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Barry Diller Worries About the 'Internet Tollbooth'

Source: PC Magazine
July 24, 2010

IAC/InterActive Corp., opened Friday morning's session at Fortune Brainstorm Tech by warning that the principle of the open Internet was being attacked by the big telecom providers. Diller called for basic protection to ensure that anyone can publish and anyone can access whatever they'd like on the Internet. Diller said he is concerned that these companies want to set up a “tollbooth" on the Internet. The FCC lost a ruling about its ability to regulate broadband, said Diller, and how ...

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Xumanii: Stream and Monetize Live Music Concerts

Source: HypeBot
July 23, 2010

XUMANII (pronounced “zoo-mon-ee") has launched; it is live media production, marketing, and social networking site that encompasses elements of Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, YouTube, Ustream, etc. while also allowing users capability to monetize their online presence. The site lets users stream live footage in near perfect resolution directly to their personal profile page. To do so, users need no more than a standard camcorder and wireless enabled laptop. Additional features include the capacity for multi-camera productions and live editing, enabling artists ...

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Determining the ROI of Social Media Marketing

Source: HypeBot
July 23, 2010

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Hypebot and MTT Voted Top 50 Indie Music Blogs

Source: HypeBot
July 23, 2010

To the surprise of Bruce and I, there is a company that awards indie music blogs for the “awesome content they contribute“ to the web. More surprising still, not only did Hypebot get nominated one of the top 50 indie music blogs of 2010, but so did Music Think Tank. From our understanding, the winners were chosen through a scoring system led by internet nominations, which came from our reader base. So, in saying that, Bruce and I just wanted ...

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Steve Rubel: Six Digital Trends to Watch

Source: HypeBot
July 22, 2010

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Google Buys Green Energy

Source: PC Magazine
July 22, 2010

Google has announced on its blog that the company has entered into a 20-year green Power Purchase Agreement with a windfarm in Iowa.

The deal includes 114 megawatts of wind power from the NextEra Energy Resources facility in Story County, Iowa, at a predetermined rate. The power is enough to supply several energy centers for Google.

The contract will also, according to the post, allow the wind farm enough financial security to build some more farms, helping to expand renewable ...

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Update: Netflix Profits up as It Shifts into Streaming

Source: PC Magazine
July 22, 2010

Netflix continued to improve, gaining subscribers for the quarter and recording healthy profits and revenue. The percentage of its customers who watched streaming video also skyrocketed, evidence that the company's shift toward streaming is on target. Netflix reported net income of $43.5 million for the second quarter of 2010, on revenue of $519.8 million. Net income grew 34 percent from a year ago, and revenue also increased by 27 percent from the same period last year. Netflix also recorded growth ...

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Why audimated.com Paying Your Fans is a Bad Idea

Source: HypeBot
July 21, 2010

Audimated.com is a new social media site for independent musicians and fans; they want to help artists make more money with their music, and give fans a financial incentive to promote the artists they support. What's wrong with this?

For simple, straightforward tasks “if-then“ rewards, like financial incentives, work outstanding.  Such would be the case if an artist paid their fans to Tweet a song or post something on their Facebook.  But when the task gets more complicated, when ...

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