnut Creek, Calif. - UpSnap, a provider of mobile search and live mobile audio entertainment services, announced on Wednesday that it has agreed to merge with Mobile Greetings, a developer and publisher of mobile products and services. [more..]
o Social Networking Developer YFonGlobal Acquired by Splinternet 
Washington - YFonGlobal, the developer of a platform that allows clients to launch social networking platforms, said on Wednesday that it has signed a deal to be acquired by Splinternet Holdings, a Connecticut-based developer of Internet telephony products and services. [more..]
 Opinion & Analysis
o How to Get a Free, Autographed Copy of The Art of the Start 
Guy Kawasaki gets proactive about using the Facebook system to his advantage. [more..]
o Hitwise: Searches for 'Fantasy Football' up 94% on Last Year 
Robin Goad from Hitwise provides data on the ever-growing popularity of Fantasy Football. [more..]
 Briefly Noted
o HarperCollins to Release Digital Books for Apple's iPhone 
New York - HarperCollins Publishers on Wednesday announced it will make digital book content available for the iPhone platform. [more..]
o Fox Interactive Media to Manage 160 Local Fox TV Affiliate Websites 
Los Angeles - Fox Interactive Media announced on Wednesday that it will now build and manage over 160 local Fox TV affiliate websites, having struck a deal with the Fox affiliate Board of Governors. [more..]
o Former PlanetOut President Launches Online Gay Ad Network 
Los Angeles - Mark Elderkin, the founder of Gay.com and former president of gay media company PlanetOut, has launched the Gay Ad Network, a vertical online advertising network comprised of over 200 websites targeting the LGBT community. [more..]
o Sirius Teams With Sonos, Introduces New Satellite Receivers 
New York - Sirius Satellite Radio on Wednesday announced a partnership with Sonos, which offers devices that can store an entire music collection and stream it wirelessly throughout the home. [more..]
o Nokia Launches Beta of Mosh Mobile Content-Sharing Service 
Espoo, Finland - Nokia has launched a public beta test of Mosh, a content-sharing network for mobile users. [more..]
o Arvato Mobile Adds Mobile Music Videos From EMI 
Hamburg, Germany - Arvato Mobile, a unit of Germany's Bertelsmann that distributes mobile entertainment content, said on Wednesday it has extended its agreement with major label EMI Music, and will now make full-track music video downloads available to European mobile customers. [more..]
o Scientific American Seeks User-Generated Science Videos 
Los Angeles - Scientific American announced on Wednesday that it is now accepting user-generated, science-related video submissions for the SciAm Video section on its website. [more..]
o PassAlong Networks Spins Off Speakerheart Indie Publishing Unit 
Franklin, Tenn. - PassAlong Networks, a provider of branded digital music stores, announced on Wednesday that it has spun off its Speakerheart digital music store service for independent artists.
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Dulles, Va. - AOL said on Wednesday that it has launched a significant redesign of its GameDaily video game news and information site.