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Blockbuster to Market iMemories Home Movie Transfer, Storage

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 5, 2009 - 1:24pm.
Scottsdale, Ariz. - iMemories, a website that provides digitization, storage and sharing service for home movie films and videos, on Thursday announced a partnership with Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI), which will market its services on Blockbuster.com and in select Blockbuster retail stores. The service lets users create custom DVDs of their home movies, as well as share them on password-protected websites.

tags: Movies | Blockbuster | User-Generated | iMemories |

French Video-sharing Site Dailymotion Raises $25 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 22, 2009 - 7:52am.
Paris - France-based video-sharing site Dailymotion announced on Thursday that it has raised $25 million in a new round of financing, led by the French Sovereign Fund.
tags: Deals | VC | Video | Advent Venture Partners | User-Generated | Partech International | Atlas Venture | Dailymotion | AGF Private Equity | French Sovereign Fund |

Public Enemy Raises $50K in Two Weeks on SellaBand

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 21, 2009 - 7:59am.
New York - Veteran hip-hop act Public Enemy has announced that it has raised more than $50,000 in funding from over 700 fans to finance the recording of a new album, less than two weeks after signing with fan-financed recordings site SellaBand.
tags: Music | SellaBand | User-Generated | Public Enemy |

Jelli Expands User-Controlled Radio with Triton, Austereo

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 20, 2009 - 12:10pm.
San Mateo, Calif. - Jelli, the developer of a service that lets Web users control songs played on terrestrial radio stations, announced on Tuesday that it has signed a syndication deal with Triton, as well as a distribution deal with Australian broadcaster Austereo. San Mateo, Calif.-based Jelli recently began a trial of its service with CBS Bay Area radio station KITS LIVE 105. Jelli will now also be available to Triton's more than 4,500 U.S. radio affiliations -- both terrestrially and online -- and in Australia on Austereo stations in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. The company added that it plans to release an iPhone application in early 2010.

tags: Radio | Music | User-Generated | Jelli | Triton | Austereo |

MOG to Debut $5 Streaming Music Service Next Month

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 14, 2009 - 11:36am.
Berkeley, Calif. - MOG, a network of user-created music blogs, announced on Wednesday that it has signed licensing deals with all four major record labels, and plans to launch its own digital music service in North America by the end of November.
tags: Blogs | Music | Universal Music | Warner Music | EMI | Publishing | IODA | MOG | David Hyman | Sony Music | User-Generated |

Video-Sharing Service Motionbox Acquires Viddyou

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 9, 2009 - 7:30am.
New York - Motionbox, a personal video-sharing service, has acquired Viddyou, another personal video service.
tags: Deals | VC | Video | MotionBox | User-Generated | Viddyou |

Video-sharing Site Dailymotion Lands $22.1 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 8, 2009 - 8:16am.
Paris - France-based video-sharing site Dailymotion has raised $22.1 million in new financing, CEO Cedric Tournay told French business website Capital.fr.
tags: Deals | VC | Video | User-Generated | Atlas Venture | Dailymotion |

Public Enemy to Produce Fan-Financed Album via SellaBand

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 6, 2009 - 9:02am.
Amsterdam - SellaBand, a Netherlands-based site that helps artists create fan-financed recordings, announced that legendary hip-hop group Public Enemy will use the service to raise funds to record its thirteenth studio album.
tags: Music | SellaBand | User-Generated | Public Enemy |

Activision: "Guitar Hero" Players Have Uploaded 250K Songs

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 21, 2009 - 12:25pm.
London - Activision's Michael Sportouch says the company has seen players of "Guitar Hero: World Tour" upload 250,000 unique songs created using the game's music studio feature to its servers, GamesIndustry.biz reported. These cover songs have subsequently been downloaded over 17 million times by other players, Sportouch added.

tags: Games | Music | Activision | Guitar Hero | User-Generated |

Movie Based on YouTube Star "Fred" in the Works

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 18, 2009 - 12:14pm.
Los Angeles - YouTube (NASD: GOOG) star "Fred," whose kid-friendly video channel until recently featured the most subscribers on the entire site, will be the subject of a feature-length movie, Tubefilter reports. A production company called Derf Films has put out a casting call for the movie, which will likely feature the real-life Fred -- sixteen-year-old Lucas Cruikshank, who is making a six-figure income off of his hit Web videos.

tags: Video | Movies | Google | YouTube | User-Generated | Fred | Lucas Cruikshank |

Court Tosses Universal Music's Copyright Suit Against Veoh

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 14, 2009 - 10:42am.
Los Angeles - A federal court has dismissed a copyright infringement lawsuit brought by Universal Music Group against video-sharing site Veoh, finding that the company had satisfied all requirements under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The judge noted that "the record presented demonstrates that, far from encouraging copyright infringement, Veoh has a strong DMCA policy, takes active steps to limit incidents of infringement on its website and works diligently to keep unauthorized works off its website."
tags: Video | Law | Lawsuits | Music | Universal Music | Veoh | DMCA | Copyright | User-Generated | Safe Harbor |

"Project Runway" Model Show Spin-Off Hatches Online Contest

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 1, 2009 - 11:36am.
New York - Lifetime Digital and The Weinstein Company on Tuesday announced an online contest that will award an aspiring model a spot on the next season of "Models of the Runway," the new spin-off of "Project Runway." Hopeful models fill out an online application with photos and videos on MySpace (NYSE: NWS); users will vote online for earlier rounds, before the producers have a say in the final stage. The companies said online casting service GotCast.com will power the interactive casting feature on MySpace.

tags: Video | Social Networking | TV | MySpace | The Weinstein Company | Lifetime | User-Generated | Project Runway |

RR Donnelley Buys Stake in Web Writing Community Helium

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 1, 2009 - 9:29am.
Chicago - Helium, an online community and social publishing platform for writers, announced on Tuesday that communications firm RR Donnelley has paid an undisclosed sum for a minority stake in the company.
tags: Deals | Publishing | Investments | User-Generated | Helium | RR Donnelley |

Fwix Lands Funding for Local Newswire Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 31, 2009 - 7:04am.
San Francisco - Fwix, a local news aggregation service that combines stories from local outlets with validated user-contributed stories, announced on Monday that it has raised an undisclosed sum of first round funding, from BlueRun Ventures.
tags: Deals | VC | News | Publishing | User-Generated | BlueRun Ventures | Fwix |

MOG Lands $5 Million for User-Generated Music Blog Network

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 28, 2009 - 6:33am.
Berkeley, Calif. - MOG, a network of user-created music blogs, announced on Friday that it has closed a $5 million equity financing round, led by Menlo Ventures.
tags: Deals | VC | Blogs | Music | Publishing | MOG | Menlo Ventures | User-Generated | Simon Equity Partners | Scott Jones |

Wikimedia Gets $2 Million Grant From Omidyar Network

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 25, 2009 - 12:02pm.
Redwood City, Calif. - Omidyar Network, a philanthropic investment firm launched in 2004 by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and his wife Pam, on Tuesday announced a grant of up to $2 million over the next two years to the Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit that operates user-generated online encyclopedia Wikipedia.
tags: Deals | Wikipedia | Investments | User-Generated | Omidyar Network | Wikimedia Foundation |

YouTube Extends Ad Revenue-Sharing Deal to All Viral Videos

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 25, 2009 - 11:11am.
San Bruno, Calif. - Google's (NASD: GOOG) YouTube announced on Tuesday that it is expanding its Partnership Program, which cut prolific producers of popular videos in on advertising revenue, to all viral videos posted to the site. The program was first offered only to producers of consistently popular videos, and then extended to enormously popular one-offs like "Battle at Kruger."
tags: Video | Advertising | Google | YouTube | User-Generated |

Fanbase Lands $5 Million for Online Sports Almanac

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 24, 2009 - 7:55am.
San Francisco - Fanbase, a user-driven almanac of college and professional athletes, has received $5 million in funding from Benchmark Capital and officially launched its service.
tags: Deals | Sports | VC | Benchmark Capital | User-Generated | Fanbase |

Polyvore Nabs $5.6M for User-Generated Web Fashion Magazine

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 19, 2009 - 7:25am.
Mountain View, Calif. - Polyvore, a user-generated online fashion magazine, has raised $5.6 million in its second round of funding.
tags: Deals | VC | Benchmark Capital | User-Generated | Matrix Partners | Polyvore | Harrison Metal Capital |

Fashion Playtes Gets $1.5M for Custom Girls' Apparel Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 17, 2009 - 9:57am.
Salem, Mass. - Fashion Playtes, the developer of a website where girls will be able to design their own clothes and then purchase them, has closed a $1.5 million first round of financing, led by New Atlantic Ventures and LaunchCapital.
tags: Deals | VC | User-Generated | New Atlantic Ventures | Fashion Playtes | LaunchCapital |
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