Trends About all those little betas - they add up now into one stunning central contextual content product...
Google's search engine goes universal AP via Yahoo! News
Google Book Search becomes more comprehensive Google Blog
As Yahoo searches for the soul of a content company in an era of passionate user-generated content... Yahoo’s search for itself ZDNet
Yahoo Can Bring Differentiation To The Social Web Seeking Alpha
Yahoo!'s New Mission: It's About the People Read/Write Web
Ad-supported online video is the hot ticket but nobody really knows how to do it effectively yet... The Race to Conquer Video Advertising Read/Write Web
The Thomson/Reuters merger is on track to reinvent business information in the image of Wall Street... Reuters agrees 8.7 bln stg Thomson takeover bid Thomson via Hemscott
Thomson's $17.2 Billion Pact For Reuters to Face Reviews WSJ Online*
Tom Glocer: “This may scare some of you…” FT.com
By contrast, Murdoch must tread lightly to appease ownership that's concerned about change... Murdoch Hones Pitch to Bancrofts WSJ Online*
Dow Jones Board Won't Act As Bancrofts Deliberate WSJ Online*
At Journal, Slim Margins Open Door to Murdoch The New York Times*
As the newspaper industry searches for an elusive formula for long-term success... New York Times Revenue Declines in April AP via Yahoo! Finance
Briton Bullish on Buying Small Newspapers in Europe The New York Times*
Panel discusses future of the newspaper Stanford Daily
Social media challenges publishers and aggregators to come up with more compelling contexts for content... MySpace launches video channels AP via Content Agenda
NBC Jumps on the MySpace Train Mashable
Are Social Bookmarking Sites Better at Search than Google? Read/Write Web
The most important blog on your newspaper's website USC Annenberg OJR
Twitter Founders Thrive on Micro-Blogging Constraints Media Shift
But even when you find a valuable context is the hunt for search engine positioning compromising quality...? Forbes: Revolt of the Page Slaves? The New York Observer
In content as in real estate it's all about location, location, location... Positioning phones to create new social networks Reuters
BBC Bets Its Future On Location-Based Services, Names New Mobile Content Head Moco News
The U.S. government seeks out stringent controls for intellectual property but fair use prevails in the courts...
Justice Department Focuses on Efforts to Protect Intellectual Property Rights Media Newswire
Google wins part of photo suit LA Times via Content Agenda
EMI's DRM-free strategy will unfold at an Amazon search result near you... Amazon.com to Open DRM-Free Digital Music Store TheStreet.com / Content Agenda
The moral of the story: "helping" audiences to build news that agrees with your outlook usually backfires...Why is MySpace News a ghost town? ZDNet
OK, time to chill out on the social media, we're going on maneuvers now...
Military blocks MySpace, YouTube IT News
YouTube pioneers challenge Pentagon AP via Yahoo! News
In other major trends in content this week...Reuters Media Summit Roundup: Lagardere’s Acquisitions; WPP Digital; AT&T Ads; Sling Broadband paidContent.org
infoUSA Calls on Shareholders to Reject Hedge Fund’s Baseless Allegations BusinessWire
Ebook Readers Grow Up Library Journal
Viacom CEO: no "splashy" purchase in sight Reuters
New, searchable index of more than 5,000 vintage LA news photos BoingBoing
Best Practices How Scoble Reads 622 RSS Feeds Each Morning Tim Ferriss
Web 2.0 'neglecting good design' BBC News
Why founders should be part of their community Bokardo
Bloggers and the Church-State Wall Micro Persuasion
iProspect Survey Reveals Nearly Half of Search Marketers Place Content on Social Networking Sites Promotion World
Saving Our Digital Heritage Washington Post
the Uncanny Valley of user interface design Bill Higgins
Search Friendly CMS Does Not Equal Search Optimized One Search Engine Land
InfoWorld study finds social media still in early stages for b-to-b BtoB Online
Cool Tools uStream.tv Beta 2 Launches Tomorrow Mashable
14 Great Ways You Can Use OpenID Right Now Mashable
Bibme Launches an Automated Bibliography Creation Site Mashable
JumpKnowledge an annotation tool Really Simple Sidi
WordPress 2.2 has arrived Download Squad
Watch live photo uploads with flickrvision Download Squad
MetaCarta Partners With Clickability to Make Web Content Location-Aware MarketWire
mCompanion Announces iGliss - A Breakthrough in Internet Media Content Sharing Newswire Today
Deals, Partnerships & Sales AOL Acquires Mobile Ad Firm Third Screen Media ClickZ Network
TechTarget, Inc. Announces Pricing of Initial Public Offering BusinessWire via TMCNet
Voxant, the Viral Syndication Network, Adds Select Content From The Huffington Post PR Newswire via Broadcast News
WPP agrees to buy 24/7 Real Media for $649 billion BtoB Online
USNews.com Joins With Clinicahealth To Offer Online Health And Wellness Communities Adotas
Healthline Selected to Power Intelligent Health Search Across the HealthCentral Network BusinessWire via Syscon
Informa Investment Solutions to be a One-Stop Provider of Wealth Management Solutions BusinessWire
FAST and Criterion Systems to Support Convera RetrievalWare for Federal Government BusinessWire via Epicos
RSuite CMS Selected to Manage SAGE Publications’ Journal and Reference Content BusinessWire
PennWell Acquires LEDs Magazine PR Newswire via PR Inside
Products, Markets & People Copyright Clearance Center Launches Enhanced Copyright.com Site BusinessWire
Nielsen debuts first suite of Nielsen Connect services BtoB Online
Autonomy Delivers Proactive Legal Protection With IDOL ECHO PR Newswire via EarthTimes
Mark Logic Unveils MarkLogic Server 3.2: Provides Powerful New Content Search and Analysis MarketWire
Launch of Amazon Podcasts Brings Customers Closer to Celebrity Authors, Actors and Musicians WebWire
TiVo Launches New Universal Swivel Search TMCNet
Penton's Supermarket News Launches Redesigned Web Site BusinessWire via Broadcast News
Vignette Delivers Next-Generation Knowledge Sharing and Management with Collaboration IT Wire
Mark Logic Announces MarkLogic Server OEM Edition MarketWire
Bango eliminates final hurdle to selling on mobile with free "Starter" service Mobile Europe
ebrary Launches New eBook Databases for Corporations BusinessWire
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