Home › DMW Daily

DMW Daily, May 22, 2009

Top Stories
o Judge to Decide Fate of RealNetworks' DVD-Copying Software
o Report: U.S. Video Gamers Now Outnumber Moviegoers
o Amazon, TuneCore Partner to Offer Artists On-Demand CD Sales
o Hasbro Completes Joint Venture Deal With Discovery
o White House Launches Open Government Web Initiative
o AOL's Platform-A Heads List of Top 25 Online Ad Networks
Briefly Noted
o Atlanta City Councilman Uses Twitter to "Call" 911
o Idol's Kris Allen, Adam Lambert Dominating iTunes Charts
o Oasis, Flo Rida Set to Play Third iTunes Live Festival
o CD Baby to Add Ability to Sell Single Track Downloads
 Top Stories
o Judge to Decide Fate of RealNetworks' DVD-Copying Software 
San Francisco - Testimony wrapped up this week in a case that will determine whether a DVD-copying product from RealNetworks violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), as alleged by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), which filed the complaint. [more..]
o Report: U.S. Video Gamers Now Outnumber Moviegoers 
Port Washington, N.Y. - The percentage of American video game players (63%) now outnumbers those who have gone out to the movies in the past six months (53%), according to a survey conducted by market research firm NPD Group. [more..]
o Amazon, TuneCore Partner to Offer Artists On-Demand CD Sales 
Seattle - Online retail giant Amazon.com is expected to announce a partnership with no-frills digital music distributor TuneCore, providing artists with a means to distribute on-demand physical CDs via Amazon's CreateSpace service, Wired.com reports. [more..]
o Hasbro Completes Joint Venture Deal With Discovery 
Silver Spring, Md. - Toymaker Hasbro said on Friday that it has completed a $300 million deal to buy half of a new joint venture with Discovery Communications. [more..]
o White House Launches Open Government Web Initiative 
Washington - Looking for ways to include more citizens in the federal decision-making process, the White House has kicked off a new program that it is calling the Open Government Website Initiative. [more..]
o AOL's Platform-A Heads List of Top 25 Online Ad Networks 
Reston, Va. - AOL's Platform-A remains the nation's largest Internet ad network, based on the number of U.S. Internet users reached in April, according to new figures released by Internet audience measurement firm comScore. [more..]
 Briefly Noted
o Atlanta City Councilman Uses Twitter to "Call" 911 
Atlanta - An Atlanta city councilman used Twitter to help contact the paramedics when he witnessed a woman suffering from a seizure, CNN reported. [more..]
o Idol's Kris Allen, Adam Lambert Dominating iTunes Charts 
Los Angeles - Record label 19 Recordings, which handles the release of performances from Fox's "American Idol," said on Friday that winner Kris Allen and runner-up Adam Lambert control 26 of the top 100 tracks on iTunes sales charts this week. [more..]
o Oasis, Flo Rida Set to Play Third iTunes Live Festival 
London - The third annual iTunes Live music festival, a month-long series of concerts at London's Roadhouse that kicks off July 1, will include performances from artists including Oasis, Flo Rida, Kasabian and Snow Patrol, Billboard reported. [more..]
o CD Baby to Add Ability to Sell Single Track Downloads 
Portland, Ore. - CD Baby, a provider of CD and digital album distribution for independent artists, plans to begin offering the ability to sell single song downloads from its website, Hypebot reports. [more..]