Good morning, it’s Monday, November 1, 2010, and this is your first early morning digital briefing.  If you would like to read this or any other Cynopsis edition online, click here. 

Google announced that two of its top digital media executives – AdMob founder Omar Hamoui and YouTube co founder Chad Hurley – have decided to step down from their prospective posts. Internet wunderkind Omar, who sold AdMob to Google for $750 million last May, is expected to pursue other opportunities. Mr Hurley, on the other hand, will (like his fellow YouTube co-Founder Steve Chen) stay on at Google in an advisory role to work on other areas. Longtime YouTube operational manager Salar Kamangar will take over as new CEO of YouTube as it continues to make moves to improve ad products, content integrations, syndication strategies and protections against unauthorized usage.
 

 
AOL will take the wraps off a new redesign early this week, according to the WSJ, refocusing users’ attention on trending topics, content mined from partners and other AOL content sites as well as heavy doses of social integration. The company has created a new technology platform to push out articles based on popular topics, struck deals with celebrities to revive it falling traffic needle and will rely on recent acquisitions such as TechCrunch and 5min Media to improve engagement.
 

 
Cynopsis contributor and long-time industry reporter Daisy Whitney’s first novel The Mockingbirds is about a secret society of students dedicated to righting the wrongs of their fellow peers. It goes on sale tomorrow in bookstores nationwide from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers and can also be purchased directly from DaisyWhitneyBooks.com. Good work Daisy!
 

 
Ben Silverman’s Electus studio, operating as a subsidiary of IAC, has launched an 8-week Facebook program with sponsor Subway to encourage high school students and teachers to nominate local heroes of their own communities. Users will be able to upload and share videos, comment, and vote for their favorite heroes, with the Facebook community making the ultimate decision on the country’s best and most inspiring heroes ­­- the winning Subway High School Hero will be announced via Facebook Dec. 16, 2010, and will win a grand prize of $10,000 and an Apple iPad. Subway’s digital agency Publicis Modem also worked on the campaign.
 

 
Fox Networks finally reached a transmission agreement with Cablevision just before first pitch on Saturday night that has brought the remaining World Series games to some 3 million New York and Philadelphia subscribers. WNYW FOX 5 and WWOR My 9 in New York, WTXF FOX 29 in Philadelphia, along with cable channels FOX Deportes, FOX Business Network, and Nat Geo WILD were all restored. Exact dollar figures for the deal were not disclosed, but Fox is believed to have secured rates similar its hard-fought terms won from Timer Warner Cable late last year. (Cablevision issued a statement saying it agreed to Fox’s “unfair price, including many in which our customers have little or no interest.”)
 
Verizon Wireless learned they were hit by “the largest fine in FCC history” for changing 15 million customers “mystery fees” over the past 3 years. The FCC’s idea of a record payment is $25 million being paid to the U.S. Treasury and another $52.8 million being refunded to affected Verizon consumers.
 

 
Vendors shipped 340.5 million mobile phone units in 3Q10 compared to 297.1 million units in the third quarter of 2009, according to IDC with the growing popularity of converged mobile devices, or smartphones pushing Apple into the number 4 position worldwide in 3Q10 (growing its mkt. share by 90% y/y,) and joining Research In Motion (RIM) as the only two top 5 smartphone-only vendors. Apple and RIM also posted the highest-growth rates among the top 5 vendors last quarter. Nokia maintained the top spot in the overall mobile phone market despite year-over-year unit shipment growth of less than 2% in new chief executive Steven Elop’s first quarter at the helm.
 
Top Five Mobile Phone Vendors, Shipments, and Mkt. Share, Q3 2010
(Units in Millions, global)
Vendor           3Q10 Units  3Q10 Mkt. Share 3Q09 Units  3Q09 Mkt. Share 3Q10/3Q09 Change
1. Nokia              110.4              32.4%        108.5              36.5%                 1.8%
2. Samsung           71.4              21.0%          60.2              20.3%               18.6%
3. LG Electronics     28.4               8.3%          31.6              10.6%             -10.1%
4. Apple                 14.1                4.1%           7.4               2.5%                90.5%
5. R.I.M.                12.4                3.6%           8.5               2.9%                 45.9%
Others                 103.8               30.5%         80.9              27.2%                28.3%
Total                   340.5               100.0%      297.1            100.0%                14.6%
Source: IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, October 28, 2010
 
                      

 
Look for a major update with the Xbox Live dashboard later today, leading the way for the launch of the much anticipated Kinect motion controller set to launch Nov. 4 in North America. The interface will feature new fonts, colors and content organization options, adding access to ESPN streaming sports content, Zune music and movie titles, a new Netflix search feature, etc.
 
Better Homes and Gardens magazine launched its first ever iPad app, Celebrate The Holidays, now available for purchase on iTunes for $3.99. The app is designed to be a one-stop party planning holiday resource featuring recipes, menus, decorating and activity ideas around various holiday events. The app allows you to link to your iTunes vault to create playlists of songs you’d like to listen to during the party. A digital edition of the magazine is also planned for spring 2011.
 

 
Austin, TX-based Unicast announced the promotion of long-time veteran, James Dillon, to GM and SVP. James will now be responsible for overseeing Unicast’s global operations as well as driving the company’s global market strategy.
 
Cable and satellite channel BabyFirst has upped Arik Kerman to EVP/Programming and New Media, with his expanded role to include the direction of new media development including mobile applications and website expansion.
 

 
The Google Election Center is Google Lab’s new clearing house of information to help voters discovery how to register, where to vote and how to contact local state and local election offices. The new Google Election Center widget, allows you to embed the election app to your own blog or website. The interface is clean and easy to navigate, featuring color-coded maps and loads of other related data, including voting places nearest to you, local results as they filter in, and  clues as to which way the wind is blowing in your county on certain contentious issues. Also check out the Google Election Center for Mobile at m.google.com/elections from your mobile browser.
 
Later — Wayne
Wayne Karrfalt for Cynopsis Digital
wayne@cynopsis.com
11.01.10

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