Canada's Yellow Media Buys Canpages, Merges Unit With Ziplocal

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Mark Hefflinger
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Montreal
– Yellow Media (YPG) announced on Tuesday that it will acquire local search and
directories publisher Canadian Phone Directories Holdings (Canpages), for $220
million from an investor group led by private equity firm HM Capital Partners.

Vancouver-based
Canpages publishes 84 directories with a combined circulation of 8 million
copies; its website counts 3.5 million unique monthly visitors.

"Canpages
has built a strong local search business and we are pleased with the prospects
of joining forces. It will give us the opportunity to expand our sales force,
online capabilities and customer offerings," said YPG chief executive Marc
P. Tellier.

Yellow Media also announced the contribution of its U.S. directory
operations, YPG Directories, to Ziplocal.

Under the terms of the all-stock
transaction, YPG will own a 35% stake in the combined YPG Directories and
Ziplocal entity.

 

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EQAL Buys Out VC Investor Spark Capital

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Mark Hefflinger
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Santa Monica,
Calif. – EQAL, the digital
production firm that created "Lonelygirl15," has bought out investor
Spark Capital just two years after receiving a $5 million investment from the
firm, NewTeeVee reported.

The funds to buy EQAL out came from the company’s
management team; previous angel backers such as Ron Conway; and new investors
Scott and Cyan Bannister.

Santa Monica,
Calif.-based EQAL told NewTeeVee the company has shifted focus from a Web
production studio, to a hosted platform that other producers may use to
distribute Web series.

"It was always in our minds to build up the
audience as a way of building out our technology product. From there we
believed we would be able to take our infrastructure and make it avail to other
content creators," EQAL co-founder and CEO Miles Beckett told NewTeeVee.

 

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BlogTalkRadio Raises $1.9 Million

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Mark Hefflinger
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Lakewood,
N.J. – BlogTalkRadio, a talk
radio podcast network and provider of a podcast creation platform, has raised
$1.9 million in its second round of venture capital financing, TechCrunch
reported.

Investors included previous backers Kraft Group, Howard Lindzon,
Roger Ehrenberg and company founder Alan Levy.

New Jersey-based BlogTalkRadio
offers a platform that lets anyone create a talk radio program.

Corporate
clients include Ford, PepsiCo, Wal-Mart, PBS, HarperCollins and the U.S. Dept.
of Defense.

 

Related Links:
http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/29/blogtalkradio-raises-1-9-million/

http://www.blogtalkradio.com

WSJ: Apple Working on Verizon iPhone

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Mark Hefflinger
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New York – Apple (NASD:  AAPL) is expected to release two new iPhones this
year, including one compatible with the CDMA network used by Verizon Wireless,
Sprint (NYSE:  S) and others, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people briefed by
the company. The introduction of a CDMA-based iPhone would effectively end
Apple’s exclusive deal with AT&T (NYSE:  T) in the U.S.

Apple is also reportedly
working on a new version of its current iPhone that is thinner and sports a
faster processor.

The Journal cited sources who said the CDMA-based iPhone is
being manufactured by Pegatron, a unit of Taiwan’s ASUSTeK, and is scheduled
to begin mass production in September.

 

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Will Apple's rumored new iAd advertising platform be a success?

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Joakim Baage
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Warner Bros. Seeking Anti-Piracy Student Interns

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Mark Hefflinger
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London
– Time Warner’s (NYSE: TWX) Warner Bros. Entertainment UK unit is soliciting the help of
student interns to help it monitor file-sharing networks and engage in other
anti-piracy activities, TorrentFreak reported. The job description for the
year-long internship, which pays $26,200, includes maintaining accounts on
private file-sharing sites; issuing takedown requests to sites hosting unauthorized
content; and performing "trap purchases" of pirated goods.


 

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Apple Takes Over "iPad" Trademark From Fujitsu

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Mark Hefflinger
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Cupertino, Calif.
– Apple (NASD: AAPL) has negotiated a takeover of the "iPad" trademark from Japan’s
Fujitsu, CNET reported, citing the Patent Authority blog. It’s not clear what
compensation Fujitsu received for turning over the trademark to Apple, which
will release the iPad later this week.


 

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Michael Robertson Planning Web Radio Service BYO.fm

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Mark Hefflinger
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San Francisco
– Michael Robertson, the founder of pioneering digital music site MP3.com, is
working on a new personalized online radio service called BYO.fm, CNET News.com
reported. The service is built upon Robertson’s MP3tunes.com digital music
locker service, and will let users stream their own music — in addition to
news reports and sports scores with the help of text-to-speech technology.


 

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http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-20001334-261.html

http://www.byo.fm

Verizon Wireless to Introduce Mobile Apps Store

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Mark Hefflinger
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Los Angeles – Mobile network operator Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) plans to launch
its own app store, V CAST Apps, in a bid to generate revenue from the
burgeoning market, Engadget reported. At launch, the store is expected to
support only the BlackBerry Storm, with other RIM handsets and devices from
other makers to follow eventually. The company will provide developers with 70%
of the revenues from apps they sell.


 

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Cox Joins Comcast in Offering 3D Broadcast of The Masters

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Mark Hefflinger
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Atlanta
– Cox Communications, the nation’s third-largest cable TV provider, announced
on Monday that it will join Comcast in offering a 3D broadcast of the Masters
golf tournament to customers with 3D-capable sets and a Cox HD set-top. Two
hours of 3D coverage will be available each day of the tournament, on supported
cable systems as well as on 3D-enabled computers via Masters.com.


 

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http://www.cox.com

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