NBC/News Corp: U Can’t Touch This

With its own site for its copyrighted video content due out this month, NBC is already getting a little touchy. Peter Chernin, president and COO of News Corp, chides that Google “could do a better job” of policing for copyrighted content on YouTube, saying:

Yahoo Exec Leaves For Facebook

Blake Chandlee was a fairly important guy at Yahoo, and he wasn’t just some quick-on-his-feet opportunist; Chandlee spent about four years with the company.  But he’s now moved on, and Facebook is reportedly the cause of Chandlee’s departure.

Web 2.0 Talks About Car Pricing

A car commercial might last 30 or 45 seconds, and in most cases, only a tiny portion of it will discuss pricing.  I’m not complaining - high-def laps are more interesting than transferable leases - but this is all the more reason to turn to blogs, social networks, and other online resources for financial information.

Bernstein Bearish, Says YHOO Should Break Up

Sometimes the whole of something isn't worth the sum of its parts. An analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein thinks someone needs to do to Yahoo what Bruce Lee used to do to his on-screen foes and bust it into pieces.