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Digital Media Wire's Weekly Recap: Feb. 25 to Mar. 3, 2007

Authored by dmw on March 3, 2007 - 8:10am.
Here's our executive summary of DMW's coverage of the digital media & entertainment sector for the past week, for those too busy to keep up on a daily basis. Stories are grouped by the following categories: Top Stories; Commentary; Digital Music Forum; Deals; Top Launches; Legal Matters; Metrics; and Bad News. Enjoy!

Top Stories
U.S. Lawmakers Revive Amended "FAIR USE" Copyright Bill
BitTorrent Debuts Legal Movie, TV Peer-to-Peer Download Service
Report: EMI Ends Talks on Releasing Unprotected MP3s
Blockbuster in Talks to Acquire Studio-Backed Movielink
Sirius CEO Pledges Subscription Price Cap if XM Merger Approved
 
Commentary & Analysis
Mark Cuban: Who Really Gets Social Networking Right? Not YouTube
Mark Cuban: Oscars.com vs Youtube.com & the Value of Hosting on GooTube
Spotlight: NeoEdge Draws Female Gamers with Ad-Supported PC Games
Spotlight: Hovr's Ad-Supported Games with Social Networking
Best Oscar Commercial? Who Else: Apple
 
Digital Music Forum East
Future Music Stars Must Prove Themselves First on the Internet
Music Industry Remains Divided Over DRM
More Innovation Needed to Boost Mobile Music Sales In the US
Press Coverage of the 2007 Digital Music Forum East
Thank You Note to Digital Music Forum East Participants
 
Financial Deals
China's Focus Media Buys 'Net Ad Firm Allyes for $300 Million
BigBand Networks Files for $147 Million IPO
Internet TV Broadcaster JumpTV Raises $100 Million in AIM Offering
Search Engine Marketing Firm Vantage Media Raises $70 Million
Carl Icahn Invests $50 Million in Mobile Content Distributor Motricity
Online Ad Firm DoubleClick Acquires Tangozebra for $30 Million
Digital Media Distributor ViDeOnline Raises $12 Million
ROO Group to Acquire P2P Service Wurld Media for $10 Million
Search Provider Local.com Gets $8 Million from Heart Interactive Media
Mobile VoIP Developer iSkoot Raises $7 Million
Web Video Ratings Provider Visible Measures Raises $5 Million
Web Product Placement Specialist EMW Raises $4 Million
Online Art Marketplace ImageKind Raises $2.56 Million
Video-Sharing Site Fliqz Raises $2.5 Million
Hyperlocal News, Blog Aggregator Outside.in Raises $900,000
Citysearch Acquires Local Search, Reviews Provider Insider Pages
Amazon Invests in Shelfari Social Network for Avid Readers
CBS to Invest in Virtual Property Developer Electric Sheep Co.
Market Research Firm TNS Media Intelligence Acquires Cymfony
Game Publisher Eidos Acquires U.K.-based Rockpool Games
AOL Extends Offer Timeframe for Swedish 'Net Ad Firm TradeDoubler
WSJ: AOL in Talks to Buy Mobile Ad Firm Third Screen Media
Indie Game Developer Verse Studios Looking to Raise $500,000
 
Top 10 Launches
Ning Lets Users Create Own Social Networks
Verizon Debuts Live Mobile TV Service in 20 U.S. Markets
PBS Launches Major Internet Portal for Teachers
Indie Label Victory Records Debuts Embeddable Media Player
NeoEdge Networks Debuts Ad-Supported Free Casual Games Service
BBC Adds Content to YouTube, Won't Remove Existing User Clips
Electronic Arts Adds Entire Game Music Library to iTunes Store
Former EA Developers Launch Game Publisher D2C Games
Hover Launches Ad-Supported Free Mobile Game Community
Amp'd Debuts Made-for-Mobile Series, "Lil' Hollywood"
 
Legal Matters
Webcasters Oppose ASCAP "Double-Dip" on Music Royalties
Youths Who Created MySpace User Tracker Cop Plea, Avoid Prison
CNET: Justice Dept. Seeks Data Retention on Video, Photo Uploaders
Sony Pays $150M to Settle Immersion PlayStation Patent Suit
George Lucas in Trademark Dispute With News Aggregator Digg.com
Academy Demands YouTube Remove Oscars Video Clips
European Copyright Societies Call on YouTube, MySpace to License Works
RIAA's P2PLawsuits.com Offers Discounted File-Sharing Settlements
RIAA Offers Discounted Settlements to Campus File-Swappers
Take-Two in Settlement Talks on "Grand Theft Auto" Class Action
 
Metrics
Poll: Satellite Takes 3.4% of Radio Market; Subscribers Favor AM/FM
Report: One-Third of U.S. Internet Users Have Used Wireless Internet
Local Search Update: Yelp up 91%, Insider Pages up 34% in Past Six Months
YouTube Visits Up 14% Since Viacom Takedown Order
 
Bad News
Apple Delays Shipments of New Apple TV Device
Motorola Delays iRadio Release Over Wireless Carriers' Objections
XM Employees on Edge About Results of Sirius Merger
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