Washington - In what the White House is calling a "new experiment," President Obama on Thursday morning will answer questions submitted from the public during a special "online town hall meeting" about the economy, to be streamed on WhiteHouse.gov. [more..]

Nashville, Tenn. - At the behest of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), broadband service providers AT&T, Comcast and Cox are sending warning letters to subscribers believed to be engaged in illegal file-sharing, CNET News.com reported. [more..]

San Bruno, Calif. - China has once again blocked Google's YouTube in the country, but has not yet provided a reason for the action, according to published reports. [more..]

Alviso, Calif. - Video rental giant Blockbuster announced on Wednesday that it has partnered with TiVo, and will sell the company's digital video recorders in its retail locations, while offering its movies for sale and rental via the TiVo service. [more..]

Columbia, Md. - Arbitron, the media and market research firm best known for its radio audience measurement services, said that it will cut 10% of its full-time workforce -- around 110 employees -- and reduce other expenses in a move to save more than $10 million a year. [more..]

London - Major record label EMI has dropped its copyright infringement lawsuit against Project Playlist, and instead licensed its full catalog to the site that lets users create playlists from streaming songs served from across the Internet, TechCrunch reported. [more..]

London - CBS-owned social music discovery service Last.fm has announced that it will begin charging users of its Radio service that do not reside in the U.S., U.K. or Germany. [more..]

Mountain View, Calif. - Google has participated in a $5.75 million first investment round for Pixazza, a service that adds links to purchase items seen in online photos. [more..]

Redwood City, Calif. - Obopay, a provider of mobile payments technology, announced on Wednesday that Nokia has taken a minority stake in the company. [more..]

London - 24-7 Entertainment, a European provider of online and mobile music, video and ringtone distribution, announced on Wednesday that German electronics retailer Media-Saturn Group has acquired a majority stake in the company. [more..]

Boston - Spark Capital announced on Wednesday the launch of Start@Spark, an initiative focused on seed stage investments in the New York and Boston areas. [more..]

Copenhagen, Denmark - GoViral, a Denmark-based distributor of branded video content, has raised $8.8 million in new funding from Kennet Partners, PEHub.com reported. [more..]

I’ve been wrong before. But every time I look , everything points to digitally delivered TV over cable/sat/telco advancing further and faster than Internet delivered TV, blogs Mark Cuban. [more..]

London - U.K. television distributor Digital Rights Group (DRG) has signed a deal with Hulu, the online video joint venture between News Corp. and NBC Universal, that will bring U.K. TV series like "Queer As Folk," "Peep Show," "Rude Tube" and "Green Wing" to the site's U.S. viewers. [more..]

Washington - LivingSocial, a social discovery network that lets users share their favorite books, movies, games, restaurants and beer, said on Wednesday that its "Pick Your Five" feature on Facebook has been taken up by more than 5 million Facebook users in five days. [more..]

Baltimore - Urban Communications, an Internet company focused on the African-American market, said that it has launched a new online social network called OurSpace.com. [more..]