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DMW Daily, December 5, 2008

Top Stories
o RealNetworks Laying Off 130 Employees; 7.5% of Workforce
o Editorial Department Layoffs Hit The Hollywood Reporter
o Sony, Warner Pull Full Song Streams From iLike.com
o Moral Investment Group's Guide Targets Games Over Gay Content
o Report: Google Trimming Expansion Plans in North Carolina
o Mobile Video Firm Droplet Technology Acquires Sipcall
o Vizimo Acquires Online Video Guide TIOTI
Opinion & Analysis
o DMW Vlog: TiVo’s Mark Risis Predicts Cell Phones Will Replace Remote Controls
Briefly Noted
o Facebook Hit With New Version of Koobface Worm
o YouTube Taps Rumblefish for Soundtrack Music
o Denise Warren Named General Manager of NYTimes.com
 Top Stories
o RealNetworks Laying Off 130 Employees; 7.5% of Workforce 
Seattle - Media delivery technology firm RealNetworks announced on its blog this week that it is laying off 7.5% of its global workforce, or about 130 employees, "as part of a budgeting process that is intended to bring expenses in line with current and prospective economic realities." [more..]
o Editorial Department Layoffs Hit The Hollywood Reporter 
Los Angeles - Entertainment trade publication The Hollywood Reporter, owned by the Nielsen Company, has laid off more than a dozen employees, the majority of whom were part of the company's editorial staff, Variety reported. [more..]
o Sony, Warner Pull Full Song Streams From iLike.com 
New York - Major record labels Sony and Warner Music have pulled their full-song streams from the website of social music application iLike, All Things D reports. [more..]
o Moral Investment Group's Guide Targets Games Over Gay Content 
Los Angeles - The Timothy Plan, an investor group that only backs companies that it deems to have "moral integrity," has released a holiday shopping report for parents on video games that takes several titles to task for including gay characters. [more..]
o Report: Google Trimming Expansion Plans in North Carolina 
Lenoir, N.C. - Google has elected not to accept a $4.7 million state grant to construct a data center in Lenoir, slowing its plans to expand in the state, according to published reports. [more..]
o Mobile Video Firm Droplet Technology Acquires Sipcall 
Menlo Park, Calif. - Droplet Technology, a developer of mobile video technology, said on Friday that it has acquired Sipcall, a developer of mobile Voice-over-IP (VoIP) services for consumers. [more..]
o Vizimo Acquires Online Video Guide TIOTI 
London - Vizimo, a developer of video content personalization and discovery technology for TV, the Web and mobile, announced on Friday that it has acquired TIOTI ("Tape It Off The Internet"), an online video guide, for an undisclosed sum.
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 Opinion & Analysis
o DMW Vlog: TiVo’s Mark Risis Predicts Cell Phones Will Replace Remote Controls 
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 Briefly Noted
o Facebook Hit With New Version of Koobface Worm 
Palo Alto, Calif. - Online social network Facebook said on Friday that a new version of a worm known as Koobface has surfaced, tricking users into downloading malicious software. [more..]
o YouTube Taps Rumblefish for Soundtrack Music 
San Bruno, Calif. - Google's YouTube has partnered with sonic branding and music licensing agency Rumblefish, to allow users to embed pre-approved tracks from Rumblefish as the soundtracks to their new or existing videos. [more..]
o Denise Warren Named General Manager of NYTimes.com 
New York - The New York Times Co. announced that Denise F. Warren will take on the role of general manager of NYTimes.com, in addition to her current position as senior vice president and chief advertising officer of The New York Times Media Group. [more..]