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Animoto Launches App for Easy iPhone Slideshows

Lauren Goode in Commerce on December 19, 2011 at 7:39 am PT

Animoto, a New York-based slide-show service that makes awesomesauce out of pictures and video clips, has launched an iPhone app.

New E-Book Explores the Rise and Fall of the Music Game Genre

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on September 26, 2011 at 1:29 pm PT

A new book being released today talks to the creators of Guitar Hero and Rock Band to find out why the industry hit such a sour note after one year of off-the-charts revenues.

Viacom Sold Rock Band for a Song. A Really, Really Cheap Song.

Peter Kafka in Media on January 4, 2011 at 3:30 am PT

If you’ve got $49.99, you can buy a copy of “Rock Band 3.” Or you could have bought the company that makes the videogame. Ouch.

Game Off! Viacom Dumps Rock Band on Investment Group

Peter Kafka in Media on December 23, 2010 at 12:23 pm PT

Remember when music video games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band were red-hot? That was a couple of years ago.

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Viacom to Unload Rock Band Unit

Sam Schechner, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on November 11, 2010 at 4:57 pm PT

Viacom Inc. is telling the band to pack up and go. The New York-based entertainment company is preparing to unload its Harmonix videogame division, maker of the popular “Rock Band” line of games.