Digital Manga Publishing recently created an account on the popular social networking website MySpace. DMP's MySpace news blog can be found here.

Source: Active Anime

Viz has announced a new Shojo Beat event -- Macy's Passport 2007 Sweepstakes, where the winners will receive tickets to the Macy's Fashion Inform event taking place on 9/18 in San Francisco and on 9/28 in Los Angeles.

Via: theOtaku

Anime News Network is currently looking for a new on-air video talent for future video podcasts. TV columnists and critics positions are also available.

Anime on DVD is currently looking for new DVD reviewers from the U.K. and the U.S.

Keiko Takemiya, mangaka of series such as To Terra... and Andromeda Stories, will appear at the Santa Monica Barnes and Noble bookstore on Saturday (9/15) at 3:00 p.m. for a book signing event.

Via: ANN

Brazilian publsiher Conrad Publishing has licensed Akira Toriyama's Cowa, and will be releasing manga in Brazil this October. Other Toriyama manga licensed by Conrad include Kajika, Neko Majin, Marusaku, Dr. Slump and Dragon Ball.

Source: Papo de Budega

The following manga appeared on the USA Today Booklist Top 150 (PDF) for the week ending September 9th:

• #37 - Naruto, Volume 18 - Viz - (Last week: #62)
• #65 - Naruto, Volume 17 - Viz - (Last week: #93)
• #74 - Naruto, Volume 16 - Viz - (Last week: #102)

Also, Comicsnob posts the "Consolidated Online Manga Sales Rankings for 13 September."

A round up of the new comic release list and views for the week of September 12th 2007:

• ComicList: ComicList for 09/12/2007
• New Manga List ~ Sept 12, 2007
• Comicsnob: Watch it: manga et al. for the week of September 9th
• Manga Recon: Weekly Recon, 9/12/07
• theOtaku: New Manga Releases
• Precocious Curmudgeon: Upcoming 9/12
• Japanator: Releases for the week of 9/10/07

ANN reports that a group of 11 manga artists, including Tetsuya Chiba, Takehiko Inoue and Go Nagai, has won a lawsuit against 2 manga uploaders who uploaded their manga onto the internet. As a result, the uploaders are fined 20.5 million for copyright infringement:

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From ICv2 comes a three part interview (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) with Liza Coppola, the Senior Vice President of VIZ Media, who discusses the current state of the anime and manga market, as well as Viz's plans for Naruto in 2008.

According to the Tezuka: Marvel of Manga Blog, translator and writer Frederik L. Schodt will be giving a talk on Henry Kiyama's The Four Immigrants Manga (Manga Yonin Shosei) on September 13 in San Francisco.

Source: MangaBlog