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DMW Daily, April 24, 2008

Top Stories
o Report: Justice Dept. Investigating Yahoo-Google Ad Deal
o MySpace Application Gallery Debuts With 1,000+ Apps
o IFPI, Czech Police Shutter Pre-Release Music Server
o Nokia Taps Spike Lee to Direct User-Genrated "Social Film"
o Survey: 25% of U.S. Households Have at Least One HDTV Set
o Location-based Mobile Social Network Buzzd Raises Funds
o Geezeo Gets Strategic Investment from TheStreet.com
Opinion & Analysis
o Buzz Watch: Social Networking Wars on Current TV
o Nokia N95 and a Filmmaking Deal with Spike Lee
Briefly Noted
o CNET to Expand Editorial, Ad Partnership with Yahoo
o File-sharing Hub The Pirate Bay Passes 12 Million Peers
o DISH Network to Test Satellite-to-Handheld Device Technology
o Sony Launches Minisode Network on Sprint TV
o Social Net College Tonight Signs Lauren Conrad as Spokesperson
o MP3tunes Adds Locker Access From Internet Radios
o TidalTV Partners with NBC News, TV Guide Network
o THQ Developing "Journey to the Center of the Earth" for DS
 Top Stories
o Report: Justice Dept. Investigating Yahoo-Google Ad Deal 
Washington - The Justice Department is investigating whether an advertising tie-up between Yahoo and Google violates antitrust laws, Reuters reported. [more..]
o MySpace Application Gallery Debuts With 1,000+ Apps 
Los Angeles - News Corp.'s MySpace on Thursday announced the public launch of its Application Gallery, which features more than 1,000 approved applications for the service developed using the Developer Platform the company launched in February. [more..]
o IFPI, Czech Police Shutter Pre-Release Music Server 
Prague - The Czech police, working with record label trade group the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), have shut down a computer server at the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic that hosted what they said was one of the largest collections of pre-release music in the world. [more..]
o Nokia Taps Spike Lee to Direct User-Genrated "Social Film" 
White Plains, N.Y. - Nokia on Thursday announced a promotional partnership with filmmaker Spike Lee, who will "direct" a film that utilizes user-submitted camera phone footage and other content. [more..]
o Survey: 25% of U.S. Households Have at Least One HDTV Set 
Los Angeles - A new survey of U.S. consumers found that 25% of U.S. households, or 28 million, now have at least one HDTV set, and that 5.5 million households purchased an HDTV set for the first time during the 2007/2008 holiday and Super Bowl season. [more..]
o Location-based Mobile Social Network Buzzd Raises Funds 
New York - Buzzd, a location-based city guide and social network for mobile devices, announced on Thursday that it has raised an undisclosed sum of first round financing, led by Greycroft Partners and Monitor Ventures. [more..]
o Geezeo Gets Strategic Investment from TheStreet.com 
Framingham, Mass. - TheStreet.com, a financial media company, announced on Thursday that it has made a strategic investment in Geezeo, a privately held provider of Web-based personal finance content and tools. [more..]
 Opinion & Analysis
o Buzz Watch: Social Networking Wars on Current TV 
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o Nokia N95 and a Filmmaking Deal with Spike Lee 
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 Briefly Noted
o CNET to Expand Editorial, Ad Partnership with Yahoo 
San Francisco - CNET Networks is expected to announce a broad expansion of its editorial and advertising partnership with Yahoo, sources from both companies told AllThingsD.com. [more..]
o File-sharing Hub The Pirate Bay Passes 12 Million Peers 
Los Angeles - The Pirate Bay, the notorious Sweden-based BitTorrent tracker site, has announced that it now serves more than 12 million peers, TorrentFreak reports. [more..]
o DISH Network to Test Satellite-to-Handheld Device Technology 
Englewood, Colo. - DISH Network Corp. announced on Thursday that it has partnered with French telecommunications equipment firm Alcatel-Lucent to conduct a test of technology that transmits satellite TV signals to handheld devices this summer. [more..]
o Sony Launches Minisode Network on Sprint TV 
Culver City, Calif. - Sony Pictures Television said on Thursday that its Minisode Network, which offers condensed five-minute versions of classic TV episodes, has launched on the Sprint TV mobile TV service. [more..]
o Social Net College Tonight Signs Lauren Conrad as Spokesperson 
Los Angeles - College Tonight, an online social network that promotes off-line social interactivity among college students, said on Thursday that it has signed Lauren Conrad, of MTV reality series "Laguna Beach" and "The Hills," as its national spokesperson. [more..]
o MP3tunes Adds Locker Access From Internet Radios 
San Diego - MP3tunes, the digital music locker service started by MP3.com founder Michael Robertson, announced on Thursday that its service will be available on Reciva-powered Internet radio devices, allowing users to listen to both Web radio stations and their own music collections on the same device. [more..]
o TidalTV Partners with NBC News, TV Guide Network 
Baltimore - Broadband video start-up TidalTV has partnered with NBC News and TV Guide Network, to feature each provider's programming on its website. [more..]
o THQ Developing "Journey to the Center of the Earth" for DS 
Agoura Hills, Calif. - Video game publisher THQ said on Thursday that it is developing "Journey to the Center of the Earth" for the Nintendo DS, based on the forthcoming digital 3D film from New Line Cinema. [more..]