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Report: ESA Spent $980K Lobbying In Q2 (Gamasutra)
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:56:22 GMT The Entertainment Software Association spent $980,000 in the second quarter of 2008 lobbying the U.S. government, according to a July federal filing reported by the Associated Press. The trade group, which has recently seen some high-profile departures, most notably Activision Vivendi, lobbied on legislation involving First Amendment protections, anti-piracy, free trade, internet governance, ...

Parlay Entertainment Announces Results for Q2 2008 (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:18:00 GMT Parlay Entertainment Inc., the world's leading supplier of Internet and TV bingo software solutions, today announced its results for the three and six-month periods ended June 30, 2008.

Eligible Consumers in Nearly 40 Florida Communities Now Can Get Verizon's Fastest DSL-Based Internet Service (Broadcast Newsroom)
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:40:36 GMT TAMPA, Fla., Aug. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Qualifying consumers in nearly 40 Florida communities now have a new broadband option from Verizon that more than doubles the download speed of the company's current fastest digital subscriber line, or DSL, service and provides an appealing alternative to cable Internet.

Consumers in 9 More Western Mass. Towns Now Have High-Speed Access to the Internet (Broadcast Newsroom)
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:56:36 GMT BLANDFORD, Mass., Aug. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumers and businesses in nine more western Massachusetts communities now have access to the Internet -- at rocket speeds powered by Verizon.

Money Trail: Kanye West Proves Huge Boost for Media Lobbyists (ABC News)
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:36:19 GMT The hot ticket of the week at the DNC was a free concert that went until 2:30am.

SCEJ, FON Give Free Internet Access To PSP Owners (Gamasutra)
Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:26:54 GMT Sony Computer Entertainment Japan announced a partnership with WiFi community FON to provide free FON access points throughout Japan for PSPs, according to a press release translated by game weblog Kotaku. With the PSPxFON service, PSP owners in Japan can access the internet for free and download PSP content at over 44,000 FON spots scattered around the country. Over 2,200 FON spots exist in ...

StockGuru.com Announces a New Executive Interview Featuring Michael Selsman of Archer Entertainment Media ... (PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:00:00 GMT FRISCO, Texas, Aug. 27, 2008 -- John Pentony, Publisher of Stockguru.com, announced today that the company has posted a new Podcast Interview featuring Michael Selsman of Archer Entertainment Media Communications, Inc. .

Sony Japan announces free WiFi internet for PSPs (gamesindustry.biz)
Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:10:21 GMT Sony Computer Entertainment Japan has announced a partnership with the world's largest global WiFi community FON - to create a new service, PSP×FON. Under the partnership the two companies plan to roll out FON access points in the region for a free internet browser via the Sony PlayStation Portable.

Sony Computer Entertainment (gamesindustry.biz)
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:10:32 GMT Q: It's been a few months since we last spoke - how have things settled down? Have you completed your move back to Japan?

Public Library Liberates Trove of 16 mm Films (The New York Sun)
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:05:45 GMT Regular scanners of the repertory movie listings have likely encountered it: an ad for a free screening of an Ingmar Bergman drama, say, or a little-known silent movie, hosted by, of all places, the New York Public Library. The events draw upon a lesser-known jewel of the library's holdings: its collection of 16-millimeter films, which is accessible for borrowing by patrons, beloved by its ...

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