Trends
VNU Deal Likely As Activist Holder Concedes Defeat
WSJ Online*
From :-) to :-( - Once the darling of the internet, AOL is struggling to remain relevant
Economist.com
Six Degrees of Separation From Profits? Making Social Networking Pay
eCommerce Times
Page to home page: Book bizzers seeking tech support
Variety
Microsoft Search Finds IBM
Red Herring
Privacy advocates launch DRM information portal
IT Business.ca
Internet Companies Join Forces to Battle Foreign Censorship Pressures
Law.com
'Wash. Post,' 'USA Today' Editors Discuss the Web/Print Merger
Editor & Publisher
Microsoft's Vista Upgrade Advisor (It's Bad News...)
PC World

Best Practices
Internet Searching Graduates To Classroom Lecturing Assistant: The Google Jockey
Robin Good
Independent Film Makers Lead Trend in Using Online Technology to Submit Entries in WGBH's Competition
BusinessWire via TMCNet

Cool Tools
WebIC: Software that predicts information needs
CIOL
Comparing blog publishing tools: an update
USC Annenberg OJR

Deals, Partnerships & Sales
ProQuest spinoff gets journal contract
Ann Arbor News
Elsevier Buys Healthcare Database Specialist Gold Standard
DM News