Yahoo eases newspaper consortium fears - for now
Yahoo executives took two days last week to meet with members of the Yahoo Newspaper Consortium to quell any anxiety over the company's commitment and focus as Microsoft's proposed takeover overshadows its every move. Source: paidContent
YouTube gets Google-developed audience analysis tool
YouTube has introduced an audience measurement tool to allow individual and commercial users to see exactly when and where viewers watch their videos. Source: Guardian
Dr Tanya Byron's report urges social networking child safety code
Social networking websites should be encouraged to adopt voluntary codes of practice to help protect young users, according to the government review of child internet safety conducted by Dr Tanya Byron. Source: Guardian
Tanya Byron, Ed Balls and Andy Burnham discuss online safety
Psychologist Tanya Byron presents her report on internet and video game safety for children, with Ed Balls and Andy Burnham. Source: Guardian
Education minister Ed Balls backs Dr Tanya Byron's web safety push
The education minister today committed the government to fully implementing the recommendations of Dr Tanya Bryon's report on child internet safety, including the setting up of a council to oversee industry self-regulation of content. Source: Guardian
How to bring internet advertising to TV
Erik Schonfeld can see a day not too far where ads on TV start to look like the text and graphical overlays we are beginning to see with YouTube, AdHoc, VideoEgg and others. Source: TechCrunch
CNET cutting 120 jobs
Online media company CNET Networks Inc said on Wednesday it will eliminate 120 jobs, or about 10 percent of its staff, in a restructuring to help it focus on long-term growth amid complaints from some investors. Source: Reuters
Email consumes us
"We live in a hyper-connected world, yet part of the blowback is the excessive communication that occurs - I fear it will only get worse over time." Source: web-strategist.com
Matt McAlister's new gig at the Guardian
"It's also difficult to leave Yahoo with all the exciting developments there," says the new head of the Guardian Development Network. Source: mattmcalister.com
Nokia courts Sony and Warner over music service
Nokia continues to court Sony BMG and Warner Music, along with around ten major independents, to join its Comes With Music mobile music service. Source: New Media Age
Podcasting startup can't pay its employees
Podango, a podcast advertising network, acquired GigaVox Media in 2007 and launched several shows including Girls Gone Geek, but seems to be in trouble. Source: Valleywag
Fast-growing Silicon Alley Insider is "worth $5.4m"
Ad networks have been in vogue. A number of startup ad networks have raised big money over the past year and media companies such as Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia and Forbes have decided to get into the game by launching their own. Source: E-consultancy
Fast-growing Silicon Alley Insider is "worth $5.4m"
Not bad work for founder/backer Kevin Ryan and editor/pundit/power blogger Henry Blodget. Source: Beet.TV
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