Washington - National Public Radio (NPR), the producer of programming for public radio stations, has named Vivian Schiller, the senior vice president and general manager of The New York Times' website, NYTimes.com, as its new president and CEO. [more..]

Los Angeles - Current TV, the multiplatform media company backed by former Vice President Al Gore, has laid off about 60 employees, PaidContent reported. [more..]

Los Angeles - The premium movie channel joint venture between Viacom/Paramount Pictures, MGM and Lionsgate, has received about $34 million so far from its partners, PaidContent reported, citing a regulatory filing. [more..]

Los Angeles - The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB), an industry-funded group that determines the ratings on video games in the U.S., on Wednesday announced that it will now additionally provide information on exactly what content in games led them to place certain ratings on them. [more..]

Los Angeles - The blogger who admitted to the FBI that he posted unreleased tracks from the upcoming Guns N' Roses album "Chinese Democracy" has agreed to plead guilty to one count of federal copyright infringement as part of a deal, Wired.com reported, citing federal prosecutor Craig Missakian. [more..]

San Diego - A user of the social network Classmates.com has filed a class action lawsuit against the company, alleging deceptive advertising, Wired.com reported. [more..]

Los Angeles - Concert promoter and venue owner Live Nation will soon begin selling MP3s from artists on three major labels on its own dedicated Web pages for the artists, Digital Music News reported. [more..]

Palo Alto, Calif. - Project Playlist, a site that lets users build song playlists and share them across social media sites, has raised around $20 million in new financing, and named former Facebook executive Owen Van Natta as its new CEO, VentureBeat reported. [more..]

New York - The Nielsen Company and advertising giant WPP announced that they have agreed to swap certain assets, in a deal that will among other things give Nielsen full ownership of AGBNielsen Media Research, the television audience measurement business. [more..]

Malibu, Calif. - Film studio Red Eagle Entertainment on Wednesday announced the launch of a new video game studio business, Red Eagle Games, and the acquisition of the game rights to author Robert Jordan's "The Wheel of Time" fantasy novel series. [more..]

Los Angeles - UltiZen Games, a provider of outsourced game development services in China, announced on Wednesday that it invested $3.5 million into an expansion that includes the opening of a new studio in Suzhou. [more..]

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New York - CBS Interactive has laid off six editorial employees and cancelled plans to launch a music news site called Juke, Idolator reported. [more..]

Los Angeles - Citing rampant piracy Warner Bros. is withdrawing from the DVD market in South Korea, according to the Wall Street Journal. [more..]

Seattle - After restricting access to YouTube and similar video sites in May 2007, the U.S. military has enlisted Delve Networks to develop TroopTube, a new video site for members of the armed forces and their families. [more..]

London - Ad-supported music service We7 has officially launched its full offering, which includes over 3 million tracks from all the major labels and many independents. [more..]