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Youtube to Post Full-Length MGM Films

Source: All About Jazz
November 10, 2008

New partnerships put YouTube in more direct competition with Hulu. YouTube, the largest video-sharing website, will show full-length television shows and films from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's archives in its latest step to boost advertising revenue by adding professional programing, the company told Reuters on Sunday.

The site, owned by Google Inc, plans to make the announcement about the new partnership on Monday. MGM Studios will kick off the partnership by posting episodes of its decade-old “American Gladiators" program to YouTube ...

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AtlantaJamz is the Premier Website Targeted at Independents and Majors Looking to Reach Their Full Potential in the Music Industry!

Source: All About Jazz
November 10, 2008

ATLANTAJAMZ, AND SO CAN YOU! Atlanta, GA November 10, 2008 -- Media outlets are overwhelmed by the buzz generating about the Independent Artists dream website, AtlantaJamz.com. CEO Lamont Lawrence, along with President Earl Martin, have created the mastermind of cyber channels targeted at indies, producers, major label execs, and fans! Based out of Atlanta, GA, AtlantaJamz works to provide independent artists and producers a tool to market, promote, and distribute their product worldwide! Registering is simple and can provide instant ...

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Rumors of a Facebook Music Store

Source: All About Jazz
November 8, 2008

Ars Technica reports: As anyone who has held up a lighter alongside friends during a second encore can tell you, social networking and music are meant to sing together. MySpace reminded everyone of its roots last month with the launch of MySpace Music, and inside sources say that Facebook may finally rock out with its own duet soon. Music has always been one of MySpace's shining features, so well-known that it's part of a supposed social networking divide. Long before ...

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Vintage Tubes Sound/ Living in a Vacum Days Have Gone

Source: Michael Ricci
November 8, 2008

Music gear maker Groove Tubes is closing after nearly 30 years The San Fernando manufacturer, which was sold to industry giant Fender Musical Instrument Corp. in June, is closing its inventory sale Saturday.

Nick Carr likes his music gear to be old school, which explains why he was groping in a box for a vintage guitar effects pedal during a liquidation sale at the Groove Tubes factory in San Fernando this week.

That kind of equipment -- pedals, speakers, microphones ...

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'It's Possible' That Myspace Could Build MP3 Player

Source: PC Magazine
November 7, 2008

SAN FRANCISCO - MySpace, the popular online social network owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, could develop a digital music player in the future, pitting it against Apple Inc's hot-selling iPod. But there are no immediate plans to make or sell such a device, MySpace co-founder and Chief Executive Chris DeWolfe said at a conference in San Francisco on Thursday. “It's possible" that MySpace, which recently launched a music joint venture with major music labels, could eventually build a device ...

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Linkedin Cuts 10 Percent of Workforce

Source: PC Magazine
November 7, 2008

SAN FRANCISCO - LinkedIn, the career-oriented, social networking website, is laying off 10 percent of its staff in the latest sign that the economic slowdown is impacting in Silicon Valley. The company said it is eliminating 36 positions as part of a restructuring to focus on businesses that are generating revenue. Kay Luo, the company's senior director of communications, said in an email that the layoffs are intended to ensure that the company remains cash-flow positive. LinkedIn, with more than ...

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Firefox Reaches 20 Percent Market Share

Source: PC Magazine
November 7, 2008

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Craigslist Cracks Down on 'Erotic Services'

Source: PC Magazine
November 7, 2008

Craigslist on Thursday filed suit against 14 companies and individuals who stand accused of using the classifieds Web site to facilitate human trafficking, child exploitation, and prostitution. “The incidence of crime on Craigslist is actually exceedingly low, considering the tens of millions of legitimate ads posted each month by well-intentioned users," Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster said in a statement. “But no amount of criminal activity is acceptable, and as Craigslist has grown, we have become aware of instances where our ...

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