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NBC Universal and News Corp. Announce Deal with Internet Leaders AOL, MSN, MySpace And Yahoo! to Create a Premium Online Video Site with Unprecedented Reach — Charter Advertisers, Including Cadbury Schweppes, Cisco, Esurance, Intel and General Motors, Will Now Reach 96% of U.S. Internet Audience Through This Groundbreaking Venture
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Los Angeles Times:
News Corp., NBC pull together to challenge YouTube — Several media giants are teaming up to challenge Google Inc. and its YouTube video-sharing service, seeking to blunt their incursion into the entertainment business. — News Corp. and NBC Universal plan to announce as soon as today …
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Notes From News Corp./NBC Universal Media Call — I've just joined the "NewTube" media call with NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker and News Corp. COO Peter Chernin. Notes to follow. — Chernin is kicking things off. It took him about 2 minutes to say "Web 2.0″ for the first time.
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Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Confirmed: TV Networks Launch New Company To Counter Perceived Google/YouTube Threat — Update: My real time notes from the media conference call are here. — The rumors of a joint venture to counter the perceived Google-YouTube threat, dubbed "Clown Co." by Google executives …
Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:
News Corp. and NBC announce partnership to create YouTube competitor — News Corp. and NBC have announced a deal to create a new video distribution site, dubbed the "YouTube killer" by many. The companies have also formed partnerships with a number of big players, including Yahoo! …
Paul R. La Monica / CNNMoney.com:
NBC, News Corp. team up against YouTube — Media giants pooling resources to create an online video site that will take on Google's YouTube. — NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Media giants News Corp. and NBC Universal announced Thursday that they will create an online video site that will rival the popular YouTube.
Owen Thomas / Business 2.0 Beta:NBC, News Corp. Launch YouTube Rival: Live Coverage
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Cecile Daurat / Bloomberg:News Corp., NBC Begin YouTube Rival to Reclaim Shows (Update1)
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HP:
HP to Acquire Tabblo, Aims to Make Printing from Web Easier — HP today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Tabblo Inc., a privately-held developer of web-based software located in Cambridge, Mass. — HP plans to leverage Tabblo's technologies to make printing …
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Om Malik / GigaOM:
HP goes web 2.0, buys Tabblo — Now this is one Web 2.0 acquisition that makes sense! Hewlett-Packard has acquired Tabblo, Massachusetts-based company that makes it easier for consumers to upload and printing their photos from the web. Think of Tabblo as iPhoto rest of us …
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Yahoo! Widgets Blog:
It's Here! — Yes! Yahoo Widgets 4 is now available for download. This version has a lot of cool new features for users as well as developers of Widgets. — For those that think we've been sitting around drinking tequila and not really focusing on Konfabulator/Yahoo Widgets …
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Nick Gonzalez / TechCrunch:
Get Vista-Like Widget Functionality On XP With New Yahoo Widgets — Yahoo is launching the 4.0 version of their desktop widget platform this morning. It is substantially less burdensome on system resources (a common Yahoo Widgets complaint is that it slows down computers) …
Gizmodo:
Apple TV: Worth It? — Apple TV could do for television what the iPod did for music, at least that's what some analysts are saying. But it could also become the WebTV of media centers, the sort of device that you buy for Mom as a Christmas gift but that ultimately lands in the novelty arcade.
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Erica Ogg / CNET News.com:
Best Buy finagles Apple TV exclusive — The blue-shirted ones scored a mini coup this week. — Best Buy said today that the just-released Apple TV will be available in all 822 of its U.S. stores starting Tuesday. That's two weeks ahead of all other retailers that are not named the Apple Store.
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Nokia:
Nokia N95 multimedia computer starts shipping — Espoo, Finland - Nokia today announced that the Nokia N95 started shipping in key European, Asian and Middle Eastern markets, with expanded shipments to other markets in those regions in the coming weeks. The Nokia N95 is an all-in-one multimedia computer …
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Elinor Mills / CNET News.com:
Yahoo names click fraud czar — Yahoo has promoted one of its staff attorneys to an executive-level position that is akin to being click fraud czar at the second largest Web search provider. — For seven years, Reggie Davis helped the Web search company defend itself against lawsuits …
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BBC:
Xbox Live accounts 'not hacked' — Microsoft has denied reports that users of its Xbox Live online gaming service have had their accounts hacked. — It follows a number of complaints from gamers that their IDs, or gamer tags, have been taken over while playing.
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USA Today:
Jet passengers may not get to chat on cellphones after all — The once-highflying idea of letting passengers use their wireless phones on airplanes is about to be grounded. — Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin is recommending the FCC drop its tentative plan to lift …
Mike Butcher / Vecosys:
Guardian Changing Media Summit 07 coverage — I'm at the Guardian Changing Media Summit today doing a little coverage (oh yeah, and I'm also chairing a panel later on mobile). I won't be blogging it totally live, but making various notes along the way. If you want the "stenographer's eye view" …
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media.guardian.co.uk, Greenslade, Open (finds, minds …, Strange Attractor and Guardian Unlimited
Benjamin J. Romano / Seattle Times:
Microsoft exec heads new search and ad unit — Microsoft will try a new combination of leadership and organizational structure to lift its Internet search business out of the cellar. — The company on Wednesday named Satya Nadella, an executive in charge of Microsoft's line of business software …
