• Google Video Adds YouTube Clips by Mark Walsh

    YouTube videos will be added to Google Video's search index, but the two online video services will otherwise remain separate, the company announced Thursday. The move ended speculation that Google would replace its homegrown video service with YouTube, which it bought last year for $1.6 billion. ...Read the whole story

  • AP Syndicates News To Nintendo by Shankar Gupta

    Nintendo Wii owners this weekend will be able to read news feeds from the Associated Press while also playing games on the broadband-enabled console, thanks to a new deal between the companies. The agreement calls for the AP to provide news and photos to Nintendo Co., which will create the Wii News Channel, slated to go live Saturday. ...Read the whole story

  • OC Register Parent Revamps Sites by Mark Walsh

    Freedom Interactive, the online unit of Freedom Communications, Thursday debuted the first 13 of 40 affiliated Web sites it plans to relaunch by the end of March. Improvements to the sites include streamlined navigation, faster page downloads and Web search powered by Google. ...Read the whole story

  • Analysts Laud Dow Jones Online Strategy by Gavin O'Malley

    Dow Jones claimed 811,000 paid subscribers to The Wall Street Journal's Web site during the fourth quarter, marking a 5.6% increase from last year, the company reported Thursday. Overall, revenue surged 6.1% to $485.4 million, while profits rose to $192.9 million, or $2.30 a share for the quarter--up 49 cents year-over-year. While much of that increase was due to the sale of several newspapers and the acquisition of Factiva's news database business, analysts also said the company's effective Web strategy played a role. ...Read the whole story

  • MSN Ad Revenue Increases 20% by Shankar Gupta

    MSN's advertising revenue increased to $462 million last quarter--marking an increase of $77 million, or 20%, from the last three months of 2005, Microsoft reported Thursday. The surge was led largely by growth in display advertising on home pages, portals, channels, email and messaging services. ...Read the whole story

  • K-Fed Builds Super Bowl Buzz For Nationwide by Gavin O'Malley

    Kevin Federline's notoriety might already be paying off for Nationwide Insurance, which has given the estranged husband of Britney Spears a starring role in a Super Bowl ad. That's according to online word-of-mouth measurement firm Nielsen BuzzMetrics, and its Super Bowl advertising report released Thursday. ...Read the whole story

  • Yahoo Launches Sundance Channel by Wendy Davis

    Yahoo Video Thursday began adding clips from the Sundance Film Festival, including behind-the-scenes footage and biographies of filmmakers. ...Read the whole story

  • Why You Shouldn't Shake Hands With Your TV by George Simpson

    Nearing the pinnacle of irony, marketers, media companies, health groups, consumer groups and advertising associations will gather on one of the High Holy Days of ... ...More

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