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DMW Daily, December 2, 2008

Top Stories
o WSJ: Former AOL Head Looking to Raise Funds for Yahoo Deal
o Report: U.S. Digital Music Sales Growing; Not Supplanting CDs
o Blockbuster Stores to Sell Live Nation Concert Tickets
o Microsoft: Xbox 360 Outsold PS3 3-to-1 on Black Friday
o Games Firm Glu Mobile to Cut Unspecified Number of Jobs
o Amazon Completes Acquisition of AbeBooks
o Stats LLC Acquires CNN "Hologram" Developer SportVU
o Shanda Invests in Two Chinese Online Game Communities
Opinion & Analysis
o Buzz Watch: Sin No Longer In At YouTube
Briefly Noted
o Nintendo to Release E-book Collection for DS
o YouTube Recruiting for Collaborative Online Orchestra
o Sling Media Launches Sling.com Video Portal
o "The Dark Knight" is First Warner Title With BD-Live Features
o MTV Licenses eJamming Web Music Collaboration Software
 Top Stories
o WSJ: Former AOL Head Looking to Raise Funds for Yahoo Deal 
Dulles, Va. - Jonathan Miller, the former CEO of AOL, has been attempting to raise money to buy all or part of Yahoo, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. [more..]
o Report: U.S. Digital Music Sales Growing; Not Supplanting CDs 
New York - While digital music sales in the U.S. are expected to grow from 18% to account for 41% of overall music sales in five years, this will not compensate for a decline in overall sales, which will shrink over the next five years from $10.2 billion to $9.8 billion, according to a forecast from Forrester's JupiterResearch. [more..]
o Blockbuster Stores to Sell Live Nation Concert Tickets 
Dallas - Video rental giant Blockbuster announced on Tuesday that it has signed a three-year deal with concert promoter and venue owner Live Nation, to serve as the exclusive physical retail ticketing outlet for the company's new in-house ticketing company. [more..]
o Microsoft: Xbox 360 Outsold PS3 3-to-1 on Black Friday 
Redmond, Wash. - Microsoft said on Tuesday that its Xbox 360 console outsold rival Sony's PlayStation 3 by 3-to-1 over the "Black Friday" weekend after the Thanksgiving holiday. [more..]
o Games Firm Glu Mobile to Cut Unspecified Number of Jobs 
San Mateo, Calif. - Mobile games publisher Glu Mobile said on Tuesday that it will cut an unspecified number of jobs, in a move to trim its annual operating expenses by $13 million. [more..]
o Amazon Completes Acquisition of AbeBooks 
Seattle - Online retail giant Amazon.com announced on Tuesday that it has completed its acquisition of Canada-based AbeBooks, an online marketplace for used, rare and out-of-print books that lists over 110 million titles.
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o Stats LLC Acquires CNN "Hologram" Developer SportVU 
Northbrook, Ill. - Stats LLC, a provider of sports-related information and data to media companies that is jointly owned by the Associated Press and News Corp., announced on Tuesday that it has acquired SportVU, an Israel-based developer of automated ID and motion capture technology. [more..]
o Shanda Invests in Two Chinese Online Game Communities 
Shanghai - Chinese online games purveyor Shanda Interactive Entertainment said that its Shanda Games unit has made investments in two online gaming community operators, Shanghai Wei Lai and Shanghai Cai Qu. [more..]
 Opinion & Analysis
o Buzz Watch: Sin No Longer In At YouTube 
It was destined to happen anyway, and might be for the best in the long run, but it's still sort of sad to see the day finally come: The grownups are taking over YouTube, blogs Paul Sweeting. [more..]
 Briefly Noted
o Nintendo to Release E-book Collection for DS 
Tokyo - Nintendo plans to release an e-book title for the Nintendo DS that will let gamers read classic books on the portable devices, Electricpig reports. [more..]
o YouTube Recruiting for Collaborative Online Orchestra 
Mountain View, Calif. - Google's YouTube has announced an online musical collaboration that will cull online auditions and create a "YouTube Symphony Orchestra," which will perform at New York's Carnegie Hall in April. [more..]
o Sling Media Launches Sling.com Video Portal 
New York - Sling Media, a unit of EchoStar that develops media "place-shifting" software, on Tuesday announced the launch of a video entertainment website that offers free access to clips, TV shows, films, news and sports from over 90 content providers. [more..]
o "The Dark Knight" is First Warner Title With BD-Live Features 
Burbank, Calif. - Time Warner's Warner Home Video said on Tuesday that its first Blu-ray Disc title to feature BD-Live interactivity will be "The Dark Knight," scheduled for release on Dec. 9. [more..]
o MTV Licenses eJamming Web Music Collaboration Software 
Orlando, Fla. - eJamming, a developer of real-time online music collaboration technology, said on Tuesday that it has licensed its flagship product to Viacom's MTV Networks Music Group. [more..]