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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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Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Viacom, YouTube Make Their Case: Read Their Secret Papers Here
Viacom, YouTube Make Their Case: Read Their Secret Papers Here
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Associated Press
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
YouTube Defense: Viacom “Secretly Uploaded” Content, And They Tried To Buy Us
YouTube Defense: Viacom “Secretly Uploaded” Content, And They Tried To Buy Us
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NewTeeVee
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.
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Mediaite, Media Decoder, Michael Calderone's Blog, Romenesko, FishBowlDC, ABCNEWS and Tuned In
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 …
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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TechCrunch, Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, Ars Technica, Wall Street Journal, Lifehacker, Washington Post, mediabistro.com, Epicenter, Beyond Search, WebNewser, Between the Lines, The Atlantic Online, DVICE, The Huffington Post, Gizmodo Australia, All Things Digital, Mediaite, TVWeek.com, Search Engine Land, Gizmodo, Associated Press, paidContent, NewTeeVee, Silicon Alley Insider, FierceOnlineVideo, TUAW, Mashable!, VentureBeat and Engadget
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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.
New York Times:
Amazon Threatens Publishers as Apple Looms — 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 of the discussions.
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GigaOM, Silicon Alley Insider, TeleRead, Fast Company, eBookNewser, The Stranger …, GalleyCat, Gizmodo Australia and TechFlash
Jeff Bercovici / DailyFinance:
Roger Ailes: I Feel Sorry for ‘Crazy’ Ex-'New York Times' Editor — Roger Ailes (left) and Howell Raines (right) have each run one of the most powerful institutions in American journalism. But don't expect to see them comparing notes over a congenial lunch at the Four Seasons anytime soon.
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Etan Horowitz / CNN:
Family cashing in on ‘David After Dentist’ — Austin, Texas (CNN) — If you spend any time on the Internet, you've no doubt seen “David After Dentist,” the YouTube video of a woozy 7-year-old boy in the back seat of a car, struggling to understand the effects of anesthesia.
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 …
Billboard.Biz:
UMG To Unveil New U.S. Pricing Structure For CDs — The Universal Music Group will rewrite U.S. music pricing following the debut of its new frontline pricing structure, which is designed to get single CDs in stores at $10, or below. — The company is about to unveil its Velocity program …
City Room:
Paterson Claims He Was Article's Source — ALBANY — In a radio town hall appearance this morning in New York City, Gov. David A. Paterson claimed that he was the one who first told the news media that he had talked to a woman involved in a domestic violence complaint against one of his top aides.
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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The Stranger …
Bloomberg:
Time Warner Said to Weigh MGM Studio Bid Up to $1.5 Billion — Time Warner Inc. is considering a bid of $1.2 billion to $1.5 billion for the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. film studio, according to two people with knowledge of the discussions, as second-round offers come due tomorrow.
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The Wrap
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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eMedia Vitals blogs, The Business Insider, WebNewser, Newsonomics, Editor and Publisher, mediabistro.com, Editors Weblog, DealBook, MediaPost and Cision
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.
Wall Street Journal:
Apple Races to Strike iPad Content Deals — Apple Inc. is still working to secure content for the iPad with just weeks to go before the tablet computer's release, said people familiar with the matter, as the company tempers some of its initial ambitions for the much-hyped device.
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
ITV: no plans to put shows on YouTube or Hulu — Broadcaster says it will not do deals with video-on-demand aggregation services, but will build traffic for its own player — A senior ITV executive has said today that the broadcaster had “no plans” to do output deals to put its programming …