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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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Baidu Credits New Ad System For Better Than Expected Results

PaidContent  58 minutes ago

Baidu (NSDQ: BIDU), the Chinese search giant which stands to gain the most if Google (NSDQ: GOOG) goes ahead and pulls out of China, had a standout fourth quarter, as it completed the roll-out of its new Phoenix Nest ad system and benefited from an uptick in online ad spending.

RealNetworks, MTVN To Spin Off Rhapsody; Real Gives Up Control

PaidContent  2 hours ago

The groundwork has already been laid and now it’s official: RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) is spinning off music service Rhapsody in the hopes of giving both companies a better chance at success.

SEC Watch: SpinVox CEO Used Company 'As A Current Account' While Clocking Up Massive Losses

PaidContent  3 hours ago

SpinVox’s CEO Christina Domecq had to pay back £125,000 to the company after an investigation in to her use of corporate finances, according to a detailed 70-page filing made by new owner Nuance to the SEC.

Ryan O'Hara Lands At Topps

PaidContent  3 hours ago

Ryan O’Hara, who stepped down as TV Guide Network president Feb. 5, has been named president and CEO of Topps, the trading card and media company owned by former Disney (NYSE: DIS) CEO Michael Eisner and Madison Dearborn Partners.

PaidContent Quick Hits 02.09.2010

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Google To Get Social With 'Buzz'

PaidContent  4 hours ago

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is trying once again to make a social play with the introduction of a new service that makes it easy for users of its products to post and share updates online.

@ Local Online: Facebook's Kendall: Facebook Ads Are Content (And Vice Versa)

PaidContent  6 hours ago

With Facebook’s Beacon ad targeting debacle a distant memory for most, Tim Kendall, Facebook’s director of monetization, tried a soft sell on publishers and marketers at Borrell Associates’ Local Online Advertising Conference.

Yahoo To Close Yahoo Tech Vertical

PaidContent  6 hours ago

Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) is closing yet another of its properties down. The company is shutting down Yahoo Tech, the consumer-focused tech site it launched four years ago.

Diller: 'Ask Is Not For Sale'

PaidContent  7 hours ago

In case you didn’t get it the first few times, yes, IAC (NSDQ: IACI) Chairman and CEO Barry Diller still believes the search market will consolidate—and no, he isn’t trying to make it happen.



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