Sunnyvale, Calif. - Two weeks after announcing plans to cut 1,000 jobs, Yahoo on Tuesday was expected to notify the affected employees, The Wall Street Journal reported. [more..]

London - The U.K. record industry trade group (BPI) has called on Internet service providers in the country to adopt anti-piracy strategies similar to those recently taken in France, where they are now required to shut off access to those who use file-sharing networks to acquire copyrighted content, and the U.K. government is set to propose legislation to that effect, according to reports. [more..]

Sunnyvale, Calif. - Yahoo announced on Tuesday that it has acquired Maven Networks, a provider of online video syndication, content management and advertising service, for $160 million. [more..]

Los Angeles - France-based video game publisher Ubisoft has won a $13.2 million copyright and trademark infringement arbitration judgment against MGA Entertainment, owner of the Bratz doll franchise, Ubisoft attorneys Greenberg Glusker said in a statement. [more..]

Barcelona - Omnifone, a provider of mobile music delivery services, announced on Tuesday the launch of an unlimited mobile music download service, MusicStation Max, and said Korean electronics firm LG has signed on to introduce the first handset to incorporate the new service. [more..]

San Francisco - HotOrNot, the popular site where users can rate photos other users submit of themselves, has been acquired by an investor group connected with Avid Life Media for a reported $20 million, according to TechCrunch. [more..]

San Francisco - Rocketon, the developer of a "parallel virtual world that spans the Web," announced on Tuesday that it has raised a $5 million second round of financing from the D.E. Shaw Group's venture capital unit. [more..]

Los Angeles - DanceJam, the dance-oriented social networking and video site co-founded by musician MC Hammer, has received $3.5 million in new financing from Softbank Capital, Rustic Canyon Partners and several new angel investors, TechCrunch reported. [more..]

UK traffic to Amy Winehouse's homepage spiked after the Grammys, but that peak was smaller than the one on 22 January caused by the Sun hosting a video of the singer allegedly taking illegal drugs, blogs Robin Goad of Hitwise. [more..]

Barcelona - Yahoo on Tuesday announced a new strategic partnership with wireless network operator T-Mobile, and will become the exclusive mobile search service for T-Mobile customers in Europe as of the end of March. [more..]

Barcelona - Nokia said on Tuesday that it will add Google's search engine to the selection available on its mobile phones, joining other options from Yahoo and Microsoft. [more..]

New York - Digital music retailer eMusic on Tuesday announced the launch of a new curated section of its service that will showcase unsigned and underexposed new artists. [more..]

Mexico City - America Movil, the largest wireless network operator in Latin America, has announced a two-year exclusive deal to feature videos from Google's YouTube on its 3G mobile phones, Reuters reported. [more..]

Burbank, Calif. - DIC Entertainment, a distributor of children's TV programming, on Tuesday announced the launch of its first online video channel, KewlCartoons.com, which will feature new and classic cartoons from the company's library of over 3,000 episodes. [more..]

Hollywood - Broadband video-on-demand service MovieFlix.com announced on Tuesday a new download-to-own subscription plan, that allows unlimited movie downloads from its library of over 4,000 titles for $9.95 per month. [more..]

Emeryville, Calif. - Alibris, an online marketplace for new and second-hand books, on Tuesday announced a partnership with Blackwell U.K., a retailer of academic and professional books in the U.K. [more..]

New York - LibreDigital, a developer of digital publishing technologies, on Tuesday announced the launch of a new "mashups" service, which will allow publishers to provide consumers with custom books made from content compiled from different book titles in publisher portfolios. [more..]

Redwood City, Calif. - Electronic Arts announced on Tuesday that it has signed an extension of its exclusive licensing deals with the NFL and players' union through the end of the 2012 season. [more..]

Tokyo - Nintendo's "Super Smash Bros. Brawl" has become the fastest-selling game for the Wii to reach 1 million units in Japan, Reuters reports, citing Japanese game magazine publisher Enterbrain. [more..]

Hollywood - Video game developer Brash Entertainment on Tuesday shipped its "Jumper: Griffin's Story" title, based on the upcoming 20th Century Fox/Regency Enterprises film, to retailers. [more..]