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Jacksonville.com First Online Newspaper Site to Add Virtual World News Feed
Jacksonville.com, the website of the Florida Times Union is the first in the country to add a virtual world news section. VirtualJax.iVinnie.com is a daily news aggregator of top stories from virtual worlds, online games, and social networks.

The Association of Virtual Worlds Welcomes Andrew Peters as Marketing Director
The Association of Virtual Worlds today announced the appointment of Andrew Peters, virtual world advocate and community creator to the position of Marketing Director. Peters is well known to the Virtual Worlds Industry and has served as a member of the Associations' Advisory Board. He will be chartered with launching the AVW Platinum Membership Program as well as building the community which has enjoyed rapid growth in just a few short months to become one of the largest groups in the virtual worlds' arena located at

Do You Know Where in the Virtual World Your Kids Are?
A new poll on iVinnie.com, the virtual world news and entertainment network, asks, "Do you know where in the virtual world your kids are?" With over 300 virtual worlds on the Internet, tech-savvy kids, tweens, and teens have lots of choices. Are you keeping up? Take the poll and find out.

Massive Virtual World for Kids Promotes History, Culture, Creativity and Awareness for the Environment
During the Christmas Eve of 2009, thousands of children from over 130 countries waited in barely contained excitement as the clock counted down to the launch of The Travels of Wiglington and Wenks Virtual World.

Brand Promotion the Moderne Way: NY Event Firm Ranks in Top 100 Event Agencies
Event Marketer Magazine has ranked New York-based Moderne Promotions as one of the Top 100 Global Event Marketing agencies in its latest issue. A longtime leader in effective nightlife and experiential marketing solutions, Moderne Promotions is recognized for its groundbreaking work creating "mixed reality" events in the virtual world of Second Life.

Future Breakthroughs in the Virtual Worlds
Social Technologies newsletter, ChangeWaves, offers insight into the future of online virtual worlds

New Book on Virtual Worlds Describes Using Avatars to Fight Terrorism
Henley-Putnam Professor Releases Revealing Look at Emerging Technology

Execs Teleport to Virtual Conference
Execs from over 170 companies opted to teleport rather than fly to a recent virtual worlds conference. Clever Zebra, organizers of the vBusiness Expo note the growing trend in a "no fly" stance to meetings.