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NPD: Sept Videogame Industry Retail Sales Down 6% From Year Ago (The Wall Street Journal)
Electronic Arts Inc.’s “Madden NFL 12” was the top-selling game of the month, as analysts had expected, following a delayed release of the popular title. NPD, which didn't im... More
Evan Lamberg to Lead Universal Music Publishing (The New York Times)
The Universal Music Group has named Evan Lamberg the president of its publishing unit in North America, the company announced on Thursday, in the latest in a series of management c... More
Sainsbury’s Pushes into Digital Media with £1m Acquisition (thegrocer.co.uk)
Sainsbury’s customers will soon be able to buy, rent or stream digital media from the supermarket, following its £1m acquisition of online entertainment company Global Media Vau... More
Universal’s ‘Tower Heist’ VOD Fiasco: What Went Wrong? (Los Angeles Times)
Universal Pictures has ended up with egg on its face after the embarrassing collapse of its experiment to make the upcoming Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy comedy “Tower Heist” av... More
NATO Responds To Universal’s Statement Withdrawing Early Home Release (Box Office Magazine) Of ‘Tower Heist’
“NATO recognizes that studios need to find new models and opportunities in the home market, and looks forward to distributors and exhibitors working together for their mutual ben... More
Apple Negotiating Movie Rights for iCloud (Forbes)
Apple’s service may take off a lot faster than UltraViolet if the company is awarded rights from the studios. Most new release movies go up for sale on iTunes on the same day as ... More
NeuStar To Acquire On-Demand Customer Insight Provider TARGUSinfo For $650 Million (TechCrunch)
NeuStar, the company that specializes in providing data insights and intelligence for web, telecommunications, entertainment, advertising and marketing companies, today announced t... More
Zynga, Looking Beyond Facebook, to Launch Its Own Game Platform (Los Angeles Times)
In its first major announcement since declaring in July its intent to go public, the San Francisco company said Tuesday that it plans to launch a site separate from Facebook where ... More
eBay Set to Outline Its Future and It Looks Nothing Like Amazon (All Things Digital)
In essence, eBay is looking to partner with physical retailers to generate more sales online or by driving more foot traffic to their stores. That’s in steep contrast to Amazon, ... More
More Theaters Threaten to Hold Up Universal Movie ‘Tower Heist’ (Los Angeles Times)
On Monday, a number of independent theater chains including Sherman Oaks-based Galaxy Theatres, Regency Theatres in Calabasas and Emagine Theatres of Detroit, vowed not to play the... More
Amazon to Offer Preorders of Digital PC Games (CNET)
Amazon’s entry joins a crowded space that includes EA’s Origin, Steam, direct2drive, GameStop, and many other PC game download providers. However, it is Amazon that has the pop... More
Richard Fisher Joins Related Content Database Board of Directors; Gerard Kunkel Joins Advisory Board (RCDb)
Related Content Database, Inc. (RCDb) announced that media industry innovator Richard Fisher has joined its board of directors. For the past four years, Fisher has served as presid... More
Spotify’s Big Losses in 2010 Are Evidence Freemium Models Need Time to Grow (Billboard)
Spotify’s 2010 financial statements show a company with huge growth and far more expenses than profit. The losses are to be expected - the company is most concerned with changing... More
Roku Introduces the $49.99 Roku LT Streamer, Adds HBO Go to Channel Offerings (TechCrunch)
Back in 2008, the Roku media player was simply a way to watch Netflix streaming video on your TV. Now just a few years later, the service offers over 300 different media channels a... More
Hulu Sale Is Debated (The Wall Street Journal)
Dish Network Corp., Amazon.com Inc. and Google Inc. remain in the mix but have all proposed different arrangements, the people said. Yahoo Inc., which made the initial approach to ... More
Hollywood Post Alliance to Honor EFILM’s Steven J. Scott and Testronic Labs (The Hollywood Reporter)
The Hollywood Post Alliance will honor Testronic Labs and Steven J. Scott of EFILM with its Judges Award for Creativity and Innovation in Post Production at its HPA Awards Ceremony... More
Technicolor Strengthens Digital Production Team (Technicolor)
Technicolor announces the addition of three key staff to strengthen its animated content development and production team. Robert Winthrop assumes the role of Vice President of Anim... More
Time to Shine for UltraViolet? (Home Media Magazine)
On Oct. 11 Warner Home Video streets "Horrible Bosses," the first title enabled with the digital movie storage and retrieval system....... More
Netflix To Offer Streaming For AMC’s ‘Walking Dead’ Show (The Wall Street Journal)
Neflix Inc. said it will offer exclusive viewing of prior seasons of the AMC Networks Inc. TV show “The Walking Dead” starting Friday. Future seasons of the TV show as well as ... More
