Washington - Lawmakers on Tuesday introduced the Webcaster Settlement Act of 2009, which would provide commercial webcasters with an additional opportunity to obtain financial relief from the Copyright Royalty Board's (CRB) 2007 Internet radio royalty decision. [more..]

Paris - France's National Assembly has voted to adopt a "three-strikes" law that would compel ISPs to disconnect repeat file-swappers, just weeks after a previous attempt failed at the hands of the country's Socialist Party, Billboard reported. [more..]

Denver - MediaNews Group, the Colorado-based newspaper publisher which owns about a dozen publications in the Bay Area, plans to begin charging for much of its online content, according to an internal memo published by Editor & Publisher. [more..]

London - International wireless carrier Vodafone announced on Tuesday that it will launch an online store where customers can purchase a range of applications for their mobile phones, Reuters reported. [more..]

Cupertino, Calif. - Apple has rejected an application that can remotely control downloads on the BitTorrent file-sharing network, stating that "this category of applications is often used for the purpose of infringing third party rights. We have chosen to not publish this type of application to the App Store," iLounge.com reported. [more..]

London - Velti, a provider of mobile marketing and advertising services, announced on Tuesday that it has acquired Ad Infuse, a provider of personalized mobile advertising services. [more..]

Atlanta - Multicast, a provider of live online event broadcasting services, announced on Tuesday its acquisition of Veotag, a provider of video tagging technology. [more..]

Carlsbad, Calif. - NTN Buzztime, a provider of interactive TV trivia games in bars and restaurants, said on Tuesday that it will acquired the assets of i-am TV from Instant Access Media for an undisclosed sum. [more..]

New York - HauteLook, a members-only online shopping club featuring branded goods at a 40-75% discount, announced that it has raised $10 million in new financing, led by Insight Venture Partners. [more..]

New York - Medialets, a provider of analytics and ad technology for mobile applications, announced on Tuesday that it has closed a $4 million first round of venture capital financing, led by Foundry Group. [more..]

New York - The New York Times on Tuesday launched Times Wire, a blog-like newsfeed Web page, that publishes all of the headlines from the paper's online articles and blogs in a chronological feed that updates by the minute. [more..]

New York - ABCs "Nightline" news program is launching a new weekly online program that will take advantage of the interactivity provided through the Twitter microblogging service. [more..]

New York - Viacom's MTV Games announced on Tuesday that industry veterans Him Veevaert and Jay Cohen have been named to head Jerry Bruckheimer Games, the studio joint venture with movie producer Jerry Bruckheimer announced in December 2007. [more..]

Washington - Slate Group, the online publishing unit of The Washington Post that produces such Web publications as Slate Magazine and TheRoot.com, said on Tuesday that it has launched a new online women's magazine called Double X. [more..]