News Briefs
February 25, 2008
Rumors Fly about MySpace Music
MySpace Music is rumored to be signing major labels to offer tracks on the site as free ad-supported downloads or as paid DRM-free-to download songs. MySpace is supposedly asking Universal Music, Warner Music, Sony, EMI about its service.
Hearst Magazines Comes to YouTube
Marie Claire, Seventeen and Good Housekeepingare now posting video channels on YouTube.
Social Network Series: Kate Modern by Bebo
Kate Modern will shoot 7 episodes on the road this week from 3 different locations in the UK with Toyota’s Aygo Platinum. Kate Modern is an interactive social networking site by Bebo. So far within 2 weeks, the show has attracted over 5 million views.
Facebook Chief Revnue Officer Resignation
Chief Revenue Officer Owen Van Natta is resigning. He is one of the first executives to leave the company.
AdSense Details
Google announces the details of its AdSense video ad solution. The solution allows contextual InVideo overlay ads to a group of programming partners like entertainment portals blip.tv, Revver and My Damn Channel and how-to-video sites like BobVila.com and ExpertVillage.com. The system will search each clip and then pick an appropriate clip according to the subject matter and/or theme.
