July 7, 2010

San Mateo, Calif. – Mobile games publisher Glu Mobile
announced on Wednesday that it has raised $13.5 million through a private
placement of its shares with ten existing and ten new investors.

The investors
included Greenway Capital, GGV Capital and New Enterprise Associates.

Founded
in 2001, San Mateo, Calif.-based Glu has created mobile games based on brands
from partners including Hasbro, Konami, Microsoft, Sony and Warner Bros.

"We
are very pleased with the support of our stockholders in this private
placement," said Glu CEO Niccolo de Masi.

"The proceeds will
significantly improve our capital structure as well as enable us to continue to
execute on our new strategic plan of persistent, cross-platform mobile
games."

Related Links:
http://tinyurl.com/27xgesp

http://www.glu.com

Ad Analytics Firm AudienceScience Acquires Wunderloop

Mark Hefflinger

July 7, 2010

New York – AudienceScience, a provider of analytics for
behaviorally-targeted online advertising, announced that it will acquire
Wunderloop, a Germany-based provider of online ad targeting services.

Financial
terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

The deal follows New York-based
AudienceScience’s acquisition of Consorte Media, a digital marketing agency
targeting U.S. Hispanic consumers.

AudienceScience says it has delievered over
50,000 targeted campaigns since its launch in 2003.

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

http://www.wunderloop.com

AdSafe Media Gets $7.5 Million for Online Ad Verification

Mark Hefflinger

July 7, 2010

New York – AdSafe Media, a provider of online advertising
verification services, has raised $7.5 million in its second round of venture
capital financing, led by Atlas Venture with participation from previous backer
Founder Collective.<--break-->

Launched in May 2009, New York-based AdSafe says its
service "uses proprietary machine learning to rate the brand safety of
content on commercial webpages, enabling advertisers to ensure the proper
placement of their display advertising."

The company will use the funds to
expand its product portfolio, and for international expansion.

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

Google to Help Web Browsers Determine Device Orientation

Mark Hefflinger

July 6, 2010

San Francisco – Google is working to add the ability for Web
browsers to determine at which orientation a computing device is being held,
for use in games and other applications, CNET News.com reported. The
orientation interface would reportedly be compatible with both Google’s own
Chrome browser, and Apple’s Safari. Mozilla is also working on orientation
support, expected to be included in Firefox 3.6.

LG Electronics to Release Android-based Tablet This Year

Mark Hefflinger

July 6, 2010

Los Angeles – Korean electronics firm LG announced on Monday
that it plans to release an Google Android-powered tablet computer this year.
The company did not provide additional details on its first tablet. News of the
tablet came alongside other product announcements, including two new
smartphones that will run Google Android 2.2 "Froyo."

Related Links:
http://tinyurl.com/36aq4et

NCR to Deploy Blockbuster DVD Kiosks in QuikTrip Stores

Mark Hefflinger

July 6, 2010

Duluth, Ga. – NCR announced on Tuesday that it will deploy
Blockbuster Express DVD rental kiosks in over 500 QuikTrip convenience store
locations in nine U.S. states.

Related Links:
http://tinyurl.com/2dpx6vf

http://www.ncr.com

http://www.quiktrip.com

http://www.blockbusterexpress.com

Guardian Media Names CFO Andrew Miller as New CEO

Mark Hefflinger

July 6, 2010

London – Guardian Media, the publisher of U.K. newspaper The
Guardian and parent company of PaidContent, has named chief financial officer
Andrew Miller as its new CEO, PaidContent reported. Miller replaces outgoing
CEO Carolyn McCall, who was hired to head budget airline easyJet.

Related Links:
http://tinyurl.com/34l7pxx
(PaidContent)

Rhapsody Taps RightsFlow for Licensing Services

Mark Hefflinger

July 6, 2010

New York – RightsFlow, a provider of licensing and royalty
services, said on Tuesday that it has signed a deal to provide bulk mechanical
licensing, and administration and reporting support for the Rhapsody digital
music service. The deal covers publishing rights for Rhapsody in the U.S.

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

http://www.rightsflow.com

YouTube Adds Appeal Process on Community Guideline Takedowns

Mark Hefflinger

July 6, 2010

San Bruno, Calif. – Google’s (NASD: GOOG) YouTube has added a new feature
that lets users easily lodge an appeal when their videos are taken down for a
violation of the company’s Community Guidelines.

Now, when users flag a video
as being in violation, the uploader of that video can sign into their account
settings and click "Appeal this decision."

YouTube will then review
the appeal, and either restore the video if they find it does not violate
Community Guidelines after all, and remove the "strike" placed
against the uploader’s account.

The company also promises to send the uploader
an email letting him or her know the result of the appeal request.

The new
appeals process applies only to Community Guidelines violations, and cannot be
used to appeal videos taken down due to copyright violations.

Related Links:
http://tinyurl.com/32l6oqq
(YouTube blog)

http://tinyurl.com/272b4t5
(NewTeeVee)

Apple Records to Reissue Non-Beatles Albums on Digital Download

Mark Hefflinger

July 6, 2010

Hollywood – Apple Corps and EMI announced on Tuesday that
they will reissue 15 albums originally released by Apple Records, a label
launched by the Beatles in 1968 to release their own and friends’ recordings.

While the reissues will not include any Beatles albums, remastered versions of
albums from James Taylor, Badfinger, Billy Preston, Mary Hopkin and others will
be released on CD and digital download.

The reissues, which will notably mark
"the first ever Apple Records releases to be available via digital
download," are slated for release on Oct. 26.

The move follows years of
wrangling over the release of the lucrative Beatles catalog on digital.

Sir
Paul McCartney told the BBC in May that labels were to blame for the delay.

"It’s been business hassles," McCartney told the BBC. "Not with
us, or iTunes. It’s the people in the middle, the record label. There have been
all sorts of reasons why they don’t want to do it."

Related Links:
http://tinyurl.com/22lr9fg

http://tinyurl.com/36wb3ts
(BBC)