Media World: Will NBC dump Jay Leno? (Daily Finance)

Some Democrats, Minority Groups Question Net Neutrality (IDG via New York Times)

Comcast cutting 64 jobs at advertising division (Boston Globe)

BofA weighs radical changes at Del. card centers (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

Princeton's MuseAmi Raises VC Funds

MuseAmi Inc., a Princeton-based music software startup, has raised $1.5 million in VC funding, according to regulatory filings dug up by PE Hub.
It had previously been seeded by Mohr Davidow Ventures, but it is not clear where this current round came from. MuseAmi's website, which is basically just a placeholder right now, describes itself as follow:

"A cutting edge music software company with new transformational technology that empowers you to play, share, create, learn, and teach music - all in the palm of your hand. We are creating a virtuous cycle of consumer handheld embedded products synergistic with web products powered by MuseAmi technology."




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Daily Links 10/16/09: DreamIt Ventures companies hit NYC Demo Day

Oracle envisions rosy life with Sun
(Reuters)

Earnings: NBC Universal Profits Rise 13 Percent As Revenues Slide 20 Percent (paidContent)

Malone: GE Advisor Goldman Sachs Is On NBCU Listening Tour
Praises Comcast's Roberts For 'Being Logical Counterpart' To Potential Deal (Multichannel News)

Herley shares off after quarterly loss widens (Reuters)
Herley is based in Lancaster.

DreamIt Ventures companies hit NYC Demo Day (Philadelphia Business Journal: Technology Blog)

Penn Medicine Inks $135 Million Contract with Siemens (Healthcare Informatics)

InterDigital Receives Notice That Commission Found No Violation of Section 337 in ITC Patent Infringement Action against Nokia (Business Wire)


WorldGate Offers Complete Digital Voice and Video Phone Services with Announcement of New Agreement with deltathree (Business Wire)

AGI to Showcase New Dynamic 3-D Visualization Software at GEOINT
Lightweight programming library renders movement over time and increases accuracy of GIS applications (PR Newswire)



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Daily Links 10/15/09: Redlasso is Back

Business Outlook Survey: October 2009 (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)
Philly Fed factory gauge slips in October
(Reuters)

Vivendi Said to Hold Off on NBC, to Focus on GVT (Bloomberg)

Microsoft Says It Can Recover 'Most' Sidekick Data (Washington Post: Faster Forward)

BioNanomatrix Awarded Supplemental Funding to Accelerate Commercialization of Innovative Single-Molecule Analyzer
(PR Newswire)

Redlasso is Back!
Popular Clipping Service Relaunches at Blog World (Business Wire)
But content doesn't appear overwhelming at first glance.
Redlasso Relaunches With Clippable, Shareable Videos From Over 100 TV Stations (paidContent)

Company Math vs VC Math (Redeye VC)

Clear-er sailing for Clearwire?
RESEARCH FIRM UPGRADES MOBILE WIMAX PLAYER (RCR Wireless)

T-Mobile 'everything unlimited' plan to offer voice, SMS, MMS, data for $50? (ZDNet Blogs)

Oracle unwraps Fusion Applications, new user support portal (SearchOracle.com)

Oracle Enhances Both Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management and Contract Management (Marketwire)

SAP ties knot with Open Text for ECM (Computer Business Review)

Environmental Tectonics Corporation Awarded Major Contract for Multiple Tactical Flight and Aircrew Training Simulation Devices (PR Newswire)

Live Sixers games on the Internet? Perhaps (Philadelphia Inquirer)




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Daily Links 10/14/09: Vivendi Has No Comment On NBC Discussions

Newspapers appeal ruling on credit-bidding (Philadelphia Inquirer)

French media company Vivendi mum on possible NBC Universal sale (LA Times: Company Town)

codeMantra’s collectionPoint to Utilize MarkLogic Server in New SaaS Offering for Publishers (Business Wire)

Bentley acquires Santa Rosa software firm gINT (Santa Rosa Press Democrat)

Bentley and Pointools Sign Continuous Technology Transfer Agreement to Incorporate Vortex Engine in Bentley Platform (PR Newswire)

Top 7 Tech Disasters of the Decade
Sidekick Data Loss Is Latest Technology Debacle (ABC News)
Heartland Payment Systems breach also included.

U.S. Stocks Primed for Takeovers, Goldman Sachs Says (Bloomberg)
Heartland Payment among those mentioned.

Hands On: WiMAX in Philadelphia (Media Experiences 2 Go)

Comcast: Programmers Control 'TV Everywhere' Ad Model
Exec Cites Uncertainty Over Consumer Tolerance For Ad Load Online (Multichannel News)

As DirecTV feud drags on, could Bettman's VS gamble pay off? (Yahoo Sports)

Pfizer gets final clearances for Wyeth acquisition (MarketWatch)


Publicis Closes Razorfish Acquisition; Microsoft Gets 3.3 Percent Stake In Ad Holding Company (paidContent)

Benioff At Oracle Open World: This Could Be A Trend (Enterprise Matters)


Internet Capital Group setting stage for up to $150M in stock sales (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Environmental Tectonics Corporation Announces Second Quarter and Year To Date Fiscal 2010 Results (PR Newswire)

MedQuist Announces Reseller Agreement With Clario (PR Newswire)



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Business Week Recognizes Young Philly Entrepreneurs

Plenty of ink (or pixels) for companies with Philadelphia roots in Business Week's 25 2009 Finalists for America's Best Young Entrepreneurs (under the age of 25). Three are currently Philly-based:


Nat Turner, his partners Zach Weinburg, Scott Becker, and Michael Provenzano, and their Philly-based Internet advertising firm Invite Media.

Brian Ruby and his Malvern company Carbon Nanoprobes, which makes molecular imaging equipment for imaging microscopic objects.

Sister and brother Catherine Cook and David Cook and their teen-oriented social networking site myYearbook.com of New Hope.

Two others named grew out of Philly's Dreamit Ventures incubator: SCVNGR, now out of Boston, and NoteHall, which is
apparently based in Tuscon.



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Daily Links 10/13/09: Comcast, GE Getting Closer? Decision Time For Vivendi

Comcast & NBC-U: 'They've All Agreed to Agree' (The Wrap)

Fighting Words! Time Warner Says Comcast/NBCU as Dumb as…Time Warner/AOL. (All Things Digital: Media Memo)

QlikTech Appoints New President of the Americas
Tim Wassman Adds Industry Expertise to Fuel Continued Growth in the Region (PR Web)

Bentley Celebrates 25th Anniversary (TenLinks.com)

Bentley Adds Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Capabilities Through Acquisition of gINT Software (Bentley News Release)


Bentley Acquires South Korea's 9SQ, Maker of PlantWAVE (TenLinks.com)


Bentley to Acquire KSJ Beijing, Maker of BridgeMaster (TenLinks.com)

Comcast Gets Dynamic With VoD Ads (Light Reading: Cable Digital News)

Clear Align, not DSG, is fastest-growing firm in Philadelphia area (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

Instem Continues Global Growth Adding 12 New Clients, More Resources and More Offices (Business Wire)

The Buzz at Oracle OpenWorld 2009 (Computerworld)

Ellison Frenemy Benioff Takes The Stage At Oracle OpenWorld (TechCrunch)

Novell, SAP bring together security, compliance wares
Integration deal certifies software running together (Network World)



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Daily Links 10/12/09: Level 3 Expands Ops in Philadelphia

Vivendi's plans may determine whether NBC Universal ends up in Comcast's hands (LA Times)

News Corp, Liberty Media interested in NBC - report (Reuters)

Venture Funds Raise Only $1.6 Billion In Third Quarter. Most Of That Went To Vinod Khosla. (TechCrunch)

T-Mobile Sidekick U.S. Users Face Personal Data Loss (Reuters via Wired Epicenter)

Level 3 Expands Operations in Philadelphia (Business Wire)
Level 3 Takes Local Road to Philadelphia (Telecom Ramblings)

Comcast to Put Botnet Cops on the Security Beat (GigaOM)

SAP and Oracle going head to head (ZDNet Blogs)

Capgemini and Microsoft combine forces for global ERP initiative (Inside SAP)

InfoLogix considering private placement (Philadelphia Business Journal)

Financial Software Systems buys Spot Systems (Finextra)
Financial Software Systems is based in Horsham.

Philadelphia PD Meets Mission Demands With GIS (PR Newswire)

Philly native uses Twitter to feed his Google-killer site (Philly.com: Philly Deals)

Philadelphia Launches Web Site to Focus on Regional Social Innovations and Social Entrepreneurs (PR Newswire)

Boston’s Startup Scene is Starting To Be Seen (PE Hub)




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Philly Tech Events Calendar

People News 10/11/09

McCreesh Global Head of Operations Digitas Health
(PharmaLive)

SAP Names Chuck Christopherson to Lead Public Administration Unit (PR Newswire)

DMW Worldwide taps Rich Grosskettler as Director of Interactive Services (Philly Ad Club News)

Philadelphia Agency Launches New “Digital Video” Division (Company Press Release)

imc2 adds Michael Davis as CCO and Dr Urvashi Pitre as senior vp Relationship Analytics (Philly Ad Club News)

Tech Industry Braces for More Antitrust Scrutiny (Associated
Press via New York Times)

Could Del. lose its corporate role? (Wilmington News Journal)

InfoLogix Announces News Related to its Recent Corporate Development Initiatives
Retains SSG Capital Advisors as Investment Banker (PR Newswire)

Philadelphia 100 Gathers At Penn (The Bulletin)