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Matt Richtel / New York Times:
YouTube Coming Soon to Cellphones — YouTube is coming to mobile phones — or, to be more precise, a small slice of YouTube is coming to some Verizon Wireless phones. — While its explosively popular Web site is free, YouTube's phone-based version will require a $15-a-month subscription to a Verizon Wireless service called VCast.
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Rob Pegoraro / Washington Post:
Missing the Big Picture — We're supposed to be excited that our mobile phones are getting to be more and more like mobile TVs, thanks to developments like Verizon Wireless's just-announced deal to bring YouTube videos to its V Cast service. — Forgive me if I'm less than thrilled.
Rafat Ali / PaidContent:
Why Aggregation & Context and Not (Necessarily) Content are King in Entertainment — Bear Stearns analyst Spencer Wang has come out with a report on, well, Long Tail, but this one focuses on what he calls the mid part of the content and distribution value chain, where he sees the most value in the long run …
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bearstearns.com:
Bear Stearns Media Research Presents... The Long Tail: — Why Aggregation & Context and Not (Necessarily) Content are King in Entertainment — A conference call to discuss the impact of new technology on creators of content. In our view, digital technologies are "democratizing" …
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
The Content Aggregators and the Fat Belly — As social media explodes, the choices for the consumer are increasing exponentially. Our time constrained modern lives cannot consume all the content that is available to consume, and perhaps that is why we should consider hyper aggregation as an option.
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Peter Cohen / Macworld:
Wii, PS3, Xbox 360... does the Mac matter for games? — It's a tough season for stalwart Mac gamers as Sony and Nintendo launch new game consoles and Microsoft moves into year two of its Xbox 360 campaign. With so many powerful video game consoles on the market, does the Mac even matter for games anymore?
Stuart Elliott / New York Times:
A Lone Sponsor for a Longer 'Nightly News' — A week from tonight, viewers of the "NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams" will be able to watch more news — and fewer commercials — as a result of a sponsorship deal with the Philips Electronics North America Corporation.
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Mike / Techdirt:
Paying More For Much Less: The New TV Commercial Strategy — from the 30-seconds-ain't-worth-what-it-used- to-be dept — As TV and ad execs fret about the fact that TV commercials aren't particular effective these days thanks, in part, to things like TiVo and YouTube …
Steve Outing / Editor and Publisher:
Grading Newspapers' Website Progress: B — Just about everyone — finally — is on board and working to address the big problem: How to transition a significant part of the newspaper business to online and new media while keeping enough money flowing in during the transition period …
Claire Atkinson / AdAge:
The Fuzzy Math of Big Media's Digital Revenue — Despite Different Counting Methods, It Comes to $500 Million — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — If you think upfront math is fuzzy, try asking the major media companies for a little sharper focus on how digital ad revenue is shaping up for this year and beyond.
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Let's Just Declare TV Dead and Move On — A new poll in the UK shows that people who watch online videos tend to watch less television. It looks like they didn't take into account that people with broadband Internet connections in general watch less television, so the poll …
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Marshall Kirkpatrick:
Open Sourcing My TechCrunch Work Flow — Yesterday was my last day at TechCrunch. It's been a good run but I'm excited to get back into consulting for non profit organizations and startup businesses. This is a post about how I did my research while writing for TechCrunch …
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Chris Pirillo:
YouTube vs. Google Video vs. Revver — The idea here is that you have to press play on the following videos (in vertical order) so that they all stream to you at the same time. You may need to adjust the volume on each respective network, though. Press play on the top (YouTube) video …
New Yorker:
IN PRAISE OF THIRD PLACE — Fifteen years ago, the video-game industry was ruled by one player, Nintendo. The company had machines in a third of American homes, and it was Japan's most profitable electronics company. The title of a 1993 book summed up the situation: "Game Over: How Nintendo Conquered the World."
Gizmodo:
First Grope: 3Dconnexion SpaceNavigator Lets You Operate in 3D — Imagine a controller that you can push, tilt, pull, and rotate—that's essentially what the SpaceNavigator is. This multitalented device is the latest addition to 3Dconnexion's arsenal of 3D controllers.
CNET News.com:
Supreme Court to examine 'obviousness' of patents — Software and hardware makers have long complained that a glut of so-called junk patents threatens to disrupt the way they do business. — One key gripe about the patent process is expected to take center stage before the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday morning.
Carlo / Techdirt:
Could AT&T Give Up On The BellSouth Merger? — from the deep-pockets dept — The AT&T-BellSouth merger still hasn't been approved by the FCC, and despite the company line that it will eventually go through (and without additional conditions at that), there's some speculation that AT&T …
Kristen Philipkoski / Bodyhack:
2006 Sexiest Geeks: Call for Nominees — Last year, Wired News started what promises to be a long-held tradition: the crowning of the 10 sexiest geeks of the year. This year, we're asking for your help choosing the brainy men and women who filled your Google search boxes and fueled your dreams.
