So the big move from Playboy Enterprises (NYSE: PLA) has come, not in the form of a transformative deal as I have been exhorting them to do, but as a…

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While VC firms like Sequoia Capital prep their startups for leaner days, and the WSJ says that marketers are planning to cut back spending on “experimental” ad buys, a group…

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Poptub, an entertainment-focused original video series, has been quietly making the rounds on YouTube for the past month, the Hollywood Reporter reports. The series, which is produced by NY-based Embassy…

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Practically every other sentence uttered by Viacom (NYSE: VIA) President/CEO Philippe Dauman in a Q&A at the day two of the Dow Jones/Nielsen Media and Money Conference featured the words…

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Joost has been robustly criticized since its 2007 launch, in part for lacking decent content. The man in that firing line, Danny Passman, sympathizes with many of the concerns -…

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Sound Alliance Group, an independent Australian online music publisher, has acquired Melbourne-based Mess+Noise. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Sound Alliance, which said its site has relatively little crossover…

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Stealth start-up Booyah, a web and mobile content company founded by three gaming vets, has raised roughly $4.5 million from VC firm Kleiner Perkins, according to PEHub. One clue about…

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We’re being bombarded with political ads on TV and radio, but now, video games? Ads for presidential hopeful Barack Obama have turned up in the Xbox Live racing game, Burnout…

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The growth of online gaming make this the last year that Electronic Arts (NSDQ: ERTS) will produce offline-only games, said CEO John Riccitiello, speaking in a Q&A at the Dow…

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Digital entertainment company DECA has invested in Smosh, taking an undisclosed stake in the teen-centric online video brand. The Santa Monica-based content development, marketing and sales studio will handle everything,…

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The Sports Business Journal is out with their list of the 20 most influential figures in digital sports media: #1, John Kosner, SVP/GM, digital media, ESPN: “Content chief John Skipper…

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Intellectual property just got a potentially powerful voice – an effective copyright czar who will hold a cabinet position at the White House. The Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual…

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Sony (NYSE: SNE) and Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) are taking their game console war to the next level—launching dueling virtual environments in the next few weeks. Microsoft is rolling out the…

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NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) is widening the purview of its local TV stations’ sites, even as it tries to downplay the sites’ identities as broadcast extensions. The sites, which are…

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Late last month we had our first EconMusic conference at the Natural History Museum in London, where we talked about all things digital music, including how its affected by the…

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It looks to be a brutal Q3 reporting season: Both Viacom (NYSE: VIA) and CBS (NYSE: CBS) Corp have cut their respective outlooks, warning investors that they have been taking…

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Universal Music Group CEO Doug Morris can never be accused of being shy, or, putting his foot in, oh well...in an extensive interview with Billboard, he talks about the digital…

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Hollywood.com, the newly independent and newly relaunched, online celeb/entertainment sites, has acquired Media by Numbers, a box office data and analysis resource founded by Paul Dergarabedian, Variety reports. Financial information…

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UK e-tailer Play.com has stepped into the music download battle by signing the four major music labels to its PlayDigital online store to offer more than 3 million DRM-free MP3…

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-- ESPN360.com snags Portuguese Lifa Sagres soccer rights: ESPN’s (NYSE: DIS) broadband network has inked an exclusive deal with IEC to deliver live coverage of Portuguese soccer competition Liga Sagres.…

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These are tougher times for car companies, but Honda feels it’s only more necessary to ramp up its digital advertising. The company hopes that a big, splashy campaign across all…

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ReverbNation, an online music community service used by artists to market their wares, has received $3 million in its second round of funding. The round was led by ETF Venture…

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EMI is planning a pre-holiday launch of a new music portal that will include the ability to buy downloads, according to the FT. We’ve confirmed that but a source familiar…

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*Google* is hoping to take advantage of in-game ads’ strong growth with its new AdSense for Games system, the company announced in a post on its blog. Citing *comScore* data,…

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RealNetworks’ (NSDQ: RNWK) chances with RealDVD seem to be in limbo: Judge Marilyn Patel from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled this afternoon to extend…

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