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grouper.com:
Sony Pictures Entertainment Acquires Grouper — Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) has acquired Grouper, the fast growing user-generated video site on the Internet, it was announced today by Michael Lynton, SPE Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. — Grouper.com, which is the second largest …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Wow - Grouper Sells for $65 million — Sony Pictures is announcing the acquisition of online video startup Grouper tonight, Tuesday, at midnight EST. The acquisition price, confirmed by Grouper, was $65 million in cash. Our previous coverage of Grouper is here.
Discussion:
Things That, Davis Freeberg's Digital …, rev2.org, duncanriley.com and alexmoskalyukblog
Rafat / paidContent.org:
Sony Pictures Buys Video Sharing Site Grouper For $65 Million [by Rafat] — The rumors were true: Sony Pictures has made its first Internet acquisition in a long long time, and officially enters into the social media arena: it has bought video sharing site Grouper, for $65 million.
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Microsoft to Provide and Sell Ads on Facebook, the Web Site — Microsoft said yesterday that it would provide advertising for Facebook, a Web site aimed primarily at college students, over the next three years. — The two did not disclose the terms of the deal, in which Microsoft …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Facebook Does Ad Deal, But Not With Google — Facebook signed an advertising deal (update: also in NY Times) with Microsoft that will put Microsoft adCenter sponsored links and other ads on the Facebook site. There are no financial terms available for the deal, which runs through 2009.
Business 2.0:
Blogging for Dollars — It's not just a hobby — some small sites are making big money. Here's how to turn your passion into an online empire. — (Business 2.0) — Michael Arrington is a partying kind of guy. While showing off his home in Atherton, Calif., he boasts about how he crammed 500 people …
Discussion:
Scripting News, GigaOM, the j. botter weblog, textually.org, Blogging Stocks, The Blogging Journalist, Digital Micro-Markets, Mathew Ingram, Socialtwister 2.0, Ken McGuire On The Web, The Paradigm Shift, Buzzworthy, V7N Search Marketing News, Joe Duck, blackrimglasses.com and Joseph Scott's Blog
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DealBook:
Should Apple Buy YouTube? — Mergers & Acquisitions, Apple Computer, YouTube — Like a video of exploding Coke and Mentos candies, YouTube just seems to demand attention. — And, in a different way, so does Paris Hilton. — So Tuesday's news that Ms. Hilton is using YouTube …
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Liz Gannes / GigaOM:YouTube's Ads Blur Lines
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The Unofficial Apple Weblog, Techdirt, paidContent.org, SiliconBeat and .:UNEASYsilence:.
Microsoft:
Microsoft Security Advisory (923762) — Microsoft Security Advisory (923762): Long URLs to sites using HTTP 1.1 and compression Could Cause Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 to Unexpectedly Exit — On August 15, 2006 Microsoft announced that it would be re-releasing MS06-042 Tuesday …
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Sony:
SONY MERGES QUALITY LCD TV WITH DESKTOP PC FOR A SLEEK COMBO — Combining the power of a PC with a quality LCD and stylish design, Sony today unveiled the new VAIO® LS1 TV/PC Combo. — Sleek, yet highly-functional, this new device compliments any room in the house where space is at a premium …
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Adam Pash / Lifehacker:
Hack Attack: Top 10 Ubuntu apps and tweaks — When I made the switch to Ubuntu Linux on my desktop computer (that is, if you can call triple-booting Windows XP, Vista, and Ubuntu a "switch"), I was a little worried about finding the applications and tools that would make me as productive working in Ubuntu as I am working on Windows.
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Mark Glaser / pbs.org:
Mark Cuban's Sharesleuth Takes Business Reporting to Ethical Edge — Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban has one of the best named weblogs, Blog Maverick, because he is nothing if not a maverick in the technology, sports and online worlds. He shepherded his Broadcast.com streaming multimedia company through …
Alex Bosworth / Alex Bosworth's Weblog:
How To Provide A Web API — In a world where people are making interdependent webservices, API design and maintenance is pretty important. Unfortunately despite rising use and availability of APIs, there are significant problems with the way even big API vendors are deploying and maintaining their APIs.
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ProgrammableWeb
Red Herring:
Guba's On-Demand Experiment — Video sharing, downloading startup tests how to get people to buy movies and TV online. — In an effort to jump-start their video pay-per-download service, Guba said Monday it has slashed the prices for buying or renting premium television shows and movies from their site.
Eric Case / Google Code:
New GData API: Google Base — Post by Matthias Zenger, Software Engineer — We're excited to announce the availability of the Google Base data API, which lets you write applications that dynamically interact with Google Base. You can insert, edit, or delete items programmatically …
Don Dodge / Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing:
Is your blog one in a million? If so VCs may want to talk to you — Paul Kedrosky nailed it! This is exactly the point I was trying to make about VC investment in individual blogs. See Dr. Kedrosky's comment in my previous post. Bloggers are like Open Source projects in that there are millions …
Declan McCullagh / CNET News.com:
Qwest calls for mandatory data retention laws — ASPEN, Colo.—Broadband company Qwest Communications International on Tuesday strongly endorsed federal legislation requiring Internet providers to keep records of their customers' behavior, a move that could accelerate efforts in Congress to enact new laws.
Sean Alexander / Addicted to Digital Media:
SanDisk Sansa graduates, iPod Nano left behind or soon to skip a grade? — It's not often I make predictions here, but yesterday I had an "aha" moment spurred by sites abuzz with Reuters report that SanDisk is launching the Sansa e280, an 8GB version of their e2xxx series for $249.99.
Think Secret:
Briefly: Leopard downloads prompt Apple retail firings — At least five employees of Apple's retail stores have been fired after downloading copies of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard from the Internet that were distributed to developers at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference two weeks ago.
BetterBadNews:
WEB 2 START-UP INVITES INVESTORS TO COMPETE FOR FUNDING OPPORTUNITY. — EARLY PHASE FUNDERS GET 3 MINUTES TO MAKE AN INITIAL PITCH TO WIN THE BUSINESS: — Click Video to Play (QuickTime 7 Required) — Letting Jeff Jarvis SayitForMe : — We'll see the death of many middleman.
