Registration is officially open for our third annual CTIA MocoMixer, on Sep 9 in SF. As our regular readers and attendees know well, our mixers fill up fast, so book early. Today is the first batch of tickets...we will open again tomorrow morning at 8 AM PST with another batch.

The mobile content-focused business mixer will take place at San Francisco’s Palace Hotel, next door to the Moscone Center, where the official CTIA tradeshow will start the next day.

As usual, the mixer will feature the best mix of execs from big-media content companies, small and indie media/content providers, music labels, gaming companies, video companies, handset firms, aggregators/distributors, technology/vendor companies, VCs, bankers, analysts and journalists there.

Sponsors till now: GoTV Networks. If you are interested in underwriting the best mixer in town, drop our business side a line at advertising AT contentnext.com. 

During our final, trademark advertising session at EconCeleb, panelists Henry Copeland, CEO, Blogads and director, sales and technology, PerezHilton.com; Brian Fitzgerald, co-founder & president, Gorilla Nation Media; Mari Katsunuma, VP of digital, Bravo; Karin Kovacs, associated publisher, People.com; and Dave Rosner, director of innovations, Initiative Media talked about “the straw that stirs the drink” with moderator Andrew Wallenstein, deputy editor, The Hollywood Reporter. Topics discussed included utilizing both big and small brands to reach audiences, the importance of integrated platforms and the move to mobile. Video embedded after the jump…

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At our EconCeleb spotlight Q&A with Harvey Levin, managing editor, TMZ.com and host & executive producer, TMZ, he and interviewer Charlie Koones, former president and publisher of Variety, talked about Levin’s own philosophy for the show. Levin also clarified where he draws the line between what he will report on and what he won’t—stolen documents and medical records are a big no-no, but Alec Baldwin’s voicemail to his daughter was okay...yeah, that makes it really clear.

Full coverage is in the full writeup. Bonnie Fuller’s keynote Q&A video, several panel videos and all the writeups are at our EconCeleb channel. Video is embedded after the jump… (and RSS readers will have to click through)…

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In the EconCeleb panel concerning how new players are getting into the gossip cyberspace, Mike Dodge, SVP/GM, AtomicOnline; Tyler Goldman, CEO, Buzznet; Mattias Miksche, co-founder & CEO, Stardoll; and R.J. Williams, founder, producer & CEO, YoungHollywood talked about the differences in their own outlets, including Buzznet fostering interactivity among users, YoungHollywood focusing on the up and coming household names and Stardoll seeking to collaborate with celebs and their agents for each other’s benefit. Much more detail on this panel moderated by our founder, publisher and editor Rafat Ali in the full writeup. Bonnie Fuller’s keynote Q&A video is also up and full coverage is at our EconCeleb channel. Video is embedded below (and RSS readers will have to click through).

Thanks a ton to our sponsors: KickApps, Yahoo OMG, PerezHilton.com, GumGum, Paltalk, Meebo and Celebuzz. Also, in case you missed it, check out our Econoclast10 list, a list of top 10 most innovative celebrities in digital media.

• @ EconCeleb: New Voices: Blogs And Social Media Get In The Game
• @ EconCeleb: Our Full Coverage
• EconCeleb Pics: Fuller, Harvey, Omg, Perez, Paparazzi, Tech Issues Et Al