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HEADLINES FOR AUGUST 2006
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HEADLINES FOR THE WEEK OF 28 AUGUST 2006
Trends
While major content companies are at the beach Google is creating new revenue beachheads...  
Google expands into business software market Reuters
Google Goes for the Suite Spot BusinessWeek
Google, eBay form advertising alliance AP via Yahoo! News
EBay Gambles on Google Partnership for Success of Skype, the Internet Phone Service The New York Times*
Google Adds Library Search TechWeb
Google to Offer Downloadable Versions of Out-of-Copyright Books Bloomberg News
Google CEO Dr. Eric Schmidt Joins Apple's Board of Directors PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
As the competition heats up it own initiatives...  
Windows Live breaks into Alexa Top 10 Read/Write Web
Pilot invites go out for Microsoft’s AdSense competitor adCenter TechCrunch
Yahoo rolls out a more comprehensive real estate site Washington Post
Free Streaming Quotes On Yahoo Finance Download Squad
Media companies wrestle with business models that can satisfy audiences expecting flexible usage rights...  
Music label offers free downloads Times Online
SpiralFrog Misses the Point of Digital Music MediaShift
BookMooch Online Book Exchange Download Squad
Will Social Nets Be The New Monopoly On Music Rights & Earnings? paidContent.org
A Revolutionary New Way to Bill Content PR Web
As electronic controls fail to provide publishers with the "lock boxes" they desire for distribution control...  
Microsoft's Digital Rights Management System Hacked All Headline News
Some media companies invest aggressively in online revenues but for some it is it too little to late...?  
An Odd Buy for New York Times Motley Fool*
More media, less news: Newspapers adapting to Web, but most  too timid, defensive or high-minded The Economist
Reflections on Knight-Ridder: What-Ifs of a Media Eclipse The New York Times*
At Forbes.com, Lots of Glitter but Maybe Not So Many Visitors The New York Times*
Mags drop print for Web to reach teens AP via Yahoo! News
Journal Register says explores sale of some papers to focus on online properties Reuters
Hearst to Close Two Print Titles FOLIO: Magazine
Tribune to cut 250 call-center jobs in outsourcing move Reuters
China is opening up as a market for Western publishers but within tightly controlled parameters...  
HarperCollins Explores Opportunities in China, India WSJ Online*
IDG Goes To China Forbes.com
China Trying to Tighten Media Control The New York Times*
Established publishers are wheeling and dealing but the upstarts seem to have all the fun and ideas...  
FOO Camp 06: Plenty of Smart People, Self-Organization, and Web 2.0 Goodness Dion Hinchcliffe
Hypergrowth Web era gives way to media dealmaking Reuters
Television isn't going away but it faces a new generation of online video production as competition...  
Google boss: 'Internet won't replace TV' This is London
Viacom Discovers Kids Don't Want Their MTV Online WSJ Online*
YouTube launches Colleges, enters Facebook territory Download Squad
Lycos Looks to Video via Blinkx BusinessWeek
Will All of Us Get Our 15 Minutes On a YouTube Video? WSJ Online
I've Been Rocketboomed Micro Persuasion
Ex-Rocketboomer partners with PopURLs Scobelizer
Cheers and jeers abound as Google tries to define a road between openness and proprietary advantage...  
Release of Google Contract with UC Sparks Criticism Library Journal
Google click fraud 2.0 The Blog Herald
Website Owners Applaud as Google Delists or Bans Garbage Sites eMediaWire
It's hard to keep them down on the farm when social media beckons on so many fronts...  
Danny Sullivan Leaving Search Engine Watch Daggle
Blogs Start Job Boards Red Herring
'OhmyNews Has Unlimited Potential': Masayoshi Son, president of Softbank OhmyNews
A Social Newsblog and Sighting Center for Information, Entertainment and Interaction PR Newswire
To blog or not to blog - is it no longer a question...?  
No Day at the Beach: Bloggers Struggle With What to Do About Vacation WSJ Online*
Calcanis Wigs Out On Non-Blogging Employees Web Pro News
In other major trends on content this week...  
DoubleClick gets the all-clear from Media Rating Council BtoB Online
Chase the Long Tail to the Next Frontier EContent Magazine
The mobile Internet: Are we there yet? CNET News
Now Even AT&T Loves MuniFi GigaOM
Clip and Save Holds Its Own Against Point and Click The New York Times*
Outsourcing takes on to journo The Hindu
European Commission calls on Member States to Contribute to the European Digital Library Public CIO
N.Y. Times move to block U.K. readers raises questions Reuters via CNET News
Google aims to befriend UK television industry: "Not a media company" Reuters
Best Practices
Outsourcing Creative Content Global Services
It’s becoming a rule “to RSS” information Promotion World
Five Do's and Don'ts for the New News Media Christine.net
Web content on trial: Who gets sued? IT Business.ca
9 Ways for Newspapers to Improve Their Websites The Bivings Report
Targeting the Social Behavior ClickZ News
Mining the World's Data for What You Need Ecommerce Times
In Search of Better Business Intelligence Sci-Tech Today
Google Puts Writers on the Same Page Associated Content
Feeds That Matter: A Study of Bloglines Subscriptions ebiquity group
An Open Letter to Microsoft - Why you shouldn't kill FairUse4WM Engadget
Cool Tools
Tracking the web with Single Page Aggregators Solution Watch
Toad™ Data Modeler - Freewre database design tool Charonware via Robin Good
Simply Headlines : RSS snapshot Library Clips
Faces.com stands apart in social networking TechCrunch
firstRain Patented Technology Increases Speed and Relevance of Searches PR Newswire
Nimbuzz: MSN and Google Talk for your mobile Download Squad
blojsom: Internal Aggregator Plugin blojsom
A9 OpenSearch enables aggregation of search results in common format A9
Yoto T-21 offers portable media playback for USD 50 Engadget
Deals, Partnerships & Sales
The New York Times Company Acquires Baseline StudioSystems from Hollywood Media Corp. BusinessWire
Convera Announces Web Search Partnership in Japan with All In One Solution to Create Portals Internet Ad Sales
Groxis Inc. Raises $4 Million in Series B Financing; Visual Search Pioneer to Expand Marketing & Sales PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
i-Deal announces plans to combine with Hemscott IR Magazine
Elsevier to Publish ISA Transactions ISA
Saxony Consortium Chooses Elsevier's Leading Online Resources PR Newswire
Marketingworks to deploy Nstein's Ntelligent Enterprise Search and sentiment analysis via IBM PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Elsevier and UCLA announce the publication of Carranza's Clinical Periodontology EurekAlert
Products, Markets & People
Swets Launches the 'China Suite' Managing Information
ReedLink Offers Manufacturers Opportunity to Add Content PR.com
ProQuest Adds Public Library Freebiea Library Journal
CNET PartnerAccess: Content and Communication Between Manufacturers and Channel Partners BusinessWire
ProQuest Selected to Digitize Major Historic Newspapers PR Newswire
Newsweek's Whitaker to Leave Editor Post; Meacham to Take Over WSJ Online*
AOL.com Launches FanHouse Blogs for Football Enthusiasts and Sports Fans AOL
Yahoo! Go for Mobile Now Available for Windows Mobile Devices BusinessWire
Jupitermedia's JupiterWeb Division Launches APIFinder.com BusinessWire
OhmyNews Japan service launched The Japan Times
JupiterResearch Adds Research Service Dedicated to Social Marketing Tekrati
Thomson ResearchSoft Ships EndNote X for Mac OS X EndNote
Post Time Media Launches News Blog and Website Portals for Information, Events, Activities and More PR Web
HEADLINES FOR THE WEEK OF 21 AUGUST 2006
Trends
People no longer ask if weblogs can ever make a dime as investors place increasingly large bets on them...  
Blogging for big bucks Business 2.0 via CNN Money.com
Blogs As Media Bubble Business 2.0, Or Something Like That paidContent.org
VCs see opportunity in blogosphere CNET News
VCs See Dollar Signs in Blogosphere Law.com
Investing in blogging, part II Scobelizer
The Web 2.0 Economic Conundrum Micro Persuasion
Actress Xu Jinglei most popular blogger in world China Daily
Just when you thought that net neutrality was in the hands of the U.S. Congress others are chiming in...  
FTC chief slams net neutrality Silicon.com
Google tries to spread love amongst mainstream publishers while those who fear its power make war...  
Google's love affair with old media FT Deutchland
Third Time's a Charm? Google Sued for Click Fraud (Again) eWeek
Google could face Brazil lawsuit BBC News
'Google-creep' strikes again as website puts itself up for sale The Guardian
How Google can make - or break - your company Fortune Small Business/CNN
And counters moves by competitors with more access to content-generating capabilities...  
Google welcomes Writely sign-ups CNET News
Google Data API Opens Up Its Base DevX
For major online portals it's a battle for eyeballs to feed their ever-stronger ad networks...  
The Data War: Google, Yahoo, and MSN ClickZ Network
Microsoft Signs Agreement to Show Ads on Facebook Friend Finder Bloomberg News
Google CEO wants $74 billion TV ad market ZDNet
But specialized ad networks are learning how to build high-margin ad sales for focused audiences...  
Marketing.FM Marketing and Advertising Blog Network Online Marketing Blog
WaPo Does FM? FM Publishing
WashingtonPost.com Launches Sponsored Blogroll Adotas
YouTube to Sell Advertisements In Video Format WSJ Online*
Mainstream publishers struggle to find an authentic voice on the Web that competes with social outlets...  
This 'Pirate' Flopped: Time, Inc. pulls the plug on Web site for young men New York Post
Audiences Demand "Urgency, Utility, Visual Energy And Interaction" paidContent.org
More diversified approaches to search are beginning to take hold on the Web as users gain sophistication...  
How Will Search Fit Into The Media Mix In 2011? Search Insider
Internet search gets Web 2.0 style CNET News
What's the Big Deal With Social Search? ClickZ Network
Google search share slips after 11 months of increases IT Wire
Publishers Fight Back Against Google with New Book Search Service eWeek
New 411 User Survey Points To Mobile Local Search Demand Search Engine Watch
Privacy Worries Spur New Search Engine Tool InformationWeek
Book publishers are beginning to wake up to the value of online-first marketing and community-building...  
Exploding books: The blooking of the world BuzzMachine
WOWIO Introduces 'ebooks for Free' Concept to U.S. Readerdom PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Harlequin hopes e-book offerings will seduce more readers IT Business.ca
Wikipedia's dominant position as an online reference doesn't mean that there's not room for improvement...  
Wikipedia Tops Education Information Sites iMedia Connection
Can German engineering fix Wikipedia? CNET News
Will eBay's new approach to content sales open up a broader array of commerce models...?  
eBay Loosens Restrictions on Digital Content Sales Auction Bytes
Microsoft is trying to get it right with content on many key marketing fronts...  
Microsoft's Zune aims to be social butterfly via content sharing CNET News
Protecting private records from abuse gains the spotlight but public records are also under scrutiny...  
AOL Reviews Privacy Policy After Shake-Up CIO
Researchers Yearn to Use AOL Logs, but They Hesitate The New York Times*
AT&T sues data brokers for stolen customer records Reuters via Computerworld
Quoza to Thomson/CCBN clients: You may be violating Sox 409 IR Magazine
News organizations left for dead as old dogs are working hard to learn a raft of new tricks...  
A New Story Lead for the Newspaper Industry: Newspaper Websites Contribute to Audience Growth PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Bloggers Gauge Web 2.0 Features for Newspaper Sites Around World MediaShift
ABC Sells News Clips on iTunes WSJ Online*
How Weekly Magazines Try to Balance News on the Internet, in Print Editions WSJ Online*
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and The Seattle Times Launch Advanced TV Personalization with MeeVee BusinessWireasz
As the news media's power structure begins to shift in the face of online influence...  
Bill Gates, Newspaper Guy Seattle Weekly
Editorial: Let Companies Buy and Sell News LA Times*
Media companies are wining legal battles for IP rights but it's not clear that they know how to win the war...  
Confidentiality of Piracy Reports to SIIA Upheld Court Case Determines Piracy Trumps Defamation Claim PR Newswire
Now the Music Industry Wants Guitarists to Stop Sharing The New York Times*
Is Fighting TiVo a Good Idea? ClickZ Network
Maybe we should stop calling this news...  
U.S. magazines' newsstand sales fall Reuters
In other major trends in content this week...  
Fireside Chat: The Long Tail 37 Signals
Suppliers, Intermediaries Tear Down the Walled Garden of Content and Let Users Inside HospitalityNet
At Some Publishers, Nonbusiness Is Going Strong The New York Times*
Standard & Poor’s places CNET Networks on CreditWatch BtoB Online
BP, Wolters Kluwer Cash Hoards May Slow Bond Sales in Europe Bloomberg News
Asia warms up to intellectual property CNET News
Borders Group Down, Reshuffles Management AP via Houston Chronicle
Google & MTV Networks Streaming Content Pilot Search Engine Roundtable
Google Seeks Fund Rule Exemption to Increase Investment Returns Bloomberg News
Best Practices
How to make your blog more useable in 3 steps The Blog Herald
Going to the Source: Dallas Paper Uses Footnotes in Print Editor & Publisher
'Comment is Free,' but designing communities is hard USC Annenberg OJR
Content Aggregation And The New Curators: Podcasting Newsmasters Robin Good
RSS Syndication Raises SEO and Online Visibility The Open Press
How Weekly Magazines Try to Balance News on the Internet, in Print Editions WSJ Online*
User Experience Design: The Importance Of A Great Ending Robin Good
Google AdSense: What Pamela Anderson And Mr. Rogers Taught Me Best Syndication
Digital Diet: Just Say No to Papyrus Content Bridges
Exploring the scholarly neighborhood Google Blog
Who Owns the Online Brand? How Publishers Can Better Share Brand Value with Advertisers Adotas
Cool Tools
An Easy Way to Keep up with Web 2.0 Micro Persuasion
Windows Desktop Search 3.0 Beta 2 released - finally a GUI Download Squad
Windows Live Connection Center Wi-Fi Beta Techlog.org
Affiliate RSS Feed Syndication Available from AvantLink.com eMediaWire
Amazon, Now Offering Computing On Demand GigaOM
Stay informed with 4INFO mobile search Download Squad
Urchin RSS Aggregator Urchin
Winer Navigates RSS River Of News On Mobile Devices; Starts With NYT, BBC paidContent.org
Feeds2Be: Either you create an RSS feed, or you will be "scraped" Silicon Beat
AmigoFish, VlogMap Point to Podcast Goodness MediaShift
SanDisk takes on Apple with latest MP3 player FT via MSNBC
Deals, Partnerships & Sales
GlobalSpec Announces Enhanced Partnership with CMP Technology's Electronics Group GlobalSpec
Elsevier Extends Content Offering to Entertainment Technology Professionals with Content from CMP MarketWire
Elsevier to publish Mendeleev Communications: Russian Academy of Sciences partners with Elsevier EurekAlert
Taylor & Francis Partners With EBSCO In Global eBooks Offer Managing Information
OCLC Unifies Digitization Forces with Its Acquisition of DiMeMa Information Today
Moreover Technologies and Information360 to Provide Media and Researchers with Real-Time Online News Internet Ad Sales
Encyclopaedia Britannica Selects Omniture to Optimize Online Customer Engagement Internet Ad Sales
CMP Sells Book Titles to Elsevier FOLIO: Magazine
Knovel Partners With Synapse Information Resources for Engineering, Pharma and Industrial Content PR Newswire
WSJ enters publishing pact with Hindustan Times IANS via Daily India.com
EcoWin data added to Perfect Information analysis Information World Review
Outsell acquires Electronic Publishing Services BtoB Online
Moody's 49 pct stake purchase of China Chengxin gets govt approval - report AFX via Forbes
Perfect Information Partners with Reuters EcoWin BobsGuide
Salesforce.com Acquires Kieden WSJ Online*
IEEE Communications Society Chooses Eprise from SilkRoad Technology for Web Content Management CRM Today
FAST and Fuji Xerox Singapore Team Close Partnership to Serve the ASEAN Market BusinessWire
Products, Markets & People
ScienceDirect Redesign is Proven to Enhance Researcher Productivity PR Newswire
VNU Business Media pulls content from five titles to create new Web site for marketing professionals BtoB Online
Scopus Announces first-of-its-kind Customized Institutional Resources and Digital Archive Searches WebWire
LexisNexis to offer new e-mail archive service Dayton Business Journal
Elsevier To Publish Chinese Chemical Letters Library Journal
Complinet Launches Unique Regulatory Calendar Service PR Newswire
CMP Technology introduces ‘RFID Applications’ event for hospitality and health care markets BtoB Online
Springer Launches SpringerLink for Access to the Springer eBook Collection Managing Information
Nstein launches 12 UIMA annotators supporting intelligent enterprise search and sentiment analysis PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
Mondosoft Names Agner N. Mark as Chairman of the Board BusinessWire
Dow Jones Newswires Unveils ''Dow Jones Advantage'' Enhanced Development Program BusinessWire
Plaxo Introduces ''Connected Index,'' Ranks Most Connected Countries; Argentina Tops List BusinessWire
VNU Names David L. Calhoun Chairman of the Executive Board and Chief Executive Officer BusinessWire
Rightslink(R) Chosen by Springer to Fine-Tune Worldwide Copyright Permissions BusinessWire
Factiva Achieves #1 Market Position According to Analyst Firm PR Newswire via Bolsamania
VNU Business Media launches 'Contract China' BtoB Online
BusinessWeek Appoints Roger W. Neal As New SVP and General Manager of BusinessWeek Online PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance
ScienceDirect Redesign is Proven to Enhance Researcher Productivity PR Newswire
HEADLINES FOR THE WEEK OF 14 AUGUST 2006
Trends
Twenty-five years later it still takes forever to turn it on...  
Love it or loathe it, the PC has transformed our lives for ever after 25 years The Times Online
Google gives free wireless a try to promote more universal access to content - including local coupons...  
Google gives city free Wi-Fi Internet company's hometown of Mountain View gets network San Francisco Chronicle
Google Says It Has No Plans for National Wi-Fi Service The New York Times*
Google offers ValPak local coupons The Mercury News*
As they recalibrate relationships with publishing partners for more productive and amicable results...  
Google Sees Content Deals As Key to Long-Term Growth WSJ Online*
Search Me? Google Wants to Digitize Every Book. Publishers Say Read the Fine Print First. Washington Post
ABM Panel: B2B Publishers Should Partner with Search Engines FOLIO: Magazine
Newspapers, online giants collaborating Courier Post
The influence of online publishing is changing the shape of media institutions fundamentally...  
Time-ly Change: Newsweekly Switches to Fridays WSJ Online*
CBS Evening News To Be Shown Live on Internet Broadcasting & Cable
Agencies Are Watching as Ads Go Online The New York Times*
The Complicated Web Of Content Licensing InformationWeek
As user-generated content becomes the center of a broadening range of media strategies...  
The Influence of Consumer-Created Content is Dramatically Affecting Online Businesses BusinessWire via Yahoo! Finance
Readers are the new paparazzi International Herald Tribune
There's only one online community that matters The Times Online
CNN expands citizen journalism with I-Report initiative Strategiy
Web Searches Go Low-Tech: You Ask, a Person Answers Washington Post
Conde Nast working on its Net CNET News
Earnings are solid for publishers with strong online strategies...  
Penton Reports Revenue, EBITDA Increases in Q2, First Half of 2006 FOLIO: Magazine
‘New York Times’ ad revenue drops 3.3% in July BtoB Online
NYTCO: Digital Ad Revenue Up 30-Plus Percent For NYTimes.com, About.com paidContent.org
But the rising tide of M&A is not lifting all publishing boats...  
Some magazine publishers prove to be a tough sell Reuters via Kuwait Times
Online video is hot but not all collections are created equal...  
YouTube gets its close-up Popular video site even leaves 'em sleepless near Seattle San Francisco Chronicle
Google Video is the Future of Google Search Engine Journal
Google Video: No Tube of Plenty BusinessWeek
News Corp Joins Online Film Race Forbes
Scripps Is in Search of Its Next Food Network The New York Times*
Audio is heating up as new monetization and aggregation schemes take root...  
YouTube video policy takes on iTunes Guardian
Google domination of world's information includes your playlists ZDNet
Yes, there are a lot of blogs, but not all of them are created equal...  
Bursting Technorati’s Blogosphere Stats at George Mason University
Utopian content licensing schemes sound great but fail to engage those with vested interests...  
An end run round copyright laws? CNET News
Weblogs and Wikis are big but is the market already moving on to more sophisticated publishing tools...?  
Microsoft Releases Live Writer Blogging Tool WebKnowHow
Web 2.0 and Its Impact on Blogs - Will there be an Alternative Medium to Blogs? Eioba
Handicapping The Next Big Web 2.0 Sites for 2006 Ajax World
$3 million wiki.com starts to emerge The Blog Herald
Betting on mainstream subscription content is proving to be a costly gamble for satellite channels...  
Until Recently Full of Promise, Satellite Radio Runs Into Static WSJ Online*
Satellite TV providers bow out of wireless sale Reuters
Hey, I know what we'll do to dominate online content - we'll copy what Yahoo has done for  a decade...  
Comcast's Online Goal? Become Another Yahoo Advertising Age
In other major trends in content this week...  
In Florida, a Library Park Emerges Library Journal
Responding to ALA Criticism, LC Says More Collaboration Planned Library Journal
TiVo awarded $90M and permanent injunction against EchoStar Engadget
Proquest deals aim to retain 2 leaders Ann Arbor News
Nelson Peltz buys stake in Tribune Reuters
Boeing 'Disappoints' In-Flight Internet Partner CIO Magazine
Probe finds federal prescription drug directory incomplete, inaccurate AP via The Boston Globe
Marketers Trace Paths Users Leave on Internet The New York Times*
Thailand: IP owners advised to sell their licenses if they do not want to do businesses themselves Thais News
Best Practices
AdSense Placement Optimization: User Behavior Robin Good
Turn Library's Information Stew Into a Gourmet Menu Law.com
ALM Report: Knowledge Management Begins to Gain Ground in Law Firms around the World BusinessWire
RSS Newsfeeds Aggregation: My Business Experience Robin Good
Blogs are one of the best SEO tools available IQBlog
New Fortune SEMLogic(TM) Research Sheds a Light on How Search Engines Determine Rankings BusinessWire
What's the Big Deal With Social Search? Search Engine Watch
The Value of Content-Related Text Advertising ClickZ Network
Cool Tools
Touchline Media finds a new way to "cell" magazines Mail & Guardian
1TB drives by end of year Engadget
Yahoo! Answers Now Has an API Search Engine Roundtable
Google, Neven Vision & Image Recognition Search Engine Journal
Trailfire Rewires Web to a Blogger's Point of View; Enables Trails and Comments on Any Page BusinessWire
Web Content Grabber: Mine Phone Numbers Yourself from Yellow Pages Services CWZG.com
Google Talk marks first year with upgrade CNET News
DRM-free music download service launched: Get 25 tracks for nothing on eMusic PC Advisor
Deals, Partnerships & Sales
ProQuest Business Solutions to Acquire Dealer Computer Services, Inc. Electronic Parts Catalog Biz PR Newswire via Quote.com
Wiley Acquires Clinical Cardiology and Scanning Journals; Expands Clinical &  Microscopy Portfolio BusinessWire
Attune Adds Google Search to Enterprise File Platform Byte and Switch
Reed Business Installs Burst AdConductor Adotas
PatientKeeper and Wiley Combine Patient Information With Evidence-Based Medicine Managing Informaiton
Barron's Online Now Carrying Seeking Alpha Headlines Seeking Alpha
Congressional Quarterly Launches CQ Legislative Impact With MarkLogic Server; Integrates 30+ Sources BusinessWire
Yahoo! Advertisers to Reach Consumers Through go2's Mobile Local Content Channels BusinessWire
Elsevier in content deal with Jordanians UPI
TheStreet.com and NASDAQ Launch Broadcast Co-Branding Initiative BusinessWire
Wolters Kluwer Corporate & Financial Services to Acquire GulfPak Corporation PrimeZone
Wolters Kluwer Financial Services and Mortgagebot in Pact to Help Mortgage Lenders Improve Origination PR Newswire
IAC to Acquire Control of Connected Ventures, LLC, Parent of Leading Comedy Site CollegeHumor.com PR Newswire
AOL Acquires Userplane Content Business
Products, Markets & People
Complinet Helps Improve Due Diligence With Adverse Media Search Service PR Newswire
LexisNexis Extends Total Practice Advantage Offering with New Consumer Bankruptcy Version BusinessWire
eClickZ Launches Pay Per Click Search Engine XTVWorld
BusinessWeek President to Retire FOLIO: Magazine
HEADLINES FOR THE WEEK OF 7 AUGUST 2006
Trends
The demand for accountability in online advertising signals its maturity and importance...  
Leading Brand Marketers Demand for Audited Advertising Numbers from Interactive Publishers BusinessWire
Our analysis of click fraud detection Google Blog
Fair Isaac, SEMPO invite pay-per-click advertisers to participate in click fraud study BtoB Online
As online ads become an engine for growing businesses...  
Small, midsize businesses spend more than half of ad budget online, plan further increases BtoB Online
AOL exposes user data at a time when confidence in its ability to perform is ebbing...  
AOL members' online searches made public USA Today
Hard times at AOL right now. Calacanis.com
While Google keeps its eyes on the prize of top-dog ad and search  dollars and doesn't get flustered by flak...  
Google to distribute MTV clips with ads AP via Settle PI
Google selected as MySpace search system Reuters
FIM-Google: Levinsohn: "When Sergey Comes Down, They're Pretty Serious" paidContent.org
Google Mini Finds Its Corporate Search Bearings Publish
Google: not gonna do music Engadget
Google, XM Reach Ad Pact WSJ Online*
Google to keep storing search requests AP via Yahoo! News
Google is Stifling the Conversation Real Tech News
And continues to develop allies for its library project...  
University of California may join Google scanning project too CNET News
We have met the future and they won't take unwired answers...  
Young drive 'radical media shift' BBC News
Ads in a Mere Magazine? How Last Century The New York Times*
Online media's 'Californian' adventure USC Annenberg OJR
Getting the right mix between loyal users, quality and revenues in user-generated media is still tricky...  
Yahoo! Answers is a disaster Download Squad
The paid user generated content pot continues to stir… The Blog Herald
Webloggers get credit and blame for a major political upset while traditional news outlets missed the beat...  
The Unmaking of a Senator: How Bloggers Pulled It Off Time
As the rapid growth of user-generated media shifts power in markets and politics closer to audiences...  
Latest stats on the blogosphere: doubling every six months continues, about 18.6 posts per second ZDNet
How big is the Blogosphere really? GigaOM
The wiki faithful look beyond encyclopedias to activism The Boston Globe
It's on Wikipedia, So It Must Be True Washington Post
Blue Nile Cofounder Wades Into Wikis TechWeb via Yahoo! News
On Amazon, All of a Sudden Everyone’s a Milk Critic The New York Times*
Open-Source Networked Journalism Meets SmartMobs: NewAssignment.net Robin Good
Om Malik Blows it Technosailor
User-generated media is strong in B2B circles and becoming a backbone for profits and productivity...  
Blogging Business: Interview with Hal Halladay, Co-founder, Know More Media SocialTech.com
Where Web 2.0 intersects with the enterprise ZDNet
For those who don't believe that small is the new big, read the book that's getting bigger by the day...  
Review: ‘The Long Tail’ Foresees a Marketplace of Pixel-Size Niches The New York Times*
It's a deals bonanza for publishers trimming portfolios to meet the needs of a rapidly changing market...  
M&A Activity Continues to Soar: Jordan, Edmiston Group announces 20th deal of the year FOLIO: Magazine
Viacom considers bid for Social Networking Site Bebo FT.com*
Private equity eyeing book publisher bids: sources Reuters via The Boston Globe
Hearst Shelling Out $299 Million in Next Phase of MediaNews Deal AP via Editor & Publisher
Venture Capital Report: Where's Web 2.0? The Boston Globe
STM publishers are gearing up for increasingly competitive and open markets...  
UK PubMed Central To Launch in January Library Journal
Transformation continues apace at Wolters Kluwer Information World Review
A new VNU takes shape under the leadership of industry veterans...  
VNU Names Marchesano to Head Transformation Program; Krakoff to Succeed Marchesano BusinessWire
VNU CEO Krakoff Sees Expansion of Existing Brands As First Priority FOLIO: Magazine
VNU Announces Update on New Financing Structure BusinessWire
VNU’s Billboard Information Group lays off 26 staffers BtoB Online
There's still something to be said for a big screen when you're telling a story...  
Mme. Amanpour Sets Us Straight- Broadband Doesn't Cut It The New York Times*
No Big Demand for Small Screen LA Times CalendarLive
Intellectual Property rights for public data take a blow in the U.S...  
Fantasy leagues can use baseball stats USA Today
MLBAM, MLBPA Will Appeal Fantasy Stats Ruling paidContent.org
Ah, remember the good old days when everyone was all shook up over file sharing...?  
Napster: Too Legit to Profit SmartMoney.com
In other major trends in content this week...  
Microsoft shows off improved search CNET News
News Corp. Earnings in Line TheStreet.com
Yahoo's Lost Bid Doesn't Spell Doom BusinessWeek
EMC Makes It Harder To Forward Documents VAR Business
Broadband bundles to drive wireless spectrum sale CNET News
The Web Returns to Health: 'The Last Frontier' on Internet Draws Big Names and Their Money Washington Post
Europe’s Papers Join the Cry of ‘Read All About It, Free’ The New York Times*
A Forbes Family Fund-Raiser The New York Times*
Best Practices
SES 2006: Optimizing Your Feed Web Pro News
Search Engines: Friend or Foe? Search Engine Roundtable
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