YouTube Owes SNL For Its Success?
Here’s what we know: Before MTV put its video library online, YouTube was the go-to place for music videos; before Viacom sued now-in-Google’s-deep-pockets-YouTube, NBC had beef over a particular Saturday Night Live sketch appearing on a still virally-promoted, user-generated video site only trend setters and trend watchers were aware of.
Meebo and Universal to Put Fans in Touch with Musicians
Universal Music Group and instant messaging and group chat provider Meebo have partnered up to offer an interactive experience between users and musicians. If you are not familiar with Meebo, it allows users to sign in through other services like AIM, Yahoo Messenger, Google Talk, and MSN Web Messenger.
Expedia Gets to Know NFL Fans
In the spirit of the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, travel site Expedia has released some data from a a recent survey regarding football fans (football of course, being a staple of the holiday).
Online Advertising Slowing, But Still Growing!
Online advertising growth is set to slow into single digits for the first time in 2009 according to eMarketer’s revised projections.eMarketer is basing its projections on the latest Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) data. It says online ad spending will reach 25.7 billion in 2009, which is 8.9 percent over the $23.6 billion that will be spent in 2008.Previously eMarketer predicted in August that online ad spending would grow 14.5 percent in 2009.
Hulu’s New Video Search and Site Features
Hulu introduced a couple of new site features today to make it easier for users to find the videos they are after. For the first one you can thank Hulu’s Beijing team according to a post on the Hulu Blog.
Blockbuster Launches New Set-Top Box
Blockbuster is introducing its own set-top box, which will bring movies directly to a user’s TV and provide access to on demand content.The MediaPoint digital media player by broadband device maker 2Wire is available to Blockbuster customers for $99 and includes 25 movies. After the initial 25 rentals, movies are available for $1.99 each to $3.99.
Twitter’s New Values
Twitter has acquired "Values of n," a company founded by Rael Dornfest, former CTO of O’Reilly Media. Dornfest is known for being a pioneer in RSS and editing O’Reilly’s Hack books.
Microsoft Helps adCenter Customers Get Help
Getting support for any product is often a painstaking and time consuming ordeal. There are parts of Microsoft that I have personally had such trouble with.
Google Shrinking Holiday Parties, Payroll?
Late last year, Google did the politically correct thing and wished everyone "Happy Holidays." This winter, the situation within the company may be a little less joyous, as cutbacks of various types might be occurring.
Link Exchanges Black Hat?
Tamar Weinberg at Search Engine Roundtable points to a post (actually