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»  The sales of rhythm games like Rock Band may be declining, but Viacom (NYSE: VIA) has guaranteed the Beatles estate $10 million to $40 million in royalty payments for the Beatles: Rock Band game. [LA Times]

»  Charting the growth of EW.com and Parenting.com in the past year. [MinOnline]

»  If you lose your Kindle, it may be tough to find because Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) doesn’t offer tracking services. [Ars Technica]

»  Fox is airing re-runs of Fringe and Glee this week, with a twist: they will include tweets from the cast about the episode airing. [THR]

»  Companies in the first half of next year are expected to ramp up their SEO efforts for Bing. [AdAge]

»  Parents are way underestimating the amount of time their children are spending on social-networking sites. [NY Times]

»  Now that Amazon MP3 has passed a million followers on Twitter, can it convert that into more sales? [TechFlash]

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