Archive for October, 2007

Sneak Peek: YouTube Redesign

YouTube has a new look coming…
Here is a beta page on YouTube with the new design.
Here is the YouTube blog that covers the upcoming changes and gives you a chance to give feedback.
I heard the news, but thanks to DownloadSquad was able to get the link. -thx

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CNet sells Webshots; but look who’s hiring…

Big transitions can be a great thing, but they can also be scary or awkward. You can learn a lot about a company from the positions they post… and within that line of curiosity, I found a slice of humor in today’s announcement of CNet selling Webshots for $45 million: CNet is [...]

ComScore Top 50 Web Properties – September

Here are the top 50 web properties for September according to ComScore.  Image from Marketing Charts.

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404 Error: Colorado Rockies World Series tickets

Colorado Rockies fans — and anyone wanting to go to the World Series in Denver — were hit with “cannot find server” messages this morning as the tickets went on-sale at 10am MST. The only way to purchase tickets is online. Go figure, a lot of people went online to buy tickets. [...]

Blogger rights on Capitol Hill

House Passes Law Shielding Bloggers
The House passed the Free Flow of Information Act of 2007 on Tuesday, a federal shield bill that would protect reporters from having to divulge their confidential sources in federal court.
The bill passed with overwhelming support by a vote of 398-21.

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News no longer most viewed content online

The Conference Board and TNS reported yesterday that close to 16% of American households who use the internet watch television broadcasts online.
Convenience wins in a time-strained society. Fast forward several years to a time where the audience levels are much higher online (and mobile) AND information outlets are taking advantage of the interactivity (not a [...]

Does Joost have the Juice?

We’ll see.
World’s first TV-quality online network launches
“The Internet will start off showing traditional entertainment but eventually users and content creators will use the capabilities of the Internet to create some amazing entertainment,” said Mike Volpi, who heads up Joost.
…you mean like CurrentTV has been for over two years (and YouTube and many other online pure-plays). [...]

Fox Business launches

News Corp.’s Fox Business channel and foxbusiness.com launched today.

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Nielsen Co. reorgs, creating Nielsen Online and Nielsen Mobile

The Nielsen Company announced today it is reorganizing its New Media research services into two units: Nielsen Online and Nielsen Mobile.
Nielsen Online is comprised of the company’s Nielsen//NetRatings and BuzzMetrics services, which provide independent measurement and analysis of online audiences, advertising, video, blogs, consumer-generated media, word-of-mouth, commerce and consumer behavior.
Nielsen Mobile combines recently acquired Telephia, [...]

.mobi domains sell for a nice penny

More on the domain theme from my Friday post re: the upcoming sale of wallstreet.com domain…
TechCrunch reports on the sales price of several .mobi domain rates:
The Moniker auction saw three 6 figure Dot.mobi sales Poker.mobi for $150,000, Ringtones.mobi for $145,000 and News.mobi for $110,000. These join previous Dot.mobi sales of Flowers.mobi for $200,000, Sportsbook.mobi for [...]