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Fair Use Battle Gets Weird, Kind of Stupid
These are rough times for the concept of fair use, especially when lawyers citing fair use as a defense don’t seem to…
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Schmidt Sticking To “Profitable YouTube” Story
It's been close to three years since Google bought YouTube, and so far, the site has cost the search giant a lot more money than it's made. But Google's CEO still believes the situation will right itself, and new info from an analyst goes a little way towards bearing out his line of thought.
EveryZing Partners with NBC Universal on Video Search
Video ZEO firm EveryZing has closed an $8.25 Million round of funding from its existing investors, which include Fairhaven Capital, General Catalyst Partners, Accel Partners and BBN Technologies. EveryZing has also added GE and NBC Universal's Peacock Equity Fund as an investor. EveryZing will also be deploying its universal search and publishing solutions across a number of NBCU's Internet properties. The goal is to improve…
Will Micropayments Work for the Wall Street Journal?
The Wall Street Journal Online will reportedly be launching a micropayment model for content this fall. Some other news publications appear to see this is a brilliant move, but asking people to pay for content on the web will draw its share of skepticism. WSJ Managing Editor Robert Thomson says, "It's a payments system -- once we have your details we will be able to…
Follow These CEO’s On Twitter
BusinessWeek is reporting on over 50 CEO’s that are using Twitter to some degree or another. Last August the magazine covered just 18 folks of this ilk but apparently there is a lot more to choose from these days. Each CEO has a profile attached to them that gives their handle as well some some insight as […]
Understanding How Competitors Are Driving and Engaging Traffic
Last month Compete.com launched with a new look. Webproworld had a few words with Compete's Director of Market Development, Aaron Prebluda who talked a little bit about the new design. Have you used Compete since its relaunch? What do you think about it? Share your thoughts.
