Dulles, Va. - Building on the recent launch of its Platform-A online advertising unit, AOL said on Wednesday that it will acquire New York-based Quigo, a provider of targeted ad services. [more..]

Redwood City, Calif. - Video game developer and publisher Electronic Arts nasd announced on Wednesday that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has terminated its enquiry into the company's stock options grant practices, and recommended no enforcement action. [more..]

New York - Struggling video game publisher Atari posted a loss of $11.9 million in its delayed quarterly report on Wednesday, as revenue fell to $10.4 million from $19.5 million a year ago, and the company stated "substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern." [more..]

New York - Newspaper publishers Gannett and Tribune are in talks with three other publishers -- who are currently in a similar deal with Yahoo -- on creating a national online advertising network, Reuters reported, citing sources involved in the discussions. [more..]

Los Angeles - Google plans to launch an in-game advertising network later this month, following its acquisition of in-game ad firm AdScape earlier this year, GigaOM reported, citing sources familiar with the plans. [more..]

Los Angeles - Major League Baseball (MLB) has switched vendors for the digital rights management (DRM) software protecting its downloadable games from piracy, rendering games downloaded before 2006 unwatchable, while also declining to provide refunds for the purchases, Ars Technica reported. [more..]

Santa Clara, Calif. - Macrovision, a provider of copy-protection and content distribution technologies, announced on Wednesday that it has acquired All Media Guide (AMG), a provider of informational databases on music, movies and games. [more..]

West Hollywood, Calif. - IAC's nyse iaci Ticketmaster announced on Wednesday that it has expanded its relationship with Apple's iTunes Store, and will begin integrating digital album sales alongside concert ticket sales on Ticketmaster.com. [more..]

New York - Viacom announced on Wednesday that it has completed the formation of its 50/50 joint venture with Network18 in India, Viacom18, which will distribute television, film and digital media content across numerous brands as well as consumer products. [more..]

Arlington, Va. - PBS, the public broadcasting organization serving 355 noncommercial television stations, said on Wednesday that it has signed separate deals to make its programming downloadable for purchase on video sites BitTorrent and Vuze. [more..]

New York - Forbes Media, the corporate parent of Forbes magazine and Forbes.com, on Wednesday announced that it has acquired Clipmarks, a privately held, New York-based service that allows people to clip and share text and other content from Web pages. [more..]

London - Celltick Technologies, a marketing agency that promotes content and brands over the idle screens of mobile phones, has raised an additional $8.5 million of venture capital financing, led by Amadeus Capital Partners and Jerusalem Venture Partners. [more..]

Early reports indicate that at least seven people have died in a school shooting in southern Finland, though a Finnish journalist from the Helsinki Sanomat, Kari Raisenen, told Sky News the police had yet to announce the official toll. The shooting occurred “hours” after a YouTube video predicting a “massacre” was posted online, Sky News reports. [more..]

According to Fox News, Britney Spears’s new album Blackout will finish its first week at No. 1 on the charts. Though citing no exact research, the article estimates that the new album sold between 325,000 and 350,000 units. [more..]

Following a YouTube campaign seeking a new assistant, hip-hop mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs announced the winner today on Oprah. [more..]

There seems to be some delusion that all technology and applications are new. Invented from a cloudburst with no historical context. That as new, the technology is the province of the young, with anyone over 29 too old to understand and too confused to actually use it, blogs Mark Cuban.
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Washington - Microsoft on Wednesday announced a new parental control feature for its Xbox 360 video game console, as well as a partnership with the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) to create a "family contract intended to foster family discussion about screen time guidelines." [more..]

Los Angeles - Major retail chain Target has pulled the controversial video game "Manhunt 2" from its store shelves, GameSpot has confirmed. [more..]

New York - Digital music service eMusic announced on Wednesday that it now counts over 350,000 paid subscribers to its service, which offers over 3 million tracks from 25,000 labels. [more..]

Morristown, N.J. - Access Integrated Technologies, a provider of digital cinema systems, announced on Wednesday plans to provide up to an additional 10,000 of its systems to exhibitors in the U.S. and Canada, following the first phase of its roll-out to 3,750 screens. [more..]

Dallas - Movie rental giant Blockbuster on Wednesday launched a Facebook application called Movie Clique, which allows Facebook users to create and share lists of movies they want to see, have already seen, and all-time favorites, as well as provide ratings and reviews. [more..]

Los Angeles - Fandango, a provider of advance online movie ticket sales, on Wednesday introduced a new Facebook application that lets movie studios, film distributors, production companies, theaters and others enhance their Facebook pages with showtimes and ticketing capabilities. [more..]

Redwood City, Calif. - Zazzle, the provider of an on-demand retail application used on MySpace and other sites, announced on Wednesday that it has launched an on-demand retail application on the Facebook Platform. [more..]

Potomac, Md. - Quiktix said on Wednesday that it has launched an event ticket comparison shopping engine, NinjaTickets.com, that will offer unbiased comparison shopping for sports, concerts and other event tickets across multiple markets. [more..]

Madison, Wisc. - Musicnotes.com, a retailer of downloadable digital sheet music and guitar tablature, announced on Wednesday that it recently surpassed the one million customer mark, and sold its three-millionth download late last month. [more..]

Chicago - Firefly Mobile, the provider of a pay-as-you-go mobile phone service for kids and tweens, said on Wednesday that it has launched an "age-appropriate" MP3 store powered by PassAlong Networks. [more..]

New York - Hearst Magazines Digital Media on Wednesday announced the full-scale launch of TheDailyGreen.com, "a new, comprehensive one-stop eco-resource for environmental news, tips and information." [more..]