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HEADLINES FOR MARCH 2006
Date/Headlines Source
HEADLINES FOR THE WEEK OF 27 MARCH 2006
Trends
Google prepares to leverage its market position for expansion.  
Google to Join S&P 500 After Quadrupling Since IPO Bloomberg
Google's Surprising Stock Sale BusinessWeek
Google Joins the Lobbying Herd The New York Times*
As it prepares new portal features to widen its media footprint...  
Patents could show Google's wireless intent CNET via ZDNet
Google Maps Out Its Ad Future Publish
Google, Barnes and Noble Test New Ads Publish
Google Ready to Challenge the iTunes Music Store Apple Matters
Google searches for TV chief Business 2.0 via CNN Money.com
While Google's competitors take it on the chin for a change of pace...  
Yahoo co-founder Yang defends co's cooperation with Chinese censors AFX via Forbes
Yahoo Moves to Dampen YPN Publisher Furor Publish
Amazon Changes Affiliate Fees, Raises Ire eCommerce Guide
Skype Faces $4.1 Billion Lawsuit Over Racketeering Charges TMCNet
Justice Department Subpoenas Reach Far Beyond Google Information Week
And the old guard finds profits squarely in the hands of scarce and valuable user-centric content plays...  
Murdoch Will Earn A Payday From MySpace Forbes
Facebook's on the Block BusinessWeek
M&A Market: What's Left? paidContent.org
The New Wisdom of the Web Newsweek
It's a small world now: big media stocks still lifeless Variety
Needing Cash, Bertelsmann May Sell Music Assets WSJ Online*
Time Inc. Makes New Bid To Be Big Web Player WSJ Online*
Yes, the McClatchy Deal was the last waltz for major U.S. market newsprint deals...  
Tony Ridder Drops Bid to Buy 3 Papers Editor & Publisher
Players Big and Small Are Sifting Through Pieces of Knight Ridder The New York Times*
Extra! Are Tribune's Parts Extra? WSJ Online*
Is The New York Times Trying to Commit Slo-Mo Suicide? Ad Age
Local journalism imperiled USA Today
But news is thriving as it adapts to being the center of user-focused online services...  
Syndicate this! Linking old media to new USC Annenberg OJR
Technology's Advances Bring Evolution in Media, Journalism U.S. Department of State
Newspaper Content Part of Mochila's New 'Media Marketplace' Editor & Publisher
How Digg.com is democratizing the news Business 2.0 via CNN Money.com
Yahoo Japan to buy Toshiba's online news search unit for 1.3 bln yen AFX via Forbes
Chicagotribune.com: A decade later, online toast to indispensability The Seattle Times
Dow Jones: Driving Into The Future, Looking In The Rear View Mirror Media Stock Blog
Auto Journalism's New Speed BusinessWeek
Monetizing content increasingly means having strong ecommerce partners - like banks, for instance...  
Yahoo Japan to take stake in online bank Reuters
When intellectual property rights can bring you money all of a sudden enforcement seems to be appealing...  
China plans new intellectual property laws to combat illegal downloads AFX via Forbes
Indonesia to create team to fight intellectual property violations AFX via Forbes
YouTube.com cracks down on copyrighted video Reuters
Especially when there seems to be some movement towards cross-platform rights management...  
Digital Hollywood Mulls Changing Content Rights InformationWeek
Denmark set to follow French DRM decision? Macworld
French DRM ruling will spark protracted legal battles VNUNet
Researcher: DRM Has Deep Flaws PC World
And affordable media platforms make multimedia content access ever more appealing...  
Dialed In: Do You Watch TV on Your Cell Phone? PC World via Yahoo! News
Multimedia, Data-Rich Mobile Phones Rapidly Taking Market Share in Asia BusinessWire
Video Advertising Marketplace Bets On User Contributions: Revver Robin Good
Web titans aren't swayed by U.S. broadband vendor claims that their plans are misunderstood...  
Microsoft, Google fight Web bill Seattle PI.com
New broadband bill draws fire CNET News
For Sale: Your Life on the Internet News Factor Network
It's official: they know we're hacking off when we look at the Web...  
It's my Internet--I can do what I want CNET News
In other major trends in content this week...  
Americans eager to share secrets with blogger USA Today via Argus Leader
3 Out of 4 Visitors to the Met Never Make it to the Front Door The New York Times*
FEC Won't Regulate Most Activity On Web Under Campaign Law WSJ Online*
Can the Sony Reader Push eBooks into the Mainstream? EContent Magazine
Enterprise Search: IT Faces the Google Phenomenon Enterprise Systems Journal
Charging $183,000 For Online Legal Research? Law.com Blog Network
'Rocketboom': So what's all the fuss about? Chicago Tribune
Pomeroy scrutinized after CFO named in Proquest suit ProQuest
Best Practices
How Yellow Pages Is Disconnected From Real Small Business Customers Merchant Circle
SEO versus Marketing: The Fine Art of Copywriting Internet Search Engine Database
Digital Content And Public Citizen Access: Digital Freedoms - A Manifesto From The Roots Robin Good
Online newspapers should un-bundle content and bundle business The Editors Weblog
How to Harness the Marketing Power of Blogs Entrepreneur
Role of Distributors Like Yahoo and Google Threatened? paidContent.org
Cool Tools
Six Apart Launches TypePad Widgets Publish
Microsoft mixes software for business 'mashups' CNET News
First Online Payment System To Be Open-Source And Bank-Independent Now In Beta: Ripple Robin Good
Knova Awarded Patent on Context-Based Search and Knowledge Management Technology AGIP News
Copy Structured Data Between Web Sites Through RSS: Ray's Live Clipboard Is Next Robin Good
FeedDemon 2.0, Nourishment For News Junkies Information Week
More Widgets from Automattic The Blog Herald
SRC Introduces Application to Unleash the Actionable Intelligence in Business Content PR Newswire via Sys-Con
Buzznet Inc. Launches Buzznet 2.0 Community Platform to Create, Share and Distribute Multimedia Buzznet
Deals, Partnerships & Sales
Verizon SuperPages.com joins Google AdWords CNET via ZDNet
infoUSA's OneSource and Salesforce.Com Deliver Integrated Account Intelligence Solution BusinessWire
Six Apart Launches TypePad Widgets Publish

Wolters Kluwer App Links to Drug Database

 Health Data Management
FAST Acquires Kopek AS BusinessWire
CCH Integrates with Microsoft Dynamics Products Web CPA
Fast Search & Transfer wins search solution contract with Live Nation AFX via Forbes
More Widgets from Automattic The Blog Herald
Pulse Mobile Announces Partnership With Oasys Mobile for Next-Generation of User Generated Content PrimeZone via Yahoo! Finance
American Airlines Selects Worldspan as Long-Term Content Distributor PR Newswire
Reed Life Sciences Expands Global INTERPHEX to Mexico; to Co-Locate with PMMI's EXPO PACK Event BusinessWire

AppOne Partners with Wolters Kluwer Financial

 Auto Remarketing
Reprints Desk Selects RapidRights(TM) from Cadmus for Digital Rights Management of Article Reprints PR Newswire
Convera and Factiva enter indexing deal VNUNet
Jambo and Interchange Corporation Partner to Provide Local.com Advertisers with Pay-Per-Call Capabilities Jambo
blinkx Signs Content Agreement With Revver PR Newswire
Products, Markets & People
ALM's National Law Journal Re-Launches Web Site with Added Content, New Navigation and Search Tools BusinessWire
REEDFAX Patent File Histories Now Accessible from Lexis.com Patent Search Results TMCNet
ALM's Law.com Names New Legal Blog Watch Editors, Adds Three Leading Legal Commentators BusinessWire
Alacra Store Unveils New Keyword Search for over 200 Million Premium Business Information Reports BusinessWire
Elsevier Launches Inteleos Drug Tracking and Analysis Tool Web Wire
LexisNexis Adds WorldCompliance Content for Due Diligence on Politically Exposed Persons BusinessWire
Scopus Integrated Directly into Editors' and Reviewers' Workflow CCNews
TheLadders.com Signs Exclusive Partnership With BusinessWeek Online PR Newswire via Forbes
McGraw-Hill Brings World-Renowned Online Medical Resource to the Spanish-Speaking World PR Newswire
CMP Media Launches DSO World at Embedded Systems Conference Silicon Valley 2006, April 4-6 PR Newswire
Macrovision Advances Information Commerce with Next Generation eRights Suite CRM Today
Cognos Announces New Cognos Go! Search Service PR Newswire
InfoSpace Introduces New Local Search Site with Focus on High Relevancy and Personalization BusinessWire
Financial Media Group, Inc. Announces Launch of Financial Filings, Corp. a Wholly Owned Subsidiary PR Newswire
Dow Jones Online GM Nathan Richardson Leaves paidContent.org
ValueClick integrates ad networks BtoB Online
SeatGuru.com Launches Site Redesign With New Airline Travel Content and Coverage of 30th Airline PR Newswire
Postgenomic - Life Science Community Aggregator and Review Engine Ed Tech Post
Total Bankruptcy Makes Bankruptcy Information Available for Free Reprint PR Web
Recent changes to Westlaw The Valpo Law Blawg
Endeca Expands Search and Information Access Market Solutions On New Information Access Platform BusinessWire
Knova Awarded Patent on Context-Based Search and Knowledge Management Technology Marketwire
HEADLINES FOR THE WEEK OF 20 MARCH 2006
Trends
Google launches a financial portal with enough content to draw clicks from portals and fire from critics...  
Google launches financial news, data, blog site Reuters
Google Finance Launch: The Reuters Deal paidContent.org

Google Finance is Something Else

 WebCPA
Google Evolves Into All-Purpose Web Site AP via Yahoo! News
Google Struggles to Find Its Edge Publish
Google Finance, with Kinks BusinessWeek
As online financial services integrate into online lifestyles in new and innovative ways...  
Amazon and Fidelity Link Up in Financial Services Publish
Net Stocks Restart Financial Fling TheStreet.com
Microsoft wrestles with a future based on user-centric content that leaves its platforms behind...  
Analysis: What's eating Bill Gates? TG Daily
Novell delights in postponed release of Windows Vista Seattle PI.com
Gates admits IE failings, looks to an AJAX future CNET via ZDNet UK
Microsoft Takes on Craigslist in the Battle for Classified Ads The New York Times*
While Yahoo struggles with a media strategy that grasps at weakening aggregation models...  
Yahoo to Discontinue Yahoo Plus Premium Bundle PC World
Analyst: Yahoo Non-Search Advertising Strength, Positive; Yahoo Media Group, Negative paidContent.org
Newspapers race to define a future that can keep up with rapidly changing readership habits...  
Newspapers: From Print to Pixels BusinessWeek
Increasingly, the news 'scoop' is found online USA Today
Across the Web/Print Divide Editor & Publisher
As Market Shifts, Newspapers Try to Lure New, Young Readers WSJ Online*
Young people turn to the Web for news USA Today
Rupert Murdoch: 'Newspapers will change, not die' The Independent
More Than 700 Newspapers Launch $50 Million Trade Campaign to Create Historic Media Roadblock PR Newswire
The McClatchy orphans promise to be the center of "media on media" drama for weeks to come...  
Pruitt 'Peppered with Angry E-mails' From 12 KR Papers Editor & Publisher
Adviser Hired in Bid for 12 Knight Ridder Papers Bloomberg via NY Times
McClatchy: 12 'Orphans' Likely to Go to Different Parents AP via Editor & Publisher
Apple's U.S. backing against France is unlikely to ease pressures to have more open approaches to DRM...  
Apple attacks plan to open iTunes BBC News
US government backs Apple against France PC Advisor
There's a dance left in major media properties but it may be one that's more realistic about future margins...  
Why the Media Sector Is Far from Dead Morningstar
McGraw-Hill CEO 2005 Bonus $1.83 Million Vs $1.76 Million Dow Jones via SmartMoney.com
Reuters boss takes pay cut despite revenues boost The Times Online
Penton revenues essentially flat in 2005 BtoB Online
New York Times Credit Rating Under Watch AP via Yahoo! News
NYTCO: Feb. Online Ads Up 23 Percent ; Only 38 Percent Of TimesSelect Subs Are Standalone paidContent.org
User-generated media looks more and more like a mainstream source of news and opinion...  
Gawker opens postmodern newsroom The Blog Herald
Time Hires Another Blogger; Ana Marie Cox Sells Out Again The Media Mob
FM Publishing: Going Up Against Google? Forbes
Audio Interview: Technorati CEO Dave Sifry paidContent.org
VC money yet again chases many online publishing features in search of a marketing plan...  
VCs Wary of a New Web Idea That Rings Old The New York Times*
Congoo Offers (Free) Subscription Based Content For Free Search Engine Watch
Making my media portals: To collect, espouse, share ... to 'Plum' MarketWatch*
U.S. telecoms companies try to define their role in a broadening market for broadband content services...  
Broadband giants say Net neutrality fears misguided CNET News
The broadband war of 2006 Fortune via CNN
Online advertising uses behavioral hooks that build brands based on engagement and lifestyles...  
Advertising: New Rules of Engagement The New York Times*
Audio Interview: Dave Morgan, CEO, Tacoda paidContent.org
Intellectual property rights are challenged by vague legal boundaries for old and new protection methods...  
Creative Commons license upheld by court CNET News
"Blog Thefts" Illustrate Gray Areas In Content Rights Consumer Affairs
Canada Gives Safe Harbor to Music Pirates Blogcritics.org
Hey, here's a great idea - let's get more customers for our content instead of milking the same old readers...  
'Paperback Originals''Are a Growing Niche for Literary Novels The New York Times*
In other major trends in content this week...  
Time Settles Renewal Probe TheStreet.com
Google claims victory over DoJ PC Pro
A New (Mobile) World Is Coming Information Today
Done Deal for 101communications? FOLIO: Magazine
Coming soon: Download-to-own films CNN.com
In a War of Words, Famed Encyclopedia Defends Its Turf WSJ Online*
Wall Street Journal Examines Availability, Ease Of Health Information Through New Search Engines Medical News Today
Google News dumps I-Newswire partner after prank item appears CNET News
Enterprise Search: In Google's Shadow ComputerWorld
Best Practices
Getting Over the 'Walled-Garden' Approach to News Web Sites Editor & Publisher
Querying The Next Generation OMMA
What the Heck is Social Search? iMedia Connection

The Power Of Open Participatory Media And Why Mass Media Must Be Abandoned

 Robin Good
Cool Tools
PageFlakes: What portals should be Corante
Embedded Micro Browsers Offer Enhanced Navigation Within Web Pages Robin Good
SafeNet Launches DRM Fusion Toolkit; Solution Supports New OMA DRM V2.0 Standard BusinessWire
VideoEgg Releases Video Integration Kit Publish
Blogging Systems Unveils New Version of Community Publisher, a Tool for Real Estate Agents and Brokers PR.com
Podzinger: Finding and Recognizing Content in Podcasts PC Magazine
SafeNet Launches DRM Fusion Toolkit IT Backbones
NewsGator is coming to Windows Mobile MS Mobiles
Making smarter readers: Lessons in Trilliscience USC Annenberg OJR
New Website Enables Internet Users to Create a Website in One Hour PR Newswire
Deals, Partnerships & Sales
Healthline Rolls Out Strategic Health Content Partnerships MarketWire
Elsevier MDL and NIH Link PubChem Database and DiscoveryGate(R) Information Platform BusinessWire
CBS and Verizon Reach Comprehensive Retransmission Consent Agreement PR Newswire
Engel Publishing Chooses Coveo to Power Personalized e-Content CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance
DoubleClick agrees to buy Falk eSolutions BtoB Online
Knovel partners with Singapore science publisher Mass High Tech
MindLeaders Partners with OCLC NetLibrary to Enhance Reference Library BusinessWire via TMCNet
Convera Adds BrightPlanet to its Open Excalibur(TM) Partner Program BusinessWire
VeriSign Extends Leadership in Mobile Content Infrastructure With Acquisition of m-Qube PR Newswire via Sys-Con Media
Products, Markets & People
CMP's TechWeb Network Strengthens and Deepens Its Investment in Streaming Media PR Newswire
COUNTER Release 2 compliance realized by Elsevier

EurekAlert
Intellext Announces Integration With Microsoft(R) SharePoint(R) Technologies PR Newswire
ProQuest Increases Library Options; Expands Digitization; Announces Partnership EContent Magazine
InfoUSA to compile U.K. small-business database BtoB Online
New and Forthcoming Titles from LexisNexis Law Librarian Blog
Know More Media Publishes Fifteen New Business Blogs in the Past Month PR Web
FAST and SirsiDynix partner to enhance search and research solutions for thousands of libraries Internet Ad Sales
Factiva Introduces the Factiva Insight(TM) Affiliate Network PR Newswire
U.S. Editor at Economist Is Appointed Editor in Chief The New York Times*
SpecificMEDIA Launches Contextual Targeting for Online Advertisers BusinessWire
BestBlogsMedia LLC Launches Innovative New Community Blogging Network PR Newswire
CCH CORSEARCH Becomes CT Corsearch, a CT Member Company and a Wolters Kluwer Business PR Newswire via Yahoo! FInance
HEADLINES FOR THE WEEK OF 13 MARCH 2006
Trends
Knight Ridder cuts a deal with McClatchy but didn't count on their exit from unpromising markets...  
McClatchy to Buy Knight-Ridder for $4.5B AP via Forbes
Ridder Surprised, Unhappy Over McClatchy Flipping 12 Papers Editor & Publisher
Profile of Gary Pruitt, McClatchy's Man Behind KR Deal Editor & Publisher
Newspaper Guy Bets Big BusinessWeek
New McClatchy/KR Chief in Washington Promises Changes Editor & Publisher
KR-McClatchy: Blogosphere Chimes In: Google Newspapers? paidContent.org
At Knight Ridder, Margins Shine WSJ Online*
As the press looks in on itself through a glass and debates its darkness or brightness...  
The State of the News Media 2006: An Annual Report on American Journalism Project for Excel. in Journalism
Was Death of Newspapers Greatly Exaggerated, or Is Verdict Still Out? The New York Times*
More News Outlets, Fewer Stories: New Media 'Paradox' LA Times
The Times to End Daily Stock Listings in April and Expand Data on Web Site The New York Times*
The Future in Black and White Opinion Journal
Go to the Web, young journalist! USC Annenberg OJR
While user-generated media delivers new tools and profits - and the focus of mainstream players...  
Internet means end for media barons, says Murdoch The Guardian
The Net's New Age BusinessWeek
Big media and the internet: Net dreams The Economist
ABM Digital Day: “Disruption is opportunity” FOLIO: Magazine
Google deal highlights Web 2.0 boom CNET News
AOL's Blog King Newsweek via MSNBC
Weblogs Inc to become Netscape ? Jack of All Blogs
Netscape.com To Be Relaunched As a Digg-Like Site; Calacanis Heading It paidContent.org
NYTimes uncorks a vintage Blog Herald
NBC Goes Tubular, Enables Video-Sharing Via NBC.com Media Daily News
Online Auteurs Hardly Need to Be Famous The New York Times*
Now the little guy is the true pit bull of journalism The Guardian
Craigslist, Wikipedia founders chat at SXSW CNET News
Blogging for Dollars Brings Unexpected Responsibilities Publish
Google says it's ready to offer ecommerce for book sales but will publishers take the bait...?  
Google to sell access to book content online Information World Review
Having slipped the Feds' worst grip...  
Google faces order to give up records The Boston Globe
Google, U.S. to face off in federal court The Mercury News
Feds Slacken Leash on Google TechTreeS
Guarding Google's Data Banks BusinessWeek
Google continues to go on the offensive against the market's doubts...  
Google's Schmidt Clears The Air PC Magazine
Gartner: Google enterprise search has its limits ZDNet UK
25 Things I Hate About Google Search Engine Watch
But sometimes it's best to let the product do the talking...  

Yahoo! Finance Braces For Google

 Forbes
Google's Big Daddy Seeking Content SEO Done Right
Google Maps goes to Mars PC Pro
Google 10K: New Emphasis On Mobile Platforms, Monetizing Content paidContent.org
Bill? Bill who? Oh, yeah, the guy who's trying to keep his hand in a game that's slipping away...  
Gates Sketches Out Vision for the Future AP via Yahoo! News
Microsoft's $500 Million Message: People Are The Business InformationWeek
Microsoft takes on Yahoo, Google for Web ad dollars Reuters
Bill Gates Mocks $100 Laptop Red Herring
Online advertising becomes more robust through a widening array of effective channels...  
AOL video service to debut with Intel, Kraft ads Reuters via CNET
More Agencies Investing in Marketing With a Click The New York Times*
IAB, comScore say local online advertising powerful in driving sales BtoB Online
iCopyright monetizes user-distributed relicensed content with ads...  
Email this, Print this, Steal this iCopyright News
Dow Jones settles old scores and positions itself for a more aggressive online strategy for its brands...  
Dow Jones to Pay $202 Million To Settle Dispute WSJ Online*
WSJ.com launches redesign of home page BtoB Online
Dow Jones' WSJ Online Signs Content Deal With Yahoo Dow Jones via SmartMoney.com
In other major trends in content this week...  
Amazon Launches Storage Service for Developers Publish
Some BlackBerry users frustrated by outages CNET News
DRM Gets A French Kiss-Off TechSearch
Liberte, egalite, fraternite--and a more open iTunes? Blogma
Australian digital content lagging Australian IT
Data mining easy as using credit card Chicago Tribune
Hungry Media Companies Find a Meager Menu of Web Sites to Buy The New York Times*
Best Practices
Show Me the Value: At SIIA, the Debate over Free vs. Fee Content Continues EContent Magazine
The Myth Of Branded Content Robin Good
Why we should think twice about 'net neutrality' FT.com
Interactive Two-Way Ad Conversations: Can Ads Be Commented? Robin Good
Where is the Open Access Foundation? Richard Poynder
Chewing Gum, Blogs, and Wikis EContent Magazine
When you need to localize and categorize CMS Watch
The sweet (and sour) smell of success at YourHub USC Annenberg OJR
Cool Tools
Prospero Blogging Application Gains Traction With Major Online Publications PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
OpenWave Content Delivery Suite helps expand mobile data services. ThomasNet
Got Firefox? Library Link to Google Book Search Now Available Library Journal
South Koreans Clearly See Mobile TV The New York Times*
Researchers develop new digital rights technology Linux World Australia
Deals, Partnerships & Sales
Penton Media's American Machinist Partners with PracticalMachinist.com Interactive Community Content TMCNet
LexisNexis(R) Martindale-Hubbell(R) to Provide Online Client Development Products for Meyer Darragh BusinessWire
Scripps buys uSwitch for $366 million MarketWatch*
Newsweek Launches NewsGator and FeedBurner Services PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Blog supplier Six Apart receives $12 mln in funding Reuters
Groxis and EBSCO Publishing Partner to Provide Visual Search Technology PR Newswire via Yahoo! FInance
PodTech Receives $5.5 Million in Series A Funding PodTech
Financing News: FM Gains a New Partner FM Publishing
Google Buys Maker Of 3D Modeling Software InformationWeek
Wolters Kluwer enters partnership with Coimbra Editora of Portugal AFX via Forbes
Standard & Poor's Releases Global Consolidated Securities Reference Data and Pricing MasterFeed PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Lou Adler Partners with ZoomInfo to Promote Best Practice Sourcing Techniques eMediaWire
Viyya Technologies Becomes Reseller of WISE Learning Solutions BusinessWire
Metaweb Technologies, Inc. Receives $15 Million of Financing PR Newswire
Launch of XBRL Service by HM Revenue and Customs Heralds Broader Use XBRL in the UK BusinessWire
Products, Markets & People
Alacra Launches Alacra Compliance to Streamline and Document Account Vetting Process BusinessWire
The New Nexis Web Search Guide
Elsevier Brings the Best of Chinese Research to an International Audience PR Newswire
Elsevier Announces the Departure of Fiona Foley Managing Information
Experian Launches New Credit Scoring System, VantageScore(SM) PR Newswire

DigitalContainers Inc. Gains New Digital Distribution Patent 'Delivering Electronic Content'

 PR Web
AED Law Center Offers Full Content and Expert Commentary on Defibrillator U.S. Laws & Risk Issues BusinessWire
FIND/SVP Changes Name to Guideline PR Newswire
CMP Media Launches Full Service Global Custom Events PR Newswire
NewsGator Extends RSS Leadership with New Mobile Applications NewsGator
B2bYellowpages.com enhances local search BtoB Online
Total Parts Plus Releases Content Adapter for Agile PLM Solutions PCB007
CMP Media Launches New Dr. Dobb's Journal PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Wolters Kluwer Health Introduces Price Rx(TM) Drug Price and Reference Tool for Healthcare Professionals BusinessWire via TMCNet
Gather.com Launches National Scholastic Journalism Contest PR Newswire
Discovery Communications Launches Cosmeo: A Revolutionary Online Homework Help Tool PR Web
   
HEADLINES FOR THE WEEK OF 6 MARCH 2006
Trends
VNU finds suitors but major shareholders still pine for a seller's market that's passed them by...  
VNU agrees to $9 bln bid but shareholders resist Reuters via Yahoo! News
VNU Sale: Outgoing VNU CEO Rob van den Bergh Defending The Decision paidContent.org
Prospects Fading for VNU Deal, but observer says current offer may be as good as it gets FOLIO: Magazine
Meanwhile Knight Ridder finds believers in the future of newspapers: other newspapers...  
Surprise! McClatchy Makes Top Bid for Knight Ridder Editor & Publisher
Are Papers About to Land or Take Off? The New York Times*
Newspapers needn't fear Craigslist Rocky Mountain News
As major media companies continue their user-oriented online acquisition spree...  
NBC Universal to buy iVillage for $600 million Reuters
Hearst buys NetDoctor as spark for online efforts Reuters
Fox Interactive buying up Web 2.0 companies ZDNet
Google's present and future product plans push them aggressively towards new levels of performance...  
Forecast Put on Web in Error, Google Says The New York Times*
What is Google's Lighthouse? ZDNet
Google planning GDrive storage service VNUnet
Is Google prepping an office suite? CNET News
Google Related Content in testing ZDNet
Google Adwords Adds Demographic Targeting Search Engine Journal
Information Builders, Google build corporate BI search tool Computerworld
But not to everyone's satisfaction...  
Media veterans attack Google News Freelance UK
Who Gave Google Permission to be the Judge and Jury of Mobile Content? MobHappy
Google to settle click-fraud lawsuit ; Advertisers claim overcharges by search engines SFGate
While competitors try to keep up...  
Yahoo! launches four new Web services PhysOrg.com
Oracle Faces Tougher Foes Than Google In Search InformationWeek
Microsoft introduces new search engine Seattle PI
Microsoft back pedals on 'better than Google' promise PC Pro
U.S. telecoms companies advance their plans to offer tiered bandwidth for content users and producers...  
Stay Out of the Content Business, Telcos Warned ipTVNews
Note to Telecoms: Rebrand or Die BusinessWeek
AT&T plan heightens debate over Net's future MSNBC
The High-Speed Money Line The New York Times*
China moves to protect intellectual property but being able to access it is still a hot issue...  
China Launches Copyright Protection Plan AP via WTOP
Yang speaks on Yahoo's China policy CNET News
Microsoft denies role in arrest of Chinese journalist Forbes
New Software Helps Chinese Surf the Net Voice of America
China fights U.S. on Internet addresses The Toronto Star
Bloggers Unite to Promote Online Freedom of Speech Act Human Events Online
If you liked your content being cut and pasted page by page wait 'till your whole Web site gets republished...  
Microsoft Pins Hopes on Clipboard Publish
Hmm, everyone seems to like our content over there instead of here. What do you think we should do...?  
NBC's Most Wanted Is Now a Possible Partner Publish
Another 'Saturday Night Live' Video Removed from YouTube Publish
Coming Attraction: Downloadable Movies From Amazon WSJ Online*
In other major trends in content this week...  
BlackBerry saved CNET News
ProQuest 10-K Filing for Fiscal 2005 Will Be Delayed PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
eBay wins against opticians The Register
Online search up 39% in January BtoB Online
Advanstar revenue, earnings up in 2005 BtoB Online
Questions raised by Edel-Mart’s PR blogging program Constantin Basturea
The Return of the Wikitorial! Can South Dakota Handle It? Editor & Publisher
Demand up for Web content players The Deal
Four XM Music Stations Will Start Running Ads WSJ Online*
Financial Times to Host Free Access Week at FT.com, March 5 - 11 FT.com
Librarians' Internet Index Faces 50% Budget Cut Library Journal
Best Practices
The Value of User-Generated Content Intranet Journal
Search And Business Intelligence: Complementary Tools InformationWeek
Corporate Library Structure and Budgets Signal Trend Towards More Digitalization PR Newswire
Is the Easiest Way to Read the News Necessarily the Best? BlogCritics.org
Interoperability of DRM Across Networks to Drive Effective Content Delivery PR Newswire
Linux for desktop should 'catch fire' by 2008 TechWorld
The Secret to Succesful Blog Marketing: Invite 'Em Into A Conversation Media Post*
OJR 2006: Controlling tech before it controls you USC Annenberg OJR
SES Roundup: Pimp your Podcast, RSS Feed, and Blog Publish
P2P Economics: A Design Vision For A Commons-Based Distributed Marketplace Robin Good
Cool Tools
The New Hoover's: Simple. Comprehensive. Unified Information Today
Blinkx Brings Tiny Search Tools to Windows Apps TechWeb via Yahoo! News
Now, a Laptop You Can Hold in Your Hand The New York Times*
Adobe Bridges Flash, Flex with AJAX Publish
Boxxet Tool Helps Users Gather Information All Headline News
Electronic Portfolios: What Are They? Robin Good
RSSmesh Merges Multiple RSS Feeds into a Single RSS Feed. i-Newswire
Information Builders Add Google to BI Mix CBR Online
Wetpaint Unveils Next-generation Wiki Platform PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Aladdin's Cardio Based Biometric Identification CXO Today
Deals, Partnerships & Sales
Microsoft planning to buy Onfolio The Boston Globe
Mark Logic Teams with Spectrum Systems to Offer Leading XML Content Server to Federal Government BusinessWire via TMCNet
Crain Communication Rolls Out Clickshare for User Management on Automotive News and Other Content BusinessWire
LexisNexis and State Net Announce Alliance to Provide Early Warnings on Pending Legal Developments BusinessWire via FinanzenNet
Newstex to Distribute AFX News Via Content On Demand PR Newswire
Convera Launches Open Excalibur™ Partner Program, Factiva, FMS, Language Weaver, MetaCarta Join Internet Ad Sales
Wolters Kluwer Health's Drug Dosing Database Licensed for 450+ Hospitals GEN
Wolters Kluwer Financial Services and Suntell Form Strategic Alliance PR Newswire
Digital Matrix Systems, Inc. to Offer LexisNexis(R) ThinDex(R) Score BusinessWire via Chron.com
Cingular and Qpass Announce Long-Term Strategic Partnership to Expand Premium Content Wireless Dev Net
Content Management Giant Acquires Rights Management firm Content Wire
Time Warner Book Group to Be Renamed Hachette Book Group via Deal WSJ Online*
Products, Markets & People
Nexis Web site now gives big-picture view InfoWorld
Thomson Elite Launches Elite Business Development Version 6.0 WebWire
Inxight Enhances Entity Extraction in ThingFinder, Adds Fact Extraction to ThingFinder Professional PR Newswire
LexisNexis Launches  ''LexisNexis Practice Management 2006'' Integrated Software for Law Firms BusinessWire
Reuters Strengthens its Asset Management Content with China Data and Research Bobs Guide
CMP launches TechSearch.com BtoB Online
LexisNexis to provide early warnings on pending legal developments CBR Online
New York Times Launching DealBook Report On Web Site Smart Money
Exalead Simplifies Enterprise-Wide Information Access with New Unified Search Software PR Newswire
Associated Content to Share Site Metrics with Writers and the Online Publishing Industry PRWeb
 
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