IDG World Expo finally breaks the silence and brings us an update on this year's E for All Expo. Microsoft has confirmed to exhibit their goods at the said event, and you can bet there's gonna be a whole lot in store for you guys. Details at the full article.

In some parts of the world, people are making profit off arcades hosting consoles. In particular, business in Sierra Leone of Africa is booming due to the popularity of the PlayStation brand. Head over to the full article for more details.

IDG Entertainment is sending word that instead of August, this year's E for All Expo has been moved to October. This news should serve as a relief for those worried the the event may conflict with PAX's own schedule for 2008.

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Event management organization IDG World Expo has confirmed earlier this week that next year's Macworld Conference & Expo will be bannered by no less than Apple CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs.

The latest tally of exhibitors totals 350 companies transcending the fields of design, print, online, photography, broadcast, videography, and music. More details about Steve Jobs and Macworld via the "read more" link below.

 

In an official press release made available today, IDG World Expo has officially announced that former senior VP Carolyn Rauch of the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has been appointed a key position in the development of E for All.

Her more than 20 years of prior experience in the business will aid her to cultivate the consumer leg of the subdivided E3 as VP of Event Development. She will be responsible for planning out new events for IDG World Expo and business development initiatives.

She used to manage ESA's E3 Media & Business Summit, a strictly invite-only event for the press and investors, and a year earlier from that she served as public relations, research, and managed certain aspects of the E3 Expo trade show prior to its downfall. Mary Dolaher, CEO of IDG World Expo, concluded the announcement, stating:

Carolyn is a seasoned executive who brings a broad range of experience to IDG World Expo and we are thrilled to have her on board. She will play a pivotal role in helping us build our event portfolio, as well as build on the success of our existing events.

All the analysts agree: E3 got too big for itself that it eventually collapsed. The E3 Media and Business Summit coming this July and E for All this October are simple spin offs from the normally huge gathering of gamers, media, developers, publishers and even investors, and neither even sound the least bit sizeable anymore.

 

What forced the Electronic Entertainment Expo to break itself down to two separate events? In the fifth episode of the Bonus Round for GameTrailers TV, Geoff Keighley spoke with Wedbush Morgan's analyst Michael Pachter, IDG World Expo's CEO Mary Dolaher, and Electronic Arts' Director of Corporate Communications Tammy Schachter.

 

Michael Pachter was a fan of E3 for years. In fact, he probably does miss the booth babes as much as Keighley says he does. Pachter has been through the most recent of the ESA's Consumer Electronics Show spin-off, and particularly noted his aggravation with just how big it had become.

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