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DMW Daily, June 19, 2009

Top Stories
o RIAA "Willing to Settle" File-Sharing Case for Under $2 Million
o Google, Facebook Post Iran-Centric Language Updates
o Italian Judge Orders $3.3M Forfeiture From Music Websites
o Survey: 8% Admit Downloading Unauthorized Video on P2P
o Report: Congressional Quarterly to be Sold to Economist Group
o News Aggregation Site Newser Lands $2.5 Million
o Google Invests Another $2.6M in DNA Analysis Firm 23andMe
o Enterprise Video Firm Veodia Acquires ScreenToaster
Briefly Noted
o Report: MySpace Music to Launch in U.K. in September
o TI, Barco, Christie to Introduce 4K Digital Cinema Projectors
o Panavision Names Bevins as New President & CEO
 Top Stories
o RIAA "Willing to Settle" File-Sharing Case for Under $2 Million 
Duluth, Minn. - After winning a $1.92 million copyright infringement jury verdict against Jammie Thomas-Rasset, a single mother of four found guilty of illegal file-sharing, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) says it is still open to settling on different terms. [more..]
o Google, Facebook Post Iran-Centric Language Updates 
Los Angeles - Google and Facebook this week both posted Persian (Farsi) language updates to their Web services, a nod to making them more readily available as the post-election events unfold in Iran. [more..]
o Italian Judge Orders $3.3M Forfeiture From Music Websites 
Milan, Italy - A judge in Italy has ordered some $3.3 million to be forfeited by the operators of several websites offering free, unauthorized music downloads, Billboard reported. [more..]
o Survey: 8% Admit Downloading Unauthorized Video on P2P 
London - Eight percent of consumers across the U.S., U.K., France and Germany admit to having downloaded video content from unauthorized file-sharing sites, according to a study conducted by Futuresource Consulting. [more..]
o Report: Congressional Quarterly to be Sold to Economist Group 
Washington - Congressional Quarterly (CQ), the DC-based publisher of news and analysis of Congress, politics and public policy, will be acquired by the U.K.-based Economist Group, FishbowlDC reported. [more..]
o News Aggregation Site Newser Lands $2.5 Million 
New York - Newser, an online news aggregation service, has raised $2.5 million in is first round of funding from a group of individual investors, PaidContent reported. [more..]
o Google Invests Another $2.6M in DNA Analysis Firm 23andMe 
Mountain View, Calif. - Google revealed in a regulatory filing that it has invested another $2.6 million in 23andMe, a developer of DNA analysis technologies co-founded by Anne Wojcicki, the wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin. [more..]
o Enterprise Video Firm Veodia Acquires ScreenToaster 
San Mateo, Calif. - Veodia, a provider of video broadcasting technology for businesses, announced on Friday that it has acquired ScreenToaster, the developer of a free service that captures video and other activity in a browser window for playback in flash players. [more..]
 Briefly Noted
o Report: MySpace Music to Launch in U.K. in September 
London - News Corp. will launch its MySpace Music service in the U.K. in September, the Telegraph reported, citing a source at a digital media agency. [more..]
o TI, Barco, Christie to Introduce 4K Digital Cinema Projectors 
Los Angeles - Chipmaker Texas Instruments has announced plans to introduce a 4K digital projection platform, which will yield four times as many pixels as current 2K projectors, Variety reported. [more..]
o Panavision Names Bevins as New President & CEO 
Woodland Hills, Calif. - Panavision, a designer and manufacturer of professional film and digital cameras, lenses and accessories, announced that it has named William C. Bevins as its new president and CEO. [more..]