http://www.thedigitalmemo.com  At the Pulse of the Digital Media & Entertainment Revolution Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:39:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.thedigitalmemo.com/?p=467 Lala/MySpace, iLike and Google have officially announced the launch of Google’s music service Onebox — a special kind of Google search results that will let you instantly stream songs directly from Google’s results page by clicking the small play button in your search result. You can either stream the song or buy it. Additionally, Google will also display additional content like tour information and music videos.]]> http://www.thedigitalmemo.com/?p=464 Financial Times reported that UK-based Channel 4 has signed a pioneering content deal with YouTube, becoming the first broadcaster to make a comprehensive range of full-length television shows available on the video sharing site.]]> http://www.thedigitalmemo.com/?p=458 www.rdio.com), TechCrunch and the NYTimes reported. So far, the website shows only a logo and a field to add your email to the mailing list.]]> http://www.thedigitalmemo.com/?p=449 http://www.thedigitalmemo.com/?p=444 FT published an status update on British Sky Broadcasting's (BSkyB) strategic move into the music business. The launch of the new service is scheduled for 19 October 2009, according to Brand Republic. This move doesn't come by surprise as the Guardian and other news services have written about this move already earlier this year. Read on and vote on our business model poll ...]]> http://www.thedigitalmemo.com/?p=432 second quarter press release of The MoneyTree Report by NVCA and PwC published today, venture capital investments in the US increased in Q2 2009 and totalled with $3.7 billion invested in 612 deals. Despite a 15 percent increase in dollars compared to the first quarter, the projected full year investing volume remains at mid 1990 levels (1996: $11 billion; 1997: $14 billion). Seed and early stage investments were up 67% in the second quarter. The Media and Entertainment sector was down 48%. We summarized the findings below.]]> http://www.thedigitalmemo.com/?p=416 awarded the hottest start-ups in Europe. Spotify, a UK Stockholm-based music startup that lets users listen and share their favorite music, not only won the award for the Best Web Application or Service, but also the awards for the Best Startup Founders and the Best New Startup Summer 2008 to 2009. (Updated)]]> http://www.thedigitalmemo.com/?p=393 NYT review/summary post by Steve Lohr of a recently published academic paper titled 'Meme-tracking and the Dynamics of the News Cycle' (by Jure Leskovec, Lars Backstrom and Jon Kleinberg of Cornell University). The paper analyzed how quotes/text-snippets from Obama, McCain and other important figures surged and spread across 1.6 million mainstream media sites and blogs during the last three months of the U.S. presidental race in 2008. (Updated)]]> http://www.thedigitalmemo.com/?p=382 QuickPlay, announced a $12 million round of financing. According to their press release, the placement was led by GMP Securities L.P. and included participation from existing venture capital partners General Catalyst Partners, JLA Ventures and Ventures West.]]> http://www.thedigitalmemo.com/?p=363