Espoo, Finland - Nokia announced on Monday that it will acquire Navteq, a provider of digital map information used in car, mobile and Internet-based applications, in a deal valued at $8.1 billion. [more..]

London - BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the British broadcaster, announced on Monday that it has acquired Lonely Planet, the publisher of travel guides and other travel-related media, for an undisclosed sum. [more..]

Milan - Italian police and FPM, the local music industry anti-piracy organization, have conducted raids and will charge eleven individuals with copyright infringement for their involvement with a Direct Connect-based file-sharing network in Italy, called "Discotequezone." [more..]

London - The Financial Times, the business newspaper owned by publisher Pearson Group, announced on Monday that it will expand free access to its website to allow users 30 free views per month, after which point a subscription will be needed. [more..]

Los Angeles - Good, a Los Angeles-based magazine publisher and film production company, on Monday announced the launch of Good Digital, a new unit that will both create original programming and invest in early-stage companies that are consistent with the company's social service mission. [more..]

Los Angeles - World Championship Sports Network (WCSN), a cable TV network and website that covers over 60 Olympic and lifestyle sports, announced on Monday that it has received a significant investment from private equity firm InterMedia Partners. [more..]

Seattle - GalleryPlayer, a provider of high-resolution images for display on HD televisions, has raised $2.5 million of an expected $7.79 million third round of venture capital financing, PEHub.com reported, citing a regulatory filing. [more..]

Alexandria, Va. - Wupima, a distributor of mobile content in Chinese, said that it has paid an undisclosed sum to acquire Hook Mobile, a creator of viral tradable media content. [more..]

Radiohead will release an album nine days from now on its site that allows fans to pay what they want - including nothing - to get the full album. [more..]

Prior to reading the headline, if you had one guess which band or artist is 2007’s most popular, who would it be?  Justin Timberlake?  The Police?  It’s Miley Cyrus, the 14-year-old star of Disney’s Hannah Montana. [more..]

The London reunion concert for the Spice Girls – the group’s first show in nine years – sold out in 38 seconds, according to the BBC. [more..]

DMW’s sold out Millennials NYC Conference at Scandinavia House on September 27th was a big success. On behalf of the whole DMW team, I would like to thank all who attended and sponsored the event for making it possible, blogs Ned Sherman.
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Robin Goad at Hitwise UK blogs about the massive increase in searches for entertainment downloads, which currently outstrip searches for CDs by a factor of 27 and DVDs by a factor of 13. [more..]

Mark Cuban blogs from ABC's Dancing With The Stars: I am going to go out there tonight to have a blast. Hopefully the smile will be big enough you wont notice if Im a little off in a few places... [more..]

Palo Alto, Calif. - Online social network Facebook plans to allow users to more selectively choose who may view their profile photos and other personal content, according to published reports. [more..]

San Jose, Calif. - Adobe Systems on Monday announced the release of Flash Lite 3, an application that allows users to view Flash-based videos on mobile phones, and visit websites like YouTube that feature Flash-based videos. [more..]

Palo Alto, Calif. - FriendFeed, a social media alerts service founded by four developers involved with Googe's e-mail and mapping services, on Monday announced its launch, The New York Times reported. [more..]

Burlingame, Calif. - BitGravity on Monday announced the launch of its new content delivery network optimized for video and rich media, and said it has signed over 50 customers, including Sling Media, the maker of content place-shifting devices. [more..]

Las Vegas - TiVo on Monday announced the formation of a new Interactive Direct Response Advertising Group, which will support direct response advertisers looking to advertise on its digital video recorder platform. [more..]

New York - Operative, an online advertising service firm, said on Monday that it has partnered with Fox Interactive Media, to integrate advertising operations across its portfolio of Web properties, including MySpace and IGN Entertainment. [more..]

London - Warner Music Group's Atlantic Records UK has partnered with social network Bebo to promote its artists on the site's "KateModern" Web series, a spin-off of the popular "Lonelygirl15" series. [more..]

Bryn Mawr, Pa. - ArkivMusic, an online store that features over 4,000 out-of-print classical music titles available on-demand, announced on Monday that it has signed a deal with Warner Classics to release the group's out-of-print classical recordings. [more..]

New York - TouchTunes, a maker of Internet-connected digital jukeboxes, on Monday introduced TouchTunes PlayPorTT, a new portable, wireless game and music system for bars, restaurants and retailers. [more..]

Englewood, Colo. - Starz Entertainment, the pay-TV movie network and unit of Liberty Media, said on Monday that it has acquired multi-year distribution rights to more than 100 films from Screen Media Ventures, for release on its Vongo online movie download service. [more..]

Seattle - Getty Images, a distributor and licensor of professional photography, on Monday announced the launch of Soundtrack, a new music licensing service developed by its recently-acquired Pump Audio unit. [more..]

Foster City, Calif. - Sony Computer Entertainment America announced on Monday that it has signed an agreement giving the rights to publish PlayStation: The Official Magazine to publisher Future US. [more..]

Chertsey, England - Electronic Arts on Monday announced the launch of a U.K. version of its Club Pogo casual games service. [more..]