Washington - Ending a 16-month regulatory process, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) late Friday approved Sirius Satellite Radio's $3.3 billion acquisition of DC-based XM Satellite Radio, the Associated Press reported. [more..]

Washington - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is expected this week to announce that Comcast violated federal policy when it actively interfered with the file-sharing traffic of some of its broadband customers, agency officials told the Wall Street Journal. [more..]

Menlo Park, Calif. - Cuil, a new search engine developed by a team led by an engineer whose last search company was purchased by Google, on Monday launched a beta version of its search site.
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Los Angeles - The National Football League (NFL) has reached a deal with NBC to for the first time provide live Internet streaming of NBC's "Sunday Night Football" games, the Los Angeles Times reported.
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McLean, Va. - Expanding on a three-month-old partnership between the companies, Gannett, the publisher of USA Today and 84 other daily papers, said that it has led a new round of funding for New York-based Mogulus, the developer of a live, streaming video service. [more..]

Encinitas, Calif. - Verve Wireless, a provider of mobile products and services for publishers, has raised $3 million in its second round of venture capital financing, led by the Associated Press with participation from Iron Capital and others, VentureWire reported. [more..]

San Francisco - TrueAnthem, an online music label that distributes ad-supported music widgets, announced that it has raised $2 million in angel funding from unnamed investors. [more..]

Christian Bale’s arrest for assault has helped him overtake the late Heath Ledger in the search stakes, and the huge amount of press coverage surrounding the movie has certainly benefitted cinemas and other film industry websites, blogs Robin Goad. [more..]

San Antonio, Texas - Radio giant Clear Channel announced on Monday that it partnered with Katz Media Group to launch what they say is the largest digital radio network, which incorporates independent Internet radio stations with online and mobile streams of AM and FM stations, and counts an audience of nearly 5 million weekly listeners. [more..]

Washington - Washingtonpost.com has added a new feature allowing site visitors to debate and predict future news events related to politics, sports, business and local issues. [more..]

San Francisco - Rock band Deerhoof have posted the sheet music for an unreleased single from their forthcoming album online under a Creative Commons license, and are encouraging fans to record a version of the song themselves and post it to a community site, Wired.com reports. [more..]

London - RawRip on Monday debuted the beta version of its music discovery and distribution service, which will offer artists and copyright holders 100% of royalties. [more..]

McLean, Va. - Javien Digital Payment Solutions, developer of a Web-based platform for managing online and mobile sales, said on Monday that BETA Records, an online community featuring content from independent artists, will use the company's micropayment platform to power its e-commerce activities. [more..]

New York - Warner Music Group's Atlantic Records on Monday launched Fanbase, an interactive desktop application that includes a music player, chat, and data on Atlantic artists that is pulled from a variety of websites. [more..]

New York - Giant Realm, an online media company targeting men 18-34, announced on Monday that it now reaches 5.3 million unique visitors in the U.S., according to the latest data from comScore's June 2008 Media Metrix report. [more..]