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"IAC-owned local guide network Citysearch is expanding its local listings ad service CityGrid through a partnership with search marketer OrangeSoda. Citysearch is also providing an investment in Utah-based OrangeSoda, the amount of which is undisclosed. The move is part of a more aggressive effort by Citysearch to attract more ad dollars from local businesses. While Citysearch has been around for 15 years and has often catered to local online advertisers across a dozen city-centric sites, many other outlets are similarly stepping up their outreach to small marketers too. With CityGrid, Citysearch isn't trying to beat those other directory and local blog sites; it believes it can get those competitors to join them."

"Gawker Media, the eight-year-old online publishing heavyweight founded by Nick Denton, announced its first acquisition on Monday: the New York boldface name guide CityFile."

Emil Malak has sued James Cameron writer for copyright infringement, claiming that Avatar is based on a screenplay he wrote called Terra Incognita in 1998. Malak has said that Avatar, the highest-grossing film of all time, bears a striking resemblance to his Terra Incognita, a screenplay he wrote and first copyrighted in 1998.