Sony has taken down the phony blog AllIWantForXmasIsaPSP.com, which was exposed as a marketing effort last week. But, despite Sony's efforts to get the blog off the Web, at least one mirror site exists. ...Read the whole story

AOL executive Jim Bankoff, who spearheaded several recent high-profile initiatives including the launch of celebrity gossip site TMZ.com and the free broadcast of Live 8, has resigned from the Internet company. Two other high-level executives--Joe Redling, president of AOL mobile and chairman and chief executive of AOL International, and John Buckley, executive vice president for corporate communications--also will exit. ...Read the whole story

From Bob Dylan's weekly radio show to Oprah Winfrey's "Oprah & Friends" channel, XM Satellite Radio is now highlighting the company's original content rather than its radio players on its newly renovated Web site. The revamped, largely flash-based site, which launched last week, was also simplified to encourage subscriptions and account management online rather than by phone--taking pressure off XM's call-centers during the busy holiday season. ...Read the whole story

Public relations firm Edelman has joined forces with RSS technology company NewsGator for "Hosted Conversations"--a branded ad unit that contains an RSS feed of blog posts and comments related to the marketer sponsoring the ad. The widget-based ad units also link back to the comments and RSS feeds displayed. ...Read the whole story