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Report: Wall Street Journal Online Begins Scrapping Paid Content - Just weeks after being acquired by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., Dow Jones & Co has begun opening access to some previously paid content at the Wall Street Journal Online, Reuters reports.
AP Allows Affiliates To Upload And Monetize Content - The Associated Press has launched a new tool for affiliate news sites to upload and monetize their own content. The service is designed to attract local viewers and advertisers, both of whom are responding well to relevant content like high-school sports, local events, and breaking state news.
Belo And Yahoo Partner For Video Sharing - Broadening its online distribution, Belo Corp. will power local news video on Yahoo exclusively in 13 markets nationwide, including Houston, Portland and St. Louis, the two companies said Wednesday. Under the agreement, Yahoo News will offer dozens of news videos daily from Belo-owned television stations and the companies will share ad revenue generated by the clips. The deal covers all of Belo’s TV markets except Dallas and Boise.
Traffic To Video-Sharing Sites Double Year-Ago - On a typical day near the end of 2007, the share of Web users going to video-sharing sites like YouTube was nearly twice as large as it was in 2006, according to a new data from the Pew Internet & American Life Project. What’s more, in December, nearly half (48%) of Internet users reported visiting a video-sharing site, up from 33% at the end of 2006.
Survey: Search Pros Managing Massive Budgets Have Little Experience - About a third of all in-house search pros are managing budgets of more than $200,000 per month–and some 40% of these budget bigwigs have three years of experience or less, according to stats from the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization’s (SEMPO) inaugural In-House SEM Salary Survey.
MTVN In 5-Site Syndication Deal - MTV Networks struck deals with five new Web sites to expand the legal online distribution of its content. They are: online video sharing sites Dailymotion, GoFish and Veoh, music sharing site iMeem, and interactive TV guide MeeVee. As part of the deal, MTV will provide video clips, widgets, and other online content to these sites from its 10 cable and broadband networks.
Print Yellow Pages Likely To Bleed More Dollars Online - This year will be pivotal for the global Yellow Pages industry, according to a new report by The Kelsey Group. The local advertising research firm is pegging the falloff in usage of newspapers and print Yellow Pages to reach 10% this year–much higher than the 2%-3% fade rate seen in past years.
