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HEADLINES FOR MAY 2006
HEADLINES FOR THE WEEK OF 29 MAY 2006
Date/Headlines Source
Trends
Who owns electronic content distribution in the U.S.? The net neutrality debate looms large...  
Net Neutrality is More than Meets the Eye Real Clear Politics
Can there really be a World Wide Web for all? Enterprise Networks
eBay tries e-mail in Net neutrality fight CNET News
As public policy issues on privacy and ownership heat up on many fronts...  
FCC Is Set to Take Fresh Look At Media Ownership WSJ Online*
Microsoft, AOL, Google Asked by U.S. to Keep Internet Records Bloomberg
Congress considers several data protection bills TechTarget Search Security
We have met the publishers and they is us...  
Pew: Nearly 50 MM Americans Create Web Content ClickZ Network
Yahoo! launches a broadcast-friendly video portal and fills gaps in its ad strategy with eBay in tow...  
Yahoo makes Web video search more like TV channels Reuters
Yahoo Searches for Growth Engine WSJ Online*
Google presses on with experiments that continue to shift the balance of power in publishing...  
Why Google makes everyone else nervous The Boston Globe
Google to Bring 'Slow, Agonizing Deaths of Businesses' The Boston Globe
The new news The Guardian
Google looks at moving into ‘branded’ ads FT.com*
Google's video replay CNET News
Google Video: At the Movies ClickZ Network
Google: Magazine Ads Disappoint Online Media Daily
Microsoft plies a strategy that takes on both enterprise and media competitors head on...  
Microsoft's New Enterprise Search Effort eWeek
D Conference: Gates: Broadcast Is Dead; We Can't Do YouTube; Hints XBox+Music Player paidContent.org
Microsoft and eBay rumours defy facts ITWire
News organizations still wrestle with the place of weblogs as outlets for mainstream journalism...  
Newspapers woo bloggers with mixed results CNET News
How many news outlet staff actually read their own RSS feeds? Corante
Helping readers become government watchdogs USC Annenberg OJR
While newspapers search for profits in new markets and more efficient operations...  
Round-the-Clock News, With a British Accent The New York Times*
Analyst: E.W. Scripps 'Fastest-Growing' Media Company Forbes
Tribune Co. to Repurchase $2 Billion in Stock, Make Cuts Editor & Publisher
If major media companies cannot develop synergy or distribution advantages, what's next...?  
After Years of Pushing Synergy, Time Warner Inc. Says Enough WSJ Online*
Cutting Sony, a Corporate Octopus, Back to a Rational Size The New York Times*
2 Executives at Sony Music Step Down Amid a Shake-Up The New York Times*
Synergies that focus on context, of course...  
Starbucks names entertainment executive Reuters
Online books gain momentum and long-lasting context...  
Over Half a Million Book DOIs Now Registered in CrossRef The Charleston Advisor
In other major trends in content this week...  
Airline seat site files copyright infringement suit against newcomer Travel Weekly*
New M&A Firm Specializes in Regional Magazines FOLIO: Magazine
InfoUSA shareholders re-elect incumbent directors BtoB Online
FCC Probing Complaint on Video News Releases Publish
John Battelle: Quick IM Interview FM Publishing
BBC Traffic Cops busted! P2PNet
ID Theft Crisis fails to slow LexisNexis Miami Herald
There's Blogs (and Feeds!) In Our Search! Ask.com Blog
Iraq Becomes Deadliest of Modern Wars for Journalists The New York Times*
Best Practices
British LIbrary: Content anxieties in a digital age WhatPC?
Online Collaboration News: Where Do You Go To Get The Best News? Robin Good
XML Content Servers vs. Content Management Systems Mark Logic CEO Blog
The Long View: Where is Data Quality Headed? DM Review
Thinking (a lot) About Linking SEO Blog
Cool Tools
Save Web Content For Good Inside Your Personal Google Notebook Robin Good
FeedPass makes RSS subscription and monetizing other peoples' content easy The Social Software Weblog
Six Apart to Soft Launch New 'Vox' Blogging Tool Publish
PC's That Are a Lot Smaller Than a Breadbox The New York Times*
Thinking (a lot) About Linking SEO Blog
NewsGator Technologies Releases New Version of Premier Platform for Enterprise RSS Management MarketWire
Deals, Partnerships & Sales
LexisNexis(R) Martindale-Hubbell(R) Legal Articles Now Available on lexis.com BusinessWire
IHT, OhMyNews partner The Social Software Weblog
infoUSA Directory Assistance Content to be Licensed by Microsoft for Local Search LBSZone
Unwired Signs Fairfax For Location-Based Content Mobilised
Knovel Partners with the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Send2Press
Thomson Acquires MercuryMD, Inc. PR Newswire
Hilliard Lyons Adopts Thomson Financial News and Takes a Full Site License PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Largest Swedish Online Information Service InfoTorg Deploys FAST to Enhance Subscriber Site BusinessWire
Bloomberg Bond Auction System Selected by Australian Government PR Newswire
Sky News and blinkx Partner to Search and Deliver News on the Web PR Newswire
Products, Markets & People
More Accurate, Quicker Diagnoses Possible Via New Elsevier Product PR Newswire
Elsevier’s ScienceDirect Announces Redesigned Interface Information Today
Variety Launches New Photo Division -- Variety Images BusinessWire via Yahoo! FInance
LexisNexis Launches HotDocs 2006 EContent Magazine
ProQuest Increases Library Options EContent Magazine
OneSource Appoints Cheryl Curran as Chief Marketing Officer BusinessWire
From democratizing code to democratizing content: Red Hat announces new content initiatives CIOL IT Unlimited
Intellext Releases Latest Version of Its Watson Search Tool Computing News
LexisNexis InterAction 5.5 Announced CRM Chump
LexisNexis Special Services Extends Screening Solutions With Digital Defense Group Biocards BusinessWire
HEADLINES FOR THE WEEK OF 22 MAY 2006
Date/Headlines Source
Trends
Yahoo links up with eBay for media synergies while boosting its original content...  
Yahoo, eBay Form Web Advertising Alliance Reuters via Publish
Analysts React: 'Win-Win' Move WSJ Online*

What the eBay-Yahoo Deal Means to Google

 Publish
Re-Org At Yahoo Media Group; Yahoo Studios Formed; Vince Broady Joins From CNET paidContent.org
Shunned Yahoo Shares Poised for Rebound Publish
As Google moves towards a deeper definition of media through personal and enterprise platforms...  
Inside Google Enterprise ZDNet
Google Courts Business Intelligence Players Enterprise Systems
Google to Begin Selling Web Ads That Include Video WSJ Online*
Google winning searches, but losing portal battle Pocket Lint
But with its two-prong MSN and Live strategy Microsoft may yet take them both on in their own back yards...  
The Battle to Build the Personal InfoCloud Vanderwal
MSN Is in Talks To Buy Provider Of Wireless Ads WSJ Online*
Social content continues to grow, but it's a movable feast that is not always harnessed easily...  
MySpace growth may be undoing The Mercury News
Analysis: MySpace becomes phenomenon, faces challenges Macworld
UK-Heavy Social Network Bebo Gets $15 Million Funding paidContent.org
Not that everything that users publish is pure gold...  
Akismet publishes Blog Spam stats: 67 percent spam? The Blog Herald
Content Nation begins to loom larger than most any individual nation...  
One billion people have Internet access AFP via Yahoo! News
Raising increasingly profound questions over its ad hoc governance...  
Should the Net Be Neutral? WSJ Online*
Berners-Lee calls for Net neutrality CNET News
Library Groups Join Coalition Supporting "Net Neutrality" Library Journal
Net Neutrality's End Might Turn a Buck Unstrung
Is Google Dropping Conservative Sites They Disagree With? Search Engine Guide
If Profitability Is The Foundation Of Trust, Is Google Trustable? - Part II Robin Good
And reminding us where the growth is heading...  
More Chinese prefer electronic reading Xinhua via China View
China Embracing eBooks Pacific Epoch
A year of reckoning for news paints many worries for wary investors and journalists...  
Three Experts Offer Hard Truths on Future for Newspapers Editor & Publisher
Merrill Lynch Raises Alarm on Health of Newspaper Industry Editor & Publisher
Moody's Downgrades Tribune's Credit Rating Because of Stock Buybacks and Debt AP via Yahoo! News
Online Used-Vehicle Classifieds Outpace Print Ads Two to One Auto Racing Daily
Question: Who Is MediaNews's Dean Singleton? The New York Times*
Dow Jones says trust of former major shareholder amends trading plan MarketWatch*
In Print, Staring Down a Daily Worry The New York Times*
But news organizations are surfacing many new and creative approaches to repositioning their assets...  
A Whole New View At Hearst BusinessWeek
New York Times Invests In Online Leads Exchange Startup Root Markets paidContent.org
Tribune buys ForSaleByOwner.com realty Web site Reuters
Times of London to hit streets of New York Times Online
NBC News Adds Content to iTunes WorldScreen
AP and Topix To Announce Web Search Deal on Tuesday Editor & Publisher
USA Today Content Available By Voice Command On BlackBerrys Editor & Publisher
Aggregators are gearing up with leading technologies but will it be enough to overcome online economics...?  
LexisNexis spends $150m on improvements Information World Review
FT's "aggregator embargo" poses a challenge for newspapers The Editors Weblog
Trusting the Web sometimes has its own rewards...  
Interview: Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales Atomic
Jim Baen's Universe Goes Naked-- eMagazine to Launch Without Copy Protection PR Web
Law In Business: Taming the wild web LegalWeek
Blog-Based Analysts Shake Up IT Research InformationWeek
Instead of painting the side of a bus, why not just paint the airwaves...?  
A Station With a One-of-a-Kind Campaign: All Snapple, All the Time The New York Times*
In other major events on content this week...  
Majority VNU shareholders accept EUR 7.58bn buyout offer New Ratings
Bertelsmann to Buy Back 25% Stake for $5.8 Billion The New York Times*
Deal May Be Near to Buy 2 Philly Papers AP via Yahoo! News
Google Plans Impromptu May 31 Investor Meeting Reuters via Publish
Web 2.0 pending a trademark The Blog Herald
Switched On: TiVo should be on Google's wish list Engadget
Researchers look to semantic Web to drive Internet InfoWorld
An Online Market Blooms for Video Clip Reruns The New York Times*
Internet addiction a growing concern Reuters via CNET News
Best Practices
W3C: Redesigning the Internet PC World
Clare Hart: Enterprises reap benefits from tagging data IT World
Unlocking The iPod? Rights vs Content paidContent.org
The Human News Aggregator: An Interview About NewsMastering Robin Good
Knowledge/Information centricity vs document centricity ZDNet
Content Syndication Builds Organic Search Engine Optimization The Open Press
What works in online video news? USC Annenberg OJR
Large-Cap Internet Courtships: Do They Make Sense? paidContent.org
Building on the future of the web BBC News
Conversation Search – The Next Generation Web Pro News
CIOs Lack Content Control Enterprise Systems
Reviving a Dying Online Category iMedia Connection
Advertising vs. semantic design Brain on Fire
ABM Research: Marketers Prefer to Build Brand, Find Leads at In-Person Events FOLIO: Magazine
Cool Tools
Navio Systems, Inc. Unveils New 'Rights-Based' Commerce Platform for Web and Mobile Content PR Newswire
Verio Delivers New Hosted Podcast Tool, Enabling Businesses To Manage Unique Content and Updates BusinessWire

Book on True Story of Xbox 360 is Edited and Published in 30 Days via Lulu's Print-On-Demand

 PR Newswire
How to Surf Safely at Cybercafes: Use Their Computer, but Bring Your Own Desktop From Home The New York Times*
Visualize Online Information Trends Over Time And Geographical Regions: Google Trends Robin Good
Microsoft shows off JPEG rival CNET News
Atom Launches AJAX-Supported Content Management Suite Linux Sys-Con
Seagate 750GB: A Must-Have Desk Accessory for Digital Content Storage
RSS To Email: How To Let Readers Subscribe To Your RSS Feeds Via Email Robin Good
Deals, Partnerships & Sales
Experian Teams With Thomson Gale(TM) to Provide Additional News &  Info on 300,000+ U.S. Businesses PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
LexisNexis gobbles up CaseSoft Law.com Blog Network
infoUSA Directory Assistance Content to be Licensed by Microsoft for Local Search BusinessWire
Pearson to Acquire Apple's PowerSchool Division MacNewsWorld
Hoover's and Salesforce.com Join to Deliver Business Insight Via Salesforce.com's AppExchange PR Newswire
FAST Signs OEM Agreement with Day Software for Access to Legacy Data Through Enterprise Search BusinessWire via TMCNet
Reed Business Information Applies Linkstorm to the Aviation Media Site, http://www.flightglobal.com PR Newswire
BitPass in Deal With Entercom to Flexibly Monetize Digital Offerings in a Consumer-Friendly Manner BusinessWire
Ovid in Partnership with 3D Medical Imagery Innovator Primal Pictures to Expand Medical Full Text Offerings Media Press Release
InfoUSA to acquire Mokrynskidirect BtoB Online
USA TODAY and Gannett Partner with MobileVoice Control for Voice-Driven Mobile Search on BlackBerry BusinessWire via FinanzenNet
Brightcove and Limelight Networks Team to Deliver Internet TV PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Sapient Partners with Google to Bring Advanced Search Solutions to Enterprise Customers BusinessWire via TMCNet
Autonomy and Cognos to Converge Unstructured Structured Data for Business Intelligence DM Review
blinkx Partners With Times Online to Bring FIFA Archive to the Web PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
For Sale By Owner Real Estate Website Shares Content With Google PR Web
Products, Markets & People
Elsevier MDL releases drug safety database IWR Log
Blog Search Portal Released by VeriSign's Moreover Technologies Web Site Host Directory
OneSource adds strategic insights on 2000 UK Companies OnRec
Prospero New Personal Journals Application Offers Targeted Social Networking in a Branded Environment PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Information Today, Inc. Launches Enterprise Search Portal EContent Magazine
TechTarget Magnifier launched BtoB Online
VeriSign's Moreover Technologies Announces News and Blog Search Portal for Global Enterprises Promotion World
Recommind Enhances Its MindServer Platform Information Today
Inxight Launches Search Extender for Google, Helping Users to Filter Search Results Rapidly PR Newswire via Yahoo! FInance
Mirror Image Announces Major Upgrade to Content Delivery Network BusinessWire via Yahoo! FInance
Hanley Wood to launch new magazine titled ‘Architect’ BtoB Online
About.com Enhances Broadband Video Content Editor & Publisher
HEADLINES FOR THE WEEK OF 15 MAY 2006
Date/Headlines Source
Trends
A week of books in Washington, DC highlights major shifts in publishing towards new channels...  
Google to Enable Books to 'Talk to Each Other' Washington Post
Chairman says Starbucks could start book sales by Christmas MarketWatch*
Page to home page: Book bizzers seeking tech support Variety
Major media companies praise their online futures but still wrestle to find effective business models...  
News Corp's Chernin: We're in the 'Most Revolutionary Period in Media History' Fortune via CNN Money
Time Magazine to Become a 'Guide Through the Media Chaos' Washington Post
From :-) to :-(  - Once the darling of the internet, AOL is struggling to remain relevant Economist.com
Yahoo Unveils Completely New Look News Factor Net via Yahoo! News
Everyone wants in on online ad dollars, pushing ads into a burgeoning mix of channels and packages...  
Yahoo execs tout Internet advertising boom AP via Boston.com
Redmond Eyes Online Ad Dollars Red Herring
Pheedo: RSS Ad Click-throughs Settling Down a Bit Marketing Vox News
Snap.com Blurs Lines Between Ads, Content AP via Yahoo! News
Feedburner Unveils Ads-for-Sites System Adotas
As online video surges into the spotlight producers and advertisers are trying to catch up with the trend...  
A Guide to the Online Video Explosion Wired Magazine
ABC.com Users Watch More Than Two Million Streams paidContent.org
Carmakers woo youth with Web videos The Detroit News
News organizations try to wake up and catch the online wave but for some the transition has come slowly...  
Me, Me, Me The personalized newspaper is getting closer and closer WSJ Online*
'Wash. Post,' 'USA Today' Editors Discuss the Web/Print Merger Editor & Publisher
Maybe the FT is finally getting the hang of this online thingy Davos Newbies
Pearson shakes up FT management FT.com
Paper Profit: Singleton Still Investing in Papers Forbes
User-generated media don't always turn in high profits but their influence is here to stay...  
Social networking continues to grow: —Social networking sites collectively grew 47% YOY in April BtoB Online
Bloggers spreading 'netroots' in influence Houston Chronicle
Six Degrees of Separation From Profits? Making Social Networking Pay eCommerce Times
Gartner Says Web 2.0 Offers Many Opportunities for Growth, But Few Enterprises Moneyweb
David Carr: Building a Brand With a Blog The New York Times*
Grokking Syndication: Media, Publishing & Marketing Down the Avenue
Search is being redefined by a new generation of tools that add content value to search results...  
Search sites answer calls for visual, community results Reuters via CNET News
New Google News Cloud tool provides related topic mapping Google News Cloud
Microsoft Search Finds IBM Red Herring
Microsoft pitches Live Search at corporates VNUNet
Enterprise Search Gets Lost BusinessWeek
The gap between innovative B2B publishers embracing rich data and the laggers widens...  
Marchesano: B-to-B Publishers Must Think Outside the Box FOLIO: Magazine
TechTarget Acquires 2020software.com; IPO In a Year paidContent.org
Microsoft talks a good online game but it's heart remains in software - for better or worse...  
Beyond Business Intelligence: Delivering a Comprehensive Approach to Enterprise Information Bill Gates
Microsoft's Vista Upgrade Advisor (It's Bad News...) PC World
Publishers still struggle with copyright while the value in content moves towards managing context rights...  
Music Industry Sues XM Over Replay Device WSJ Online*
Copyright triumph may become hollow victory Sydney Morning Herald
Privacy advocates launch DRM information portal IT Business.ca
Pay per call may be gearing up for a whole new dimension...  
A Web Address for a Phone Number? Do .Tel Publish
In other major trends in content this week...  
AOL acquires Lightningcast CNET News
VNU Deal Likely As Activist Holder Concedes Defeat WSJ Online*
Wolters Kluwer to Buy a Maximum of One Million of its Shares MarketWire
infoUSA Calls ISS Recommendation ''Absurd''; Company Urges Vote for its Director Nominees BusinessWire
Consumer Reports to Launch Magazine Dedicated to Shopping WSJ Online*
Internet Companies Join Forces to Battle Foreign Censorship Pressures Law.com
Scottish City To Pioneer Personalized Local Wireless Information Wireless IQ
Deadline Set for Wireless Internet in Parks The New York Times*
Best Practices
Information Safety And Accuracy: Is Google Trustable? Robin Good
Potential and pitfalls of government-produced information for AdSense content Eric Giguere
Building the Universal Library Search Engine Watch
At an Industry Media Lab, Close Views of Multitasking The New York Times*
Internet Searching Graduates To Classroom Lecturing Assistant: The Google Jockey Robin Good
Independent Film Makers Lead Trend in Using Online Technology to Submit Entries in WGBH's Competition BusinessWire via TMCNet
The Social Life Of Books Library Journal
Are Consumers Ready For Digital Convergence?; Survey Highlights Barriers To Market Development RTO Online
Cool Tools
WebIC: Software that predicts information needs CIOL
Comparing blog publishing tools: an update USC Annenberg OJR
Buying Guide: Online Collaboration Services PC Magazine via ABC News
Microsoft IE Problems With Flash/Quicktime/Active Content Sites Are Still Here Robin Good
Newly Patented Technology Could Revolutionize Online Content Management MarketWire
Wetpaint Launches Six New Websites in Response to Enthusiastic User Demand PR Newswire
IBM offers new BI search and discovery WebSphere solution eChannelLine
Hitachi Announces Commercial eBook-Like Display Daily Tech
IBM wikis hard on Java's heels Australian IT
Handmark(R) Pocket Express(TM) Wireless Services Bundled With Palm(R) Treo(TM) 700p Smartphone PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Microsoft Launches Beta of Expression Web Designer Publish
Deals, Partnerships & Sales
LexisNexis to Integrate FactSet Research Content Information Today
TechTarget Acquires 2020software.com, Helps Decision-makers Evaluate Business Software BusinessWire
ProQuest spinoff gets journal contract Ann Arbor News

Elsevier Buys Healthcare Database Specialist Gold Standard

 DM News
Newstex Adds Blogs Covering Media and Enterprise Content to Blogs on Demand PR Newswire
Newstex to Distribute Japan's Daily Yomiuri Via Content on Demand PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Reed Construction Data and Beck Technology to Partner in First-of-Its-Kind Project & Budget Tool BusinessWire via Chron.com
Gannett Buys Interactive Advertising Technology Agency Planet Discover AP via Yahoo!News
Autonomy and Cognos to Converge Results of Unstructured Information and Structured Data for BI CNW Group
KDDI and Google Partner to Incorporate Google Search into Australia's EZ Web JCN Network
Business Objects, Information Builders Open BI To Google Enterprise Search Intelligent Enterprise
YellowBrix to Offer Real-Time Content Syndication, Competitive Intelligence Services for Sun Micro's Java PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Google Goes on Asian Phones Red Herring via Stockhouse
Paramount Classics Strikes Deal With Technorati to Embrace Bloggers, Build Buzz Around New Movies PR Newswire
Kaiser to use Google tool to help focus web searches San Francisco Business Times
Business Objects Announces Support for Google Search Appliance and Google Desktop BusinessWire via TMCNet
OpinionJournal.com in Distribution Agreement With RealClearPolitics.com to Publish Political Poll Data PR Newswire
Media Gateway adds Newsweb to its content line-up AME Info
MetaCarta Joins the Google Enterprise Professional Program to Extend the Power of Geographic Searches PR Newswire
Products, Markets & People
Elsevier MDL Unveils PharmaPendium -- A New Drug Safety Product PharmaLive
Voxant's Viral Syndication Network(TM) to Revolutionize Online News Distribution PR Newswire
Yahoo launches Philippine unit, sets eye on local mobile content The Manila Bulletin
LexisNexis Canada Goes for RSS Vancouver Law Librarian Blog
LexisNexis Group Names Walsh President and CEO of U.S. Legal Markets BusinessWire
EDN.com Debuts New Vertical Search Solution BusinessWire via TMCNet
New Xerox Software Reduces Copyright Worries for Print Providers  BusinessWire
HEADLINES FOR THE WEEK OF 8 MAY 2006
Date/Headlines Source
Trends
With a wave of innovative product intros Google reaffirms its leadership in contextualizing content...  
Google boosts web content management with Desktop 4 release Computer Weekly
Google Press Day: Making Google Stickier paidContent.org
Google Notebook Screenshots TechCrunch
Google Notebook - who should be worried? ZDNet
Google Trends and Lexis/Nexis' missed opportunity Harvard Extended
Google Still Focused on Search (and by Search, I Mean Advertising) Publish
As its competitors gear up for battle...  
Microsoft: Let's Make More Deals BusinessWeek
To Bulk Up MSN, Microsoft Will Cough Up $1.1 Billion InformationWeek
MSN signs deal with Hearst Magazines Puget Sound Business Journ.
Microsoft and Google Grapple for Supremacy as Stakes Escalate The New York Times*
Windows Academic Search wins hearts Information World Review
Yahoo: Content is not king; you have to have technology MarketWatch*
Yahoo reinvigorates Web advertising search battle Reuters
Ballmer: Google Wants Special Treatment CNET News
Sometimes Google's biggest enemy is itself...  
Is 'Big Daddy' Choking Google? Publish
Online ad auctions have created a seller's market for context...  
Google CEO sees "limitless growth" Reuters
How deep is the online-ad well? CNET News
Advertising sales boost News Corp profits 999 Today
Newspapers are profiting from the growth of Web news but will it be enough to build their future...?  
The Perfect News Site, 2016 WSJ Online*
Newspaper circulation falls, Web readership gains Reuters
Newspaper Circulation Drops 2.6% On Competition From Web Sites WSJ Online*
Newspapers will win web battle: four times the dwell time of portals Web.co.uk
Newspaper companies put the squeeze on print, shift content online BtoB Online
Newspapers will supply top blogs, says Times boss Press Gazette
Not All Papers Bled in New Circ Tally -- Some Gained Editor & Publisher
As media companies come to accept the power of peer-to-peer distribution they start to court renegades...  
Warner Bros. to team with BitTorrent for movie sales Engadget
Can BitTorrent thrive in the mainstream? CNET News
Iger: DIS Exploring P2P Distribution; Streaming "Not An Experiment" paidContent.org
But for many distributors peer-to-peer distribution represents a major challenge to their models...  
C-Span Opts For Google, Reciprocity Over Viral Video paidContent.org
Broadcast Treaty Writers Sidetrack Webcasting E-Commerce Times
French Digital Music Copyright Bill Advances The New York Times*
Growth of Mobile DRM Likely to Drive Demand for Next-Generation Mobile Content Services PR Newswire
Pressures increase on scholarly publishing to adapt to Web distribution and new packaging options...  
US senators propose to make scientific research freely available Guardian Unlimited
Report: Academic Library eBook Usage Surging Bill McCoy
The Shifting Paradigm of Scholarly Publishing PowerBlog
Content that's on the seamy side makes for easy political targets but not-so-simple solutions...  
Congress targets social network sites CNET News
Internet Agency Rejects '.xxx' Domain Name Houston Chronicle
Remember when getting online was a big deal...?  
AOL Laying Off About 1,300 Employees Washington Post
Citigroup Is Hired To Review Options For AOL Europe WSJ Online*
In other major trends in content this week...  
Canon Communications Ex-CEO Forms New Company FOLIO: Magazine
Wolters Kluwer operating profit misses forecasts, organic growth trails acquisitions Reuters
ProQuest is in a fight for survival Ann Arbor News
FAST continues growth momentum Ovum
Interview With CEO Of PRWeb David McInnis Web Pro News
Knight Ridder Vote on McClatchy Deal Will Be June 26, Here Are 'Risks' Editor & Publisher
Reed Elsevier selling eight trade shows, magazine Reuters
VNU Confirms Status of Supervisory and Executive Boards BusinessWire
On a Fault Line, a Divide Opens Between Editors The New York Times*
Best Practices
Wikipedia is the downfall of civilization The Jaded JD
MediaWiki and Information Sorting Line56
Microsoft updates its office of the future CNET News
What will the office of the future look like? Silicon.com
Why Email an RSS Feed? Marketing Shift
Wolters Kluwer Financial Services Offers Tips to Help Insurers Adopt Successful Compliance Practices PR Newswire
NewsML aims for the mainstream USC Annenberg OJR
Cool Tools
NewspaperDirect Bringing Newspapers to Ultra-Mobile PCs BusinessWire
Google, Nokia to Launch Internet Browsing Device WSJ Online*
Online Slideshow Creator Lets You Mix Digital Photos With Original Music: vMix Photo Jockey Robin Good
Less filling, tastes great.. or Movable Type against Wordpress The Blog Herald
Putting the Wire Back Into Networking The New York Times*
TiVo Launches Television's New Advertising Search Product PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Google OneBox opens up for desktop search Australian IT
Deals, Partnerships & Sales
Elsevier MDL and Key Organics partner to improve chemical sourcing WebWire
McGraw-Hill Professional and the American Cancer Society Announce New Distribution Agreement PR Newswire
Wolters Kluwer Legal, Tax & Regulatory Europe Completes Acquisition of Carl Heymanns KG MarketWire
Ovid Announces Partnership with 3D Medical Imagery Innovator Primal Pictures to Expand Full Text Offerings PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Comtex Adds AP Financial News to Valuable Mix of Useful Business Products BusinessWire
Netupdate, Inc. and Wolters Kluwer Financial Services Announce Mutual Referral Agreement PR Newswire
Open Text Combines Invention Machine's Semantic Indexing and Concept Retrieval with Livelink ECM BusinessWire via TMCNet
DM2 forms alliance with Harris Interactive BtoB Online
AT&T and MobiTV to Offer Live TV Package for Laptop Users via Wi-Fi Hot Spots BusinessWire
Rogers Wireless and Virtual Reach Introduce Rogers Newsclip CNW Group
Anystream Agility Serves Up Reuters News Clips for International Distribution PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
PointRoll and MySpace.com Join Forces to Speed Rich Media Adoption via PointRoll's Included Program PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
NewsGator and ePartners Join Forces to Bring RSS to the Enterprise MarketWire
blinkx Adds Discovery Networks to Its Video Search Capabilities PR Newswire
Yahoo, Telemundo create Yahoo! Telemundo BusinessWeek
FAST Drives Powersearch Capabilities for AutoTrader.com The Auto Channel
Products, Markets & People
New LexisNexis(R) Market Intelligence Offering to Provide Corporate Transaction Data BusinessWire
LexisNexis Canada Announces New Quicklaw™ Service CCN Matthews
New Web Portal for Engineers from Emerald Group Publishing Training Press Releases
WebMD Announces Implementation of Next Phase of Health Search PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
USATODAY.com Launches My USA TODAY PR Newswire via Yahoo!Finance
OneSource(R) to Co-Sponsor Clinton Global Initiative BusinessWire via TMCNet
Google Mini launches in UK PC Advisor
Scripps Networks Continues to Build Broadband Success Launching New DIY Woodworking Channel BusinessWire via TMCNet
ALM Promotes Jennifer Collins to Managing Director of Law.com BusinessWire
LexisNexis now has some PDFs Reference at Newman Library
   
 
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