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~Winner To Receive $10,000 To Write The First Book Of A New Young Adult Novel Series Based On Jim Henson's Classic Fantasy Film HOLLYWOOD, Calif., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Jim Henson Company and Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group, are reaching out to fans and fantasy writers to enter The Dark Crystal Author Quest, an online contest that will award one winner with a $10,000 contract to write the first book in a new young adult series based on the...
Legendary Pictures' Godzilla Leads Strong Portfolio of Entertainment Properties to Be Showcased Including Films, Television, TV Classics, Animation and Super Hero Fare BURBANK, Calif., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Warner Bros. Consumer Products (WBCP) stomps into Licensing Expo 2013 with a massive footprint and impressive lineup of licensees to support the studio's coveted properties. Returning the character to its epic roots, Warner Bros. Pictures' and Legendary Pictures' Godzilla...
New Novel "The New York Magician" Details The Stories of A Strange But Familiar New York City NEW YORK, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- The New York Magician "... the wit of a detective novel, the firepower of a good action movie, and a hell of a lovingly detailed city for the plot, protagonist, and characters to romp through. What's not to love?" ? Amazon Review (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130618/CG32759) "The New York Magician" is the first installment in...
Klondike® Celebrity Challenge Kicks Off with Alfonso Ribeiro of "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" Fame ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Ever wondered what a Hollywood icon from the '80s or '90s would do for a Klondike® bar? Klondike® has too. That's why the brand, together with actor and comedian Joel McHale, have launched the Klondike® Celebrity Challenge, a hilarious contest allowing fans to suggest ideas that may put some of their favorite stars from their...
MIAMI BEACH, FL, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Rangemore Film Productions Corp. ("Rangemore") (OTCPINK: RANF) announces the initial results of the previously announced studio expansion plan. The expansion plan calls for management to identify suitable properties to service four key markets: -- Asia -- South Africa -- Europe -- North America Target properties must meet minimum criteria: -- Low cost per square foot --...
NEW YORK, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Silver Carrot is changing its name to June Media. This change complements the company's mission to provide empowering digital content in the women's lifestyle category. "We wanted a name that represented our audience and who we want to become. Not only is the month of June named after a classic Roman goddess, but it's the first month of summer and everyone looks forward to the month of June in one way or another," says Dennis O'Connell, CEO of...
Consumer Product Offerings Grow With Resources of DreamWorks Animation FRANKLIN, Tenn., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Big Idea Entertainment, a leading studio and producer of children's and family programming, characters, and brands, and its parent company DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. kick off LIMA Licensing Expo with a retail and marketing campaign aimed at continuing the expansion of its best-selling VeggieTales® brand. (Logo:...
Maneater Makes Official Download Debut LOS ANGELES, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, What If Records recording artist Eric Zayne released his debut single, Maneater, on iTunes. The song is his first to be available for download on iTunes and is part of an upcoming eight song EP that will release later this year. (Photo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130618/LA33385) Maneater brings an eclectic sound of Pop and Jazz with an instrumental touch that perfectly introduces...
Landmark Generational Study of U.S. Youth Reveals How the Great Recession, Xer Parents and a Different Relationship with Technology Make Young Millennials More Like Katniss, Less Like Harry Potter NEW YORK, June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- MTV, a division of Viacom (NASDAQ: VIAB, VIA), today unveiled the results of its new landmark generational study, "The New Millennials Will Keep Calm and Carry On," investigating the shifting dynamics between younger and older Millennials in the...
Dirty Projectors, The Dandy Warhols, Theophilus London, The Gaslight Anthem, Black Lips, Juicy J, Metric, Yeasayer and More Perform Alongside Red Bull Sound Select Artists During Weekend-Long Celebration of Local Music SANTA MONICA, Calif., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Red Bull Sound Select, an ongoing program to support local music scenes and the people who push them forward, today announced its expansion into five more of the nation's most influential music cities. To celebrate...
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The Cybook Gen3 is an e-Reader designed for reading e-books, e-news, and for listening to audio books or MP3 music. It was produced by Bookeen, a French company, and released on October 29, 2007. The display is a six-inch E-Ink screen using 166 dpi, black and white, 2-bit grayscale and on the gold edition 8-bit grayscale was used. The screen is readable under sunlight and only uses the battery for turning pages, giving it 8,000 page flips of battery life. The Gen3 uses a 200MHz CPU;...
The Kindle Fire HD is the second generation of Amazon’s Kindle Fire. It comes in three versions, the 7 inch, and the 8.9 inch touch screens, and a 4G version. They were released on September 14, 2012 in the 7-inch, November 16, 2012 in the 8.9-inch, and a 8.9-inch 4G enabled version released on November 18, 2012. The 7-inch and the 8.9-inch have 16 GB or 32 GB of internal storage and the 8.9-inch 4G LTE has 32 GB or 64 GB of storage. It has a front facing camera for photo capture, and...
Image Credit: Photos.com A podcast is digital media in a series of related content that is downloaded by a subscription through web syndication or streamed online onto either a computer or mobile device. The word podcast was derived from the terms “broadcast” and “pod,” by the success of the iPod. Most podcasts are streamed or downloaded onto mobile devices such as smartphones and the iPod. The podcast is media transferred to a user’s device, similar to a radio or TV broadcast....
Image Caption: This icon, known as the "feed icon" or the "RSS icon", was introduced in Mozilla Firefox in order to indicate a web feed was present on a particular web page that could be used in conjunction with the Live bookmarks function. Microsoft Internet Explorer, Opera and some other browsers have adopted the icon in order to promote a de facto standard. Credit: Mozilla/Wikipedia A web feed is a data format that provides the user with regularly updated content. It is also...
Image Credit: Photos.com A blog is a written discussion or information posted on a website over the Internet. The blog is posted with the most recent one first, dealing with any subject or topic within the constraints of the website administrator. Before 2009 most blogs were written by an individual or small group of people. Today, most websites use multi-author blogs (MABs) where a large number of authors write and submit content which is edited professionally. Information gathered for...
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