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Vanessa Hudgens Emailed Nude Photo to Nickelodeon’s Drake Bell

Authored by Scott Goldberg on September 12, 2007 - 11:53am.
Getting a nude photo from Vanessa Hudgens would be traumatic!From obscurity to infamy in a flash, you’d think it would be tough to make a name for yourself the same week of Britney’s VMA “performance,” but Vanessa Hudgens has done just that with the breaking news of a nude photo that had surfaced.  The actress of High School Musical fame acknowledged the photos and apologized for them through a representative who said the nude pic "was taken privately. It is a personal matter and it is unfortunate that this has become public."
tags: People | Disney | Millennials | High School Musical |

Fandango Names Chuck Davis as CEO; Sees Record Sales for "Pirates"

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 10, 2006 - 1:11pm.
Los Angeles - Fandango, a provider of advance online movie ticket sales, announced on Monday that it has named Chuck Davis as its new chief executive officer.
tags: Internet | People | Career | Moves | Movies | Commerce | Fandango | Chuck Davis |

Mobliss Names Former Nintendo Exec Jim Merrick as President & CEO

Authored by dmw on June 27, 2006 - 1:37pm.
Seattle - Mobliss, a unit of Japan's Index Corporation that provides mobile media and marketing services, announced on Tuesday that it has named former Nintendo Europe senior vice president of marketing Jim Merrick as its new president and CEO.
tags: Mobile | Marketing | People | Career | Moves | Mobile Marketing | Mobliss | Jim Merrick |

HandHeld Entertainment Names Bill Bush as CFO

Authored by dmw on June 27, 2006 - 1:34pm.
San Francisco - HandHeld Entertainment, a San Francisco-based maker of portable media players and operator of an online video download store, on Monday named Bill Bush as its CFO.
tags: Video | People | Career | Moves | CE | PMP | Handheld Entertainment | Bill Bush |

Bill Gates to Transition Out of Day-to-Day Role with Microsoft

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 15, 2006 - 2:04pm.
Redmond, Wash. - Microsoft said on Thursday that co-founder Bill Gates will transition out of his day-to-day role with the company over the next two years.
tags: Internet | Tech | People | Career | Microsoft | Software | Bill Gates |

Mark Cuban Invests in Stock Fraud News Website

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 15, 2006 - 1:42pm.
Dallas - Dot-com billionaire and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has invested an undisclosed amount in a website that will report on stock fraud and other corporate malfeasance, the Associated Press reported.
tags: Internet | Online Publishing | People | Investing | Mark Cuban | News | Fraud | ShareSleuth.com |

PBS Names KQED Veteran John Bolan as First Chief Content Officer

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 14, 2006 - 1:36pm.
Arlington, Va. - PBS on Wednesday announced the creation of a new position -- chief content officer -- and named KQED executive vice president John Boland to be the first person to serve in the new role.
tags: Video | TV | People | Career | Moves | PBS | KQED | John Bolan | Public TV |

Index Multimedia Names Philip Plaisance as CEO

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 13, 2006 - 1:30pm.
Paris - Index Multimedia, a France-based mobile entertainment and business applications publisher, announced on Tuesday that it has named Philip Plaisance as its new CEO.
tags: Mobile | Video | Mobile TV | People | Career | Moves | France | Index Multimedia | Philip Plaisance |

Former Vonage Exec on Internet Video

Authored by Robert Spears on June 13, 2006 - 3:56am.
"The same DNA that disrupted the telecom industry is well on its way to totally revolutionizing the way the TV, film, and broadcast industry is going to be."
— Jeff Pulver
Founder of Min-X, predecessor of Vonage

[Source: WSJ, June 13, 2006]
tags: Internet | VC | Video | Tech | People | Investing | Voice | Telecom | Quotes | Jeff Pulver |

Sirius Satellite Radio Signs NFL's Jerry Rice to Co-host Football Show

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 12, 2006 - 12:50pm.
New York - Sirius Satellite Radio, a provider of satellite radio programming with 4 million subscribers, announced on Monday that it has signed NFL star Jerry Rice to co-host a weekly show on Sirius.
tags: Sports | Radio | Satellite Radio | People | Sirius | Radio Deals | Football | Sports Radio | Jerry Rice |

Interactive TV Games Firm NTN Buzztime Names New President & CEO

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 12, 2006 - 12:48pm.
Carlsbad, Calif. - NTN Buzztime, a developer of interactive TV games, announced on Monday that it has named Dario L. Santana as its new president and CEO.
tags: Games | TV | NTN Buzztime | People | Career | Moves | IPTV | Dario L. Santana |

Online Publishers Association Names Pam Horan as New President

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 12, 2006 - 12:41pm.
New York - The Online Publishers Association (OPA) announced on Monday that it has named acting president Pam Horan as president of the organization.
tags: Internet | Advertising | Online Publishing | People | Career | Moves | OPA | Pam Horan |

XM Radio Launches Show Hosted by Human Rights Campaign President

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 8, 2006 - 4:49pm.
Washington - XM Satellite Radio, a provider of subscription radio programming with 6.5 million subscribers, on Thursday announced the launch of a new weekly live talk show hosted by Human Rights Campaign president Joe Solmonese.
tags: Launches | Radio | Satellite Radio | People | XM Radio | Talk Radio | Radio Launches | Joe Solmonese |

Yahoo CEO on Providing User Data to Chinese Government

Authored by dmw on June 7, 2006 - 10:24am.
"I continue to be pissed off, outraged, and feel very very bad about it. But you have to follow the laws of the country you're in."
— Terry Semel
CEO, Yahoo!

[Source: WSJ, June 1, 2006]
tags: Internet | Law | People | Yahoo | China | Censorship | Portals | Quotes | Privacy | Terry Semel |

Google Co-Founder on Privacy

Authored by dmw on June 7, 2006 - 10:00am.
"I think it's interesting that the expectations of people with respect to what happens to their data seems to be different than what is actually happening."
— Sergey Brin,
Co-Founder, Google

[Source: AP, June 7, 2006]
tags: Internet | Law | Tech | People | Google | Quotes | Privacy | Sergey Brin |

Microsoft Names New Marketing Chief for Games Business

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 6, 2006 - 1:44pm.
Redmond, Wash. - Microsoft on Tuesday named Jeff Bell as its new corporate vice president of global marketing for its interactive entertainment business, which oversees the company's Xbox and Games for Windows businesses.
tags: Games | Marketing | People | Career | Moves | Autos | Microsoft | Jeff Bell | Chrysler |

Building B Names Former Sony CTO Phil Wiser as President, Chairman

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 5, 2006 - 1:38pm.
Woodside, Calif. - Building B, a developer of consumer home entertainment and digital distribution technology, announced on Monday that former Sony Corporation of America chief technology officer and Liquid Audio founder Phil Wiser has been named the company's chairman and president.
tags: Tech | People | Moves | CE | Phil Wiser | Building B |

Goal Mobile Signs Deal with Brazilian Striker Ronaldinho

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 5, 2006 - 1:24pm.
Recife, Brazil - Mobile entertainment publisher Goal Mobile said on Monday that it signed an agreement with Brazilian striker Ronaldinho -- the 2004 FIFA World Player of the Year -- to distribute branded mobile phone content.
tags: Mobile | Mobile Games | Sports | People | Soccer | Brazil | Goal Mobile | Ronaldinho |

Top Executives Depart Major Record Label Sony BMG

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 2, 2006 - 12:06pm.
New York - Major record label Sony BMG Music Entertainment announced on Thursday that the chairman and president of its Sony Music Label Group have resigned from the company, part of an ongoing shake-up of the company's executives since the 2004 merger of Sony and BMG.
tags: Music | People | Career | Sony BMG | Don Ienner | Michele Anthony | Resignations |

Ex-Finance Chief of Enron Video-on-Demand Firm Found Guilty

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 1, 2006 - 2:22pm.
Houston - The former chief financial officer of Enron Broadband Services (EBS), the bankrupt company's venture with Blockbuster that was said to be developing an Internet video-on-demand service, was convicted by a jury Wednesday on conspiracy and fraud charges, Reuters reported.
tags: Law | Tech | VOD | Broadband | People | Investing | Enron | Michael Krautz | Convictions |
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