Washington - The Association of National Advertisers (ANA), a trade group of more than 400 companies that collectively spend over $100 billion on marketing and advertising, announced over the weekend that it has sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice opposing the search advertising partnership proposed by Google and Yahoo. [more..]

New York - A federal judge on Monday sided with J.K. Rowling in a copyright suit filed by the "Harry Potter" author and Warner Bros. Entertainment against the creator of the "Harry Potter Lexicon," an online encyclopedia related to the novels that was due to be published in print form, the Associated Press reports. [more..]

Minneapolis - CBS last week filed a lawsuit against the NFL Players Association, asking a federal judge to clarify usage rights for the statistics used in fantasy football leagues, the Associated Press reported. [more..]

Los Angeles - Canada-based BitTorrent tracker site Isohunt has filed suit against the Canadian Record Industry Association (CRIA), asking a judge to declare that its service does not infringe copyrights, TorrentFreak reports. [more..]

San Diego - RealNetworks on Monday introduced RealDVD, a $49 PC application that lets users save DVDs on a hard drive "without removing or altering the CSS encryption" anti-copying technology. [more..]

Los Angeles - Time Warner's digital production studio HBOlab is set to launch a new online series next month, "Hooking Up," which will feature a number of Internet celebrities, including "Lonelygirl15" Jessica Rose and video bloggers sxePhil and KevJumba, according to The Hollywood Reporter. [more..]

New York - CBS has announced that it will make the rain-delayed U.S. Open tennis men's final match between Roger Federer and Andy Murray available via a free, live stream online in all territories PaidContent reports. [more..]

London - Miniweb, a developer of interactive TV technology, announced on Monday that it has landed $32 million in new funding, led by Meritage Funds and DeGeorge Holdings III. [more..]

Burlingame, Calif. - BitGravity, a provider of content delivery network services for interactive broadcasting, announced on Monday that it has received an $11.5 million investment from Tata Communications, an India-based telecommunications firm [more..]

San Francisco - Sportgenic, an online advertising network for sports-related sites, announced on Monday that it has closed a $10 million second round of venture capital financing, led by Adams Street Partners. [more..]

San Diego - Verimatrix, a provider of software-based content security technology for pay-TV networks, said on Monday that it has received an additional investment from SunAmerica Ventures for its recently announced third round of funding, which was led by Goldman Sachs. [more..]

New York - Luo Chan, the CEO of MySpace China, is resigning after just over a year on the job, The New York Times reports, citing people briefed on the matter. [more..]

Los Angeles - GE's Universal Pictures will join News Corp.'s 20th Century Fox and Viacom's Paramount Pictures in helping to finance the deployment of digital cinema projection systems in movie theaters, The Wall Street Journal reported. [more..]

Redmond, Wash. - Microsoft said on Monday that next week it will update its Zune media player software so that users can wirelessly download or stream songs from Wi-Fi hotspots, as well as tag and purchase songs directly from the built-in FM radio. [more..]

Los Angeles - News Corp.'s MySpace said on Monday that it has partnered with Warner Bros. Television Group to promote and co-host its new original Web series "Sorority Forever," created by director and producer McG ("Terminator Salvation," "The O.C."). [more..]