China: Falling Hard For Web 2.0 (BusinessWeek Online via Yahoo! News)
It was the sort of break most Net startups would die for. Chinese tv actress Zhang Yu said notable directors had made her audition on the "casting couch" before giving her roles. To back up her claims, Zhang in November posted videos of two encounters on a Web site called Yoqoo, one of dozens of Chinese YouTube (NASDAQ:GOOG - News) and MySpace wannabes. Thanks to the racy footage--heavily edited ...
WEB UPDATE: CNN ends broadcast agreement with GW a year early (The GW Hatchet)
Posted Saturday, Jan. 6, 1:05 a.m. CNN announced Friday it is ending its six-year contract with GW a year early because of programming changes. "Reliable Sources" will no longer have its monthly, audience-interactive special taped in the Jack Morton Auditorium come February. Within the past two years, the 24-hour news network canceled the program's two on-campus predecessors.
New Radio Web Service Powered By RCS (FMQB)
RCS will be the technology provider for U.K. radio group GCap Media 's launch of Mi-Xfm , a "personalized online player" branded by radio station Xfm and Microsoft 's XBox . The service lets station listeners specify how much and how often specific artists and songs are played within four different programming options: "Xfm Chill," "Xfm Loud," "The X-List" and "Xfm Hits."
We'll still tell you what's on TV ... (Chicago Sun-Times)
The Chicago Sun-Times is no longer publishing TV Prevue. The decision comes as information on TV programming is becoming much more readily available in the daily newspaper, on the Internet and on the TV screen itself.
CBS: Web Users Bond With Shows (AdWeek)
NEW YORK While conventional wisdom says that network television is rapidly losing viewers' attention to the Internet, the most connected Web users tend to become more attached to their favorite prime-time hits, according to new figures released by CBS' research department.
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