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How Google could lose the Viacom/YouTube lawsuit - Part I

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:01:00 UT

My belief that Google should be held liable for copyright infringement in Viacom's $1bn YouTube lawsuit is no secret.

With the lawsuit making headlines recently, I figured it was an appropriate time to lay out in some detail why I feel the way I do in a two-part series.

Mainstream media benefits from outbound links - study

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:48:00 UT

David Eaves has taken a look at the linking policies of major US and UK news websites, and�found a correlation between the number of outbound links and incoming links.

This, he says, indicates that rather than taking away valuable page views,�being generous with outbound links can actually benefit�publishers by increasing the number of incoming links.

The Web Week in Review

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:06:00 UT

Drama 2.0's The Web Week in the Review focuses in on big companies (and big money) this week.

Is "community" a panacea for ailing newspapers?

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:45:00 UT

Through TechDirt, I stumbled upon an interesting debate that questions whether the concept of "community" as it relates to newspapers is a major part of the industry's woes - and a potential part of the solution to those woes.

Guardian Media buys a blog

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:25:00 UT

Some members of Old Media may be going through some tough times, but those who say that Old Media doesn't "get it" and is dying should take note of what's happening. Old Media is buying New Media.

Does on-demand content lead to on-demand advertising?

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 09:01:00 UT

For the past 300 years or so, media has been a one-to-many broadcast model. But now we see TV, radio and press all moving towards an on-demand model.

In a world where content is delivered on-demand, would on-demand advertising be a more relevant approach in the future of broadcasting?

The Web Week in Review

Fri, 4 Jul 2008 08:00:00 UT

From a court ruling in the Viacom/YouTube lawsuit to reports that Microsoft is still eyeing Yahoo, Drama 2.0 found no shortage of drama in the news to attract his interest this week.

Tapan Bhat, SVP of Yahoo Front Doors, on Yahoo Buzz

Thu, 3 Jul 2008 11:51:00 UT

A few months ago Yahoo! released the beta version of Yahoo! Buzz, which is a user-rated news site that is already closing in on 10m unique users per month.

Here we talk to Tapan Bhat, Senior Vice President of Front Doors, Communities and Network Services at Yahoo!, who explains more about the company's plans to encourage user participation while making friends with lots of publishers...

BBC iPlayer revamp improves usability

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:51:00 UT

It's only around six months since the iPlayer was launched, but the BBC has introduced a new beta version�that aims to be more user-friendly.

Huffington: attempts at neutrality in journalism are overrated

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:58:00 UT

At the Personal Democracy Forum in New York City, Arianna Huffington, founder of The Huffington Post, used her time on stage to ostensibly deliver the type of message the audience was looking for.

Site review: Sky News beta

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:43:00 UT

Sky News is in the process of updating its website.�It currently has a new beta site running alongside the old one.

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It has a bigger, bolder look, but is it an improvement on the old version?�

Cuban: Hulu is money, YouTube isn't

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:45:00 UT

Whether you like Mark Cuban or not, you have to give him credit for not only selling Broadcast.com to Yahoo for $5.9bn in Yahoo stock at the height of Bubble 1.0, but for recognizing that the fun wouldn't last and positioning himself to retain his billion-dollar fortune once the party was over.

The AP tussles with the blogosphere

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 07:45:00 UT

Where does copyright end and fair use begin? In the age of the blogosphere, this question is proving to be a difficult and painful one for copyright holders and bloggers to come to an agreement on.

The New Media stock exchange

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:30:00 UT

I have issue with the process of online media buying. Agreeing a spend budget for the month, researching a handful of websites, a few phone calls to negotiate the rate, booking a volume of impressions, signing an insertion order before sending over the ad-serving tags.

It feels too rigid, too simplistic, but most of all too much like offline media buying! But is that all about to change?

Should bloggers be considered members of the "press"?

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:45:00 UT

Recently, Michael Arrington of TechCrunch lambasted the CEO of online music startup TuneCore, Jeff Price, for refusing to provide one of his interns, Peter, with information about his company's funding.

I criticized Arrington for what I saw as an unnecessary use of his "podium" to disparage Price when he had no legitimate reason to do so.

Has Last.fm fallen victim to the demands of a record label?

Mon, 9 Jun 2008 08:00:00 UT

In a past post, I discussed the fact that record labels are increasingly�demanding an "arm and a leg" for the rights to their music catalogs.

The Web Week in Review - Money Edition

Fri, 6 Jun 2008 08:00:00 UT

Drama 2.0 has his mind on his money and his money on his mind more than usual lately, so this week's installment of The Web Week in Review is focused on cold hard cash - who's making it and who isn't.

The Web Week in Review

Fri, 30 May 2008 14:46:00 UT

The news that captured my attention this week took a big media slant...

VC: European media companies need to buy more of my startups

Wed, 28 May 2008 07:09:00 UT

Saul Klein, a partner at Index Ventures, one of Europe's largest venture capital firms, has some shocking advice for European media companies.

They need to buy more of the startups that VC firms like his have backed.

Daily Mail officially launches slow website

Fri, 23 May 2008 07:45:00 UT

The new revamped and rebranded Mail Online�website came out of beta this week, with a number of improvements to the previous version.

There is one major problem though; browsing through the site and loading pages can be a painfully slow process.