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Amp’d Content Team And Former CEO Close To Joining Wi-Max/Wireless ISP Clearwire

Aug 10, 2007 12:18 AM

Former Amp’d Mobile founder and CEO Peter Adderton and most of the execs on its content (Amp’d Live) team are close to joining Wi-Max broadband wireless ISP Clearwire (Nasdaq:CLWR), MocoNews.net has learned. The team moving to Clearwire includes Seth Cummings, former SVP of content at Amp’d and currently exec producer…

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Audio Interview: Peter Adderton, Former CEO, Amp’d Mobile

Jul 31, 2007 1:23 AM

A wide ranging interview with Peter Adderton, the former founder and CEO of Amp’d Mobile, whose bankruptcy auction proceedings will start tomorrow morning in court. I spoke to him earlier this evening on phone..below are the choice quotes and you can also download the audio from the link below: —Our…

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Amp’d Mobile Decides To Sell Off Assets

Jul 20, 2007 7:04 PM

As I mentioned earlier today, things are a lot bleaker for Amp’d with no debtor-in-possession financing in place. The company has filed with the bankruptcy court, and has finally decided to sell its assets. Amp’d said in the court filing that it has continued to look for buyers, but has…

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Peter Adderton Offically Out Of Amp’d Mobile

Jun 12, 2007 1:56 PM

We’ve confirmed through sources: Peter Adderton, the embattled CEO of the now-in-Chapter-11 MVNO Amp’d Mobile, has left the firm as CEO. He is still on the board and is still the largest individual shareholder. The company is going through Chapter 11 bankruptcy and the management overhaul is to be expected.…

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Amp’d Bankruptcy: Day In Court; Verizon Answers Back

Jun 5, 2007 5:35 PM

Amp’d Mobile’s first bankruptcy hearing was Tuesday afternoon in Wilmington. Steven Yoder, one of the attorneys representing Amp’d, told me by email, “All of the relief we sought today was granted ... I would say that today was a positive and necessary first step for the company as we begin…

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Amp’d Mobile Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy; Hopes To Restructure, With Funding In Place

Jun 2, 2007 12:54 PM

Update: it has filed...see this follow-up post. Amp’d Mobile, the content-heavy MVNO which has had close to $360 million pumped into it over the last two years, will be filing has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the Delaware bankruptcy court, MocoNews.net has learned through sources, in hopes to restructure…

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Comedy Central To Pick Up Amp’d Mobisode For TV

Dec 4, 2006 1:36 AM

Among the first such case in U.S., where a show, made for mobile, has made it onto TV: Comedy Central will air a political parody show produced by MVNO Amp’d Mobile. The show, the animated series called “Lil’ Bush: Resident of the United States” will be co-produced with Amp’d and…

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