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Speedrobo Games announces that its tabletop game product line will soon be integrated into the popular Steam game, TCG Card Shop Simulator. This partnership aims to enhance the gameplay experience and introduce fans to Speedrobo’s unique offerings.

MIT Sloan Management Review (MIT SMR), a trusted source of management insights for over 18,000 loyal readers, today announced a strategic partnership with Pelcro, a next-generation subscription management platform. This collaboration aims to streamline subscription offerings, elevate reader experience, and unlock significant growth opportunities for MIT SMR.

Consumers ready to lay down big bucks for plasma televisions find themselves stunned by hi tech jargon and shocked by never-ending electronic decisions.

The McCallum Theatre has chosen Van Vechten Creative, an award-winning graphic, multimedia and strategic marketing firm, to re-design its website. Slated for launch in early Spring 2007, the new site will incorporate the latest web technology and serve as a marketing tool for McCallum Theatre.

Vampire Love (Eartastic Records) is a new multi-genre Halloween single by Eartastic Records recording artist Kenny Love that has been released for this Halloween season. In the veins of the long popular "Monster Mash" and "Thriller" singles, it fits the radio formats of Gothic, Rap, Dance and Hip Hop. Executed in a combination of interplaying rap and vocals, Vampire Love tells the story of a guy who is both hopelessly and helplessly in love with a vampire while revealing elements of her nightly excursions.

The Herald-Tribune Media Group, SNN6, Comcast and CAP Creative are lead corporate sponsors of the 2006 Sarasota Reading Festival, to be held Saturday, Nov. 4 at Five Points Park in downtown Sarasota. Together, these companies have donated $300,000 in cash and in-kind services to help produce the 9th annual festival, a free daylong celebration of literacy that will feature more than 30 nationally renowned authors.

As the first artist under his recently formed independent label, Colossal Entertainment, Omillio Sparks is releasing his debut solo album titled, "The Payback", scheduled for January 30, 2007.

Any pet owner knows that animals have rich emotional lives and that they love to be talked to. And, just as with humans, there is a right way and a wrong way to initiate communication.

WikiWebGuide LLC built a comprehensive Wiki of mainstream and independent musical artists and their works. The website can be found at http://www.wikimusicguide.com/. The online community gives pages regular updates designed to promote artists and musicians all over the world.

Halloween will be here soon. Goblins, ghosts and ghoulish fun too. Halloween also brings with it the start of the Holiday Season, pumpkin patches, and that warm fuzzy feeling that winter is on the way. Many families celebrate with a huge bash for friends and family and even the neighborhood kids. Bobbing for apples, yummy goodies, and dressing up in costumes are just some of the fun to be had.

Mick Boogie follows up the Mixunit-ranked #1 mixtape in the country, "Blow," with 2 new joints featuring some of the biggest names in hip hop, TI and Ludacris.

This summer has been an extremely busy season for Atlanta-based marketing and public relations firm N.Y.L.A. Entertainment Group. While the weather has been blazing outdoors, the firm has been creating a fire of their own adding five new clients to its roster.

4Flix.Net has launched a brand new FREE*PASS monthly subscription plan, enabling consumers to download hundreds of iPod-compatible feature-length movies, TV shows, cartoons and independent films for one low price, all without cumbersome Digital Rights Management (DRM) restrictions.

Newport Beach Film Festival award-winner for best family film, The Tillamook Treasure has been chosen as an official selection in the Beverly Hills Fine Arts Industry Showcase presented by the Beverly Hills Fine Arts Theatre on Sunday September 17 at 1PM. The theater is located at 8556 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills 90211. Tickets are available at the box office only and are $5.50.

If you ever wanted to know what goes on behind-the-scenes in the directory publishing business, a new book will tell you the good, the bad, and the ugly. It’s called “Inside the Yellow Pages,” and is narrated by a former Yellow Page salesman. Jeffrey Hauser was hired by the Mountain Bell Yellow Pages in 1980 and worked for nearly 25 years as a premise salesman in the Phoenix, Arizona market area. The first half of the book covers his years from his early beginnings all the way until retirement, sparing no details about various Yellow Page publisher’s practices, pricing policies, and union and personnel issues that occurred in a little-known, nor understood, media industry.

The Legends of Mernac (www.mernac.com), had its grand opening this past holiday weekend with a challenge in an eBay Auction “What if you could change the world for the better, would you”

Great Ideas Entertainment (GIE) is a new independent entertainment company in Los Angeles with a focus on commercial and film production blended with the management of both writers and directors.

The wildly popular fashion and nightlife publication, Cashak Magazine, now offers its viewers direct online shopping through the site’s new fashion bazaar. Cashak Magazine’s fashion editor sorted through over 20,000 fashion items from top designers and companies. The best products for the Fall of 2006 were hand picked by the editor for feature in the bazaar. The fashion bazaar includes apparel like tops, jeans, dresses, sunglasses, shoes and handbags. Beauty products are also found in the bazaar. Cashak Magazine’s bazaar includes top designers like Christian Dior, Apple Bottoms, Ed Hardy, GUESS, Dolce & Gabbana, Juicy Couture among many others. The bazaar exclusively carries fashion for women. Cashak Magazine’s Bazaar is integrated with the publications revered fashion content on its website.

Step Up for the Cure is a Montreal-based non-profit that will hold its second annual stair climbing marathon next weekend in an effort to raise funds for the Cancer Research Society. The event will take place at Molson Stadium, September 9th and 10th, 2006. While the stadium is normally host to University of McGill football games, its bleachers will become the center of attention, allowing Step Up’s participants to climb stairs until they drop.

There are a number of very popular online multiplayer games, but a new free online game, Pimpin.com.au, is really turning heads and drawing a lot of attention.

Irish artist Fion Gunn and English writer Kay Sexton are travelling to China to present a collaborative exhibition of paintings and texts which focuses on the public gardens of four cities, Beijing, Dublin, London and Paris. Guan Donghai, a Chinese glass sculptor is collaborating with them for the Beijing show. Tsinghua University in Beijing will host Green Thought in an Urban Shade which will run from 20 September until 4 October 2006. The preview will be formally opened by His Excellency Declan Kelleher, Irish Ambassador to China on Monday 18 September at 19.30. For further information please contact Therese Healy, First Secretary, Embassy of Ireland, 3 Ritan Dong Lu, Beijing or email Therese.Healy@dfa.ie.

The Legends of Mernac, is an on-line fantasy saga built on interlinked stories. The mythical world of Mernac is created by the registered users of the site, in the fashion of “spinning tales” that tell the 10,000 year history of Mernac. This is done from the perspective of well-written characters that keep readers riveted and wanting more. The Legends of Mernac is a site jam-packed with contests for writers and artists. The Legends of Mernac is structured to promote unfound talent and for the Grand Opening on September 1, 2006, the site will host a huge international High Fantasy short-story contest. The challenge will be to write one Legend (2,000-10,000 words, short story or saga chapter encapsulated in the mythical world of Mernac), write one Character Bio (500- 1,000 words, character description of perspective from Legend submission), and one Lore submission (500-1,000 words, description of race, class, deity, etc) Full contest details available at www.mernac.com. The Grand Prize will be $1000.00! There is NO fee for this contest.

Tena Fanning, President of Playdate Kids Publishing-- a new children’s publishing company, just announced that she has promoted her executive assistant, Michelle Jefferson to Vice President of Operations.

If you wish to become successful in the entertainment industry, you should know as much as you can about the music business. You should know how it operates and the correct steps to take to achieve success - including choosing the right manager to help guide you, the right artist to manage, and know what you must do to help your artist move up the ladder to success. What are all of the different avenues for music distribution and how do I start? What are the ABC's of major and independent record labels?

Prosperity Automated System or PAS for short, is a model of excellence in "Innovative Home-Based Business Solutions" and will be recognized by CNN Headline News and the Discovery Channel. During the next few months, PAS will dramatically increase their presence offline giving their members an incredible growth opportunity with advertising campaigns uncharted by the Internet business world.

The Legends of Mernac (www.mernac.com), is an on-line fantasy saga built on interlinked stories. The mythical world of Mernac is created by the registered users of the site, in the fashion of “spinning tales” that tell the 10,000 year history of Mernac. This is done from the prospective of well-written characters that keep readers riveted and wanting more. The Legends of Mernac is a site jam-packed with contests for writers and artists. The Legends of Mernac is structured to promote unfound talent and for the Grand Opening on September 1, 2006, the site will host a huge international 3D Art contest. The challenge will be to illustrate a current short-story from The Legends of Mernac. The Grand Prize will be $500.00, a feature in the print magazine ImagineFX, and a feature on the world’s largest online art community, renderosity.com. Full contest details available at www.mernac.com.

With the five-year anniversary of the 9/11 Twin Towers tragedy upon us, coupled with the ineffective War on Terror -- as demonstrated by the slew of wars around the planet -- internationally recognized spiritual leader Gabriel of Sedona believes a new paradigm is needed. Seeing 9/11 not as a call to arms but as a wake up call to peace, Gabriel of Sedona has announced a new concert series with his Bright & Morning Star Band -- The Wake-Up-America, Wake-Up-World, Radical Unity Tour. The tour kicks off on 9/11/2006 with a free streaming worldwide live webcast on www.globalchangetelevision.org from Future Studios Performance Venue in Sedona, Arizona at 7:00 P.M. Pacific / 10:00 P.M. Eastern time.