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HEADLINES FOR THE WEEK OF 2 APRIL2007
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Trends
How do you deal with the value of DRM-free music? Just adjust your pricing and move on...  
EMI, Apple partner on DRM-free premium music CNET News
Microsoft to offer DRM-free songs for Zune? Download Squad
Or not...  
Warner’s Digital Watchdog Widens War on Pirates The New York Times*
Push Comes to Shove for Control of Web Video The New York Times*
EU Lodges Complaint Against Apple's iTunes; Alleges Restrictive Practices; Record labels named IBD via Content Agenda
Zell kvells about newspapers but seems to be crowing in the dark...  
Tribune Accepts Zell Buyout, Agrees to Sell Chicago Cubs WSJ Online*
Papers, Web firms need 'a new deal,' Zell says LA Times*
For Tribune Buyer, a Storm to the West The New York Times*
As McClatchy pushes more online contexts for local news content...  
McClatchy's Pruitt Aims to Do More With Google, Yahoo Bloomberg News
McClatchy's deal with Yahoo opens doors AP via Yahoo! News
And other traditional news organizations tinker to find the right mix of content to drive online revenues...  
Web vs. Print: Online Successes at One Newspaper Raise More Questions Than They Answer Knowledge@ Wharton
Newspapers' Online Classified Nets Drive Traffic Media Daily News
NYTimes.com Adds Outside Content To Relaunched Auto Site Media Post
Social media is riding high but seems to do best when it doesn't try to become what it's replacing...  
Blogosphere alive with the sound of musings — 70 million of them Times Online
New Media Revolution Winners And Losers Forbes
Web 2.0 - Over and Out Early Stage VC
Assignment Zero Has Birthing Pains with 800 Volunteers Media Shift
Topix Reboots As a CitJ-News Search Hybird paidContent.org
As old distribution models start to weaken new players see new opportunities in fresh angles on old models...  
Print death watch Really Strategies Blog
Spinning Into Oblivion: The Death of Music Stores The New York Times*
Silicon Valley Moneymen Make a Play for Airwaves The New York Times*
Google TV Ads - Here They Come Mashable
Google Launches Free 411 Service TechCrunch
Homes, not just homepages Google Blog
The subway tunnel as video billboard CNET News
BitTorrent launches ad-supported downloads Content Agenda
You-know-who just keeps the innovation and deals bandwagon rolling...  
Report: Google Joins DoubleClick Derby TheStreet.com /Content Agenda
Google’s White Label AdWords for AOL Mashable
Google Too Powerful? Us? Surely You Jest BusinessWeek
Google duo take just $1 salary from company The Irish Times/ Content Agenda
Publishers go to war about copyright with Google but it really comes down to trying to make the best deals...  
AFP allows Google to use its content AP/Bloomberg via Tapei Times
Lectures about ethics in weblogging seem to be moot in the face of traditional media's ethics lapses...  
Francisco, MKTW and DJ Draw Attention For Reporter’s Role In Start-Up; Leaves MarketWatch paidContent.org
Call for a Blogger's Code of Conduct O'Reilly Radar
The quest for value in scientific publishing needs to find a more inclusive approach to sourcing innovation...  
Open Access and the Progress of Science American Scientist
Moving Out of the Shadows: Publishing From the Rest of the World ScienceCareers
YouTube is still targeted as a "bad boy" of copyright but it's mostly about individuals finding a creative outlet...  
Study says copyrighted material not dominant on YouTube Broadcasting & Cable
Forget YouTube: Go To These Sites If You Want Hard Core Copyright Infringing Content TechCrunch
Compete Knows How Much Time You Waste on YouTube TechCrunch
Not everything in social media rains money just yet but it's getting to look like  steady drizzle...  
Cold Cash From A Hot Site: Can MySpace pull in revenue fast enough for Rupert? BusinessWeek
Podcasts Attract Growing Audiences, But Not Ad Revenue paidContent.org
China's beginning to learn the value of intellectual property as its own Web revolution gains momentum...  
Dangdang.com Accused Of Content Infringement China Tech News
If everyone can publish on their own why do we care about an underground...?  
Yahoo Underground Launches…For Some Reason Mashable
In other major trends in content this week...  
Reed evolves to go with the flow Times Online
Wolters CEO eyes Germany for new deals Reuters
Online Experiment for Print Magazine The New York Times*
Technorati’s transitions to the Live Web and taggers ZDNet
Marketing in Second Life doesn’t work… here is why! GigaOM
Ask.Com's 'Revolt' Risks Costly Clicks WSJ Online*
NYT Shifts Course On TimesSelect Archives After Protests; Not All Students Will Have Access paidContent.org
Business, not pleasure: Ebooks eking out a niche existence Jurnalo
Best Practices
Can you trust vendor sponsored information? InfoWorld
W3C Sets New Standard for Internationalized Web Content BusinessWire
White Papers Most Important to Technology Buyers MediaPost
Wealthy Consumers Embrace Online Collaboration and Community but on Their Own Terms MarketWire via Sys-Con
Singh: Better eLearning and Knowledge Transfer with Web 2.0 Bio IT World
Google vs. Microsoft: Do you want Google to be your ‘librarian’? ZDNet Blogs
Wikipedia a Pariah? Not Really, Say Campus Interviewees Library Journal
When It Comes To Video, Do Consumers Want To Search Or Discover? Search Insider
Samsung is asking for your ideas Really Simple Sidi
Loosen Copyright Restrictions for the Internet Age MediaShift
Corporate Libraries Go Virtual PR Inside
Call for broadband access boost across NYC Newsday via Content Agenda
Cool Tools
Introducing Gmail Paper (parody) Google
Google Launches Free In-Home Broadband WiFi (parody) Google
SharedBook API - Let Your Users Print their own Books Mashable
Pump Your Productivity with "Mini Me" Bookmarklets Micro Persuasion
Mozilla To Build Social Networking Into Firefox: Bad News For Flock TechCrunch
Widgets Arrive for the iPod MicroPersuasion
Bye-Bye PDF: The New Coming e-Book Revolution - An Interview With Antonio Tombolini Robin Good
If You Don’t Use Del.icio.us, You Will Now TechCrunch
Autonomy's Virage Automates Copyright Infringement Detection for Online Video Insurance NewsNet
Google Turns Maps Into a Community Micro Persuasion
Google offers free voice-activated local search CNET News
How to Use Gmail as a Business Diary and More Tips Micro Persuasion
Atten.TV feeds your inner voyeur Download Squad
Yahoo! Alpha - Google Custom Search Engine Gets a Competitor Digital Inspiration
Read stories on your mobile device with Wattpad Download Squad
New 'MasterCard Nearby' Service Delivers Content and Convenience to Cardholders' Cell Phones Smart Card Alliance
Sony Reader: Good Condition, Some Flaws BusinessWeek
IBM developing wiki how-to tool CNET News
New Bar Codes Can Talk With Your Cellphone The New York Times*
Deals, Partnerships & Sales
PR Newswire to Provide Enhanced News Content to Bizjournals.com PR Newswire via B'cast Newsroom
Interactive Data to Acquire Xcitek Market Data BusinessWire
Autonomy Signs Contract With McGraw Hill PR Inside
The Wicks Group of Companies, L.L.C. Acquires Education Direct, Inc. PR Newswire
Meredith Corporation Signs Distribution Agreement with ClipSyndicate PR Newswire via Sys-Con
Dice.com Parent Files For $100 Million IPO paidContent.org
DMGI to Offer Video Content Through Amazon Unbox PR Newswire via Sys-Con
LexisNexis(R)Applied Discovery(R) Earns ISO 9001:2000 Certification for Quality Management BusinessWire
Convera(R) to Focus on Vertical Search for Publishers; Sells RetrievalWare(TM) to FAST PR Newswire
blinkx Partners With JamBase Adding Concert and Music Information to Search Index PR Newswire
Lonely Planet Teams With Reality Digital to Launch LonelyPlanet.tv BusinessWire via TMCNet
Products, Markets & People
Nstein Technologies announces departure of Chairman and CEO CNW Group
D&B Announces Changes to its Board of Directors BusinessWire
ZoomInfo unveils new business search engine BtoB Online
TheNewsRoom Now Has Thousands of Videos, Articles and Feeds on Cancer News and Information PR Newswire via Sys-Con
Patent Analysis Tool uses information retrieval techniques ThomasNet
CIO.com Launches Redesigned Website: First B2B Site to Adopt Community-Governed Content Model PR Newswire

MetaCarta Introduces Industry-Specific Online Geographic Search

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Academic Search Complete Debuts on EBSCOhost; Adds LISTA to Profiles EContent Magazine
InterSearch Group Launches Banks.com: Enhances Personal Finance and Consumer Banking Site BusinessWire
Apple TV Enthusiasts Launch Wetpaint Wiki PR Database
PMN Launches Agricultural Web Search IAALD
 
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