News Corp., NBC Name Their Web Baby

Am I getting old or are things just getting dumber? Don't answer that. I won't want to know either way. News Corp. and NBC Universal announced the name of their jointly ventured online video site: Hulu.

Mobile Social Networking Still Has Bluepulse

Mobile social networking is practically nonexistent in day-to-day life.  This means (a) it’s a dead end or (b) there’s a lot of room for expansion.  As it gives Bluepulse $6 million in funding, VantagePoint Venture Partners appears to be betting on (b).

YouTube Makes Music Royalty Deal

The MCPS-PRS Alliance is a UK organization with over 50,000 members; the organization exists to deliver royalties to its members, who are mainly music writers, composers and publishers.  And according to a new deal, some of those royalties will come from YouTube.

Here’s Your 15 Minutes And Your DMCA Notice

It didn't take long for user-generated content to translate to user-generated profit. But as the giants have their weird litigious and incestuous thing going on both in the courtroom and in the boardroom, YouTube users aren't just getting the shaft, they're getting mud kicked in their faces.

Americans Blogging Habits

Eight out of 10 Americans know what a blog is and close to half have visited blogs, according to a survey from Synovate/Marketing Daily.