New York - This year could wind up as the worst on record for the newspaper advertising industry, which is dealing with long-term industry changes as well as the weakened economy and housing market, The New York Times reported on Monday. [more..]

New York - Representatives of the Beatles are in talks with Activision and Viacom's MTV Games, makers of the "Guitar Hero" and "Rock Band" video games, respectively, on deals that would license Beatles songs for inclusion in future iterations of the games, the Financial Times reported on Monday. [more..]

Sacramento, Calif. - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. on Friday asked California's Internet service providers to follow the lead of Verizon, Time Warner Cable and Sprint by "removing child pornography from existing servers and blocking channels" that disseminate the illegal material. [more..]

Espoo, Finland - Wireless giant Nokia announced on Monday that it has acquired Plazes, the provider of a location-based mobile social networking service. [more..]

Los Angeles - Fandango, a provider of online and mobile movie showtimes and advance ticket sales, announced on Monday that it has acquired Disney's Movies.com for an undisclosed sum. [more..]

San Francisco - SeeSaw Networks, the provider of an out-of-home digital media advertising network, has raised $3.5 million in its second round of venture capital financing, PEHub.com reported, citing a regulatory filing. [more..]

Bordeaux, France - France-based mobile entertainment publisher In-Fusio announced on Monday that it has secured an undisclosed sum of new financing from Occam Capital, which will allow the company to expand its European, North American and Asia-based offices and increase its worldwide development capabilities. [more..]

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Los Angeles - Disney's ABC has signed a deal to offer full episodes of some of its primetime TV shows on Veoh, a video site backed by former Disney head Michael Eisner. [more..]

New York - Digital music service eMusic is looking to expand into selling TV episode downloads, but would only do so if they could be delivered DRM-free, NewTeeVee reported, citing eMusic CEO David Pakman. [more..]

Tokyo - Japanese wireless carrier Softbank will sell Apple's 8GB iPhone starting at 23,040 yen (about $214.60) next month, with monthly service fees estimated at 7,280 yen (about $67.50). [more..]

San Diego - Qualcomm's MediaFLO USA mobile TV unit said on Monday that it has partnered with ESPN on ESPN Mobile TV and NBC Sports on NBC 2Go to provide live TV coverage of this year's Wimbledon tennis tournament on mobile phones. [more..]

New York - NBC on Monday announced that it will offer free downloads of its Olympics coverage on laptop computers running Microsoft Windows Vista Media Center. [more..]

Los Angeles - News Corp.'s Fox Broadcasting Company said on Monday that it has partnered with Passenger to power an online community for viewers of Fox drama, reality, comedy and animation progams. [more..]