Uncategorized
Home Uncategorized
Movie Camcorder Sues MPAA, Police Over Arrest Injuries
Los Angeles - A New Jersey man has sued the Motion Picture
Association of America (MPAA) and local police, alleging that deadly force was
wrongly used...
Report: U.S. DVD Sales Plummet 43.9% in 2010
Los Angeles - U.S. DVD sales plummeted 43.9% in 2010, to
$4.47 billion from $7.97 billion in 2009, according to a report from market
research firm...
Facebook Cops to PR Campaign Knocking Google on Privacy
San Francisco - Facebook has acknowledged that it hired
public relations firm Burson-Marsteller to run a public relations campaign against Google (NASD: GOOG), encouraging media outlets...
Report: U.S. Music Sales Up 1.6% in 2011; Digital Up 12.4%
New York - U.S. music sales are up 1.6% so far in 2011, with
digital sales up 12.4% on last year and digital retailers now...
WSJ: Labels, LimeWire in Copyright Damages Settlement Talks
New York - Lawyers for the major record labels have held at
least three discussions with representatives from LimeWire -- the file-sharing
service found guilty of...
Baidu Faces Copyright Damages Over Book Downloads
Shanghai - A court in China has found leading search engine
Baidu (NASD: BIDU) guilty of copyright infringement, and ordered the company to pay $84,722
in damages...
FCC Commissioner to Depart for Position at Comcast
Washington - Four months after voting to approve Comcast's (NASD: CMCSA)
$13.75 billion acquisition of NBC Universal, Meredith Attwell Baker said she
will step down as a...
Vente-Privee Teams With American Express for U.S. Launch
New York - France-based flash sales service Vente-privee.com
has partnered with American Express on a joint venture to enter the U.S.
market, All Things D reports.
Terms...
Yatown Gets Funding for Social Network for Neighbors
Palo Alto, Calif. - Former Googlers Christopher Nguyen and
Kevin Lim said on Wednesday they have launched Yatown, a local social network
designed to connect neighbors.
The...
Meckler's WebMediaBrands Acquires Inside Network
New York - WebMediaBrands (NASD: WEBM), the publisher of the Mediabistro
blog network and a provider of education and career services to media
professionals, announced on Thursday...
