London - Apple has invited media to a press conference in London next Tuesday, at which it is expected to announce which European wireless carriers will offer its iPhone when it launches there in the fall, Reuters reported. [more..]

London - Recording artist Prince plans to sue websites including YouTube, eBay and the Pirate Bay for copyright infringement, and has recently requested the removal of some 2,000 videos from YouTube, MediaGuardian.co.uk reported. [more..]

Denver - Online retail giant Amazon is presenting results of testing of its new MP3 store to CEO Jeff Bezos, and if approved, will launch the service on Tuesday, Billboard reported, citing a "well-placed source." [more..]

Los Angeles - The American Federation of Musicians (AFM), a group started in 1896 that represents mainly orchestra players, has signed a deal with the video game industry that will allow game publishers to make more uses of music in their titles, such as for soundtrack CDs, game trailers and other promotions, GameDaily.com reported. [more..]

New York - Just a year after its video game tournaments were broadcast on CBS, CSTV and VOOM HD Networks' Gameplay HD, Games Media Properties has announced the cancellation of its 2007 World Series of Video Games. [more..]

Los Angeles - The producers of TV shows including "thirtysomething" and "My So-Called Life" have announced a deal to turn a rejected ABC TV pilot into a Web-based series called "Quarterlife," which will be distributed on MySpace. [more..]

Los Angeles - The Collective, a movie production company ("The Nanny Diaries," "Are We Done Yet?") and talent management firm (Forest Whitaker, Eddie Izzard, Emile Hirsch), has acquired horror movie website Bloody-Disgusting.com, Variety reported. [more..]

Los Angeles - Microsoft has shuttered its FASA Studio game development unit, developers of the "Shadowrun" franchise, GameDaily.com reported. [more..]

Emeryville, Calif. - Gracenote, a provider of music identification and mobile music services, announced on Thursday that it has acquired technology assets from Musicphone, a provider of mobile music recognition technology. [more..]

El Segundo, Calif. - PureVideo, a provider of user-generated and professional video distribution services, has raised $2.85 million of a $5.85 million second round of funding, according to a regulatory filing, PEHub.com reported. [more..]

Santa Monica, Calif. - Digital Entertainment Corporation of America, a Santa Monica, Calif.-based digital entertainment studio, has raised $2.5 million of a $5 million first round of venture capital financing, PEHub.com reported, citing a regulatory filing. [more..]

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Steve Jobs lowered the price of the iPhone to ensure his phone, and the overwhelming availability of imitators, finds its way into consumers' hands. [more..]

The pleasures of the flesh continue to temp bargain hunters, but games and music top the list of "free" web searches in the UK just as they do in the US, blogs Robin Goad of Hitwise UK.
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Helsinki - Finland-based start-up Floobs has announced its plans to develop an Internet TV network that will allow anyone to post content for free, including live camera phone video feeds, Reuters reported. [more..]

Los Angeles - Turner Broadcasting's TBS has signed actress Alyssa Milano ("Charmed," "Who's the Boss?") to cover baseball at its TBS Hot Corner broadband channel on MLB.com, TVWeek.com reported. [more..]

Reston, Va. - ComScore, a provider of Internet audience measurement services, said that it has launched a new service that will provide enhanced measurement of blogs. [more..]

Dulles, Va. - The developers of pioneering software media player Winamp on Thursday announced the beta release of the 10th anniversary edition of the application, which includes new features that allow remote access to media collections via the Nintendo Wii, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 game consoles. [more..]

London - Major label EMI has launched Scoutr, a new Web-based service where unsigned bands can upload demos and press materials in the hopes that they are heard and liked by A&R representatives at the company, and eventually land a record deal. [more..]

Los Angeles - Video-sharing site Revver announced on Thursday that it has now paid out a total of $1 million to video creators and sharers on the site, with whom the company shares a cut of its advertising revenue. [more..]

New York - Independent label Epitaph Records is moving its worldwide digital distribution to the Alternative Distribution Alliance (ADA), which had previously offered only mobile content for the label, Billboard reported. [more..]

San Francisco - Blinkx, a searchable index of Web video, announced on Thursday that it has signed a deal with Utarget, to place video advertising around its video content for U.K. audiences. [more..]

San Francisco - HandHeld Entertainment, a maker of portable media players and operator of entertainment websites, said on Thursday that it has launched ZVUE Networks, an online video ad network aimed at monetizing its library of pro and user-generated video content. [more..]

Beijing - Chinese online games firm CDC Games announced on Thursday that it has partnered with several other game developers to form the Online Games Alliance Against Piracy (OGAAP), to fight online game piracy in China. [more..]