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DMW Daily, May 6, 2009

Top Stories
o Amazon Unveils $489 Kindle DX With Larger Screen
o Rep. Frank Introduces Bills to Overturn Web Gambling Ban
o FCC Asks Broadcasters to Air Digital Transition Spots
o Report: Labels Unhappy With MySpace Music
o File-Sharing Hub Mininova Begins Filtering Copyrighted Media
o Report: Microsoft Layoffs Hit In-Game Ad Unit Massive
o CNET: Music Social Network Imeem Lands New Funding
o Website Audience Retention Firm SeeWhy Raises $4.5 Million
Briefly Noted
o Crain Communications to Shutter Print Edition of TV Week
o Comcast Promoting Green Day Record With HD Videos
o Sony Adds Gracenote-Supplied Lyrics, Streaming to Artist Sites
o Last.fm Adds Visuals to Streaming Music Player
o CEO of Comcast's Daily Candy Newsletters to Step Down
 Top Stories
o Amazon Unveils $489 Kindle DX With Larger Screen 
Seattle - Amazon.com on Wednesday introduced a new version of its Kindle e-book reader device, the $489 Kindle DX, which sports a larger 9.7-inch screen designed with newspapers, magazines and textbooks in mind. [more..]
o Rep. Frank Introduces Bills to Overturn Web Gambling Ban 
Washington - U.S. Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, on Wednesday introduced legislation to overturn the three-year-old ban on Internet gambling. [more..]
o FCC Asks Broadcasters to Air Digital Transition Spots 
Washington - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has asked broadcasters to suspend their regular programming for three five-minute time slots, during which they would broadcast a public service announcement about the pending transition to digital broadcasting on June 12, The Wall Street Journal reported. [more..]
o Report: Labels Unhappy With MySpace Music 
San Francisco - At a board meeting of the MySpace Music joint venture between the News Corp.-owned social network and its major labels partners last month, "several key players were unhappy" with the service's performance thus far, CNET News.com reported, citing "a source with knowledge of the talks." [more..]
o File-Sharing Hub Mininova Begins Filtering Copyrighted Media 
Los Angeles - With a court date looming, Mininova, which is considered the largest BitTorrent tracker site on the Internet, has begun to implement technology recommended by content owners to filter copyrighted content, TorrentFreak reported. [more..]
o Report: Microsoft Layoffs Hit In-Game Ad Unit Massive 
Redmond, Wash. - Microsoft's Massive in-game advertising unit was hit particularly hard by the round of 3,000 layoffs the company announced yesterday, with as many as 75% of Massive's employees getting the axe, according to VentureBeat. [more..]
o CNET: Music Social Network Imeem Lands New Funding 
San Francisco - Music-focused social network imeem has raised an undisclosed sum of new funding, CNET News.com reported, citing anonymous music industry sources. [more..]
o Website Audience Retention Firm SeeWhy Raises $4.5 Million 
Andover, Mass. - SeeWhy, a provider of software that helps retain website audiences, announced on Wednesday that it has raised $4.5 million in a venture capital deal. [more..]
 Briefly Noted
o Crain Communications to Shutter Print Edition of TV Week 
Los Angeles - Television Week, a 25-year-old trade publication published by Crain Communications, will shutter its print edition at the end of the month in favor of a Web-only presence, Variety reports. [more..]
o Comcast Promoting Green Day Record With HD Videos 
Philadelphia - Cable TV and broadband provider Comcast announced on Wednesday that it is helping promote Green Day's forthcoming album by offering advance access to live performances of tracks off the new record on-demand. [more..]
o Sony Adds Gracenote-Supplied Lyrics, Streaming to Artist Sites 
New York - Sony Music has announced that it is integrating song lyrics licensed by Gracenote into all of its label group and artist websites, which draw a combined over 18 million unique monthly visitors. [more..]
o Last.fm Adds Visuals to Streaming Music Player 
New York - Last.fm, the social music discovery service owned by CBS, on Wednesday launched a Personalized Visual Music player, which combines its users' personalized streaming radio stations with rich media visuals. [more..]
o CEO of Comcast's Daily Candy Newsletters to Step Down 
Los Angeles - Pete Sheinbaum, the CEO of email newsletter publisher Daily Candy, will resign his position effective on Friday to pursue other opportunities, PaidContent reported. [more..]