New York - Time Warner Cable plans later this year to experiment with charging its high-speed Internet customers based on how much they download each month, the Associated Press reported. [more..]

Ann Arbor, Mich. - Books and media retail chain Borders Group plans to launch its own retail website next month -- and may offer MP3 downloads -- after taking back that responsibility from Amazon.com, which has operated Borders.com since 1991. [more..]

Portland, Ore. - A woman sued by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for illegal file-sharing, whose case was dismissed with prejudice for lack of evidence, will receive attorneys fees from the record label trade group after a federal judge affirmed her motion yesterday, the Recording Industry vs. the People blog reports. [more..]

Seattle - Amazon.com's Internet Movie Database (IMDB) unit announced on Thursday that it has acquired Without A Box, a provider of online festival submission and promotional services for independent filmmakers. [more..]

Atlanta - Time Warner's TBS on Thursday announced an expansion of its agreement with the National Basketball Association (NBA), and will now jointly manage the NBA's digital businesses out of its Atlanta production facility. [more..]

Midlothian, Va. - Video game developer and publisher SouthPeak Interactive announced on Thursday that it has agreed to merge with Global Services Partners Acquisition Corp. (GSPA), a publicly-traded acquisitions firm, in a deal that values the company at $31 million. [more..]

New York - Broadband Enterprises, an online video network, announced on Thursday that it has received a $10 million investment from Velocity Interactive Group. [more..]

Redwood Shores, Calif. - Conduit, a developer of Web community toolbars, announced on Thursday that it has raised $8 million in its second round of venture capital financing, led by Benchmark Capital. [more..]

We can't say for sure whether this marketing tactic will work for Ikea (or Mark) but so far the top viewed video in the series has over 150,000 views on YouTube, blogs Heather Hopkins of Hitwise. [more..]

Guy's golden touch may mean that he associates himself with the right projects, but the irony is that in the process he may just be building his own model to turn startups into gold once he endorses or invests in them, blogs Rohit Bhargava. [more..]

Los Angeles - The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has hired Kathy Leodler, former acting special agent in charge of the FBI's office in San Diego, as the new director of investigations for its Western region anti-piracy unit. [more..]

Washington - The Digital Media Association (DiMA), which represents the interests of large webcasters including AOL, Microsoft and Yahoo, has hired Greg Barnes, former senior counsel to House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, to become the association's legislative counsel and director of government affairs. [more..]

Hollywood, Calif. - Confirming its support for Toshiba's HD DVD format in the wake of Warner Bros. defection to Sony's rival Blu-ray format, Viacom's Paramount Home Entertainment on Thursday announced its slate of HD DVD releases for the first quarter. [more..]

Alviso, Calif. - TiVo announced on Thursday that it will add thousands of independent and international film titles from Web distributor Jaman to the offering on its network for owners of broadband-connected digital video recorders. [more..]

Indianapolis, Ind. - Digonex Technologies, a provider of optimized pricing platforms for e-commerce, announced on Thursday that it has partnered with classical music label Naxos to test dynamic pricing of select products next month. [more..]

Orange County, Calif. - Two former executives from multiplayer game service provider K2 Network on Thursday announced the launch of their new game publishing venture, True Games Interactive. [more..]

San Francisco - Internet TV network Revision3 on Thursday launched The Digg Reel, a weekly program that will showcase the highest-rated user-submitted videos on aggregation site Digg.com. [more..]