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| Tuesday, March 3, 2009 |
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 New iMacs, Mac Minis In Three Weeks?Reports leak out that Apple will hold an event on March 24 to "unveil new desktop hardware." We assume this means Apple will announce new iMacs -- and perhaps new Mac minis, Mac Pros, or external monitors. If true, good news -- Apple badly needs a boost for its desktop business. Read >  Apple, Google, Microsoft Are 'Most Admired' Tech CompaniesMelinda: The iPod Is Banned In The Gates Household | |
| Why Media Must Charge For Web Content Desperate to pump fresh revenues into their struggling businesses, Hearst Corp. and Newsday said last week that they intend to start charging for at least some of the content on their websites. Judging from the terseness of the announcements, the statements seemed to be more aspirational than the result of lengthy and detailed strategic planning. But they're a start. As Lao-tzu said, the journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step. Read > | |
| The 10 Worst Talk Show Bombs In TV History (SLIDESHOW) Jimmy Fallon takes over NBC's "Late Night" from Conan O'Brien this week. His producers have big plans for new ways to profit from late night talk, and after months of practice on the Internet, they're confident Jimmy will succeed. But the NBC, CBS, Fox and Disney execs behind some of the worst talk show flops in TV history were equally as confident. Read > | |
| Arrington Back At TechCrunch (For Good?) TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington is back after a month off in Hawaii. Will he stick around for good? Read > | |
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What once looked like a cozy relationship between Barack Obama's White House and Google grew yet colder when the administration dumped YouTube for its weekly address. Read > White House Distances Itself Further From Google The White House this weekend quietly dumped Google's YouTube as the video provider for WhiteHouse.gov, opting instead for a generic Flash-based video-provider running on Akamai's content delivery network. Read > Our Excerpting Policy Standards about "fair" excerpting of online content are still evolving, and different sites have different policies. Recent high-profile cases like GateHouse suing the New York Times and the Chicago Reader blasting Huffington Post have brought the issue front and center. Based on our experience as readers, writers, and editors, we think that fair online excerpting is--and should be--viewed differently than "fair use" in offline media. Read > Dish Network Loses 100,000 Subscribers Dish Network boss Charlie Ergen failed in his attempt to take control of Sirius XM last month. His satellite TV provider said it had a rough fourth quarter, too. Read > Hulu Traffic Still Up Big After Super Bowl Spike Alec Baldwin, pitchman extraordinaire: Traffic still up about a third from before the Super Bowl. Read > | |
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