• Viacom's Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against YouTube Dismissed by Wendy Davis

    Handing Google a sweeping victory, a federal judge on Wednesday dismissed Viacom's three-year-old copyright infringement lawsuit against YouTube. ...Read the whole story

  • ContextWeb Founder Joins AdGenesis by Gavin O'Malley

    Video ad platform provider AdGenesis Digital On Wednesday named Jeremy Sterns as its new Chief Technical Officer. Sterns comes from Send Word Now New York, a provider of on-demand alerting and response services for both emergency and routine communication where he had been CTO since March 2007. ...Read the whole story

  • YouTube And RumbleFish Make 'Friendly Music' Together by Laurie Sullivan

    YouTube and music licensing store RumbleFish unveiled the launch of Friendly Music, an online store that lets people purchase copy-protected music tracks for use in YouTube videos for $1.99 each. The site, which goes live June 29, launches with about 35,000 tracks from independent music artists like Face to Face, and Kool Keith. New songs will be added daily, with noted artists named in the coming months. ...Read the whole story

  • Mobile App Distributor GetJar Gets Another $11 Million by Mark Walsh

    Mobile application store GetJar has raised $11 million in a second-round venture capital financing from Accel Partners. The San Mateo, Calif.-based company plans to use the new capital to upgrade its consumer Web and mobile sites as well as other product offerings. Accel previously invested $6 million in GetJar. ...Read the whole story

  • Warner Bros. Sends 'Inception' Fans On SCVNGR Hunt by Laurie Sullivan

    Warner Bros. will send people on a SCVNGR hunt beginning Thursday to promote the movie 'Inception" scheduled for release in July. The movie studio partnered with the Google-backed startup to launch the promotion. ...Read the whole story

  • LucidMedia Partners With AlmondNet, BlueKai, and eXelate by Gavin O'Malley

    In an effort to provide advertisers with broader audience targeting abilities, ad technology firm LucidMedia on Wednesday announced partnerships with behavioral targeting company AlmondNet; auction-based data exchange BlueKai; and data company eXelate. ...Read the whole story

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