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HEADLINES FOR APRIL 2006
Date/Headlines Source
HEADLINES FOR THE WEEK OF 24 APRIL 2006
Trends
Microsoft tools up for a major push to seize leadership of Web-driven markets...  
Is Microsoft Preparing Big Attack? The New York Times*
Gates' Microsoft Unveils New Internet Explorer Forbes
New Tricks of a Browser Look Familiar The New York Times*
Microsoft's 'Massive' Move Into Game Ads WSJ Online*
Microsoft seeks to overturn EU ruling AP via Boston.com
Microsoft Hires IAC's Berkowitz To Head Up MSN WSJ Online*
As Google grapples to prepare for heavier competition...  
Google: The Search Glass is Half Full Publish
Google Places Firefox Ad On Home Page InformationWeek
But a user-driven Web seems to be moving on with or without them...  
Business starts to hear the ka-ching from Web 2.0 The Globe and Mail
For MySpace, Making Friends Was Easy. Big Profit Is Tougher. The New York Times*
BBC looks to MySpace for Web site revamp Reuters
Everyone's an Editor as Wiki Fever Spreads to Shopping Sites The New York Times*
AOL Begins Blogging Stocks Web Pro News
TripAdvisor hopes to be Wikipedia of travel world Hotel Marketing.com
Media companies try to adjust for online-first strategies...  
Media firms work to stay ahead of online consumers Reuters
Advertisers Change Channels: New media ads at all-time high as traditional media pays the price Red Herring
Magazines' Search For Upside Has A Digital Downside: Search Media Daily News
Are magazines dead? Yes, but their brands are "vibrant" Magazine Enterprise 360
Publishers 'not afraid' of internet giant Google's plans to index books CP via Canada.com
Coming Soon (Finally): A Critical Mass of eBook Content Bill McCoy
As online video finds a broader array of outlets and media focus...  
Mag Execs Tout Online Video MediaPost
The Rise of the Video Blog Rolling Stone
Google Video to include outside content from outside its own databases VNUNet via Yahoo! News
TV Guide Magazine Debuts New ''Downloads' Column on the Best TV for Download and Online Viewing BusinessWire
With downloading of content on the rise content producers need to confront peer-to-peer distribution...  
Next generation social networks & unintended consequences ZDNet
Over a Third of Airline Passengers Would Download Songs From Apple iTunes PR Newswire
Are ads on your iPod next? APM Marketplace
Here's an idea: Skype could distribute digitized eBay items ZDNet
More ex-Knight Ridder shoes drop in the McClatchy deal as they continue to jettison major markets...  
MediaNews Buys 4 Papers From McClatchy AP via Yahoo! Finance
Analysis: Complex Sale Suggests McClatchy Deals to Come Editor & Publisher
B2B media maintains is muscle by focusing  on sophisticated online services...  
Thomson Corp. Q1 profit up 88% to US$137M on solid legal and financial sales Canadian Business
Reuters 'neck and neck' with Bloomberg The Times Online
McGraw-Hill’s first quarter earnings slide 6%, B2B Revenues up 31.4% BtoB Online
TheStreet.com's Back In Profits; Revs Up 43 Percent paidContent.org
Thomson sees further promise in Far East deals The Globe and Mail
Elsevier reviews its journal models Information World Review
But user-driven publishing in enterprises is starting to reshape how content is distributed and consumed...  
Is Web 2.0 Enterprise Ready? Line56
Web 2.0 meets the enterprise CNET News
Wiki way the winds blow BlogHer
Social Networking Comes to the Enterprise Internet
news.com
Wikis and Blogs Transforming Workflow SearchCIO.com
Bear Stearns podcasts research Finextra
Even as the Web's leading search engine brings a user-shaped world to enterprise-ready content...  
Google Pitches Business Search As 'Command Line Interface To The World' Intelligent Enterprise
Corporate search needs to heed workers, Google exec says CNET News
Google Searches for More Government Work Publish
Google Scholar Unveils New Sorting Option and Other Ways to Keep Current ResourceShelf
IP is great, but what do you do when  users make more of it than copyright holders...?  
Happy World Intellectual Property Day! TownHall.com
Standby for world intellectual property day Fairfax Digital
Congress readies broad new digital copyright bill CNET News
Warning: content can be hazardous to your professional health...  
Judge: Worker can't be fired for Web surfing CNET News
L.A. Times Suspends Blog for Pseudonym Postings eWeek
In other major trends in content this week...  

Interview: Vivian Schiller, New SVP/GM, NYTimes.com

 paidContent.org
British Library opens consultation on new content strategy eGov Monitor
China censorship impact on Internet freedom overstated - Microsoft executive AFX via Forbes
AP's Curley, Google's Mayer Talk Aggregation -- Carefully; AP-Google Deal? paidContent.org
infoUSA Responds to Dolphin BusinessWire

VNU Activist Sharpens Stock Plan

 WSJ Online*
ProQuest Reveals Exploration Of Strategic Alternatives; Reports Preliminary Restatement Ests. RTT News via Trading Markets
Best Practices
Podcasting book #1 seller at NAB Lost Remote
Can newspapers do blogs right? USC Annenberg OJR
Report: Should the Library of Congress jettison Library of Congress Subject Headings? Library Journal
Content is not distribution Mark Devlin
SealedMedia CIO Survey: 76 Percent of CIOs With CMS Need More Content Protection and,Controls BusinessWire
Your RSS Marketing Strategy: Deciding How To Deliver Your RSS Content Web Pro News
You’ve heard of splogs? Meet doppelbloggers. MaxPower
Moving Targets: Research Advises DRM Vendors to Aim for the Source BusinessWire via TMCNet
New ".mobi" domain names are coming in May 2006 MobileRead.com
Cool Tools
One Day Soon, Straphangers May Turn Pages With a Button The New York Times*
Google Goes 3D with SketchUp TechTree
Squidoo has its eye on the Web The Journal News
Review: Webaroo Service Too Good to Be True AP via WINS
Kanoodle launches new geo-targeting tool BtoB Online
Pheedo Unveils "Cut-and-Paste" RSS Ads ClickZ Network
FeedBurner launches self-managment tool AdJab
Sphere: A New Approach to Blog Search Search Engine Watch
Broadcast Yourself Live From Your Own Web Page: Stickam Is Here Robin Good
CustomerVision Redefines Enterprise Wiki for Sales Effectiveness, Rapid Learning and Communication MarketWire
Deals, Partnerships & Sales
Thomson Acquires Centre for Medicines Research International PR Newswire
Federated Media and Metroblogging Team Up FM Publishing
Fast Search & Transfer ASA receives search solution contract from SEEK Ltd TMCNet
Macrovision Selected to Secure Digital Content and Applications by Society of Petroleum Engineers BusinessWire via Yahoo! Finance
Jambo Advertising Network(TM) Signs Urban Pages, Adds Online and Offline Lead Generation Partners BusinessWire
Reed Business Launches SchemaLogic SchemaServer to Power www.Kellysearch.com BusinessWire
CoreMedia Collaborates with Microsoft for Convergent Content DRM Services on Mobile Devices and the PC BusinessWire
Factiva and ProQuest Information and Learning Expand Alliance for Latin America Markets Managing Information
Reed Group Unites The Medical Disability Advisor and ACOEM's Utilization Management Knowledgebase PR Newswire
Publishers Live365, Parade.com and ScienceDaily  Select ValueClick Media as Ad Network of Choice BusinessWire
Elsevier Joins GE Healthcare's Centricity Physician Office Partner Program PR Newswire
Wolters Kluwer Health and Allscripts Join to Improve Access to Clinical Information and Best Practices MarketWire
Talis and Endeavor Information Systems Form Strategic Partnership PR Newswire
Ungaretti & Harris Selects LexisNexis Market Intelligence to Enhance Client Development Efforts CRM Today
McClatchy and Webvisible to Provide Search Engine Marketing to Local Retailers BusinessWire
Ruder Finn Group Selects Bacon's Information Inc. For Improved Media Research BusinessWire
Ungaretti & Harris Selects LexisNexis Market Intelligence to Enhance Client Development Efforts BusinessWire via TMCNet
Products, Markets & People
LexisNexis ''Legal Industry Monitor'' Electronic Newsletter Keeps Legal Professionals Current BusinessWire via TMCNet
LexisNexis(R) Offers Free Webinar for Lawyers Seeking to Promote Their Peer Review Ratings BusinessWire
Weblogs, Inc. Names Judith Meskill Chief Operating Officer and Brad Hill Editorial Director eMediaWire
Boeing Subsidiary CDG To Launch On-Demand Information Manager ECM Connection
About.com Announces 16 New 'Guide Sites' to Offer Practical Information on Wide Range of Topics BusinessWire via TMCNet
WebSideStory Search 4.0 is First to Automatically Integrate Site Search and Web Site Behavioral Data PR Newswire
EMC adds eDiscovery services InfoStor
ReedLink Integrates Directories to Enhance User Experience and Accessibility PR Newswire
Vivisimo Velocity Universal Connect: Plug-and-Play Connectivity for 3rd-Party Search and Content Apps BusinessWire via Yahoo! Finance
Lionbridge Freeway 2.0 Delivers Web Software-As-A-Service Platform for Global Clients and Translators PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Endeavor Information Systems Unveils Vision for Hybrid Library System PR Newswire
Verizon Online Boosts News Content and Updates the Look of Its Business Center Web Site PR Newswire
Yahoo! India Debuts Yahoo! Answers TechTree
Bowne Launches Robust Content Management Technology MarketWire
24-7 Press Release Newswire Announces Availability of Free 'Plug and Play' Dynamic Web News Content PR Newswire
ValueClick introduces behavioral targeting product BtoB Online
The New York Times Names Web Site Executive The New York Times*
Paradise Publishers is Developing the Largest Free e-Book Library PR Web
Moody's to open Dubai base AMEInfo.com
Yellow Pages Association Unveils IRIS ONLINE(TM) Version 3.0 Advertising Rates & Data Resource BusinessWire
Verizon SuperPages President Kathy Harless Named  Yellow Pages Association 2006 Board Chairwoman BusinessWire
HEADLINES FOR THE WEEK OF 17 APRIL 2006
Trends
Google gains in search and destination content capabilities on the open Web...  
Google Posts 60% Gain in Earnings The New York Times
Google appears to be building travel portal- maybe with Orbitz? ZDNet
Google Base(d) E-Commerce Ecommerce Guide
Earnings Call: No Plans To Monetize Google Base paidContent.org
Google Tests New Search Results Page PCWorld
Journals in the Time of Google Library Journal
Talking ... Google Poised to Shake Up Copyright Law White & Case via PR Newswire
And gears up for integration of enterprise application content via major platforms and databases...  
Google unveils enterprise applications search with big-name backing InfoWorld
Cognos Touts Killer App for Mainstream BI Enterprise Systems
As major rivals feel the pinch from Google on more fronts they look for more effective angles...  
EBay Talks to Microsoft, Yahoo About a Common Foe: Google WSJ Online*
Yahoo's Earnings Message to Google: We're Bigger than You Publish
Yahoo Profit Falls 22%; Ad Sales Up The New York Times*
Microsoft Gets Social BusinessWeek
Microsoft Shoots for Photo Search Publish
And prepare for advertisers that are ready to leverage the effectiveness of online ad markets...  
Online advertising shows its age Publish
Once-Wary Industry Giants Embrace Internet Advertising WSJ Online*
More Americans Using The Web For Life's Critical Decisions: Pew Survey CMP TechWeb
PR Newswire Reports Record Usage by Journalists in March PR Newswire
While publishers scramble to find their place in a world that finds good content with or without them...  
2006 Will Be a Tipping Point for Online Media IT World
Magazines Shape Up for Digital Future AdAge
Does Your Company Feel Threatened by Search Engines? Advertising Age
Focusing on search behind the "Great Firewall" may have turned out the be the lesser of two evils in China...  
Google in China: The Big Disconnect The New York Times*
Yahoo ! implicated in third cyberdissident trial RSF.org
China's Baidu to keep focus on search engine, seeks regional expansion AFX via Forbes
Memo to worry-warts: premium content is proving itself in market segments across the board...  
Paid Content Growth: Sky's the Limit? Tech News World
Scripps test results in content-access registration protocol The Editors Weblog
Dow Jones Reports Improved Revenue and Profit for First Quarter 2006 BusinessWire
AAPL: iPods Contribute 39 Percent Of Q2 Revenue; iTunes Turns Profit paidContent.org
But rival monetization models will keep the pressure on publishers to provide maximum value...  
Brussels delivers blow to Reed Elsevier The Guardian
FeedBurner: Podcasts Outnumber Radio Stations Publish
World's First Stock Market Search Engine Released PR Newswire
Mashups for fun--and profit? CNET News
As weblogs continue to generate serious content and profits their importance speaks for themselves...  
Can Bloggers Make Money? WSJ Online*
Where have all the good young writers gone? Min Online
Blogosphere Doubles Every Six Months ClickZ Network
'A very delicate balancing act': The columnist/blogger hybrid USC Annenberg OJR
Blogging brings rewards – and risk VNUNet
Appeals court to weigh blogger's rights Silicon Valley.com
Hard News in Yahoo's Hot Zone Fortune via CNN Money
AOL's Weblogs Inc. Begins Foray Into Local Blogging paidContent.org
Online content provides new metrics as sources of valuable content...  
Seeking Attention: Measuring the Web's new Gold MIT Technology Review
Web site to rate content of health care news AP via The Star-Ledger
Print news feels the pinch and tries to come up with effective formulas for profits that maintain integrity...  
Advertising Out Front, Followed by the News The New York Times*
Steal This Newspaper The New York Times*
New York Times Faces Share-Class Challenge WSJ Online*
McClatchy in late-stage talks on 4 papers--sources Reuters
But good journalism made with blood, sweat and tears still speaks for itself...  
Katrina Coverage Earns Pulitzers For 2 Gulf Papers WSJ Online*
In other major trends in content this week...  
Brave New Sales World: For sales professionals it's really about getting data when and where you need it Sales & Marketing Mgt.
NBC-iVillage Term Sheet: Six Serious Bidders; Hearst Issue Predominant paidContent.org
CNET introduces new on-demand video service BusinessWeek
Study: Terrestrial radio holds steady B to B Online
Time Inc. Lays Off Union Workers, Closes Canadian Office FOLIO: Magazine
Audit Bureau of Circulations hit with fraud lawsuit Crain's Chicago Business
Best Practices
The Future of Print Media in the Twenty First Century The Cud
Among the audience: media in the era of participation The Economist
Embracing Web 2.0 Tech Planet Asia
Born Digital, Not Yesterday: Next-generation Web User Seeks Interactivity EContent Magazine
Search Engine Optimization for Corporate Websites ISE Database
Search Engine Optimization More Important Than Navigation Optimization? The Experts Reply Robin Good
People scan content in an F-shaped pattern guuui.com
Job Posting: Intellectual Property Exploitation Manager The Telegraph
The Gather.com Issue TechCrunch
Ad-Supported Municipal Wireless Networks and the Future of Cities: 3 Issues Missing From the Debate IFTF's Future Now
Cool Tools
Run Windows and Mac OS both at once The New York Times via CNET
Accoona launches talking toolbar NetImperative
Online Video Publishing Gets Into The Conversation: Click.TV Robin Good
UBS, Look Launch Live Mobile TV Demo CableCaster
E-Book Technology Protects Copyrighted Material BusinessWire
Newsmastering Engines Keep Growing: reBlogger Is Next Robin Good
Congoo offers free gateway to subscription-only Web content InfoWorld
Onstream Media Debuts New Technologies Including Ad Insertion Into On-Demand Video Streaming PR Newswire
ClipBlast! Gives Bloggers and Web Publishers Access To Web's Top Video Content PRWeb via Yahoo! News
Mondosoft Integration Services' Extends Search Functionality to Third-Party Applications BusinessWire
Deals, Partnerships & Sales
Elsevier Announces Acquisition of Gold Standard PR Newswire
Amdocs Agrees to Acquire Qpass for $275 Million PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Facebook Gets $25 Million Funding paidConent.org
Simply Hired Takes $13.5M Red Herring
VNU & NewsGator Debut Localized RSS Aggregators for Germany, Holland, Italy, Belgium and Spain Marketwire vis Mobius VC
Penton acquires HVAC-Talk.com B to B Online
Dow Jones and Relegence Launch ``Information Command Center'' for Traders and Analysts BusinessWire
Kaboodle collaborative Web research gets funding CNET News
WebMD to Acquire Summex Corporation PR Newswire

Global Forex Trading's DealBook FX 2 Offers Customized Dow Jones Newswires Solution

 PRWeb
Products, Markets & People
ZoomInfo Surpasses 30 Million People in its Index -- Largest Source of Business People Information eMediaWire
Reed Business Information Appoints Iain Melville CEO of Reed Construction Data PR Newswire
CMP Media launches suite of sales lead development and database marketing solutions B to B Online
Accountancy Age.com launches two blogs Accountancy Age
GSI Commerce Invests in and Enters into Alliance with WebCollage for Online Content Syndication Sys-Con Media
LexisNexis Launches Legal Portal Site ''martindale.jp'' BusinessWire
Cisco backs DRM start-up ZDNet
LexisNexis Adds Key Vertical and International Sources BusinessWire
LexisNexis Introduces its New Global Brand Guide; Cross-References Brands, Products and Trademarks BusinessWire
SAVVIS Completes Phase I Expansion of Enhanced Streaming Platform BusinessWire
HEADLINES FOR THE WEEK OF 10 APRIL 2006
Trends
Leaving its stumbling ways behind, Google focuses new features on expanding global content markets...  
Google Calendar Launches & Exceeds Expectations Search Engine Journal
Google Toolbar Turning Homepage into Google’s My Yahoo Search Engine Journal
Google Testing New Site Image & Content Summaries in Results Search Engine Journal
Google buys Orion algorithm The Register
Google sees substantial revenue growth in China Reuters
Google Localizes With New Chinese Name Pacific Epoch
Google Searches For Software Engineers With IPTV Know-How TechWeb
Google Local to Be Lead by Classified Ventures Exec Local Onliner
While rivals tune products and partnerships to offer effective online alternatives...  
Microsoft's Academic Search to rival Google Scholar Macworld via Yahoo News
Yahoo! and Microsoft at the Patent Office SEO by the SEA
In case you had forgotten ad-supported wireless access is about to burst on to the scene big-time...  
San Fran Wi-Fi To Put Google's Ad Strategy To The Test Information Week
MetroFi to provide Wi-Fi in Portland, Oregon SFGate
Then again, we could just take all of the Web we want with us...  
The web, to go The Times Online
User-generated content has become a cornerstone of effective online content strategies...  
The MySpace Economy; Cleaning Up paidContent.org
The Business of Citizen Journalism paidContent.org
eBay buys stake in social networking firm CNET News
RHIO Wiki Launched Today by Three National Organizations PR Newswire
Suppliers to put wikis and blogs on content menu Information World Review
Pass the politics, please: Science blogs peppered with commentary USC Annenberg OJR
A Web Site Born in U.S. Finds Fans in Brazil The New York Times*
Though user-generated content has its own issues...  
Feedburner’s Brent Hill Fires Off on the RSS Feeding Frenzy Adotas
Blogosphere suffers spam explosion CNET News
The aggregator of aggregators is my advertisers friend? Marketing.fm
Trust in User Generated Content: Youth Say Yes, Adults Say No Resonance Partnership Blog
Thinning margins and concerns about product quality haunt news producers quarter by quarter...  
Lagging Ad Sales Contribute to Earnings Decline at Newspaper Chains The New York Times*
Will Online Revenues Maintain Quality Journalism? Journalism.co.uk
NYT's Web Ad Rev Up 23 Percent; Online Contributes 7.5% Overall; TimesSelect Subs Nearing Half Million paidContent.org
Tribune Profits Off 29%, NYT Co. Earnings Down, Too Editor & Publisher
Earnings: Gannett's Earnings Drop; Online Up 30 Percent paidContent.org
Talk to the Newsroom: Executive Editor Bill Keller The New York Times
As Katrina Recedes, Newspapers Still Float The New York Times*
The solution for some? Go blog, young journalist...  
Google boss advises journalists to blog Online Press Gazette
Newspapers Sign On to Syndicated Blog Service Publish
With magazine titles folding regularly publishers are challenged to come up with more effective packaging...  
Death Watch: Which Magazines Are Next? Crain's New York Business
Magazine Problems Go Way Beneath the Surface New York Post
Magazine Content 'Chunks' Ideal for Digital Delivery MPA Magazine.org
As television producers rush to develop effective online production and distribution capabilities...  
Time Warner urges all TV networks to go on demand Reuters
Time Warner Cable mulls TV ad auctioning system Reuters
NCTA: Interview: Brian Roberts, CEO, Comcast: "This Year Is Next Year" paidContent.org
Reality Shows and Comedies and the 'Network' Is AOL The New York Times*
Fox to Share Revenue From Reruns On Web With Affiliated Stations WSJ Online*
Doggone, isn't publishing fun any more...?  
Executive Compensation in 2005 Flat, for Most Part FOLIO: Magazine
Elsevier boss Davis just misses Ł2m payout in 2005 Information World Review
In other major trends in content this week...  
With VNU pushing back annual meeting, takeover plan in jeopardy B to B Online
Yahoo's RSS Ads a No-Show in Popular MyYahoo FM Publishing
Merrill Lynch Analyst Sees a Google Search Conflict-of-Interest eWeek
States seek levies on digital-media downloads CNET News
'Star Wars Kid' cuts a deal with his tormentors The Globe and Mail
About.com Goes Cable TV Web Pro News
Best Practices
What Do You Do When Someone Steals Your Content Darren Straight
Nonfiction book as network and Web 2.0 project Bryan Alexander
Cool Tools
Read it? Watched it? Swap it on Zunafish The New York Times via CNET
A9 OpenSearch Enables Sharing of Search Results A9.com
Social Networking Meets Music Listening: Mercora Launches Radio 2.0 Robin Good
Pluck Launches Industry's First Service to Syndicate Blog Content Through Traditional Media Outlets dBusiness News
SealedMedia Simplifies Enterprise Digital Rights Management for Email and Digital Content BusinessWire
Run Windows On Mac OS: Apple Boot Camp Robin Good
Deals, Partnerships & Sales
Thomson in joint venture with Japanese partner Canadian Press via Toronto Star
Inxight Partners with Clarabridge to Integrate Text Analytics Solutions for Business Intelligence Apps PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Factiva and ProQuest Information and Learning Expand Alliance PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
101 Deal Closes FOLIO: Magazine
Newsweek.com Launches My Newsweek RSS Aggregator Powered by NewsGator MarketWire
PennWell buys London-based sustainable energy and technology titles BtoB Online
Cadmus Communications Announces Purchase of Remainder of KnowledgeWorks Global Limited PR Newswire
Kanoodle Signs Exclusive Distribution Agreement with Dow Jones Online to Provide Sponsored Links PR Newswire
blinkx Partners With Heavy to Make Top Viral Video Clips Easier to Find and View Online PR Newswire
Products, Markets & People
VNU introduces information service for CPG, retail industry execs BtoB Online
Yahoo Improves Travel Content With Maps, Search Tech News World
ECNext Releases “Search Engine Marketing for Publishers” eBook eMediaWire
9thXchange Pushing Digital Sales Beyond Apple's iTunes PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Elsevier's Library Journals Available To Developing World Managing Information
NAVTEQ Introduces Zagat Survey Ratings and Reviews Directions Magazine
BBC Launches Blog Network & Blog Portal The Blog Herald
HEADLINES FOR THE WEEK OF 3 APRIL 2006
Trends
The New York Times gears up online rich data and uses print to complement its value...  
A Letter From the Editor: The New York Times Redesigns its Portal The New York Times*
NY Times says goodbye to most stock price pages Reuters
I'm Canceling My Times Subscription Slate
Times Site Redesign Shaped by the Web IT World
As print evolves into a focused medium that services users with more targeted services...  
Report: Circ 'Quality' Improved Dramatically Editor &  Publisher
Clamor Over Custom Publishing FOLIO: Magazine
Study finds custom publishing industry is robust BtoB Online
And online outlets become the mass media of choice...  
New NAA Study: Newspapers' Online Audiences Growing Rapidly Editor & Publisher
As Magazine Readers Increasingly Turn to the Web, So Does Condé Nast The New York Times*
AP outlines response to digital demands AP via BusinessWeek
UK Publishers Abandon Paid Content Models for Online Ads ClickZ News
Australia's Fairfax in Internet push Reuters
While premium mass print drifts slowly into the sunset...  
For Magazines, Mourning Becomes Habitual The New York Times*
Time Inc. cuts 250 jobs in latest staff reduction Reuters
Wal-Mart CEO: More Newspaper Ad Spending Unlikely Editor & Publisher
Do New Free Dailies Mean Sun Is Setting For Paid Newspapers? WSJ Online*
Newspapers Hope to Turn Industry Malaise AP via Yahoo! Finance
Yet eBooks still struggle to overcome proprietary readers, balky DRM and slow-moving publishers...  
E-books, has your time come? CNET News
Will we all be switching to ebooks? The Guardian
Sony and Borders to Sell Digital Reading Device EContent Magazine
Major DRM commitments are looming but with little agreement on cross-platform standards...  
Microsoft Pledges 'Significant' DRM Investment Information Week
DRM key to Linux's consumer success? CNET News
Reasons to Love Open-Source DRM Wired News
Mac Security: Is DRM Chip Bolted Inside The New Intel Macs? Robin Good
User-generated media try to look more like grown-up media  properties - with a range of hits and misses...  
The State of Web 2.0 Sys-Con
FM Publishing: The Best of 25 Tech Voices In One Feed FM Publishing
The Blogging Life, Huffington-Style, As 1st Anniversary Nears Editor & Publisher
MySpace Removes Objectionable Content in Advertising Bid eCommerce Times
MySpace purge draws sharp reactions Business 2.0 via CNN Money.com
Bertelsmann looking to create 'MySpace' for older set CNET News
Maturity of Internet Users Drives the Growth of Paid Broadband Content Market PR Newswire
Google, Mashup Developers Not on Same Map Publish
But why grow up when user-generated media seem to thrive when they stay raw and close to their audience...  
Death by Smiley Face: When Rivals Disdain Profit The New York Times*
Online media deals are surging globally...  
Media Deals Gain Steam Online Media Daily
YouTube receives $8 million in venture funding CNET Media Blog
TPI talking with Google about content deal -report Reuters
Claria Announces Yahoo Deal, New Tech InformationWeek
As today's Web and wireless portals become the High Street of content...  
At Last, Movies to Keep Arrive on the Internet The New York Times*
MobiTV Tops One Million Subscribers Wireless Dev Net
MSNBC tests ad-supported mobile news service MSNBC
Google Outwits Others in Search TechTree.com
Audio Interview: Jim Lanzone, GM, Ask.com paidContent.org
Libraries struggle to fund both staffs and collections, as do their suppliers...  
ALA Offers "State of America's Libraries" Report Library Journal
Library 22.0: Totally Automated Library Journal
University libraries hit hard by rising journal costs AP via WHAS
ProQuest cuts local work force Ann Arbor News
When markets are conversations content becomes increasingly conversational...  
Reuters to Distribute Trade Ideas Over Financial Terminals Securities Industry News
In other major trends in content this week...  
Intellectual Property keeps US economy afloat despite record trade deficit Today Online
House Subcommittee  Votes Down Net Neutrality Proposal CBR Online
Net Neutrality Measure Set for Vote Publish
Takeover of VNU to Begin With Explanation of Price WSJ Online*
The Blooker Awards: Blogs to Books The Blog Herald
Unbundled Media Content Poses A Challenge Oxford Analytica via Forbes
Broadband Advertising: The Issues; Formats; Advertiser Attitudes Etc. paidContent.org
Beijing Jilts Foreign Publishers As It Caps Lifestyle Magazines WSJ Online*
Every Click You Make, They'll Be Watching You The New York Times*
Best Practices
Emotionally-centered design JND.org
Five Components of Personalization iMedia Connection
Blogs Produce Business for Law Firms Law Practice Management
An Open Business Model is the Convergence Imperative According to PricewaterhouseCoopers PrimeZone
Hedge Your Blogs: If information is the currency, who owns the market? AlwaysOn
SIIA AntiPiracy Releases 2005 Action Report PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Cool Tools
Google offers Related Links to web publishers Lifehacker
Video Editing, Publishing And Remixing Online Is Here Robin Good
Google Ships Upgrade Of Firefox Toolbar TechWeb
Deals, Partnerships & Sales
LexisNexis Delivers Blog Content via Newstex Blogs On Demand BusinessWire
Newstex to Distribute VNU Business Media Publications Via Content On Demand PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Lycos and Qumana Partner up for bloggers The Blog Herald
Ovid Expands Partnership with Blackwell Publishing PR Newswire via PharmaLive
Amdocs Acquires Stibo Graphic Software, a Leading European Provider of Directory Publishing Solutions PR Newswire
Clear Channel Radio, Google in search deal Reuters
FBI signs five-year contract with ChoicePoint for analyst software GCN
VNU &  NewsGator Debut Localized RSS Aggregators for Germany, Holland, Italy, Belgium and Spain MarketWire
Coveo Upgrades Its Enterprise Search Product Information Today
RIM to add Yahoo Web services to BlackBerry Reuters via Boston.com
PennWell Acquires London-Based Sustainable Energy and Technology Magazines PR Newswire
Aspen Publishers and CCH Partner on New Library EContent Magazine
Headwaters MB Selects LexisNexis as CRM Provider to Institutionalize Relationship Intelligence BusinessWire
Ask.com and Motricity Enhance Search Experience for Mobile-Related Content BusinessWire
Google Earth Adds Discovery Videos Tech News World
Dow Jones Newswires Renews Agreement with Reuters for ''Dow Jones Capital Markets Report'' BusinessWire
Products, Markets & People
Hoover's Enhances Subscriber Site With New Search Platform and Unified Database PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
ALM's Law.com Introduces NewsPoint; Free RSS Reader Delivers Legal Headlines and News BusinessWire
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