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Aaron / YouTube Blog:
Broadcast Yourself — Around the globe, YouTube has become a metaphor for the democratizing power of the Internet and information. YouTube gives unknown performers, filmmakers, and artists new ways to promote their work to a global audience and rise to worldwide fame …
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David Kaplan / paidContent:
YouTube-Viacom, Part Two: YouTube Founders' E-Mails Show Struggles Over Copyrighted Works — In the second set of documents released today from Viacom's $1 billion lawsuit against Google (NSDQ: GOOG) over YouTube's posting of its copyrighted works, e-mails among the video site's three primary …
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Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Viacom, YouTube Make Their Case: Read Their Secret Papers Here — And we're off. Court filings in the YouTube-Viacom suit were just unsealed, and both sides are distributing them now. — This post will be a work in progress as I ingest the paperwork. I'll link to places …
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Stephanie Strom / New York Times:
Pentagon Sees a Threat From Online Muckrakers — To the list of the enemies threatening the security of the United States, the Pentagon has added WikiLeaks.org, a tiny online source of information and documents that governments and corporations around the world would prefer to keep secret.
Choire / The Awl:
A Conversation with Paul Ford, the Now-Former Web Editor of Harper's Magazine — Choire Sicha: Dear Paul Ford: Why did you quit Harper's this week? — Paul Ford: I am leaving to pursue other opportunities. Not a euphemism! I'm working primarily with Activate, which is the amazing …
New York Times:
Amazon May Impede Access to Some Publishers' Books — Amazon.com has threatened to stop directly selling the books of some publishers online unless they agree to a detailed list of concessions regarding the sale of electronic books, according to two industry executives with direct knowledge the discussions.
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Nick Bilton / New York Times:
Google and Partners Seek a Television Foothold — Google and Intel have teamed with Sony to develop a platform called Google TV to bring the Web into the living room through a new generation of televisions and set-top boxes. — The move is an effort by Google and Intel to extend their dominance …
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Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
Ailes to the DC Staff: No More Shooting Inside the Tent — Fox News founder and chairman Roger Ailes dropped in to the Washington Bureau this afternoon for an impromptu talk to the troops ahead of tonight's RTCA dinner. — Sources inside the packed newsroom tell TVNewser Ailes started …
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Kevin Allocca / TVNewser:
Christiane Amanpour Leaves CNN to Host ABC's ‘This Week’ — First on TVNewser: CNN's Christiane Amanpour is leaving CNN and will become the new anchor of ABC News' “This Week” TVNewser has learned. ABC News staff was informed internally Thursday afternoon.
Devin Leonard / New York Times:
The Beat Goes Online, Minus the Glitz — IN the magazine world, there has traditionally been no more glamorous place to work than Condé Nast. Brandon Holley can attest to that. — When she was the editor in chief of Jane, Condé Nast's monthly for young single women …
David Kaplan / paidContent:
Hyperlocal Newswire Fwix To Provide Content To NYTCo Properties — The NYTCo's local content efforts are getting a quick boost from hyperlocal newswire Fwix. In a sense, the deal with Fwix can buttress the NYTimes.com's New York metro area blogs program, The Local, which it began last year.
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Jack Shafer / Slate:
The Worst “Pharm Party” Story Ever … - Spitzer: Only a Shareholder Revolution Can Fix Wall Street- I Want To Do Volunteer Work Abroad for My Vacation. Will It Do Any Good? - Why Won't Insurance Companies Cover Fertility Treatments for Single Women?
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David Kaplan / paidContent:
Reuters Begins Selling New Customized Financial Data, Graphics Service To Newspapers — As major newspaper publishers have seen profits return and ad declines slow a bit, Reuters (NYSE: TRI) is hoping that the time is right to sell a new product designed to enhance understaffed business sections.
Rafat Ali / paidContent:
SEC Watch: Gannett Execs Still Raking It In, Despite Rapid Revenue Declines — Two charts for you this morning, this time from Gannett (NYSE: GCI), and little explanation needed beyond that, despite all the spin and justification in the company's proxy filing this morning.
Motoko Rich / Media Decoder:
Unexpectedly, Barnes & Noble Names a New Chief Executive — In a surprise move, Barnes & Noble named William Lynch, president of the company's Web division, as chief executive, replacing Steve Riggio, who will remain as vice chairman. — The appointment seems to indicate that the company …
Jay Rosen / PressThink:
How the Backchannel Has Changed the Game for Conference Panelists — The bar's been raised. Use of the backchannel—years ago it was IRC, today it's Twitter—lets the audience compare notes and pool their dissatisfaction if the program misfires. Here's what we did to avoid that at SXSW.
MyNorthwest.com:
Is Hearst's online-only news experiment working in Seattle? — One year ago last night the Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper presses rolled for the last time. — Derrek Horton delivers final edition copies of the P-I, March 17, 2009. — It's hard to say exactly what Seattle might …
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