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Zynga: The FarmVille creator has hired Steven Chiang as president of the development studios, CEO Marc Pincus announced on his blog this week. Chiang co-founded EA-owned Tiburon Entertainment, the studio best known for the Madden NFL franchise. A longtime EA executive, he was most recently SVP and group GM for EA Sports.
Fairchild Fashion Group: Patrick McCarthy, chairman and editorial director of Condé Nast’s Fairchild Fashion Group and de facto editor of the fashion magazine W is leaving the company at y...
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With the release of court filings in the three-year old copyright infringement suit between Viacom and YouTube, weve seen the video share site argue that it is not liable for infringing videos uploaded to its site, as it claims protection under the safe harbor provision of the Digital Milennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
But in Viacoms filing for a partial summary judgment, it makes the case that the sites founders and later executives of acquirer Google turned a blind eye to copyrighted material in an effor...
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Mark Cuban and Avner Ronen met in person for the first time just before their Pay TV vs. Internet debate here at South by Southwest Interactiveabout 20 minutes before their session was interrupted by a fire alarm. But they argue like a married couple thats been together for 20 years, complete with sharp barbs. Thats because the debate isnt new: they started that drill online a year ago and neither has budged as best I can tellif anything, their attitudes are more entrenched. HD Net founder Cuban believes in...
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Local newspapers may actually have an easier time charging for content than national and international news brands like the New York Times (NYSE: NYT). And whats the biggest threat to paid music? Well, probably not piracy. These were among the assertions by panelists on paidContent2010s The Truth About Subscriptions, who included Steve Brill, co-founder of Journalism Online, David Hyman, CEO of MOG, and Jeff Price, president and publisher of The Sporting News. Price also offered some details on his new subs...
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Tremor Media: Mark Pinney has been promoted to COO from CFO. He joined Tremor Media two years ago, having come from AOLs Platform-A (NYSE: AOL). Earlier, he was CFO and chief privacy officer for Tacoda, also an AOL property.
TVGuide.com: Christy Tanner has been appointed GM, responsible for the companys strategy and day-to-day leadership. She previously was SVP of marketing and editor-in-chief for TVGuide.com. Prior to joining the company, Tanner was director of business development and marketing for Newsw...
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A few weeks ago, GigaOM contributor and veteran entrepreneur Allan Leinwand wrote a post entitled Cisco vs. All Comers. Well lets add Google to that list of all comers. The Financial Times reported today that Cisco is developing a new ultra-high-speed system for internet access in partnership with a number of U.S. service providers, according to people close to the company.
Cisco, it seems, is trying to counter the unease caused by Googles recent announcement that it will build Google Fiber, a fiber-based...
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In a ruling that could have broad implications for video hosting sites that operate in Italy, three Google executives were found guilty of violating privacy laws yesterday for a video that was uploaded to Google Video by one of its users. Although Google has already said it would appeal the decision, the ruling could set a negative precedent if not overturned.
The case centers around a cellphone video of a disabled teenager being bullied by classmates that was uploaded to Google Video in 2006. The EU and I...
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A few years ago, who could have thought that phones would one day be running chips with a PC-quality oomph. Today, one such platform was announced, when STEricsson, a joint venture of Ericsson and ST Microelectronics released, U8500. It is powered by dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor with each processor core running at 1.2 GHz. A demo, currently being showed off at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona is utilizing Googles Android OS to show off its various capabilities. The new platform, gives us a chance...
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Some of the lessons learned from the commercials during Super Bowl 2010: Beer solves lots of problems, women hold men back from their dreams and this year, pants are optional. But there were also some highlights for the web video world.
Flo TV pushed their mobile TV viewing device to hen-pecked men dragged out shopping to the game, but they also got behind will.i.ams My Generation remix.
Google had a relatively clever ad in the second half pushing their search ability but, um, did anyone need to be tol...
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body.home .hide-me-on-home { display:none; }Ooma, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based, venture-backed company specializing in VoIP hardware and complimentary voice services, is rethinking the way consumers use their home phone service, infusing new innovation into an industry that hasn’t technologically matured in almost half a century. Ooma offers the Ooma Telo and Telo Handset, which together comprise a home phone system that eliminates monthly phone bills, lengthy contracts and the need for a landline by using adv...
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