paidContent Quick Hits: 8.19.09

MySpace Music

»  MySpace Music has decided to disable one of its distinguishing elements, the autoplay feature, because it has been costing the site more than $10 million a month to stream music. [TechCrunch]

»  Authorities in Europe are trying to figure out who broke into Simon Cowell’s recording company’s computers, stole an unreleased track featuring Leonia Lewis and Justin Timberlake and put it online. [TorrentFreak]

»  NYT.com allowed BMW to dim users’ screens Tuesday as part of a day-long sponsorship of the site by the carmaker. [MediaPost]

»  When members of the National Conference of Editorial Writers blogged their outrage over an effort by The New York Times to sell them an op-ed piece by President Obama, the Times decided to let papers in its syndication system run it for free. [E&P]

»  Can Yahoo’s new Twitter Mojo machine help you find out what kind of Tweeter you are? [MinOnline]

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