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ARCHIVE FOR APRIL 2005
Date/Headlines Source
29 April 2005  
IAB releases final 2004 numbers: Ad revenue up 33% BtoB Online
Time for a change: The Associated Press as Napsterized news USC Annenberg OJR
Reuters loses market share FT.com*
Goldman Sachs: Q1 Was Weakest Quarter for Newspapers in Years Editor & Publisher
Librarians worry important information is being lost Chicago Tribune
CNN accused of using blogs for Guerrilla Marketing Campaign The Blog Herald
Ask Jeeves CEO: 1Q Showed Strong Financial, Traffic Growth WSJ Online*
rss, where art thou? Kaye Trammell
Browser Market Share Study Janco
Prous Science Selects Cadmus/KGL for Content Production PR Newswire via Yahoo!Finance
28 April 2005  
Yahoo Changes News Site, Adds Features Reuters
Microsoft's Metro takes on Adobe The Register
Dow Jones launches behavioral targeting across sites BtoB Online
Lawsuit Charges Circ Scams at Milwaukee Paper AP via Editor & Publisher
Search engines, startup media sites dream of becoming video hubs USC Annenberg OJR
Google AdSense for RSS running at Weblogs, Inc. Jason Calacanis
RSS|vp Adds Branded News and Podcasting Readers to Its Marketing Arsenal eMediaWire
NewsGator Private Label Demo NewsGator
No Google, please, we're French IHT
Print learns to love the web The Australian
eMeta Enhances eRightsWEB, Allowing Software as a Service and Content Providers to Employ Utility Pricing BusinessWire
27 April 2005  
Buying spree doubles profit at Thomson Globe and Mail
InfoUSA posts record revenue BtoB Online
Reed Elsevier Sees `Generally Improving' Business Conditions Bloomberg News
Veronis buys Facts on File The Deal
Next: The Google Street Journal LA Times
World Intellectual Property Day Slashdot
RSS: Cool Tool for Search Engine Marketing Pandia
The Smart Money Behind Video Blogging Business 2.0
Findory: Read, Learn, Personalize Findory via del.icio.us
Newsweek.com To Post New Articles Daily Online Media Daily
Research and Markets: Almost 22% of Law Libraries Have Materials Budgets Greater Than $350,000 PR Newswire
Aungate, Complinet Partnership to Deliver World's First Automated Compliance Information Platform PR Newswire via Yahoo!Finance
Reed Elsevier companies choose Bookmaster Ferret.com.au
Intellext Introduces Suite of Tools at Software 2005 for Online Content Providers to Leverage Context PR Newswire
ProjectForum Makes Wiki Collaboration Easy i-newswire
26 March 2005  
Newspapers Find National Ads a Tough Sell The New York Times*
Netscape pioneers launch free content network CNET News
Thomson Reports Stronger Profit, Raises Dividend Reuters
Time Inc. Plans Long-Term Mobile Strategy DM News
Google to launch RSS advertising? The Blog Herald
JupiterResearch Reveals Growing Preference for Online News at the Expense of TV and Newspapers BusinessWire
American Urological Association, Elsevier Announce New Partnership PR Newswire
Inxight Software and A.I. Tech Software Partner to Provide a Powerful, Intelligent CRM Experience PR Newswire via Yahoo!Finance
Open Media Network, Launches Web Beta: A Free Consumer Service for Viewing Public Service Content BusinessWire
Mintz Levin Selects Contact Networks' Innovative Enterprise Search Solution PR Newswire
Intermix Media Extends Reach Through RSS Content Syndication for Greater Advertising Opportunities BusinessWire
25 April 2005  
Google Weighs Changes to Ad Strategy theStreet.com
Primedia explores sale of business information unit BtoBOnline.com
A Hundred Cellphones Bloom, and Chinese Take to the Streets The New York Times*
The Year of Living Wirelessly The Boston Globe
Newspapers struggle to avoid their own obit Christian Science Monitor
Roll up for 'FT' sale of the century The Independent

EU approves BT Group's acquisition of Radianz

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ProQuest to digitise parliamentary papers InformationWorld
Reuters picks up 26% in Times TV Business Standard
What is Structured Blogging? Structured Blogging.org
Stock recovery eyed by Thomson Financial MarketWatch*
A Boldface Name Invites Others to Blog With Her The New York Times*
Innovative Knovel Program Helps Institutionsmake the Transition to a Virtual Library BusinessWire via Yahoo!Finance
Digital Information Network Launches Streaming Newscast Service for Local Broadcasters PR Newswire
Wolters Kluwer Health's Medi-Span Web Site Wins National Award BusinessWire
Crystal Semantics Patented Sense Engine Now Available in Server Side, Client and WEB Versions PR Newswire
FindProfit.com Provides Updated Research On Mobile Content Providers PR Newswire via Yahoo!Finance
22 April 2005  
Google Net Soars on Web Ad Boom WSJ Online*
DoubleClick Quarterly Profit Falls Reuters
DoubleClick sale may be imminent BtoB Online
Analysts: Newspapers Could Lose $4 Billion to Internet AdAge*
Blinkx Co-Founder Interview: Patterns point to useful data VNUNet
Taunton's titles stay close to homes The Boston Globe
A blog reveals the mind of Sun FT.com
Virtual roundtable: Grassroots journalism leaders discuss the nitty-gritty USC Annenberg OJR
Odds No Deterrent, as Many Try to Start Magazines The New York Times*
With Adobe acquiring Macromedia, will websites become obsolete? i-newswire
First Film About Blogs Anticipates the Future of Independent Grassroots Movie Production, Distribution eMediaWire
With Matrix Terminated, Goal Of Law-Enforcement Data Sharing Remains Unresolved InformationWeek
Blogs Will Change Your Business BusinessWeek
Wurld Media Reveals Technology Behind Their Legitimate P2P File-Sharing Network, Peer Impact PR Newswire via Yahoo!Finance
Fox Net Sees Custom Ads from Visible Reuters via Yahoo! News
21 April 2005  
Carnegie Study: Young Adults Are 'Abandoning' Papers Editor & Publisher
Google Offers Web-Search Tracker WSJ Online*
How Will Google Scan Those Books? Library Journal
It’s the internet, but not as we know it FT.com*
Tribe.net: Best Looking Container? Down the Avenue
Premium Content Vendors Take the Desktop Challenge EContent Magazine
Autonomy to Acquire etalk CRM Today
Tribune to target baby boomer niche Crain's Chicago Business
RMS lands Reed Business Information account BtoB Online
Feedster and AdBrite Partner in blog ads deal The Blog Herald
20 April 2005  
Reuters: May Lift Prices As Fincl Data Mkt Revives WSJ Online*
Google Print Draws Kudos, Skeptics at ACRL Library Journal
Dow Jones Faces Scrutiny on Stock Proposal AP via Yahoo!News
Washingtonpost.com might offer local, national home pages USC Annenberg OJR
Rojo - The Return - As a Taggregator Software Only
New Vertical Search Engine helps Information Technology Students The Hosting News
Calculating the new readership Chicago Sun-Times
Resurrecting the Online Past Poynter Online
NBC chief mulls blogs for top news anchors Reuters via CNET
Jeremy Wright to launch new blogging venture The Blog Herald
Towards Universal DRM EContent Magazine
Google UK launches maps and local search ZDNet UK
New API for Factiva SalesWorks Boosts Sales Tools with Company, Industry and Executive Info and News BusinessWire
blinkx Introduces Customizable and Sharable Smart Folders Pioneered by 'Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' PR Newswire
Open Text To Support Content Integration Standard For Improved Compliance and Content Management BusinessWire
19 April 2005  
AP To Charge For Web Content AP via CBS News
Adobe ready to battle Microsoft The Modesto Bee
LexisNexis Warns 280,000 of Info Breach AP via SFGate
Internet feeding, not beating, other media Variety.com
Scale Doesn't Scale: Aggregation is the New Scale BuzzMachine
All the news that's fit to post: Newspapers figure out a future SFGate
Meet the Gamers: Preparing Libraries for the Nintendo Generation Library Journal
Tag Teams Wrestle With Web Content Computerworld
It's All About Content: the Need for RSS in Press Relations Web Pro News
Blogdigger Joins PubSub in Supporting FeedMesh Intiative PrimeZone
Siebel Systems and FAST Form Long Term Partnership to Integrate FAST InStream BusinessWire
LexisNexis(R) File & Serve Receives Recognition for Use of Isilon IQ Clustered Storage PR Newswire
Open Text Introduces Unified Livelink ECM Platform BusinessWire
18 April 2005  
Adobe to buy Macromedia for $3.4 billion CNET News
Pearson pressed to sell Financial Times The Times Online
Dow Jones' Kann Sends S.O.S. for Turnaround Team New York Post
Tribune and Knight Ridder Post Earnings Gains WSJ Online*
What the Boys of Yahoo See Coming BusinessWeek
Study shows US users will pay for content if it's right for them New Media Age
Internet's growth, innovation threatens newspapers AP via The Detroit News
The New Business of Content Alerts EContent Magazine
Marketing Research Back in Style The New York Times
The intranet is dead - long live the wiki TecTonic
LexisNexis launches Japanese legal database Dayton Business Journal
ALM Introduces Total Opportunity Program for Integrated Marketing to Legal Industry BusinessWire via Yahoo!Finance
Verity Introduces First Business Process Management Solution with In-Process Enterprise-Class Search PR Newswire
Onfolio 2.0 Includes RSS News Feed Readers and Managing Web Research to Boost Productivity BusinessWire
Investment Bank & Securities Firm, Bridgewell, Selects Interaction for Crm BusinessWire via The Scotsman
15 April 2005  
LexisNexis Chief Advocates Data Security Rule LA Times
Worm attack forces Reuters IM offline CNET News
Circ Drops at 'Boston Globe,' Some Gains at 'NYT' and McClatchy Papers Editor & Publisher
RSS, Blogs and Relationship Marketing: Interview With Roger C. Parker Marketing Studies
Blogs, Wikis, RSS: Walking the enterprise tightrope ZDNet
Yahoo Revamps News Site MediaWeek
Newspaper Rolls Out Publication Aimed At Younger Audience The Iowa Channel
Blinkx debuts combined search NetImperative
AOL Launches Enterprise Federation Program To Connect Corporate Users Web Pro News
IBM Senior Executive Outlines Vision For Information On Demand i-newswire
Google experimenting with RSS reading functions in GMail The Blog Herald
14 April 2005  
It's official: ChoicePoint, LexisNexis rooted many times The Register
Number of blogs now exceeds 50 million worldwide The Blog Herald
Murdoch: Newspapers Must Stop Fearing Web Editor & Publisher
WebMD ventures off Internet NorthJersey.com
Google Video Upload Program - Video Search or Blogging? Search Engine Journal
Encarta Encyclopedia Tests Edit System AP via Yahoo! News
Yahoo 'Hybrid' Now Dominates News Web Sites WSJ Online*
New York Times edict to keep it short proves popular with editors ASNE
Battelle Reveals Plans: New Venture is called FM Publishing The Alarm Clock
Blog censorship gains support CNET News
HighBeam Research Announces Suite of Tools to Help Bloggers Build Better Blogs BusinessWire
13 April 2005  
LexisNexis flap draws outcry from Congress CNET News
Combat Over Collaboration BusinessWeek
Time Inc. to use mobile messaging with magazines The Standard
The Internet's Paper Chase Washington Post
Newspapers need focus on reader, editors told Newsday
Advertising, editorial lines blur as bloggers' salaries tied to traffic USC Annenberg OJR
Google Local goes mobile BtoB Online
BBC unveils five-year mobile strategy New Media Age
ThomasNet.com Launches Brand Name Search Capabilities for Industrial Suppliers BusinessWire
Kanoodle Adds Leading Finance Publishers to Network PR Newswire
Thomson ResearchSoft Releases RefViz 2 for Mac and Windows PR Newswire
12 March 2005  
LexisNexis Says 320,000 User Files Opened By Hackers, Ten Times Original Estimate AP via WGAL
Workers of the World—Collaborate Fortune
Reuters red-faced over memo mistake The Guardian
Reed Elsevier reaffirms targets as LexisNexis fraud probe at Seisint unit ends AFX via Yahoo!Finance
U.S. Government Printing Office Seeks Vendor Link Library Journal
Los Angeles Times Investing More Than $10 Million in 2005 on Advertising and Direct Marketing LA Times
Gannett Profit Slips 3.2% On Lower Broadcast Revenue WSJ Online*
Content and CRM: Completing the Picture Intelligent Enterprise
Vivisimo Upgrades Velocity Search Platform; Adds Enterprise-Class Security, Reporting and Alerts BusinessWire
Thomson TradeWeb Reports Record Volume for First Quarter of 2005 PR Newswire via Yahoo!Finance
Rocketinfo Launches Rocket Desktop News Search Tool BusinessWire
Tele Atlas Integrates High Quality Points of Interest from infoUSA with its Digital Map Database Businesswire via TMCNet
SOHU.COM Announces Plan to Acquire Go2Map Inc., A Leading Online Mapping Service Provider in China PR Newswire via Yahoo!Finance
MedSeek expands its patient-centric healthcare information product suite with content from Healthwise CBR Online
11 April 2005  
News Sites Solicit Articles Straight From Readers WSJ Online*
BBC creative licence on archive copyright informitv.com
Wire services, newspapers and media conglomerates side with bloggers in appeal of Apple decision Silicon Valley Watcher
Makeover of a media giant: Born as a newspaper company, Scripps' future hinges on cable networks The Enquirer
Turning a digital page: the move to mimic paper The Mercury News via KC.com
Wicks Medical Information acquires DesignWrite BtoB Online
'We Could Offer a Babushka Content Deal' St. Petersburg Times
Reuters Datascope Announces Alliance with Princeton Financial System Reuters
Newstex Launches Content On Demand; Instant access to full-text premium news BusinessWire via TMCNet
LexisNexis adding stock research, analysis Dayton Business Journal
Thomson Financial Introduces Enhanced Version of Thomson PORTIA PR Newswire via Yahoo!Finance
Dialog(R) Newsroom Tops 11,000 Sources, Adding Over 82,000 New Articles Daily PR Newswire
Endeca Selected by the National Cancer Institute to Power Search Collection of Cancer Information BusinessWire
iVillage Acquires HealthCentersOnline PR Newswire
LexisNexis and Weiss Ratings Join to Distribute Independent Research and Analysis Content BusinessWIre
Wolters Kluwer Health Releases Updated Master Drug DB with Daily Updates and  more Patient Safety Focus Genetic Engineering
8 April 2005  
All the News You Can Trust BusinessWeek
Google Intros Q&A Service PC World
Thomson CEO Says Europe Is Key Growth Focus Dow Jones News via Yahoo!News
World of mergers and acquisitions distant for many micro-publishers USC Annenberg OJR
AOP Predicts Significant Growth For B2B Sites ClickPress
Can the Internet Have Borders? Washington Post
TiVo Inc. Acquires Six U.S. Patents from IBM Reuters
Jason Calacanis on Weblogs, Inc.: $1,000 a day! Jason Calacanis Weblog
Blah, Blah, Blog: Review of Reuters Weblog Panel Editor & Publisher
Proskauer Rose Uses LexisNexis Market Intelligence To Support Business Development Strategy BusinessWire
Reducing Expenditures and Driving Costs Out of the Corporate Library Budget PR Newswire
7 April 2005  
BlogRunner a rival to Google News MarketWatch*
BlackBerry users rise to 2.5 million The Guardian
Mobiles to ‘replace TV as prime ad medium’ FT.com*
MediaBrains agrees to buy Berkshire Information Services BtoB Online
'Blogger' Bloggers Pitch Fits Over Glitches Wired News
Can Credit Raters Be Regulated? Lawyer, Cases Cite First Amendment Protection Financial Planning.com
Lessig preaches openness to Flash faithful CNET News
New Business-Specific Interface Now Available from EBSCO Managing Informaiton
Google Mini search appliance has a lower price with a higher size GeekBlue.net
FAST Search and Transfer Growing Rapidly in the Enterprise AMR
BlogKits BlogMatch Network: World’s First ‘Paid to Blog’ Network KNTimes.com
PRnews.cn content available via Factiva on Desktops globally People's Daily Online
Wikimedia Foundation Announces Corporate, Operational Support of Wikipedia from Yahoo! Search BusinessWire
Primedia merges ‘Catalog Age,’ ‘Operations & Fulfillment’ to create ‘Multichannel Merchant’ BtoB Online
ebrary Provides ALA Members with Free Access to Library Science Collection for National Library Week BusinessWire
6 April 2005  
Media M&A activity increases in Q1, Jordan Edmiston reports BtoB Online
Internet Firms Face Legal Test on Advertising Fees Dow Jones News via Excite
The future of blogging CNET News
Human and automated aggregators help make sense of blogosphere USC Annenberg OJR
Blogs and the Law Shield laws should protect journalism, not journalists Editor & Publisher
Multimedia? CSIRO's Ready For the Rush CIO Magazine
Gore's new media venture seeks to blend TV, Internet SFGate.com
Some Sirius competition from Sprint? Cell phone carriers are eyeing the growing satellite radio market CNN Money
LexisNexis launches identity verification product Dayton Business Journal
LexisNexis signs deal with the Daubert Tracker DB to expand legal info Dayton Business Journal
Thomson Financial signs four to treasury management system Finextra
Lebhar-Friedman completes acquisition of Dowden Health Media BtoB Online
RedDot First to Deliver ECM Solution with Fully Integrated Compliance Management BusinessWire via Yahoo!Finance
CP Increases U.S. Commercial Content on the CP Wire PR Direct
FinancialContent Offers Flash MX Interactive Stock Charts MarketWire
5 April 2005  
Google Video to Accept Public Submissions PC World
Google adds real-time stock, ride info CNET News
Weblogsinc breaks $100,000 in Adsense revenue The Blog Herald
IM me: Instant Messaging for libraries Library Journal
The Difference Between Services And Content The Feature
Blog Meets Pod Fast Company
Blogging from East to West BBC News
Viral Marketing and Media: Mutually Exclusive? ClickZ Network
The New York Times Launches News Supplements with Newspapers in Venezuela and Austria The New York Times Company
ContentGuard Awarded Nine New Digital Rights Management Patents MarketWire
4 April 2005  
Google 10-K: ‘We’re a Media Company’ and Other Tidbits Search Engine Journal
AP's Curley announces plan to help media reach Internet readers AP via KGBT.com
The Electronic Investor: Blog, Blog, Blog Barron's Online*
Inside Yahoo News: Aggregator brings RSS to the masses USC Annenberg OJR
The Customer is Crowned at Last The Economist
Thomson Gale Quietly Rolls Out New Business Service Information Today
The Brokerage and The Bot Internetnews.com
Shore Report Reveals Best Practices for Mining New Profits from Existing Content PR Newswire
Yahoo Raises Profile With Hollywood Push AP via Yahoo!News
Global villages convene in wiki town halls St. Petersburg Times
Vignette Awarded Patent for Content Localization and Personalization Technology CRM Today
blinkx 3.0 Links Users to World's First Fully Integrated Search Tool PR Newswire
Intellisophic Taxonomies Fuel Inxight SmartDiscovery for More Accurate Search and Data Discovery PR Newswire
1 April 2005  
Report: Newspaper Sites Will Bring In $1.52B in 2005 Editor & Publisher
Pay Per View Comes Full Circle in Test WSJ Online*
Google enhances search for Firefox users CNET News
Blogging in a box seattlepi.com
Thomson Financial chief eyes Asia for growth FT.com
Mobile phones as blog tools SiliconValley.com
FISD Announces Market Data Best Practices Recommendations PR Newswire via Yahoo!Finance
Mondosoft Launches MondoSearch Enterprise; Superior Scalability and Speed for Large Web Sites BusinessWire
ThomasTech Partners With Riversand; ThomasTech to  Integrate Product Information Management (PIM) BusinessWire
“Royalty Free Music” Internet Radio Announced by CSS Music eMediaWire

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