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Archive for September 2nd, 2007

Do the Mash (Even if You Don’t Know All the Steps) (Anne Eisenberg/New York Times)

Sunday, September 2nd, 2007

Do the Mash (Even if You Don’t Know All the Steps)  —  POP music has its mash-ups that combine tunes and vocals from different songs.  YouTube viewers do it, too, mixing together segments from various music videos.  —  Now mash-ups are poised to hit the mainstream, and to spread well beyond music.

Source:   New York […]

Google and the wires torpedo newspapers (Mathew/mathewingram.com/work)

Sunday, September 2nd, 2007

Google and the wires torpedo newspapers  —  A fascinating announcement from Google about an arrangement with four of the world’s major wire services that will see their content featured more prominently on Google News.  As far as I can tell, this deal has one major loser: namely …

Source:   mathewingram.com/work
Author:   Mathew
Link:   http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/09/01/google…

NBC ‘DISAPPOINTED’ IN NOT NEGOTIATING NEW ITUNES PACT (Bloomberg)

Sunday, September 2nd, 2007

NBC ‘DISAPPOINTED’ IN NOT NEGOTIATING NEW ITUNES PACT  —  We are also disappointed in not being able to successfully negotiate a new iTunes agreement with Apple.  We’re hopeful that we can reach a resolution before the existing contract expires.  However, we felt it important to set the record straight.

Source:   Bloomberg
Link:   http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=conewsstory…