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Videogame maker Electronic Arts’s $300 million acquisition of London-based social-gaming start-up Playfish created a stir in November, in part because of the size of the deal and because it was the first entry by a major videogame publisher into the fast-growing social games category. While the deal was clearly a financial bonanza for Playfish, which had raised just $18 million in venture-capital funding from firms Accel Partners and Index Ventures, some wondered if Playfish was risking getting lost in EA’s sprawling organization

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Why Playfish Sold Itself to EA

The past few years has seen the explosive growth of social networking sites Twitter and Facebook , and a dramatic downturn in advertising revenue that has set about ravaging the newspaper industry. PoynterOnline has now reported new enterprises between the two industries however, which could prove profitable for both.

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Twitter and Facebook to boost news organisation’s ad revenue?

Japan was late in getting the iPhone, and sales of the device have been slower to pick up compared with the U.S. But app developers in Japan are now coming up with their own innovations such as Q?pid, a cooperative puzzle game that was designed as a flirting tool. Q Entertainment, which has made games for Sony’s PlayStation Portable and Nintendo’s DS portable game devices, was inspired by the iPhone’s multi-touch feature to create a finger game that’s reminiscent of Twisters

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App Watch: Q?pid Plays iPhone-Enabled Cupid

Tech Today gathers all the biggest technology news of the morning’s Wall Street Journal into one place for your reading pleasure. E-Book Pricing Put Into Turmoil: The $9.99 bestseller that helped Amazon.com build a dominant position in the thriving e-book market was at risk of extinction Sunday after Amazon capitulated in a battle sparked by the launch of Apple’s new iPad

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Tech Today: E-Book Pricing Put Into Turmoil, Intel Moves to Disqualify Rosch

Dubbed the “brown paper envelope for the digital age” by the Guardian when it launched in 2007, Wikileaks , “the online clearinghouse for leaked documents”, has been forced to temporarily close in order to raise the funds it requires to continue operations.

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Whistleblower Wikileaks’ temporary closure

The New York Times has gained another 1100 subscribers in the San Francisco Bay Area after launching a local section for the area last autumn, the San Francisco Business Times reports . A senior Times executive, Jim Schachter , told the Business Times that it wasn’t just subscriptions that have risen

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New York Times gains Bay Area subscribers

Bill Lazor, the Seahawks quarterbacks coach the past two years, has been announced as Virginia’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Lazor was hired by Seattle in 2008, replacing Jim Zorn after he left for Washington. Lazor was hired by Mike Holmgren after receiving a glowing recommendation from Joe Gibbs, whom he worked for at Washington.

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Bill Lazor announced as Virginia offensive coordinator

Kris Richard, a former Seahawks defensive back, will now help coach Seattle’s defensive backs. Richard was hired as an assistant secondary coach, according to the official Web site of USC’s football program.

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Kris Richard added as assistant defensive backs coach

Defensive end Patrick Kerney’s football future was going to be a question this offseason. He is 33, and now has undergone pretty serious surgery after four successive seasons. Kerney held a retirement party , according to Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com

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Report: Patrick Kerney held retirement party

Although Apple’s new tablet won’t be available for at least another two months, vendors are already racing to stoke demand for iPad accessories. Getty Images An Apple event attendee plays with an iPad that is docked in a keyboard. New York-based iLuv Creative Technology unveiled on Thursday a new line of iPad products, including hard and soft carrying cases and screen protectors.

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Accessory Makers Queue Up for iPad

Twitter has introduced a ‘ Local Trends ‘ filter, which allows users to see what others are posting about on the site in their area. The official Twitter blog explained that the trends function began as a way to see what was popular on a global scale in real-time, but this would create another way for members to discover relevant topics to them.

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Twitter trending topics go local

From Davos Live : Google’s Chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt declined to comment on Google during a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, saying “I am not going to say anything about China.” Associated Press Chairman and CEO of Google Eric Schmidt speaks during a session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Friday. He did, however, say that, “We like what China is doing in terms of growth…we just don’t like censorship

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Google CEO: ‘We’d Very Much Like to Stay in China’

While The Wall Street Journal struggles with advertising, it continues to diversify its offerings by delving into another realm – travel services. PaidContent reports that the WSJ officially announced Thursday the launch of WSJTravel , a website that will offer 50 travel packages to destinations including Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and South America.

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The Wall Street Journal expands brand with WSJTravel launch

The Australian media regulatory body is set to start using social media, having appointed a former newspaper editor to create its social media strategy. Tom Burton , former executive editor of broadsheet newspaper the Sydney Morning Herald , has been appointed to the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to oversee its government 2.0 and social engagement strategies. Burton was previously working in the US as the Communications and On-Line Director of The Center for American Progress

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Australia: Media regulation body to get blogs, Facebook and Twitter

As world leaders plan the future of the global economy at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, journalists are using social media and other innovative ways to bring the discussion closer to the people.

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All eyes on Davos: how media players are bringing the WEF closer to you

The Los Angeles Times and the journalism school at the University of Southern California have announced they will collaborate on homicide reporting, the LA Times reports . Under the arrangement, students from the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism will write stories for The Times’ Homicide Report blog.

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USC students to write for LA Times blog

“He’s got a great back-pedal.” That’s the kind of things a football scout says when he’s evaluating a linebacker. Well, at least when he’s evaluating a promising linebacker, and those exact words were spoken by a pair of trained eyes watching the linebackers during the North team’s practice at the Senior Bowl

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Thursday at the Senior Bowl: The Butler did it

The Guardian website has done it again – the newspaper’s website has just announced it has achieved its second record-breaking month in a row with nearly 37 million unique users for December, according to its website . This surpassed its November record by 3.32%, according to figures released today by the Audit Bureau of Circulations Electronic .

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Guardian website received nearly 37 million unique visitors in December

Newspapers have not only lost significant advertising revenue in the last couple of years, they have also been losing government support in the form of subsidies in the last forty years, concludes a new study by the University of Southern California . According to Poynter , a new study of historic subsidies and emerging trends tracks various tax breaks, reductions in postal subsidies first enacted in 1792, and upcoming cutbacks in public notices that government regulations have traditionally forced into American newspapers.

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US: Study shows government subsidies to media have declined

Newspaper publisher McClatchy is going to try out charging for content online, Editor and Publisher reports . Chief Executive Gary Pruitt said that McClatchy will trial a pay model on one of its newspaper websites, suggesting that a number of articles could be available for free before the reader hits a paywall

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McClatchy to trial paywalls