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InternationalAnalysis: What Canadians are Searching for OnlineAuthored by Heather Hopkins on June 10, 2009 - 7:27am.
Guest Column: The Making of a Music Industry in ChinaAuthored by Hal Bringman on June 4, 2009 - 7:36am.
Jaman and The New Global NicheAuthored by Rohit Bhargava on February 21, 2007 - 1:03pm.
 Ethnicity has always been an appealing niche for foreign language newspapers and magazines to local cable television programs. Restaurants, churches and temples are all centers for exploring global cultures in the real world. Yet on the Internet, the most successful ethnically focused sites seem to be the online dating sites such as Shaadi.com, JDate and Corazones.com - as well as online communities targeting ethnicities for networking. The problem with this is that most of these sites are not inviting others outside a particular ethnicity to interact and learn about a culture.
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Russia Agrees to Shut Down AllofMP3.com, Clamp Down on PiracyAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 29, 2006 - 2:43pm.
Washington - Russia has agreed to shut down the controversial website AllofMP3.com -- which sold cheap song downloads without label permissions -- as part of an agreement designed to allay U.S. concerns about the country's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO).
U.S., Allies to Ban Sale of iPods, Luxury Items to North KoreaAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 29, 2006 - 2:40pm.
Washington - The Bush Administration is proposing "luxury" sanctions against North Korea that would prevent the country's leader, Kim Jong Il, from obtaining items like iPods, plasma TVs, expensive cars, caviar and foreign liquors, the Associated Press reported.
Majority of Top U.S. Sites Now Drawing Most Traffic from AbroadAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 9, 2006 - 2:13pm.
London - Fourteen of the top 25 U.S. Web properties attract more traffic from people outside the U.S. than from within, according to a new study by comScore Networks.
Among them are the top five Web properties in the U.S. -- Yahoo, Time Warner Network, Microsoft, Google and eBay. PayPal Begins Accepting 10 New World CurrenciesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 12, 2006 - 12:45pm.
San Jose, Calif. - PayPal, the online payments arm of eBay, said on Thursday that it is now accepting payments in 10 new currencies, allowing customers to send, receive and hold funds in a total of 17 currencies worldwide. New currencies include the Czech Koruna, Danish Krone, Hong Kong Dollar, Hungarian Forint, New Zealand Dollar, Norwegian Krone, Polish Zloty, Singapore Dollar, Swedish Krona and Swiss Franc. San Jose-based PayPal also announced that residents in 48 new markets can now use PayPal in their local markets to send money online.
Report: World Video Game Market to Reach $44 Billion in 2011Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 26, 2006 - 1:36am.
San Diego - The worldwide video game and interactive entertainment industry is expected to grow from about $29 billion in 2005 to $44 billion in 2011, according to a report from market research firm DFC Intelligence. The firm said that while any of the next-generation consoles -- the Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360 or Nintendo Wii -- could emerge as the market leader, none is likely to see the market dominance held by the PlayStation 2. "These are uncertain times where neither conventional wisdom nor historical data necessarily predict who the winners and losers will be during the next three-to-five years," said report author George Chronis. "At its peak PlayStation 2 software alone accounted for about 30% of worldwide interactive entertainment revenue. By 2011 we forecast that all console software combined will only account for about a third of worldwide sales." The firm said competition for the major consoles will come from both the handheld and online game markets.
Report: Global 3G Subscribers to Reach 1 Billion by 2010Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 15, 2006 - 11:17am.
Boston - Subscribers to 3G mobile network services are on target to reach 167 million worldwide by the end of the year, and will climb pass the 1 billion mark in 2010, according to a report from market research firm Strategy Analytics.
Report: 484,000,000 New Cell Phone Connections in Last 12 MonthsAuthored by Jay Baage on September 8, 2006 - 4:41am.
 The mobile phone industry is still in an amazing growth phase. According to fresh estimates from Mobile Intelligence, the number of global mobile phone connections hit 2.5 billion on Thursday. That means that almost a half billion new connections were added just in the last 12 months! The growth is expected to be almost as rapid going forward, which means that we will reach 3 billion connections around the end of 2007.
Nearly 6 Million People Visited Yahoo World Cup Site in AprilAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 31, 2006 - 1:20pm.
Sunnyvale, Calif. - In April, 5.7 million unique visitors visited the official World Cup soccer tournament web site hosted by Yahoo, according to new figures from comScore Networks.
U.K. to Host International Online Gambling SummitAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on January 17, 2006 - 2:58am.
London - The U.K. government's Department for Culture, Media and Sport has announced plans to hold an international online gambling summit this year, to discuss regulations and other issues confronting the growing $12 billion-a-year industry. "We want to initiate a discussion about problem areas which include protection of children, advertising, money laundering and criminal infiltration," Department spokesman Anthony Wright told Reuters. The U.K. is home to many of the world's largest online gambling sites, including PartyGaming, which went public last year. Other countries expected to participate in the summit include Australia, New Zealand and South Africa; the U.S. currently outlaws Internet-based gambling and actively discourages use of overseas gambling sites.
International Digital Publishing Forum Names October e-book BestsellersAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 4, 2005 - 3:07am.
New York - The International Digital Publishing Forum (formerly the Open eBook Forum), a trade group of e-book publishers, retailers and technology firms, on Friday released its October 2005 e-book bestseller list. The top five best-sellers were "The Colorado Kid" (Stephen King); "My Fair Temptress" (Christina Dodd); "The Lincoln Lawyer" (Michael Connelly); "It Happened One Autumn" (Lisa Kleypas); and "MindWar" (Darrell Bain). A full list is available at the link below.
Vivendi Universal Games Reorganizes International OperationsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on July 13, 2004 - 6:11am.
Los Angeles -- Vivendi Universal Games, the video game publishing unit of the Franco-American media conglomerate, announced on Tuesday a new organization for its international operations, whereby its Asia-Pacific and European divisions will now operate as separate businesses. The company said its International president and COO Christophe Ramboz has resigned, and that it named Hubert Larenaudie president, Asia-Pacific and current CFO Jean-Francois Grollemund to the additional role of president, Europe. Recently, VU Games laid off 350 North American employees as part of its reorganization plan; the company was also sued last week by a developer who claims VU Games refused to pay overtime to him and other game developers.
Record Industry Creates "One-Stop" License for International WebcastingAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 11, 2003 - 7:55am.
London -- The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), an international trade group of record labels, announced on Tuesday the availability of a new "one-stop" international license for Internet radio broadcasters. The agreement will enable webcasters to obtain a single license that covers the rights to stream music across a number of nations simultaneously, instead of having to acquire separate licenses from each country. The agreement covers only streaming radio stations; licenses for paid downloads must still be obtained for each applicable region. The IFPI said over 30 nations are expected to sign the webcasting agreement, including the U.S., France, Germany, India, Spain and the U.K. "It was important for our collecting societies to set up a system that would remove these hurdles," said IFPI chairman and CEO Jay Berman. "It will be much easier for these companies to operate across borders, and we expect to see webcasting gain momentum as a result of this agreement."
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Unlike the U.S., where copyright conundrums abound, China has a chance to create a music industry with a completely fresh approach to copyright consumption. I was recently invited to join the American delegation attending the International Creative Industries Summit in Shanghai, China. The intensive two-day summit, which occurred April 21-22, 2009, was poised to be a historic event to witness. For me, it was rife with irony and provided a fascinating contrast to the "established" western music industry. 
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