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HEADLINES FOR JULY 2006
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HEADLINES FOR THE WEEK OF 31 JULY 2006
Trends
Convergence is moving far faster than most media companies had planned on...  
Ten Toes in the Multimedia Waters: 2006 is turning into the year of trying everything at once Poynter Online
Accelerating rapid changes in ad markets...  
Advertisers Turn to eBay To Buy TV Time WSJ Online
MSN Gets Strong Start In Race to Win Web Video Ads WSJ Online*
Contextual Advertising Now Available To Amazon Associates: The Omakase Links Program Robin Good
Wachovia Conference Call: Dismal Stats on Auto Ads Editor & Publisher
And fueling an insatiable market for deals...  
HuffingtonPost Closes Funding; Announcement Coming Soon paidContent.org
TechTarget vets investment bankers to underwrite IPO BtoB Online
3 of L.A.'s Billionaires Have Eyes on L.A. Times LA Times*
Ziff Davis Owner Officially Seeks Sale FOLIO: Magazine
Son of Real Estate Mogul Buys New York Observer WSJ Online*
The future of publishing needs a coherent plan for intellectual property management - that doesn't exist...  
Google's copyright tussles CNET News
Kazaa owner's DRM plan P2PNet
Digital rights fuel open-source debate The Oregonian
Siggraph: Taking on fair use, privacy and DRM CNET News
Heard the one about intellectual property? The Scotsman
Today's kings of content are site builders  who know the difference between a crowd and a community...  
Valley Boys: Digg.com's Kevin Rose leads a new brat pack of young entrepreneurs BusinessWeek
Are You on Craig's List? Fast Company
Younger Generation Embracing Technology Like Never Before: Pick Social Networks over TV Networks TechWeb
The MySpace invaders USA Today via Yahoo! News
Internet Brands Launches Industry-First Wikicars.org Auto News
Alert the media - the media is doing what the Web has been doing all along...  
Newspapers to Use Links to Rivals on Web Sites The New York Times*
Inform Links Publishers to Web Red Herring
Inform Announces New Publisher Services and Initial Customers Information Today
As book publishers discover new ways to get intimate with their audiences online...  
HarperCollins Steps Up Its Presence on the Internet with Browsable Books The New York Times*
Publishers Try to Sell Words With Moving Pictures The New York Times*
AP forges an alliance with Google that may help both to make the most of engaged audiences...  
Google, AP disclose news payment deal AP via Yahoo! News
Parsing & Breaking Down The AP-Google Agreement paidContent.org
AOL slims down to prepare for a world beyond selling subscription access...  
AOL Casts Its Fate With Ads BusinessWeek
AOL Needs Advertising 2.0 Marketing Shift
AOL to Cut 5,000 Jobs in Web Access Business The New York Times*
AOL to test-launch video search service Reuters via Yahoo! News
Pearson joins a widening group of publishers that are shifting from defense to offense on the Web...  
Pearson ponders web strategy as profits rise The Guardian
Pearson 2006 Interim Results: Sales up 8%; adjusted operating profit up 57% PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Pew Research points to a plateau in the shift to newspapers online, but new sources are growing...  
Print Not Dead Yet: Shift to Getting News Online Has Slowed Editor & Publisher
Amateur Hour: Journalism without journalists The New Yorker
Bloggers put the boot into big business The Sunday Times
The do-it-yourself Web emerges CNET News
CNN.com creates user submissions section AP via Boston.com
But do-it-yourself publishing is not without its challenges...  
Blogger Jailed After Defying Court Orders The New York Times*
Latest Jailing of Journalist Sending A Message to Bloggers? Editor & Publisher
Making the jump from one-man blog to community website USC Annenberg OJR
China: You got a license for that Web site, buddy? CNET News
Create something that works and the world beats a path to your doorstep. Create something that doesn't...  
Media heir wants 'Airbus of the web' FT.com via MSNBC
EC eyes single market for digital content PC Pro
In other major trends in content this week...  
Microsoft launches Live Spaces PC Magazine
Google Brand Name Value on the Move New York Post
ProQuest sees ex-vp link to restatement Reuters
Chat rooms could face expulsion from schools and libraries in U.S. CNET News
Enterprise search market poised for further growth VNUNet
VNU shareholders approve to change to private company status BtoB Online
Justice Department approves sale of Mercury News to MediaNews The Mercury News
Tribune and Chandlers Resume Talks on Differences WSJ Online*
Best Practices
SEO and URL Structure ClickZ Network
Creating ebooks with open source tools News Forge
Inside Entrepreneurship: Ads, shmads -- you need to turn up on Google Seattle PI
Interface Design: Usability And Visual Innovation Key Future Success Factors Robin Good
BI's new power users rely on advanced search ComputerWorld
But Would You Pay For It? Free Versus Paid Content Online TMCNet
Blog Advertising: A Quick Tutorial ClickZ News
Cool Tools
Ford, GM, Mazda to see more iPod Integration Gizmodo
DiggFiltr - Create a Custom Digg Feed in Seconds DiggFiltr
New Download Kiosks at the Airport Esato
From 2D Images To 3D Exploratory Visualscapes Robin Good
Closing the digital divide with solar Wi-Fi CNET News
Yellow Machine Introduces the Ultimate Home Media Server BusinessWire
Amazon.com Announces Library Processing for Public and Academic Libraries Across the United States BusinessWire via FinanzenNet
Now for news, just strap this watch The Economic Times
Deals, Partnerships & Sales
LexisNexis Alliance with BNA Increases Tax Center Users' Access to Authoritative BNA Tax Information BusinessWire

Elsevier and the Institution of Chemical Engineers Announce Publishing Alliance

 MarketWire
Gannett, McClatchy & Tribune in Ownership Pact  on CareerBuilder, ShopLocal.com and Topix.net PR Newswire
Burson-Marsteller Partners with The NewsMarket to  Provide Turn-Key Digital Video Content Delivery CNW Group
D&B Announces Agreements with Acxiom(R) Corporation for  Sales & Marketing Solutions BusinessWire
Nelnet Buys Peterson's FOLIO: Magazine
ABM partners with podcastGO to help members develop online video BtoB Online
Sphere.com and Clickability to Connect About.com Readers to the 1.3 Million+ Related Articles on Its Site PR Newswire via Finanzen.net
Merriam-Webster Selects Healthline to Deliver Medical Information to Millions of Health Seekers MarketWire

INVESTools to Provide Investor Education Content to Forbes.com

 BusinessWire
iAmplify and HarperCollins Partner on Syndication Platform with  Free and Paid Audio and Video Content BusinessWire
RISI acquires ‘The Seybold Report’ from CMP Technology BtoB Online
Google, Real extend pact Reuters via CNET News
Book Publisher Perseus Acquires Service Provider The New York Times*
ISIS Equity Partners Backs GBP 8 million secondary management buy-out of Micro Librarian Systems Ltd. Managing Informaiton
Wired and Sonibyte Partner to Provide Podcast Content PR Web via Yahoo! News
NewsGator Brings Podcasts and Other Content to Yahoo! Messenger MarketWire
State of Minnesota Selects PTC(R) Arbortext(R) to Streamline Legislative Publishing BusinessWire
InvestorIdeas.com™ Features Audio Video Content from ClipSyndicate Newswire Today
blinkx Partners With Trouble Homegrown Adding Thousands of Hours of Garage Video to Search Index PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
MondoSearch First Search Engine to Integrate with Sitecore CMS Submit Express
Products, Markets & People
LexisNexis Opens New CRM Training Centre in London to Increase Adoption of InterAction BusinessWire
LexisNexis Risk Management Introduces New Investigative Solutions Line BusinessWire
Thomson Financial Launches Thomson Guidance Solution PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Thomson Financial establishes presence in the Middle East AME Info
Former ESPN Officer to Join Reuters WSJ Online*
Spoke Gives Free Access to Database of 30 Million Business People Spoke
Industry Moves: Yahoo Media; NYT; iFilm; BigFish; Penton paidContent.org
Community Connect, Inc. Profitable and Growing  Through Niche Relevancy Ten Years and Counting PR Newswire
Mobileplay offers free mobile services with Opera MiniT 2.0 Kauppalehti Online
HEADLINES FOR THE WEEK OF 24 JULY 2006
Trends
Publishing earnings are pretty healthy but ad-driven online content surges ahead of subscriptions...  
Online ad spending will reach $25.9 billion by 2011 BtoB Online
Reuters lifts annual revenue outlook Reuters
Reed Elsevier boosts profit Reuters
Lexis reports slight revenue hike Dayton Business Journal
McGraw-Hill’s b-to-b revenue up 2.1% in second quarter BtoB Online
Thomson Reports Strong Second-Quarter 2006 Results PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Ahead of the Bell: Amazon.com MSN Money
A Brighter Future for Incisive Media Finance Visor
In the battle to build online profits newspapers are willing to walk away from pet formulas that don't work...  
Monster to replace CareerBuilder on Philly.com Philly.com
Monster may seek more newspaper partners Reuters
Google buries the hatchet on its click fraud suit and  turns a minus into a plus by opening its fraud stats...  
Google reaches click-fraud settlement VNUnet
Findings on invalid clicks Google Blog
Google Shares Click-Fraud Data Red Herring
Message to social news enthusiasts: if it's all about the users, why not share the wealth with them...?  
Social News Is Dead ClickZ News
Should Community-Edited News Sites Pay Top Editors? MediaShift
Calacanis: have a beer and relax, it's just diggnation Kevin Rose
Especially when both  pros and amateurs are setting up their own profitable independent publishing lives...  
A Sideline That Competes With a Byline The New York Times*
A New Model For Getting Rich Online Washington Post
Online editors see biggest pay increases CyberJournalist
Now that social media has built its audiences it's on to revenue models that leverage their strengths...  
"It's so not about social networking anymore": MySpace a launch pad for next-gen media biz The Hollywood Reporter
Cracking the social network code Marketwatch
Worries of a Web 2.0 bubble mount but Web 2.0 tools have already transformed the world of publishing...  
Pew Study Unmasks US Bloggers Tech News World
Keeping the Web 2.0 Bubble Inflated Publish
China's bosses join battle of the blogs Asia Times
The Long Tail formula gets a clipping in the press but works well once users call the shots on context...  
It May Be a Long Time Before the Long Tail Is Wagging the Web WSJ Online*
Long Tail Gets Stepped On AlacraBlog
long tails need organization to happen Modules and Wholes
Ho-hum, another week of innovative approaches to content markets at the Googleplex...  
Google Ads on Network Monitor Application Download Squad
Google rides the radio waves with ads CNET News
In the Race With Google, It's Consistency vs. 'Wow' The New York Times*
Google Launches Live Traffic Updates Through Google Maps For Mobile Playfuls.com
Enterprise Unplugged: Google Search Appliance Mobile edition has hit the streets Google Enterprise Blog
In a world of self-syndicating content are we going to be able to retain centralized views of performance...?  
Doomed Page Views Online Spin
TiVo Is Watching When You Don’t Watch, and It Tattles The New York Times*
While digital rights management remains the darling of mass media  the action dances elsewhere...  
Yahoo, Sony BMG Offer DRM-Free Music Information World
YouWitness News Forbes
The YouTube War Time Magazine
YouTube dances the copyright tango CNET News
Content Industries And Sharman Networks Settle All Global Litigation CNW Group via Yahoo! News
Microsoft digs in to build a fortress of exclusive content and tools but it's far from clear that they're not too late...  
In Microsoft Plan for Future, All Roads Lead to Internet The New York Times*
Microsoft's Zune: The Hurdles And Challenges paidContent.org
Microsoft to Offer Software for Health Care Industry The New York Times*
Well-focused search engines build valuable focused audiences with highly differentiated services...  
Blog Search Engine Technorati Releases Major Upgrade And New Features Robin Good
Searching for Order in the Blogosphere Washington Post
Tiny search engines target niche market with "social" design The Seattle Times
Print publishing is moving rapidly to online venues to gain a greater rapport with their audiences...  
Teen People to Fold Magazine, Maintain Web Presence FOLIO: Magazine
HarperCollins Turns to Web, In a Search for More Romance WSJ Online*
Authors connect with their readers on Roadfood.com USC Annenberg OJR
Controlling distribution is still the game for companies that want to build exclusive positions...  
Microsoft Opposes Net Neutrality Plan On Its Proxy Reuters via Information Week
Cellular Carriers Work To Outdo Google, Yahoo WSJ Online*
The Phone Companies Still Don't Get It BusinessWeek
It may be a great idea but heaven help you if you're far-sighted...  
Apple polishes plans for reader-friendly iPod Variety
Will the next iPod be an eBook reader as well? Pocket Lint
Can we just pretend that this merger never happened...?  
AOL Founder Says He is 'Sorry' for Time Warner Merger Reuters via Publish
Time Warner May Approve Free-AOL Plan, Person Says Bloomberg News
In other major trends in content this week...  
Sides Line Up in Google-Perfect 10 Fight Tech News World
EC rejects mobile broadcasting fears ZDNet UK
Marketers Grade Themselves 'Average' in Their Ability to Effectively Target Content Online PR Web
Amazon goes to the movies CNET News
SIIA Illegal Auction Suits Have an Impact PR Newswire
Sources: Announcement Soon On VNU Restructuring FOLIO: Magazine
Portland Business Journal Puts Live Content Behind Firewall for Print Subscribers Portland Business Journ.
InfoUSA numbers down, institutes hiring freeze BtoB Online
MySpace shut down by US heatwave BBC News
Best Practices
Information Density and Dr. Bronner Coding Horror
Research Foresees Increased Consumer Acceptance of Digital Rights Management and Conditional Access BusinessWire
UK: Turn the Page - The Net Benefit of Digital Publishing. Is this the Last Chapter for Paper? Mondaq
20 Tips for B2B Newsletters that win Business Leads Rossiter & Co.
The security risk in Web 2.0 CNET News
When It Comes To Job Search; Entry Level Job Seekers - It's Time To Reconsider the Public Web eMediaWire
Pay Attention To Your Embedded Links Web Pro News
Cool Tools
OnPoint Mobile Software offers mobile access to digital marketing content. ThomasNet
Eloquent Systems Launches Web 2.0 Search Solutions for the Heritage Industry XTVWorld
Watch TV Back Home And Call Any Phone Number Around The World With The New Sightspeed 5 Robin Good
Hands on with ARINC's iLiad-based eFlyBook Engadget
Visual Similarity Search Engine Finds Images According To Your Specs Robin Good
Deals, Partnerships & Sales
LexisNexis expands with acquisitions of Dataflight Software and Florida-based CaseSoft Seattle PI
LexisNexis(R) and EDGAR(R) Online Expand Alliance; for  Full Access to SEC Filings with Easier Navigation BusinessWire
Reuters to Distribute University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers on an Exclusive Basis BusinessWire
Thomson Financial and UpTick Data Technologies Collaborate to Produce Enhanced News Service PR Newswire
Yahoo! Investests in Korean eCommerce via Gmarket Inc. Investment Submit Express
Time Warner Telecom to Acquire Xspedius Communications for $531.5 Million PR Newswire
Regal Securities First to Deploy Online Trading Solution Offered By Nexa Technologies & QuoteMedia PR Newswire
CNET Enters Parenting Category via UrbanBaby buy, also Buys Chinese Auto Site, Launches  Chow.com paidContent.org
Eight Publishers Add Content to MetaPress EContent Magazine
Canon Communications sells assets of 'Micro' to PennWell, shutters ‘CE’ BtoB Online
Products, Markets & People
Critical Mention Adds Audience Estimates and Media via  Metrics Nielsen Media Research and SQAD Data PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
ECNext Adds Additional Free Company Information to Manta, It’s Premium Business Information Website eMediaWire
Complinet Launches New PEP Intelligence Client Screening Service PR Newswire
Dow Jones Newswires Expands Wireless Solutions with Launch of `DJNmobile.com' Service BusinessWire
RR Donnelley Logistics Launches OneSite(SM) Mailing Campaign Progress Tracking Tool PR Newswire via KFVS
FAST Announces Center for Search Innovation; Hadley Reynolds to Serve as Center's Director BusinessWire
Yahoo! Appoints Renowned Database Systems Expert Dr. Raghu Ramakrishnan as Research Fellow BusinessWire
Ana Marie Cox Joins Time.com WSJ Online*
FM Lunches Parenting Federation, Site FM Publishing
Motorola Adds Enterprise Search Capabilities to its MOTOPRO(TM) Mobility Suite PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Autonomy brings order online to 1,000 years of history Business Weekly UK
eBolt Group Launches Flagship Personal Finance Blog: "CashIntellect.com" PR Web
FinancialContent Launches Initiative to Syndicate Business Podcasts to Media Outlets MarketWire via MSN Money
HEADLINES FOR THE WEEK OF 17 JULY 2006
Trends
As investments in destination content and ad systems have yet to pay off in improved earnings at Yahoo...  
Yahoo Net Plummets Almost 80%; Ad-System Upgrade Is Delayed WSJ Online
Yahoo Finance revises charts, chat, other features Reuters
Parting company with Yahoo Nick Denton
Google's innovation engine for a world of publishers keeps on fueling highly profitable earnings growth...  
Google blasts past forecasts as its earnings double up USA Today
Google R&D Pays Dividends BusinessWeek
Google Patent Parade Publish
Google tests more accessible Web search for blind Reuters
New type of Content Management, and the many sides of Google Base Content-Wire
While Microsoft's new management  retools for competition that threatens both profits and products...  
Building the new Microsoft CNET News
Profit Lags as Microsoft Spends to Meet Competitors The New York Times*
Microsoft vows to play fair CNET News
Microsoft hands copyright control over to publishers Information World Review
Innovation fuels healthy changes at Dow Jones...  
Dow Jones Profit Rises On Revenue, Linage Gains WSJ Online*
'Wall Street Journal' To Carry Front Page Ads AP via Editor & Publisher
Factiva sets scorching pace in Web 2.0 stakes Information World Review
News organizations are succeeding with online content but solving the future of print is still key...  
Online advertising up 13.8% in second quarter BtoB Online
Reuters Mobile To Move To Ad-Supported in U.S.; New Mobile Site: Audio Interview MocoNews
Web Ads May Help Papers Face Woes Editor & Publisher
The New York Times Company Reports June Revenues: Internet News up 22.7%, About.com 38% BusinessWire
Times to Reduce Page Size and Close a Plant in 2008 The New York Times*
Newspaper Fortresses - Print Still Suffers Charles Cox is The-Agent.net
The center of media power is shifting as corporations begin to understand the power of their own content...  
The Home Depot To Offer Online Advertising PR Newswire
AFP still claims that Google News is bad - yet it turns out that it's pretty good for their syndication clients...  
Despite suit, Google News still indexing AFP content Macworld via Yahoo! News
To reach a generation raised on gaming and messaging content providers adapt to new channels...  
Where Old and New Media Collide BusinessWeek
Sony BRAVIA to Offer Exclusive New Advertising Content to PSP® PR.com

Television's New Joy of Text

 WSJ Online*
AOL launches corporate IM service CNET News
Wal-Mart's Answer to MySpace Is Lame Publish
B2B media companies are basking in a year of major deal-making and solid fundamental performance...  
The Best Deal Market Ever? FOLIO: Magazine
ABM: Trade Show, Print Numbers Grow in 2005 FOLIO: Magazine
Printing and sharing technologies are challenging book publishers to rethink their market missions...  
Technology Rewrites the Book The New York Times*
The Book Club Exploded Library Journal
A freewheeling world of online content continues to challenge many nations...  
What Is Wrong With Wikipedia? Arab News
Indian government ban on websites draws concern IFEX
Bloggers' fury as India blocks sites The Guardian
Hong Kong's Boy Scouts on copyright patrol The New York Times via CNET
The Beeb wants to build a cutting-edge future - on the dole...  
More On BBC Restructuring; New Future Media and Technology Division paidContent.org
BBC Presses for Financing, and Its Detractors Cry Foul The New York Times*
In other major trends in content this week...  
Elsevier sponsors a more open-access article model Information World Review
Four Leading Publishers Sue California Document Delivery Service For Copyright Infringement BusinessWire
L.A. News Service Sues YouTube Over Beating Video The Hollywood Reporter, Esq.
Would you pay money to read blogs? Mobile Read
Fearing Content Cannibalization EContent Magazine
"Let click fraud happen"? Uh, no. Google Blog
The Wrong Tail: How to turn a powerful idea into a dubious theory of everything Slate
Best Practices

Research: Mobile Content Delivery Platforms Are Becoming More Robust as the Business Matures

 BusinessWire
A Peer-Driven Approach to KM Line56
The Human Side of Search: Taggregation Influential Interactive Mktg.
Co-branding Your Intellectual Property Will Help Attract Your Ideal Clients Newswire Today
Google exec challenges Berners-Lee on Semantic Web CNET News
Making Several Stops at Shops Online, but Paying All at Google The New York Times*
Corporate Blog Owners Report Success, but Differences in Resources Devoted to Blogs PR Newswire
Search Engine Optimization and Semantics: Index Content Not Keywords ISE DB
How Does Google Measure Uniqueness of a Page? Search Engine Roundtable
SEO and Affiliate Marketing ClickZ Network
CSS Support is Poor in RSS Feed Readers Datamation
Cool Tools
HP Unveils Grain-Sized Wireless Chip That Links the Digital and Physical Worlds for Ubiquitous Information BusinessWire
Record And Publish Your Video Announcements Online: Hellodeo Robin Good
GizmoProject Ushers Us Further Into The New Free Phone Calls Era - All Calls Free Launches Today Engadget
Media Server helps users organize and share digital content ThomasNet
Near-Time Launches Online Collaboration Service The Mac Observer
Podcasting Gets Easier with WildVoice(SM) 'Shout'; Make a quick and fun recording directly BusinessWire
Deals, Partnerships & Sales
The Economist Intelligence Unit Launches an Online Content Channel with ECNext eMediaWire
Wolters Kluwer Financial Services Gives Insurance Compliance Professionals Regulatory Information PR Newswire
Reuters and CME Announce Participants in FXMarketSpace Early Adopter Program BusinessWire
LivePerson Completes Acquisition of Proficient Systems PR Newswire
Springer Ebook Collection Now Available Through EBSCO Information Services Managing Information
Conde Nast Acquires NutritionData.com paidContent.org
USATODAY.com Announces Partnership With The Map Network PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
MediaPost.com Selects Accipiter for Complete Online Ad Delivery and Campaign Management Solution BusinessWire
Find.co.uk Announces Site Re-Launch and New Content Partnership Business Credit Management
GeneGo and Elsevier MDL Join to Provide Access to Compound DBs, Patents, Literature and Pathways PR Newswire via Drug News WIre
Motorola and Yahoo! in New Multi-Year Agreement to Pre-load Yahoo! Go for Mobile on Motorola Devices BusinessWire
IndustryBrains announces deals with Briefing.com and OpenSystems Publishing BtoB Online
Jobster reels in $18 million more in VC The Seattle Times*
Goodman and Carr Deploys NewsGator's Enterprise RSS Solution MarketWire
Cox Newspapers, Inc. to Generate New Revenue With Quigo's AdSonar MarketWire
FeedBurner acquires Blogbeat Burning Questions
Products, Markets & People
Factiva SalesWorks Innovations Empower Sales Professionals to Capitalize on Change PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
New LexisNexis Tax Center Adds Exclusive Insight and Analysis; Introduction of Shepard's Citations BusinessWire
ProQuest Publishes the First Digital Archive of American Historical Annual Reports PR Newswire
ZoomInfo 'Tools and Developer Resources Center'   Provides Business People and Company Information PR Web
Discovery Communications Launches Enhanced 'Discovery News' Service With Daily Video Webcasts PR Newswire
BTSLogic SearchBeam Enables Real-Time Content for Yellow Pages BusinessWire
HighBeam(TM) Research Redesigns, Renames Free Online Encyclopedia BusinessWire
Thomson Elite Launches Analytic Packs for Elite Business Intelligence Managing Information
Gather.com Launches New Site That Emphasizes the Conversation Between Members of Its Social Network PR Newswire
Carlyle hires former Time editor Washington Business Journ.
HEADLINES FOR THE WEEK OF 10 JULY 2006
Trends
As "The Long Tail" rides high in the media limelight...  
'Long Tail' hypes future of niches USA Today
Publishing: Can 'The Long Tail' Wag the Dog? WSJ Online*
Best Day Ever: Chris Anderson Anil Dash
The real hits are being made by individuals speaking for themselves...  
MySpace gains top ranking of US Web sites Reuters
Big Media Just Wants to Relate BusinessWeek
They can Digg it: Sites let people decide news Chicago Tribune
Web Firms Press Visions of 'Social Search' AP via Yahoo! News
Patent on social networking granted - to Friendster The Social Software Weblog
But the tall end of media still dominates when people need something to talk about at the pub....  
Old Media, Not New, Is World Cup Winner The New York Times*
The Long Tail vs. Pirates of the Caribbean Publish
Then again, the Web has its fair share of popular soap operas...  
Behind Rocketboom's breakup fireworks CNET News
New Rocketboom host Joanne Colan starts a blog The Blog Herald
For those who are looking for more online profits from search engines it's focus, focus, focus...  
Health Portal Wars Heating Up: Revolution, Everydayhealth, Google Health, Choice Media paidContent.org
Tiny search engines look for a niche AP via CNN
News organizations are charting out new leadership roles in online venues...  
What Next After World Newspaper Congress in Moscow? The Editors Weblog
Dailies Strike Back At Web BusinessWeek
Broadband Emmys For Newspaper Sites; What Gives? paidContent.org
Dow Jones Initiates a Project To Evaluate Its News Strategy WSJ Online*
As new and long-established tools for contextualizing news gain favor with media giants...  
'WaPo' Online Comments a Hit, Says Editor -- Soon on All of Site's Stories Editor & Publisher
NYTimes's Personalized Service "My Times" Debuts In Limited Beta paidContent.org
But for many it's still a painful transition...  
Newspaper, Online Operations To Merge at Financial Times: Redundancies on Queue for 50 WSJ Online*
Tribune's Net Income Drops 62% Hurt by Atlanta, Albany TV Stations WSJ Online*
Gannett 2Q Earnings Tumble 8.3 Percent AP via Yahoo! News
New Threat to McClatchy Deal in California AP via Editor & Publisher
As the online news cycle keeps the focus on real-time value...  
Content Has 36 Hours To Live Web Pro News
Microsoft's "play tough" tactics are winning few friends in both political and industry circles...  
EU fines Microsoft $357 million Seattle P-I
SIIA Statement on European Commission Action Against Microsoft PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Microsoft COO to Google: Hands off enterprise search CNET News
B2B media companies are eking out gains...  
BtoB Media strategists plan on a complicated future BtoB Online
VNU Lays Off 'Week Staffers fishbowl NY
Magazines see 3.2% gain in ad revenues in the first half BtoB Online
Enough to encourage continuing M&A plays...  
Media M&A activity increases in first half BtoB Online
Penton Media Up for Sale FOLIO: Magazine
Penton Stock Price Nearly Doubles FOLIO: Magazine
But corporations are charting out their own marketing destinies online, with or without publishers...  
Corporations to Join the Blogosphere, or Not ClickZ Network
Lost in the Blog: Pharmaceutical Companies Need to Get In on the Conversation MediaAd News via PharmaLive
No RSS feed? You're fired! Wisconsin Technology Net
You're Supposed to Add Water to Your Folgers? Proctor & Gamble Dabbles in Viral Video Marketing The New York Times*
Copyright holders struggle to win key battles, but the war is not getting any simpler...  
TV without frontiers, lawmakers in tears ZDNet UK
A Court Rules That Privately Editing Films for Content Violates Studios' Copyright FindLaw
In case you were wondering, Google didn't take the week off...  
Google to Put a Research Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan The New York Times*
More Information Leaks About Google GDrive Beta News
Google's antisocial downside CNET News
Google preparing health portal; pitching WebMD and Intuit as partners The Deal Blogs Network
For those who feel that they missed China's content boom already, try southeast Asia...  
Vietnam plans strong digital content industry VNA via Thanh Nien News
In other major trends in content this week...  
Media firms queue up for U.S. wireless auction Reuters
A Visionary Seeking to Connect the World, Wirelessly The New York Times*
IAB creates job board for interactive ad industry BtoB Online
Getting Competitive with Conversions iMedia Connection
Podcast Use Growing in B2B Marketplace Podcasting News
Lycos to Sell Wired News to Conde Nast WSJ Online*
More Employers Digging Up Digital Dirt Web Pro News
Is it a real show ... or is it an ad? In Japan, it's tough to know. WSJ Online*
Best Practices
Launching the Future of Media Report 2006 Ross Dawson Blog
B-to-b journalism ethics: Publishers should get marketers to abandon pay-for-play mentality BtoB Online
The Future of Online Collaboration: Stuart Henshall Robin Good
A System for Classifying Links Smiley Cat
Behavioral Targeting: The Network Model and Beyond ClickZ Network
Using Free Content From Uncle Sam DM News
News Aggregation Is Online Independent Publishers Natural Next Step Robin Good
I Column Like I CM: When to Wiki, When to Blog EContent Magazine
Intellectual Property vs. Knowledge Sharing: Who Gains? Robin Good
MiFID: the challenges for document management Out-Law
Cool Tools
MindTouch Wiki Appliance Offers a Simple, Effective and Smart Information Sharing Solution for SMBs BusinessWire
Six Apart Releases Movable Type Enterprise and Movable Type 3.3 with More Power and Support BusinessWire
Sony's Micro Vault Tiny now officially shipping in the US Engadget
Seagate launches terabyte storage for the home CNET News
Saarr enhances Google search by providing summary of page even before you click Saarr
Finally, Microsoft, Yahoo Messaging Users Can Chat Publish
Imagination Cubed online whiteboard The Social Software Weblog
IBM adds entry level search and content integration engines Computer Business Review
eSnips Launches The eSnips Marketplace PR Web
Deals, Partnerships & Sales
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., CFA Institute Join to Deliver Finance Content to Academic, Professional Markets PR Newswire via Yahoo! FInance
VNU Business Media Chooses 365 Media To Develop Next Generation Data Initiatives BusinessWire
Technorati gets $7.6 million infusion San Francisco Chronicle
Feedster Gets New President & Funding Search Engine Journal
Business Wire, Taiwan Central News Agency Extend Cooperation to Reach International Investors, Markets BusinessWire
BioSpace and Infinata Announce Online Content Alliance PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Canadian Media Group Offers to Buy Rival in Friendly Deal The New York Times*
Products, Markets & People
Factiva Introduces Factiva SalesWorks(TM) for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 PR Newswire via Yahoo! News
Podcast Content Now Available on KnowledgeStorm PR Web
LexisNexis Lays Down the Law in Connecticut Conntact
Know More Media Launches Ten New Business Blogs in the Past Six Weeks PR Web
Julian Francis Joins Reed Business Information as VP/Publishing Director forBuilding & Construction Grp BusinessWire
LexisNexis Canada Announces HotDocs® Document Automation Solution CCN Matthews
Thomson Pharma Gains Regulatory Affairs Module Information Today
Garmin Mobile Expands Content Mobile Tech News
LexisNexis(R) Martindale-Hubbell(R) Peer Review Ratings Enhanced Updated Martindale.com Web Site BusinessWire
HEADLINES FOR THE WEEK OF 3 JULY 2006
Trends
A global war of ideas is acting as a proxy for a new cold war...  
U.S. may slap China with suit in intellectual-property dispute The Seattle Times
Let global online freedom ring? Global Online Freedom Act takes a strong stand. CNET News
Internet regulation protects search engines China Daily
Academics break the Great Firewall of China CNET News
Weblogs are a business, a business that has its growing pains like any other...  
A Blog Mogul Turns Bearish on Blogs The New York Times*
For the Record: Amanda Congdon on Being Canned from Rocketboom Amanda UnBoomed
Of Bubbles And Spin paidContent.org
As Wikis move towards an open expression of current events their power to create news and opinion grows...  
Ken Lay's Death Prompts Confusion on Wikipedia Reuters via Publish
Wikipedia founder launches political site CNET News
The net neutrality debate is far from over as backers of open and private networks make their cases...  
Google says communications bill could spark anti-trust complaints Washington Post
The War for the Net's Future BusinessWeek
But as common carriers try to grab subscription gold via private channels a pioneer has second thoughts...  
You've Got Advertising: AOL Contemplates Going Free Forbes
Nips and tucks freshen many traditional media properties...  
Tribune's Breaking Story: Will a Buyback Suffice for the Stock, Or Is Media Firm Better Off in Parts? WSJ Online*
Tribune to Shutter Foreign Bureaus of Two Papers Editor & Publisher
European Digital Media M&A: The Driving Factors paidContent.org
Print Is Just Part of a Big Hearst Push The New York Times*
While tech-oriented online properties reach for redefining the nature of content...  
A Search Engine That's Becoming an Inventor The New York Times*
The Internet Knows What You'll Do Next The New York Times*
Proprietary media platforms attract licensors but affordable storage is gaining ground with consumers...  
Research Forecasts Media Server PC Category to Exceed $44 Billion by 2011 BusinessWire
Microsoft to launch the ultimate iPod killer by Christmas Pocket Lint
Here's a great idea - let's throw out the Web and have people stare at our ads all day...  
Digital Billboard: What's in It for Consumers? ClickZ Network
In other major trends in content this week...  
Western News Operations Expand Into Arabic Market The New York Times*
Blogs Study May Provide Credible Information U.S. Air Force News Service
Global, European Newspapers Fight Back Against Search Engines TechWeb
Yahoo Local joins the microformat revolution ZDNet
Site Tempts Video Makers by Offering to Pay Them The New York Times*
Legal blawgs gaining popularity Financial News & Daily Record
Best Practices
Online SEO Hittail Service Taps Long Tail To Get Better Organic Search Results: Good or Bad? Robin Good
The Outsourcing Debate: Whither SEO and PPC? ClickZ News
Web Site Content: Self-Service Thy Customer CIO Magazine
Women Underestimate Their Web Savvy LiveScience via Yahoo! News
Flash! Structured Wikis, Customizable Widgets and Social Computing O'Reilly Net
The Write Stuff ClickZ Network
Defining Blog Networks The Blog Herald
Corporate TV: Education-Based Online Video Marketing Focus On What Customers Want to Learn Robin Good
Singapore: Light touch with blogs is still best Channel News Asia
Defending Intellectual Property Rights in the BRIC Economies American Business Law Jnl.
Cool Tools
Unbound Medicine Launches Collaborative Publishing Platform PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Netpresenter Newsfeed Server Makes Staff Read Crucial Corporate RSS Feeds PR Newswire
SmartContent Brings Free Push Content Framework for Pocekt PC and Windows PCs GeekZone
Open season on OpenDocument CNET News
Deals, Partnerships & Sales
LexisNexis Butterworths Acquires Visualfiles Limited Managing Information
Reiff buys Reed’s New Products division, forms new b-to-b media firm BtoB Online
QuoteMedia Wins Contract as Market Data Provider for Business Wire BusinessWire
ALM Buys Strategic Research institute DM News
United Business Media Acquires Commonwealth Business Media, Inc. for $152m PR Newswire
EBSCO Publishing and Zynx Health Announce New Partnership Managing Information
E-mail Newsletter Vendor Constant Contact Gets $15 Million Funding paidContent.org
blinkx Partners with the History Channel UK Giving Users Access to Historical Programming on the Web PR Newswire
Morningstar, Inc. to Acquire Aspect Huntley, an Australian Equity Information and Research Publisher PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Sun New Media Sells B2C Assets to Focus on B2B Businesses BusinessWire via TMCNet
TIE buys web Digital Channel Computer Business Review
PRIMUS Canada and CANOE partner to deliver content and value to customers CNW Group
Products, Markets & People
Former Reuters chief exec Renfrew dies The Morning Call
In Canada, the Thomson Torch Is Passed on a Quiet but Profitable Legacy The New York Times*
OneSource Information Services, Inc. Increases Productivity with New ''Find Executives'' Feature BusinessWire
Scopus Credited as Tool to Boost Research Funding PR Newswire
McGraw-Hill Professional new Harrison's Practice is Online Source for Timely Diagnosis and Treatment PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
LexisNexis appoints Aalok Wadhwa as MD for India IRIS
CMP Technology reshuffles management at Business Technology Group BtoB Online
New Quicklaw™ Legal Research Service Provides Powerful Features CCN Matthews
Thomson Gale Extends AccessMyLibrary.com Service Information Today
Ex-Washingtonpost.com CEO Launches Online Health Network Editor & Publisher
ReedLink Makes Content Distribution Really Simple with RSS Media Syndicate
Toolan to Quit 'Courant' for a Top AP Job Editor & Publisher
Glencoe/McGraw-Hill Content to be Available in iPod(R)/MP3 Formats PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Video Business' new  VB Mini Site Provides Live Coverage of Home Entertainment Industry Events BusinessWire
 
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