• Watchdog Asks FTC To Sue 180solutions by Wendy Davis

    After two years of attempts to work with adware company 180solutions, the nonprofit watchdog Center for Democracy and Technology Monday filed a complaint against the company, charging that it engages in "distribution practices that appear to be broadly unethical and in many cases, illegal." ...Read the whole story

  • Monkish Mind Games by Tobi Elkin

    NBC Universal's USA Networks is amping up Web promotion for its original programming with exclusive interviews, video clips, blogs, and games at www.usanetwork.com. The cable network this week launched a new multilevel interactive game designed to generate buzz and loyal viewers for season 4 of "Monk," its quirky series about an obsessive-compulsive detective. ...Read the whole story

  • Google Boosts Analytics by Shankar Gupta

    Google is beefing up its analytics service with a paid offering from analytics and design firm Zaaz. The partnership comes about two months after Google made free analytics available via Urchin, a San Diego, Calif.-based analytics company that Google purchased in March. ...Read the whole story

  • AtomFilms Develops Broadband Movies by Shankar Gupta

    Online movie company AtomFilms Monday launched a new effort to develop original content for its site. The initiative, Atom Studios, will provide funding and guidance for five filmmakers, and then host the finished product on AtomFilms.com, where they will be monetized by pre-roll advertising. ...Read the whole story

  • TiVo Rolls Out Podcasting, Other Broadband Apps by Shankar Gupta

    TiVo this week is wrapping up the rollout of a host of broadband services that include access to podcasts, games, music, and online movie ticketing, through users' televisions. The program, which began in November, gives TiVo users who also have broadband connections the ability to access any podcast on the Web, and play the audio on their TV sets. ...Read the whole story

  • Meredith Taps Waterfront For Self-Help Sites by Kristin Sidorak

    Self-help online publisher Waterfront Media has entered into an agreement with Meredith Corporation to launch sites for two Meredith special interest magazine titles and for the book, The Sonoma Diet." ...Read the whole story

  • Time Buys Golf.com by Erik Sass

    Time, Inc. has acquired Golf.com, a platform for golf apparel and vacation advertisers and arguably the most intuitive URL in the content area, the company announced today. The acquisition, which closed Friday, rounds out Time's stable of golf publications and Web sites, including the Golf Magazine, GolfOnline, Sports Illustrated's Golf Plus, and SI.com. ...Read the whole story

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