Cross-Platform Publisher Good Men Media Gets $500,000

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Mark Hefflinger
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Boston – Good Men Media, a cross-platform media company that
distributes content related to the question, "What does it mean to be a
good man?" said on Tuesday that it has received $500,000 in funding.

Investors
include project founder Tom Matlack and angel investors Grant Gund, Jack
Roberts, Mick Jackson and Michael Margolis.

Boston-based Good Men Media was launched in March, after The
Good Men Project started in 2009 as a book.

The executive team includes New
York Times Magazine writer and author Benoit Denizet-Lewis and Tom Matlack,
author of the book.

"We’re creating a completely new kind of media property
that addresses a vastly underserved demographic of thoughtful, intelligent men,"
said Good Men Media CEO Lisa Hickey.

"We are doing so in a way that
embraces and leverages social media so that revenue is generated not just from
advertising, but product and affiliate sales."

 

Related Links:
http://www.goodmenproject.com

Motorola Backs Advanced TV Ad Firm BlackArrow

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Mark Hefflinger
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Libertyville, Ill. – Motorola Ventures, the company’s
strategic investment arm, announced on Tuesday that it has made an investment
in advanced TV advertising firm BlackArrow, as an extension to the company’s
third round of funding.

New York-based BlackArrow offers advertising solutions
for video-on-demand, DVR, mobile devices and broadband video services.

Along
with the investment, Motorola and BlackArrow will work to develop integrated
addressable media and ad solutions for set-top boxes and mobile devices, as
well as cloud-based, hosted video service and IP video delivery.

 

Related Links:
http://tinyurl.com/2c2h8rp

http://www.blackarrow.tv

Technorati Acquires Silicon Valley Moms Group

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Mark Hefflinger
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San Francisco – Technorati, a blog search engine and
accompanying ad network, announced on Tuesday that it has acquired Silicon
Valley Moms Group, a network of blogging mothers and women.

Financial terms of the
transaction were not disclosed.

The Silicon Valley Moms Group was founded in
2006, and has since grown to encompass more than 400 women and mom bloggers.

San Francisco-based Technorati said it acquired the company to help provide
their bloggers with an entry point to publish their content to a broader
audience.

Technorati was the fourth-largest social media property and largest
ad network on social media, reaching 170 million U.S. users in October,
according to comScore.

 

Related Links:
http://tinyurl.com/2bzv78g

http://www.svmoms.com

Comcast Xfinity TV App Streams Movies, TV to iPad

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Mark Hefflinger
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Philadelphia – Comcast (NASD: CMCSA), the nation’s largest cable TV
provider, on Monday released an application that allows subscribers to access
TV shows and movies on Apple’s (NASD: AAPL) iPad on-the-go. The Xfinity TV app lets users
search available Comcast programming, program a DVR, and view programming on
the iPad.

 

Related Links:
http://tinyurl.com/2fqfwns

http://www.xfinity.com/tvapp

Politico to Launch News Subscription Service in 2011

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Mark Hefflinger
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Washington – Politico, the political news blog launched
nearly four years ago by former Washington Post employees, plans to launch a
new subscription service beginning in February 2011. Pricing details were not
mentioned for Politico Pro, which will focus on covering policy issues related
to energy, technology and health care.

 

Related Links:
http://tinyurl.com/2bquvy8

Girl Talk Offers New Mashup Album "All Day" as Free Download

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Mark Hefflinger
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Los Angeles – Mashup and remix artist Girl Talk (aka Greg
Gillis) on Monday released his third full-length album, "All Day,"
for free download from his label Illegal Art’s website. Like his previous
efforts, All Day contains nearly 400 samples from a range of artists compiled
by Gillis across its 12 tracks. The album is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution-Noncommercial license, which allows certain commercial remixes, but
"does not grant rights to non-transformative use of the source material
Girl Talk used to make the album."

 

Related Links:
http://illegal-art.net/allday

AOL Debuts Online Morning Show, "AOL Daybreak"

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Mark Hefflinger
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New York – AOL (NYSE: AOL) on Monday debuted a new morning show, called
"AOL Daybreak," on its flagship AOL.com home page. The daily news
roundup, with a light-hearted take on headlines, was created in partnership
with IAC’s Electus and is hosted by Lindsay Campbell.

 

Related Links:
http://tinyurl.com/23vd7ot

Amazon Launches MP3 Store in Japan

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Mark Hefflinger
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London – Amazon.com (NASD: AMZN) has launched its Amazon MP3 download
store in Japan, Music Week reported, citing McClure’s Asia Music News. At
launch, the store only offers major label tracks from EMI, as "most
Japanese record companies refuse to make their product available digitally
without DRM" — which Amazon MP3 lacks. Single tracks cost about $1.80
each, while digital MP3 albums range in price from $8.45 to $18.11.

 

Related Links:
http://tinyurl.com/2eotwpf
(Music Week)

CEA Opens Membership to Individual Tech Enthusiasts

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Mark Hefflinger
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Arlington, Va. – The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA),
a trade association representing some 2,000 technology companies, said for the
first time in its 86-year history it has created a new membership category for
individuals who are early adopters and supporters of consumer technology. The
new CEA Tech Enthusiast membership costs $49 annually, offering online
discounts from technology companies, beta testing opportunities and insider
industry information on tech trends.

 

Related Links:
http://www.ce.org/Press/CurrentNews/press_release_detail.asp?id=11997

http://ceatechenthusiast.com

Ticketmaster Taps Iomedia for 'Virtual Venue' Service

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Mark Hefflinger
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Los Angeles – Ticketmaster (NYSE: LYV) said on Monday that it has
partnered with Iomedia, to integrate the company’s Virtual Venue interactive
ticketing technology. The service lets fans digitally preview their exact
seat’s location and sightlines.

 

Related Links:
http://tinyurl.com/28c5hgh

http://www.io-virtualvenue.com

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