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Google Launches Own Online Encyclopedia Chicago Tribune
Google Inc. is taking the wraps off an Internet encyclopedia designed to give people a chance to show off and profit from their expertise on any topic.
The service, dubbed Knol in reference... »more
Yahoo Service Puts All Your E-Mail in Order USA TODAY
SAN FRANCISCO -- Yahoo is expanding its popular e-mail service to the desktop in a bid to help consumers manage their e-mail accounts when they aren't online.
At a conference for developers... »more
Shine Group in Movie Venture Los Angeles Times
Elisabeth Murdoch's London-based production company Shine Group has formed a joint venture, Shine Pictures, with Arnon Milchan's New Regency to make broad-appeal movies for global release.
The... »more
Microsoft Sees Play As Profit Center Los Angeles Times
When Microsoft Corp. makes its annual presentation to investors and analysts here today, executives will be preaching the value of patience to stockholders who are nervous about the world's... »more
Media & Marketing: New York Times' Profit, Ads Decline The Wall Street Journal
In what is likely to set the tone for a string of quarterly reports from newspaper publishers this week, New York Times Co. reported a drop in second- quarter profit as the slowing U.S. economy... »more
Media & Marketing: Tentative Deal Reached to Approve Sirius-XM Merger The Wall Street Journal
Commissioners at the Federal Communications Commission have reached a tentative deal to approve the proposed merger of Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. and XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc., FCC officials... »more
Top online, Windows exec to depart Microsoft Associated Press/AP Online
SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp. says the executive in charge of its Windows and Web operations is leaving the company.
Kevin Johnson was president of Microsoft's platforms and services division, which... »more
Comics, film and figurine fans flock to Comic-Con Associated Press/AP Online
SAN DIEGO - The most passionate Spider-Men, Storm Troopers, Harry Potters and other pop-culture fanatics are headed south for their annual pilgrimage.
Comic-Con, the country's biggest comic-book... »more
Netflix shuts movie financing arm to focus on core Associated Press/AP Online
NEW YORK - The movie-rental service Netflix Inc. is closing a small unit that finances independent movies, partly to avoid competing with Hollywood studios with which it partners for DVD and... »more
AOL integrates widget tech to boost social-net ads Associated Press/AP Online
NEW YORK - Install a little photo program to show off pictures of your dog on Facebook, and you might find you're really spreading an ad.
Time Warner Inc.'s AOL said Wednesday it was integrating... »more
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Media & Marketing: New York Times' Profit, Ads Decline The Wall Street Journal
Time for the Shield; Federal Legislation Protecting Journalists' Sources is Overdue for a Senate Vote. The Washington Post
New York Times to raise newsstand price to $1.50 Associated Press/AP Online
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Television, Cable & DBS
Home Run Derby on ESPN is No. 1 on cable TV Associated Press/AP Online
MTA Has a New Favorite Station: CNN New York Newsday
AT&T Television Service Challenges Comcast, DirecTV South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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Magazine & Book
Internationally Published Wildlife Photographer Vezo Dies The Arizona Daily Star
Petters Refuses Back Pay Owed Magazine Workers Star Tribune, Minneapolis
Magazine Launched to Reach High-Income Seniors Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, Calif.)
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Interactive
Google Launches Own Online Encyclopedia Chicago Tribune
Yahoo Service Puts All Your E-Mail in Order USA TODAY
Microsoft Sees Play As Profit Center Los Angeles Times
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Film & Programming
Shine Group in Movie Venture Los Angeles Times
Comics, film and figurine fans flock to Comic-Con Associated Press/AP Online
Netflix shuts movie financing arm to focus on core Associated Press/AP Online
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Music & Radio
Media & Marketing: Tentative Deal Reached to Approve Sirius-XM Merger The Wall Street Journal
BRIEF: MTA to Test CNN Program in Stations amNewYork
Media & Marketing: Radio Merger May Rest on One Vote The Wall Street Journal
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TechScout: Hey Web. Browse msnbc.com. Read headlines.
(Annette Moser-Wellman) For years, we've been waiting for the one device that will combine the "lean back" experience of TV, the computing power of your laptop and mobility of your cell phone. From Sling Box to the iPhone, manufacturers have been searching for the "killer application" that will solve all our needs for news, information and entertainment in one device and bridge the »more
Making News Interactive at Newsvine.com
(Tracey Robinson-English) -- Newsvine.com, an interactive news site, is an intriguing Web innovation that gives users an instant reflection of what the world is chatting about at any given moment.
"You just read an Associated Press story about the fiery riots in France on a major news site. Why shouldn’t you be able to comment on it like you would on a blog entry?" said Mike Davidson, »more
TechScout: Watching, chatting about, clipping, annotating and sharing the news
(Annette Moser-Wellman) -- Here's my latest guilty pleasure: lying on the family room couch watching mildly entertaining TV while working on my laptop. Somehow when I combine the two experiences, it seems to redeem them both. I just have to be careful not to get popcorn butter on my keyboard.
I suppose this multi-tasking activity is an awkward precursor to the convergence of devices that we »more
TechScout: Bouncing back to the editorial core
(Annette Moser-Wellman) --- "The Internet changes everything! The Web operates on new values! Old rules just don't work on-line!" We've all heard the refrain and maybe even said it ourselves.
But in a surprising interview with Albert Cheng, Executive Vice President, Digital Media, of Disney-ABC Television Group, I was reminded how rapid change also creates a bounce-back effect. We »more
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