Ann Arbor, Mich. - Media retail store chain Borders (NYSE: BGP) on Tuesday announced a deal with Michael Eisner's Vuguru digital content studio, to distribute "Robin Cook's Foreign Body: The Prequel" on Borders.com. The original webisode series was created to promote the release of the author's new novel. Visitors to the official Vuguru site for the "Foreign Body" series will also see links to purchase the novel exclusively at Borders.com.

Los Angeles - Former Disney head Michael Eisner's Vuguru digital content studio has debuted its newest Web series, "Foreign Body," which will comprise 50 episodes with a new installment offered daily. Silicon Alley Insider reports that "Foreign Body," which is a promotional prequel to an upcoming Robin Cook novel, cost $5,000 a minute, or $10,000 per episode to produce -- up dramatically from the $3,000 per 90 minutes the company spent on "Prom Queen."

New York - Vuguru, the entertainment studio founded by former Disney head Michael Eisner, has teamed with Cyber Group Animation and Big Fantastic to create 50 two-minute webisodes based on author Robin Cook's forthcoming novel, "Foreign Body," the New York Post reports. The ad-supported webisodes will debut weekly beginning on May 27, leading up to the book's release on Aug. 5. "This is a whole new way to get an audience that's not reading as much as they did in the past to get to know the characters in a novel," Eisner told the New York Post. "Hopefully they'll get attached enough to go out and buy the book." Vuguru also developed the "Prom Queen" Web series.

Beverly Hills, Calif. - Former Disney head Michael Eisner's Tornante Company said on Tuesday that it has signed international distribution deals for its Vuguru new media production studio's "Prom Queen" Web series. Cyber-Group Animation will offer the series dubbed in French for wireless mobile, broadband, TV and home video, while Rights Entertainment will distribute the series in Japanese, as well as produce a localized version. Tornante said "Prom Queen" was viewed over 15 million times during its original run, while the spin-off, "Prom Queen: Summer Heat," is approaching 2.5 million views.

Los Angeles - Vuguru, the media firm founded by former Disney head Michael Eisner, has signed deals to expand distribution of the spinoff to its original online series "Prom Queen" to a range of new video-sharing sites, Variety reported. In addition to MySpace, YouTube, Veoh and Verizon's V CAST, "Prom Queen: Summer Heat" will now also be offered via Bebo, Revver, Blinkx, Imeem, VideoEgg and StarStyle.com.

Seattle - Online retailer Amazon.com announced on Monday that it has partnered with Microsoft on a project that will offer independent films for sale on-demand on next-generation HD DVD discs.

Beverly Hills, Calif. - Vuguru, former Disney head Michael Eisner's new independent media studio, said on Wednesday that it has teamed with Dinosaur Diorama Productions, creators of the Web series "The Burg," to produce Vuguru's second original Web series, a follow-up to their Emmy-nominated "Prom Queen." Currently in pre-production, "The All-For-Nots" is a comedy that follows a documentary crew filming a fictional indie rock band called The All-For-Nots, as they travel the U.S. on an under-funded and poorly planned tour.

Los Angeles - Vuguru, the independent production studio recently launched by former Disney CEO Michael Eisner, on Thursday announced a deal with News Corp.'s MySpace to debut its "Prom Queen" online series exclusively on the social network.

Beverly Hills, Calif. - The Tornante Company, a venture founded in 2005 by former Disney CEO Michael Eisner, announced on Monday the formation of Vuguru, an independent studio that will produce and distribute original content for the Internet and emerging digital platforms.