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DMW Daily, March 13, 2009

Top Stories
o Time Warner Taps Google Exec Armstrong as New Head of AOL
o White House: Copyright Treaty Details are "National Security"
o Featured Artists Coalition Opposes Criminalizing File-Sharing
o New York Gov. Paterson Abandons "iPod Tax" Plan
o Judge: isoHunt P2P Copyright Dispute Deserves Full Trial
o Utah Senate OKs Sanctions on Sales of M-rated Games to Minors
o AOL to Close Chinese Research and Development Unit
o Google Extends Lead Over Yahoo in U.S. Search Market
o Adknowledge Buys MIVA Media Unit for $11.6 Million
o 33Across Gets $1.5 Million to ID Online Influencers
Opinion & Analysis
o How To Blog, Party, Learn, Promote & Network Like A Rockstar At SXSW 2009
Briefly Noted
o Founders of New Streaming Service Muziic, YouTube in Talks
o "Lord of the Rings" Console Game Rights Revert to Warner Bros.
o Thomas J. Clarke, Jr. Steps Down as CEO of TheStreet.com
 Top Stories
o Time Warner Taps Google Exec Armstrong as New Head of AOL 
New York - Looking to bolster its faltering Internet unit, media giant Time Warner has named Tim Armstrong, a senior vice president at Google, as the new chairman and CEO of AOL, replacing Randy Falco, who is leaving the company. [more..]
o White House: Copyright Treaty Details are "National Security" 
Washington - The Obama administration has denied a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for details of a proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), citing national security concerns, CNET News.com reported. [more..]
o Featured Artists Coalition Opposes Criminalizing File-Sharing 
London - The Featured Artists Coalition (FAC), a group of U.K. artists including Billy Bragg and Radiohead that aims to give voice to musicians in industry issues, held its first meeting this week in London, and voted to oppose any laws that would criminalize music file-swapping. [more..]
o New York Gov. Paterson Abandons "iPod Tax" Plan 
New York - New York Gov. David Paterson has abandoned a $1.3 billion "nuisance tax" plan -- which included a tax on the sale of digital media downloads -- saying that a large infusion of federal stimulus funds has made the plan unnecessary, the New York Daily News reported. [more..]
o Judge: isoHunt P2P Copyright Dispute Deserves Full Trial 
Toronto - A Canadian Supreme Court Judge has denied BitTorrent search engine isoHunt's request for a ruling that it does not infringe copyrights, and must submit to a full trial should it choose to proceed in its case against the Canadian Record Industry Association (CRIA), Billboard reported. [more..]
o Utah Senate OKs Sanctions on Sales of M-rated Games to Minors 
Salt Lake City, Utah - The Utah Senate this week passed a bill that would fine retailers who sold M-rated video games to minors, if they had previously advertised that they would not do so, Ars Technica reported. [more..]
o AOL to Close Chinese Research and Development Unit 
New York - Time Warner's AOL plans to close its research and development unit in China, eliminating 56 jobs, Reuters reported. [more..]
o Google Extends Lead Over Yahoo in U.S. Search Market 
Reston Va. - Google again led the U.S. search market in February, conducting 63.3% of all Internet searches, according to new data released by Internet audience measurement firm comScore. [more..]
o Adknowledge Buys MIVA Media Unit for $11.6 Million 
Kansas City, Mo. - Adknowledge, a provider of behavioral online advertising services, announced that it has acquired the media division of online performance ad network MIVA, for about $11.6 million. [more..]
o 33Across Gets $1.5 Million to ID Online Influencers 
New York - 33Across, a stealth-mode company developing technology to identify influential online users, has called down $750,000 of a $1.5 million second round of funding, PEHub.com reported, citing a regulatory filing. [more..]
 Opinion & Analysis
o How To Blog, Party, Learn, Promote & Network Like A Rockstar At SXSW 2009 
One big question newbies and veterans of the show are likely thinking about is how to get the most out of their experience given the flood of events, people, conversations and opportunities that the show will have. SxSW veteran Rohit Bhargava knows how. [more..]
 Briefly Noted
o Founders of New Streaming Service Muziic, YouTube in Talks 
San Francisco - CNET News.com on Friday posted an interview with the co-founders of YouTube music player Muziic -- 15-year-old David Nelson and his 45-year-old father David -- that included news that the two were contacted by YouTube this week and have entered talks. [more..]
o "Lord of the Rings" Console Game Rights Revert to Warner Bros. 
Los Angeles - Electronic Arts is no longer the holder of the "Lord of the Rings" game rights, as Warner Bros.' New Line has apparently not extended a contract with the publisher that was set to expire at the end of 2008, Variety reported. [more..]
o Thomas J. Clarke, Jr. Steps Down as CEO of TheStreet.com 
New York - Financial media company TheStreet.com announced on Friday that Thomas J. Clarke, Jr., CEO of the company for the past ten years, is leaving the company. [more..]