• Yahoo Preps Video Revamp by Mark Walsh

    Yahoo plans to launch a revamped videos site that centralizes video content from its various content sections and provides a more seamless viewing experience for users. The redesigned site is expected to feature the most popular user-submitted videos as well as the best clips from its different sections including news, music, food and sports. ...Read the whole story

  • Times Co. Taps Monster For Job Ads by Mark Walsh

    In its most high-profile newspaper alliance to date, online career service Monster Worldwide will power job ads on the Web sites of The New York Times, The Boston Globe and other newspapers sites owned by The New York Times Company. The agreement calls for Monster and the Times Co. to launch co-branded recruitment sites for 19 newspapers around the country starting in March. ...Read the whole story

  • Google Strawberry Gets Some Raspberries, Branding Kudos Too by Joe Mandese

    Did Google spell its own name wrong on, of all places, its own home page? That's what sent keypads typing all over the blogosphere Wednesday when the Internet search engine altered its famous Google "doodle" in recognition of Valentine's Day, replacing one or more of its characters with the image of a chocolate-dipped strawberry. The problem was that to some observers, it appeared as if Google mistakenly dropped the L and replaced the second G in its logo with the berry image, producing what looked like "Googe." ...Read the whole story

  • MySpace Wins Sex Assault Lawsuit by Wendy Davis

    A federal judge in Texas has dismissed a lawsuit against MySpace stemming from the sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl. Judge Sam Sparks held that MySpace has no obligation to protect the youngster, identified only as "Julie Doe," from a crime committed by another user of the social networking site. "If anyone had a duty to protect Julie Doe, it was her parents, not MySpace," the judge wrote. ...Read the whole story

  • IGN Entertainment, BET Forge Mobile Deal With Verizon by Gavin O'Malley

    Fox Interactive Media's IGN Entertainment has tapped Verizon Wireless to get its programming to consumers' phones. The IGN Mobile Video channel is now accessible to subscribers of Verizon's V CAST service, which will be updated daily with video content from IGN.com's collection of video game, entertainment and lifestyle features. ...Read the whole story

  • Google Adds CPC Pricing To 'Site Targeting' by Shankar Gupta

    Starting next month, Google plans to allow marketers who currently buy display ads on a cost-per-thousand impression basis via the "site targeting" program to start purchasing cost-per-click ads as well. The site targeting program allows marketers to select which sites within Google's network will display their ads. ...Read the whole story

  • ESPN To Launch Radio Station Web Sites by Erik Sass

    ESPN will create Web sites for radio stations in New York, Pittsburgh, Chicago, Dallas, and Los Angeles. ...Read the whole story

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