Editor & Publisher Acquired, Will Resume Operations

By
Mark Hefflinger
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New York
– Editor & Publisher, the 126-year-old trade magazine covering the
newspaper business that was recently shuttered by Nielsen, announced that it
will resume publication in print and online following its acquisition by Duncan
McIntosh Co. Inc., an Irvine, Calif.-based publisher and events firm.

Financial
terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

"Such a critical information
source for a newspaper industry so desperately in need of help should not go
away," said McIntosh. "I’ve been a reader of E&P over the course
of 30 years and know its incredible value to readers and advertisers."

PaidContent
reports that new editor Mark Fitzgerald says that "most" of the
publication’s staff will be back, and that Nielsen is allowing them to operate
from its offices for the next three months during the transition.

 

Related Links:
http://snipurl.com/u3ii6
(Editor & Publisher)

http://snipurl.com/u3iid
(PaidContent)

Avnera Raises $10 Million for Advanced Audio Chips

By
Mark Hefflinger
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Beaverton,
Ore. – Avnera, a developer of
high-fidelity audio chips for consumer electronics, said on Friday that it has
closed a new $10 million, fourth round of financing.

The company said new
investor Onkyo Corporation joined existing backers, who include Altien
Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Best Buy Capital, DAG Ventures, Intel
Capital, JAFCO Ventures, Panasonic Venture Group, Polycom Corporation and
Redpoint Ventures.

Founded in 2004, Oregon-based Avnera counts over 15
customers for its AudioMagic and VoiceMagic chips, including Best Buy, which
uses them in its Rocketfish line of wireless stereo speakers.

 

Related Links:
http://snipurl.com/u3i8f

http://snipurl.com/u3i6r
(VentureBeat)

Impact Radius Gets $6 Million for Multi-Channel Ad Platform

By
Mark Hefflinger
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Santa Barbara,
Calif. – Impact Radius, the
provider of a multi-channel ad platform that encompasses TV, radio, print and
online media, said that it has raised $6 million in financing, led by Redpoint
Ventures.

Santa Barbara, Calif.-based launched a
public beta of its platform earlier this week, which aims to provide
advertisers and agencies to manage ad campaigns across all media channels in a
single place.

The company used some of the funds for the development of its
platform, as well as for its launch in the U.S.
and U.K.,
and plans to also use them to expand its marketing efforts.

 

Related Links:
http://www.impactradius.com/press/release-15.php

Transpera Lands $2 Million for Mobile Video Delivery

By
Mark Hefflinger
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San Francisco
– Transpera, a provider of mobile video delivery and a mobile ad network, has
raised $2 million of an expected $5 million, third round of funding,
PaidContent reported, citing a regulatory filing.

While details on investors in
the round were not provided, previous backers of the company include Flybridge
Capital Partners, Intel Capital and First Round Capital.

Founded in 2007, San
Francisco-based Transpera counts CBS News, FedEx, Disney and MTV Networks among
its customers.

 

Related Links:
http://snipurl.com/u3hzo
(PaidContent)

http://www.transpera.com/

Vevo Overtakes MySpace Music in U.S. Web Traffic

By
Mark Hefflinger
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Reston, Va. – Vevo, the new music video portal joint
venture between Universal Music, Sony (NYSE: SNE) Music and Abu Dhabi Media Company,
surpassed MySpace Music in Web traffic during December, TechCrunch reported,
citing comScore data. Vevo saw 35.4 million unique visitors in December,
compared with 33.1 million for MySpace Music. TechCrunch noted that 92% of
Vevo’s traffic came from YouTube, which is a technology partner in the venture
and hosts a Vevo channel on its site.


 

Related Links:
http://snipurl.com/u32z8

http://www.vevo.com

Epix Pay-TV Channel Signs Carriage Deal with Mediacom

By
Mark Hefflinger
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New York – Epix, the pay-TV
channel joint venture between Viacom (NYSE: VIA), its Paramount
unit, MGM and Lionsgate, announced on Thursday that it has signed a new
carriage agreement with Mediacom Communications, the nation’s seventh-largest
cable TV provider. To date, Epix is only available on Verizon’s FiOS TV
service, but the venture recently signed another carriage deal with cable TV
provider Cox.


 

Related Links:
http://snipurl.com/u32wv

http://mediacomcable.com/index.php

http://www.EpixHD.com

Ad-Supported Download Site FreeAllMusic Licenses EMI

By
Mark Hefflinger
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Los Angeles
– Major record label has joined Universal Music in licensing its tracks to Free
All Music, a new ad-supported music site, Billboard reported. The service,
which is currently in private beta, provides free song downloads to users who
agree to view video ads on the site.


 

Related Links:
http://snipurl.com/u32uw
(Billboard)

http://snipurl.com/u32vz
(DMW previous coverage)

http://freeallmusic.com/beta/welcome

Slacker Web Radio Service Launches in Canada

By
Mark Hefflinger
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0

San Diego – Slacker, the
personalized streaming radio service, announced on Thursday that it is now available
in Canada, although under
somewhat different terms than it is offered in the U.S.

The free, basic service will
be available to Canadians for 30 days, after which time they will have to pay a
$4 USD per month subscription fee; U.S. users are able to stick with
the ad-supported free service indefinitely.

The company said told Billboard the
different terms were due to the fact that the ad market in Canada is not as mature as that in the U.S., and because
rival Pandora isn’t live there yet.

The Canadian version of Slacker is now available
on PCs, Android and BlackBerry, although the company said an iPhone application
is coming soon.

 

Related Links:
http://snipurl.com/u32y4

http://snipurl.com/u32xx
(Billboard)

http://www.slacker.com

Report: Google Increases U.S. Search Share in December

By
Mark Hefflinger
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Los Angeles – Google’s (NASD: GOOG) share
of the U.S.
search market grew in December, while Microsoft’s (NASD: MSFT) Bing’s popularity fell a bit,
according to data from measurement firms Experian Hitwise and Nielsen.

According to Hitwise, Google took 72.25% of the market in December, followed by
Yahoo (NASD: YHOO) (14.83%), Bing (8.92%) and Ask.com (2.54%).

Nielsen’s figures show Google
with 67.3% of the search market, compared to Yahoo (14.4%), Bing (9.9%) and
Ask.com (1.7%).

Both firms noted that Google increased its search share in
December, while Bing was seen as losing the most ground to its competitors.

 

Related Links:
http://snipurl.com/u32ml
(Hitwise)

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-10434099-17.html

Report: Google Nexus One Phone Sales Sluggish in First Week

By
Mark Hefflinger
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San Francisco – Google (NASD:  GOOG) sold about 20,000 of its Nexus One
smartphone during its first week on sale from the company’s website — far
below first-week sales of competitors like the Motorola Droid (250,000 units)
and the Apple iPhone 3G S (1.6 million units), according to data from mobile analytics
firm Flurry.

The figures mean that the Droid outsold the Nexus One by more than
12 times in its first week out, while the iPhone 3G S sold 80 times as many
units.

Flurry notes that Google did not spend a great deal on launch marketing,
compared with Verizon’s $100 million campaign to launch the Droid, and did not
launch the Nexus One before the holiday shopping season.

Google declined to
comment on the Flurry figures for Wired.com, and a spokesperson said the
company is not disclosing sales data for the Nexus One.

 

Related Links:
http://snipurl.com/u32ik
(Flurry blog)

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/01/nexus-one-sales/

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