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MSN Adds Wetpaint TV Fansites To Its Entertainment Offerings

PaidContent  Nov 17 09

Microsoft’s MSN is once again turning to wiki startup Wetpaint to boost the content offerings on its entertainment portal. MSN will now prominently feature nine of Wetpaint’s existing user-generated fan sites on MSN Entertainment. Earlier this year, MSN used Wetpaint’s wiki-platform—which lets users edit and contribute photos, videos and text—to set up the first of what it said would eventually be more than two dozen new user-generated fan sites.

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Pew: Online News Users Don't Want To Pay—Or Look At Ads

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The latest report on online news economics from Pew’s Project for Excellence in Journalism is one of those studies that will bolster just about any view people have about paying for news online.

Nielsen Taps eXalate As Behavioral Targeting Ally

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Nielsen’s latest bid to stay ahead of the audience measurement competition involves striking an alliance with behavioral targeter eXalate.

Classmates.com Settles One Privacy Lawsuit—And Gets Hit With A Second

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The lawyers at United Online-owned Classmates.com are busy; the social networking site is paying up to $9.

Video: Texas Tribune's Evan Smith: 'I Was A Hater, Then I Became A Zealot'

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One of the side benefits of coming to Austin for South By Southwest Interactive: spending some time at the Texas Tribune, the non-profit news site launched last November to cover statewide politics, public policy and government.

Motorola's Two CEOs Continue Voluntary Pay Cut In 2010

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Recognizing the shaky economic climate and Motorola’s still tenuous market position, the company’s two CEOs Greg Brown and Sanjay Jha voluntarily have agreed to a 25 percent pay-cut for the second year in a row, according to a proxy statement filed with the SEC today.

@ SXSWi: Ronen And Cuban Go Live With Pay TV-Internet Debate

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Mark Cuban and Avner Ronen met in person for the first time just before their Pay TV vs.

8-K Watch: Apple's Tim Cook Earns $22 Million As Part Of Jobs' Stand-In Role

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Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) COO Tim Cook was handed a $5 million bonus just for taking over Steve Jobs’ responsibilities during the six-months the CEO was on medical leave that ended in June, according to an 8-k filing.

Putting The iPad Pre-Order Numbers In Some Context

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Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) was selling pre-orders for the iPad at a rate of about 25,000 an hour this morning, according to a Forbes piece.

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