San Francisco - The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has reportedly recruited Internet service providers AT&T (NYSE: T) and Comcast (NASD: CMCSA) to participate in a new anti-piracy campaign, which would see the companies send warning notices to repeat file-swappers, eventually suspending or even terminating their accounts, according to CNET News.com. Citing "three sources close to the companies," the article notes that none of the prospective ISP partners has yet signed on to the RIAA's plan, as they remain "'skittish' about negative press and could still back out."

Waltham, Mass. - Three telecom industry executives have launched a new communications industry investment firm called Genovation Capital, based in Waltham, Mass., which will focus on early-stage businesses.

Los Angeles - Comcast's (NASD: CMCSA) Fandango movie ticketing service paid $17 million to acquire Movies.com from Disney (NYSE: DIS) back in June, PaidContent reported, citing a Disney regulatory filing.

Washington - Amid lower-than-expected ratings, cable giant Comcast (NASD: CMCSA) plans to lay off most of the 300 employees working for its CN8 network, the Associated Press reported.

Philadelphia - Comcast (NASD: CMCSA) late last week provided the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will additional information it requested regarding the company's new "protocol agnostic" network management practices, after it was sanctioned by the FCC for targeting the peer-to-peer traffic of some of its 14 million broadband subscribers. The company said its new network management technique "will identify which customer accounts are using the greatest amounts of bandwidth and their Internet traffic will be temporarily managed until the period of congestion passes."