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NBC Needs To Get A Grip—Or Lose Its Grip On Wimbledon

I’m sitting outside on a lovely Friday morning, sipping a cup of tea and catching up on the news. What’s wrong with this picture? It’s the final Friday of Wimbledon… Read more »

Hulu UK 'Offering Equity To Broadcasters', But Still Has No Content

A flurry of stories this week bit again at Hulu‘s hoped-for upcoming UK launch, again betting on a September launch. There’s little new here - We learned nine months ago… Read more »

Inside Word: Which Sector The Non-Profit Web Will Disrupt Next

The Inside Word is a weekly feature that looks at compelling industry debates and discussions unfolding on the blogs of employees at digital-media companies. Poster: Raj Kapoor Blog name: the… Read more »

Interview: Pirate Bay Bidders Hope To Make $40 Million A Month From Ads

So how exactly does unlikely Pirate Bay bidder Global Gaming Factory X intend to profit from the scourge of the entertainment industry, and pay content owners? CEO Hans Pandeya, who… Read more »

Google's Book Deal Now Officially Being Investigated By Justice Dept

After a few months of informal moves on it, the U.S. Justice Dept is now investigating an anti-trust inquiry into Google’s book settlement with the authors and publishers over its… Read more »

Industry Moves: Dailymotion Taps Cedric Tournay As New CEO

The search for a new CEO for also-ran online video site Dailymotion has ended, as Cédric Tournay (pictured) has agreed to take the reins of the Paris-based site, the company… Read more »

Layoffs and Reorg at IAC-Owned Evite

Evite, the invitation service owned by IAC (NSDQ: IACI), is doing a reorg and laid off 9 employees out of 38 total, we have learned and confirmed from the company… Read more »

Eric Schmidt on the new world

Here’s video from the Aspen Ideas Festival responding to my question about what follows the industrial age. It’s much better than my limited report on it below: More of Kai… Read more »

paidContent Quick Hits: 7.02.09

»  Amazon taps its inner Apple, but Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) could be the one to stop Kindle’s march cold. Great read. [FastCompany] »  Deconstructing Malcolm Gladwell: “We hate most in… Read more »

Want People To Look At Your Ad? Run It On TV, Not Online

Online ads are often targeted, but that doesn’t mean that people necessarily pay attention. A survey by AdWeek and Harris Interactive (via SearchEngineLand) shows that people are much more likely… Read more »