TrendsIn a week of big announcements give the first nod to a tool that turns any Web site into a social media platform... Details Revealed: Google OpenSocial To Launch Thursday TechCrunch
MySpace, Bebo, and SixApart Adopt Now-Formidable OpenSocial Wired Epicenter
Apps Already Coming for Google's New OpenSocial PC World
MuseStorm Announces Gadget Based on New OpenSocial APIs PR Newswire
Why Facebook Shouldn't Fear OpenSocial Read/Write Web
OpenSocial Hacked In Minutes Center Networks
Followed by a platform that could change how we pay for content on mobile devices and replace PCs... Google Enters the Wireless World The New York Times
Google to unveil 'Android' phone software CNET News
Google Talks Up GPhone to Verizon PC Magazine
Advertising Will Set Mobile Free Wireless Week
PCs being pushed aside in Japan SmartMobs
The runner-up? A platform that is perfectly aimed at what Facebook was a year ago... Yahoo! Kickstart: LinkedIn for college students and alumni Download Squad
Memo to CEO Tom Curley: AP has a great legacy, but it's time to move past a centuries-old distribution model... AP's Curley: We Have Come to a 'Fork in the Road' Editor & Publisher
AP Is Dead ... Killed By Blogs & Aggregation Web Pro News
Quality news still draws audiences thanks to social media links - an idea that news sites are finally adopting... Traffic Jam: Users at Newspaper Sites Still On Rise Editor & Publisher
The New York Times Tries Bookmarking Links The New York Times
When mass media no longer controls how money flows to those seeking power does it really have power...? Schooled: Ron Paul Raises Record Sums for His Campaign Using Advanced Social Media Techniques MyDD
Murdoch's plan for Dow Jones will leverage his ability to manage brands globally...Murdoch’s WSJ Already Going Global Reuters MediaFile
As old promises of synergies between old and new media begin to fade the winners start to shed the losers...Parsons Out, Bewkes In - Talk of Time Inc. Spinoff May Intensify FOLIO: Magazine
Hoping to Grow, Diller Prunes Empire WSJ Online
IAC Split: Interview: Doug Lebda, COO, IAC paidContent.org
And gear up to buy more winners...AOL Purchases Ad Company Quigo For $300 Million Mashable
Facebook may not look like much in the short run but in the long run it could be the universal social inbox...Am I Really Worth $300 as a Facebook User? MediaShift
The Hulu hubbub has already died down as people realize that it's and old TV model in a new medium... Hulu to Threaten Cable TV, Not YouTube TheStreet.com
Then again, a lot of media companies seem to like the idea of old models...Yahoo: 'IP Rules' Internet News
eBooks making same mistakes as music industry PC Pro
While others seem to have done just fine with new models...Google Search Has 90% Market Share in France - Could This Happen Worldwide? Read/Write Web
The Era of Bottom-Up Brands: Google is Changing the Rules By Which Brands Win Consumer Loyalty WSJ Online*
The long tail eats up everything but the lowest of common denominators for mass market content... What exactly is Britney Spears trying to tell us? LA Times
In other major trends in content this week... Thomson, Reuters Request 10-Day Extension for European Regulator to Review Acquisition Candian Business
First WGA New York strike targets: media giants The Hollywood Reporter
EU cracks down on fake blogger astroturfing The Register
Oregon Attorney General Says No to RIAA; Files Motion to Quash on Behalf of University of Oregon Recording Industry/ People
Thanks to BitTorrrent, Net neutrality debate reignites CNET News
Do-not-track lists to shield Net surfers CNET News
'Newsweek' to Cut 500,000 From Rate Base Ad Age
Driving Traffic Online: Social Networking FOLIO: Magazine
Best Practices Pay Per Click Is Popular, But Results Vary eMarketer
Africa: ICT/Web No Longer Luxury for Citizens AllAfrica.com
The Peer To Peer Manifesto: The Emergence of P2P Civilization and Political Economy Robin Good
A Social Networking Website for Writers WebWire
Create Online Databases, Social Lists And Custom Interactive Atlases With Listphile Robin Good
$199 gOS PC: Where Computers Are Headed? TechCrunch
‘Fair Use’ guidelines for video remixes P2PNet
A Brief History of the Book Global Politician
Canadian Government Study Finds P2P Downloaders Buy More Music Michael Geist
Well paid at The Wall Street Journal Reuters MediaFile
Hitwise offers reports on new and returning visitors BtoB Online
Cool Tools Some might say Thoof can read minds Austin Statesman
Retrofuturist builds "steampunk" laptop ValleyWag
Sneak Peek: Seekler Community List-Building Mashable
A Cloudbook on the Horizon The New York Times
Deals, Partnerships & Sales Best Buy Launches Mydeo-Powered User-Gen Video Portal; Takes Minority Stake paidContent.org
TheStreet.com Acquires Financial Info Sites BankingMyWay and RateWatch for $25 Million paidContent.org
Comtex Adds Online Video News Content With Multimedia ClipSyndicate News Products PR Newswire via CNN Money
Internap Selects Pando Networks as P2P Co-Development Partner PR Newswire via CNN Money
IAC Diller:Inked $3.5 Billion Deal With Google For Sponsored Listings Dow Jones via CNN Money
Reuters buys Australian power and gas markets information provider Thomson Fin. via Hemscott
Answers.com Adds HealthiNation Video Content to Answer Engine(TM) PR Newswire via CNN Money
PodShow to Create 'Searchertainment' - Selects blinkx to Power Breakthrough Rich Media Search PR Newswire
The Nielsen Company to Participate in Forbes Leadership Networks BusinessWire
Generate Signs Three Leading Publishers to Deploy gClick Technology PR Newswire
Fair Isaac, Think Partnership join forces on new ad marketplace BtoB Online
Products, Markets & People I, Robot: The Man Behind the Google Phone The New York Times
LexisNexis to lay off local employees, send work overseas Dayton Business Journal
AOL takes Truveo online video search international Download Squad
Wolters Network Now Includes SEC Comment Letters Metropolitan Corp. Counsel
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