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DMW Daily, May 11, 2009

Top Stories
o Report: 20% of U.S. Homes Have Nixed Landlines, Gone Mobile
o Wall Street Journal Website to Introduce Micropayments
o Report: North America Shed 12% of Gaming Jobs in Past Year
o Caraeff Expected to Head Vevo Music Video Joint Venture
o EveryZing Lands $8.25 Million for Customized Search; Signs NBC
Briefly Noted
o Target Taps Facebook for $3 Million Charity Campaign
o NBC's Brian Williams Debuts Web Music Interview Series
o ShortTail Media Develops Interstitial Video Ad Format
o (RED), Live Nation Team on AIDS Charity Concerts
o Thomson Reuters Launches News Apps for iPhone, BlackBerry
o TouchTunes Names Former BMG Exec Goldstuck as CEO
 Top Stories
o Report: 20% of U.S. Homes Have Nixed Landlines, Gone Mobile 
Washington - Over one in five U.S. homes have foregone the landline in favor of using mobile phones exclusively, according to a survey from the Centers for Disease Control's National Center for Health Statistics. [more..]
o Wall Street Journal Website to Introduce Micropayments 
New York - News Corp. plans to implement a micropayments system at the website of its Wall Street Journal newspaper, so that users could pay to read occasional individual stories without having to spend over $100 for a year's subscription to the site, the Financial Times reported. [more..]
o Report: North America Shed 12% of Gaming Jobs in Past Year 
Los Angeles - The North American video game industry has shed some 6,300 jobs since July 2008, while the total number of professionals worldwide in the field has decreased by 8,450, Gamasutra reported. [more..]
o Caraeff Expected to Head Vevo Music Video Joint Venture 
San Francisco - Vevo, the music video website joint venture between major record label Universal Music Group and Google's YouTube, is expected to name Rio Caraeff, currently executive vice president of Universal's eLabs unit, has president of Vevo, CNET News.com reported, citing sources close to Vevo. [more..]
o EveryZing Lands $8.25 Million for Customized Search; Signs NBC 
Cambridge, Mass. - EveryZing, a provider of customized universal search and publishing technology, announced on Monday that it has raised $8.25 million in a new round of financing, and said NBC Universal will deploy its product. [more..]
 Briefly Noted
o Target Taps Facebook for $3 Million Charity Campaign 
Minneapolis, Minn. - Retail store chain Target said on Monday that it plans to donate $3 million to charities via its Facebook page during a two-week-long giving campaign dubbed "Bullseye Gives." [more..]
o NBC's Brian Williams Debuts Web Music Interview Series 
New York - NBC news anchor Brian Williams on Monday announced the launch of a new Web-only indie music interview series, "BriTunes." [more..]
o ShortTail Media Develops Interstitial Video Ad Format 
New York - ShortTail Media has developed a new online ad format, the "Digital 30," which is essentially a 15 or 30-second video ad that will run in between Web pages while a user is surfing, AdWeek reported. [more..]
o (RED), Live Nation Team on AIDS Charity Concerts 
Los Angeles - AIDS in Africa charity (RED) said on Monday that it partnered with event promoter Live Nation on a slate of 26 concerts that will raise money and awareness for the charity. [more..]
o Thomson Reuters Launches News Apps for iPhone, BlackBerry 
London - International news agency Thomson Reuters on Monday announced the launch of new applications for Apple's iPhone and RIM's BlackBerry. [more..]
o TouchTunes Names Former BMG Exec Goldstuck as CEO 
New York - TouchTunes, a provider of Internet-connected digital jukeboxes in bars and restaurants, said on Monday that it has named former Bertelesmann Music Group president and COO Charles Goldstuck as its new chief executive. [more..]