Sony Joins Other Labels on Amazon MP3 Store

Sony BMG announced Thursday that it would become the fourth and final major music label to sell digital music on Amazon.com, offering its entire catalog in the MP3 format by the end of the month.

http://www.contentagenda.com/article/CA6521800.html?industryid=45173

Online Video Traffic Surges Massively In The UK | YouTube, BBC iPlayer Market Leaders

With most of the big players in the Web TV and streaming video industry being based in North America, read Google, YouTube, MySpace, Yahoo!, it's ...

http://www.webtvwire.com/online-video-traffic-surges-massively-in-the-uk-youtube...

Lionsgate invests in user-generated content site

“Break is one of the freshest and most original platforms for content in the new media space,” Lionsgate co-chair and CEO Jon Feltheimer said in announcing the deal. “They immediately appealed to us as an ideal fit.

https://www.videobusinesss.com/article/CA6459299.html?q=%2C+

Survey: Bebo has worst downtime out of major social networks

A performance monitoring software company has targeted the youth-oriented social network, popular in the U.K., as being unavailable the most out of major social networks.

http://www.news.com/8301-13577_3-9879414-36.html

User-Generated Video Goes Semipro

Dog on a skateboard? So 2006. A new middle ground is emerging in online video: user-generated video that is funded in a studio model by Internet distributors.

http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6460517.html?industryid=47197

Jonathan Sasse: Slacker Predicts the Future of Digital Music

Jonathan Sasse: Slacker Predicts the Future of Digital Music - An insider at Slacker reveals what s next for his company s Internet radio service, along with predictions for record companies, pirates and the industry as a whole. - Featured Article at Digital Trends.

http://news.digitaltrends.com/featured_article84.html

LIN Taps VMIX For User-Generated Video

LIN TV will be the first television broadcast group in the nation to launch user-generated content on all of its stations’ websites in partnership with San Diego-based VMIX, and plans to begin introducing the new features next month.

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6449407.html

Azoogle Wants Truste to Certify Mobile Promotions

If AzoogleAds actually engaged in fraudulent online ad practices, as the Florida Attorney General’s office has alleged, the company appears to be turning over a new leaf. In fact, AzoogleAds President Don Mathis seems quite engaged in trying to clean...

http://blog.clickz.com/080229-170325.html

MySpace courts music labels

Execs from MySpace are ramping up negotiations with record labels to roll out an extended MySpace music service as soon as possible, according to a report in London s Financial Times on Monday.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117982131

Judge Says Being A Facebook Friend Isn't Like Real Friendship

Yup, 'friend' is well on the way to have its meaning corrupted by these social networking facilities. Friend: Someone with whom you once exchanged an e-mail 'Some of my best friends are recruitment agencies' (reply to this comment) (link to this comment)

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