Los Angeles - Following the trimming of 30% of its U.S. staff last week, News Corp.'s MySpace social network announced on Tuesday that it will additionally lay off two-thirds of its international workforce, and close at least four of its offices abroad. [more..]

San Francisco - Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who has been on sick leave since January and said he would return to work by the end of June, was spotted leaving the company's Cupertino, Calif. Headquarters on Monday, Reuters reported. [more..]

Port Washington, N.Y. - Twitter users are more engaged with online music, and are more likely to purchase it in greater quantities than Web users not on the microblogging service, according to a report from market research firm NPD Group. [more..]

Berlin - A German court has sided with copyright society GEMA against free file-hosting service Rapidshare, which must now monitor its site to ensure that some 5,000 songs are not posted for distribution on its servers, Billboard reported. [more..]

Madrid - Copyright owners in Spain have accepted that the government will not implement a "three-strikes" policy that would disconnect repeat file-swappers, but are still interested in pressing measures that would reduce Internet speed, Billboard reports. [more..]

Paris - During the first presidential address to France's Parliament in 150 years, Nicolas Sarkozy expressed frustration at the country's highest court's decision to disallow the disconnection of repeat file-swappers' accounts, and said he intends to "go all the way" in regard to a "three-strikes" policy, TorrentFreak reported. [more..]

San Francisco - Zynga, a developer of online games for social media, has filed suit against rival Playdom over ads the company placed for its "Mobsters" game on Facebook, arguing that they are misleading consumers interested in its own "Mafia Wars" title, PaidContent reported. [more..]

Los Angeles - Mail.com Media Corporation (MMC), the owner of Mail.com and sites including MovieLine.com and HollywoodLife.com, announced on Tuesday that it has acquired DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com, the entertainment business news site launched by veteran industry reporter Nikki Finke. [more..]

San Francisco - ThisMoment, an online media-sharing service that lets users blend their own photos and video with publisher-licensed content, has raised $3 million in angel funding and launched its service, VentureWire reported. [more..]

Reston, Va. - Frazoo, a San Diego-based search engine company offering pay-per-click advertising, said on Tuesday that it has acquired in-text ad network BrandClik. [more..]

New York - Freeverse, a developer of iPhone games, announced on Tuesday that its "Flick Fishing" game has become the first paid application in Apple's App Store to reach one million downloads. [more..]

New York - TiVo announced on Tuesday that it has partnered with Web audience measurement firm Quantcast to offer advertisers and media firms an analysis service that cuts across DVR and Internet usage. [more..]

New York - NBC Sports has announced plans to stream next month's men's and women's finals from the Wimbledon tennis tournament live on NBCSports.com, Mediapost reports. [more..]

Los Angeles - Politics and culture blog The Huffington Post has launched a new section dedicated to New York City, which will feature New York-centric news articles plus bloggers posting on local topics. [more..]

New York - The Orchard, a digital distributor and marketer of independent music, said on Tuesday that it has partnered with Music Intelligence Solutions, provider of the Hit Song Science prediction technology. [more..]