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Apple Launches Ping Social iTunes Line

Wed, 09/01/2010 - 03:43
The company also unveiled a new version of Apple TV for $99, along with a TV show rental service. Initially, ABC and Fox have agreed to rent individual episodes of their series for 99 cents each


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Google Rolls Out Sponsored 'Maps' Icons

Wed, 09/01/2010 - 01:54
Google today rolled out a new—albeit beta—feature to its U.S. mapping service: sponsored icons.


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Seth Green, Digital Broadcasting Group Create ControlTV

Wed, 09/01/2010 - 01:43
Partner on new reality series which will allow viewers to make a series of life decisions for a young 20-something man


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Microsoft Begins Yahoo Ad Integration for Search

Tue, 08/31/2010 - 01:36
Microsoft says it should be ready to handle all of Yahoo’s search ad business for the upcoming—and always crucial—fourth-quarter shopping period.


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Rubicon: Online Display Ads Impressive for Down Year

Tue, 08/31/2010 - 01:35
Despite stalled economic recovery, online display advertising has shown impressive vigor in 2010, according to a new report issued by the yield optimization firm the Rubicon Project.


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Tribune Broadcasting to Launch 'Antenna TV'

Mon, 08/30/2010 - 04:42
Tribune Broadcasting is set to launch at the beginning of next year, Antenna TV, a digital network of classic TV shows, many of which were popular in the days before cable wiped out antennas.


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TheStreet.com Inks Licensing Pact with Bundle

Mon, 08/30/2010 - 04:36
The new deal will see TheStreet.com, and sister property MainStreet.com, providing editorial content and multimedia tools to upstart personal finance information/community site


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Facebook, MySpace Rivals No More?

Mon, 08/30/2010 - 03:42
MySpace announces new product integration called Sync with Facebook, which users to connect  directly to their corresponding Facebook profiles


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Agencies Laud Bing's Growth, Prep for Yahoo Transition

Sun, 08/29/2010 - 01:04
Microsoft’s search play now commands about 12 percent or 13 percent of the search market, up from 8 percent or 9 percent a year ago, depending on the source


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Yahoo's Who Knew? Series Sees Streams Soar

Fri, 08/27/2010 - 02:49
According to internal figures, Who Knew—which rolled out its 100th episode today—has generated 38 million streams since debuting on April 14


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NBC to Use Fan Tweets in Emmy Telecast

Thu, 08/26/2010 - 10:58
Prior to and during the Emmy broadcast, viewers will be encouraged to tweet possible on-camera introductions of celebrity presenters


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Fisher Names Spragins to Head Interactive Net

Thu, 08/26/2010 - 09:59
Matt Spragins, a former exec with RealNetworks has joined Fisher Communications as vp and general manager of Fisher Interactive Network, the division created by Fisher in 2006 to bring the company's online assets together in an integrated platform.


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BabyCenter to Launch Mobile App

Wed, 08/25/2010 - 12:49
BabyCenter is kicking off a push into mobile with the launch of My Pregnancy Today, an app built for the iPhone and iTouch.


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Evan Harrison Exits Clear Channel Radio

Wed, 08/25/2010 - 11:39
Clear Channel Radio's digital guru, Evan Harrison, is exiting the company at the end of the year. For the past six years, Harrison, in his position as evp, online music and radio, helped shape the radio giant's digital strategy.


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Analysis: Should Yahoo Buy Into Hulu?

Wed, 08/25/2010 - 11:30
Just as Yahoo weighs Wall Street advice to buy a significant stake in online video site Hulu, SNL Kagan reported the first-ever subscriber decline for the U.S. TV multichannel industry.


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Forecast: Online Ads to Outpace All Other Categories

Tue, 08/24/2010 - 11:05
Online advertising will continue to outpace overall ad spending, growing 14 percent next year to $51.9 billion, according to a new Borrell Associates forecast released Tuesday (Aug. 24). In contrast, the overall ad market is expected to increase less than 5 percent to $238.6 billion.


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Federated Media Acquires TextDigger

Mon, 08/23/2010 - 12:01
Federated Media Publishing (FM) has acquired a semantic and linguistics technology platform from the San Jose, Calif.-based firm TextDigger.


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THR.com Reaches Elite Status

Mon, 08/23/2010 - 11:27
More people got their entertainment-industry news online from The Hollywood Reporter than any of its competitors last month.


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Social Games Gain Wide U.S. Base

Mon, 08/23/2010 - 07:12
One fifth of the U.S. population has played a social game over the past three months, according to a new report issued by industry researcher The NPD Group


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TiVo to Add Broadband Metrics

Mon, 08/23/2010 - 05:07
TiVo will begin reporting next month how much people go to the Web on their TV sets. The new measure will be added to TiVo's StopWatch ratings service, which provides second-by-second viewing estimates of live and time-shifted viewing culled from TiVo's 2.6 million set-top boxes.


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