The Verge reports: “Slack plans to go public. The company behind the popular workplace chat app filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission today, revealing plans to list on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “SK.” In an unusual move, the public offering won’t raise money for Slack; it’ll just allow existing shareholders to begin selling their stock.”
Variety reports: “Magic Leap inked a deal with NTT DoCoMo, Japan’s largest mobile operator, which will be the exclusive telecom partner of Magic Leap in Japan. Under the partnership, NTT DoCoMo is investing $280 million in the augmented-reality computing company.”
Hollywood Reporter reports: “European’s copyright crackdown could weaken protections. In March, in cities across Europe, hundreds of thousands of protesters, most of them young people, took to the streets to protest the European Union’s plan to update copyright law for the digital age.”
Deadline reports: “Sony Corp is reporting its full year 2018 earnings from Tokyo this morning with a 30% hike in profits at the Pictures division to $489M. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019, the electronics and entertainment giant overall increased operating income by 22% to $8B.”
TechCrunch reports: “Amazon is prepping a high-fidelity music streaming service for a launch by year-end, according to a report from Music Business Worldwide — a site which also accurately reported Amazon’s recent launch of the free, ad-supported Amazon Music service for Echo device owners.”
Annual Industry Confab Brings Together Top Leaders From Jam City, Glu Mobile, Super League Gaming, EA, Twitter, and Many More at the W Hotel in Hollywood
Los Angeles, CA – April 25, 2019 – Digital Media Wire today announced the agenda and speakers for the 15th annual LA Games Conference, a one-day event focused on the future of games and connected entertainment. The conference will bring together leaders and decision-makers in Hollywood and gaming at the W Hotel in Los Angeles on Tuesday, May 7th.
The event will feature panels, keynotes, and roundtable discussions on topics including blockchain, XR, esports, creators and influencer marketing, women in gaming, global markets, licensing, and Hollywood and games, as well as opportunities specific to the City of Los Angeles as it further solidifies its status as a media-tech center and growth hub for game development.
The conference includes keynote sessions as follows:
Confirmed speakers include:
Support for the 2019 LA Games Conference is provided by: Viveport, Jam City, First Entertainment Credit Union, Glu Mobile, Xsolla, Wevr, Carr McClellan, Directly, HP, Pearl Abyss, Sheppard Mullin, USC Games, Independent Game Developers Association, 80 Level, The A List, Digital LA, Innovation & Tech Today, SAG-AFTRA, Variety, Westside Digital Mix, Fusicology, Women in Games International, EventBrowse, VR/AR Association, IAEL, Women in Technology International.
For complete agenda, registration and event details, please visit http://www.lagamesconference.com.
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Hollywood Reporter reports: “Pix — the San Francisco-headquartered maker of the familiar PIX app for online collaboration — reached an agreement to acquire London-based production tech developer Codex. The privately owned companies didn’t disclose the terms of the deal.”
Variety reports: “A scenario in which Valve would commit to an 88% share for game developers “without major strings attached” would result in the Epic Games Store halting its pursuit of exclusive offerings, according to a series of tweets from Epic Games’ CEO and founder Tim Sweeney.”
TechCrunch reports: “The latest damning assessment of Facebook’s trampling of user privacy comes from the Canadian and Columbia privacy commissioners — which have just published the results of an investigation kicked off in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica data misuse scandal last year.”
Variety reports: “About 40% of virtual reality developers believe audience adoption is their biggest challenge when it comes to creating VR apps, according to a new survey conducted by the HTC Vive team.”
