paidContent Quick Hits 11.05.09

Ballmer and Bartz Sign The Deal

»  Nikki Finke reports that Oprah Winfrey will be taking her show to her OWN channel in 2011, leaving CBS (NYSE: CBS), ABC and Sony (NYSE: SNE) in the lurch. Update: On the CBS earnings call, CEO Leslie Moonves said, “We fully hope that she is coming back to extend further. We will know probably in a few months.” [Deadline Hollywood]

»  Steve Ballmer says the Microsoft-Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) agreement may eventually take effect internationally too. [InformationWeek]

»  Is Reuters (NYSE: TRI) effectively paying for traffic from the Drudge Report? [soundbitten]

»  Tech news site Contentinople will be shuttered. [TBI]

»  Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is letting users view the information it has gathered on them. [NY Times]

»  Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) has shipped to PS3 discs that will let them stream its movies. [Kotaku]

»  Google Books has created a catalogue of the magazine titles it offers. [Google Books]

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