MySpace Music is launching today and will be accessible only to U.S.-based music fans. Some may call it a competitor to Apple’s music store, but that wouldn’t be entirely true, for Apple’s strength is downloads, while MySpace has made a name by allowing streaming of tunes in the past. There are other differences and even [...]
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Viacom Now After YouTube Employee Info?
, Monday, July 14, 2008 at 6:57 AM PT Comments (0)
The latest skirmish in the ongoing Viacom v. YouTube billion-dollar lawsuit battle is over how YouTube employees used their own site. It’s been a nutty couple of weeks for the high-profile case. First a federal judge ordered YouTube to hand over its user data to Viacom. Then Google asked to have user identifying information [...]
Viacom Denies It Wants YouTube Data
, Thursday, July 10, 2008 at 6:14 PM PT Comments (0)
On a day when iPhone app madness has swept the planet (or planet blog at least), there is a bunch of news involving YouTube. First - Viacom today issued a statement about recent court ruling that ordered YouTube to hand over its user data to the media giant. Except they are lying and so wanted [...]
Viacom, Microsoft Team Up, Target Google
, Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at 7:39 AM PT Comments (3)
There is no love lost between Google and Microsoft. Same holds true for Viacom. So it doesn’t come as a surprise that Microsoft and Viacom have announced a deal that’s essentially You scratch my back and I scratch yours — and with about $500 million worth of scratching. Here is a precis of the news [...]
“The Daily Show” Writer Talks Strike on NTV
, Thursday, November 8, 2007 at 9:40 AM PT Comments (1)
The Writers Guild of America is on strike, holding back new episodes of TV favorites like “The Daily Show” in protest of their lack of a cut of digital revenues. Yesterday, NewTeeVee spoke with Tim Carvell, one of that show’s writers, at a picket line in Manhattan. Being told their online work is [...]
Big Media vs. YouTube & Google: Smart or Not?
, Monday, October 22, 2007 at 3:46 PM PT Comments (23)
It is becoming increasingly obvious: Big media companies (content owners) are lining up against YouTube & Google (GOOG), and are coming up with their own strategies for online video. Today, NBC (GE) confirmed to NewTeeVee that it pulled its content off YouTube in a shift towards its own service, a joint venture with News [...]
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