Ingrid Lunden
Mar 25, 2011 11:09 AM
Looks like game over for Thumbplay as a standalone entity: we have learned that the mobile content company’s last remaining asset—its ringtones, games and other casual mobile entertainment business—has been sold to SendMe Mobile for an undisclosed sum. As we revealed exclusively at the beginning of March, the music streaming…
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Tameka Kee
Nov 10, 2009 6:41 PM
A group of 14 mobile content providers, including mBlox, *Sony* Pictures, 2WayTraffic and Playphone, have agreed to settle the latest class action lawsuit stemming from the way that wireless subscribers were charged for unauthorized content. The settlement was initially approved by the Circuit Court of Cook County in Illinois; it…
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Tricia Duryee
Mar 5, 2009 6:00 AM
San Francisco-based SendMe has raised a $12 million round of capital to grow the company organically and through acquisitions. The company has three main products: SendMeMobile, which sells ringtones and other content through a subscription; SoLow, which allows people to play games with the chance of winning a prize for…
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Tricia Duryee
Jul 16, 2008 6:00 AM
SendMe Mobile, an off-deck provider of ringtones, wallpapers and other mobile content, expects to announce today that it has signed an agreement with Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG), to sell content from such artists as Kid Rock and Missy Elliott on SendMeMobile.com and will give away prizes on SoLow.com. SendMe…
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Tricia Duryee
May 13, 2008 3:00 AM
—*Glu* unveils “Mystery Case” game: Today, Glu Mobile (NSDQ: GLUU) is unveiling “Mystery Case Files: Agent X,” a game designed and developed by Big Fish Games for mobile phones in North America. Mystery Case games has become a franchise, with more than 1.8 million units sold. In this game, players…
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Tricia Duryee
Mar 17, 2008 11:00 PM
SendMe Mobile, an off-deck provider that sells ringtones and wallpapers and hosts mobile sweepstakes, plans to announce today that it has secured $15 million in a third round of capital. New investor GrandBanks Capital participated along side existing investors True Ventures and Spark Capital. SendMe has now raised $25 million…
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