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'Blog' Tops
U.S. Dictionary's Words of the Year Reuters,
November 30, 2004
A four-letter term that came to symbolize the difference between
old and new media during this year's presidential campaign
tops U.S. dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster's list of the
10 words of the year. Merriam-Webster Inc. said on Tuesday
that blog, defined as "a Web site that contains an online
personal journal with reflections, comments and often hyperlinks,"
was one of the most looked-up words on its Internet sites
this year. - Read
the whole story...
WPP, Grey Merger Delayed,
But Not Derailed by David Kaplan
The $1.3 billion WPP Group and Grey Global Group merger has
been delayed, but not derailed, as the two ad holding companies
have chosen to hold up the process until additional filings
required by the European Union can be completed. - Read
the whole story...
Witness Assaults Kazaa
Filter Claims Cnet, December 2, 2004
Overriding severe objections from Sharman Networks, an Australian
judge allowed an antipiracy company to testify at the trial
against the owners of the peer-to-peer software Kazaa. - Read
the whole story...
Singingfish Relaunches
Under New AOL Strategy ClickZ, December 1,
2004
America Online will debut an improved audio/video search engine
at Singingfish.com
Wednesday, part of its strategy of building ad-supported standalone
search destinations to attract non-AOL members. It's the first
upgrade to Singingfish.com since AOL acquired the multimedia
search player in late 2003. Other pieces of the AOL strategy
include a recent investment in and partnership with travel
search player Kayak, along with the launch of its own shopping
search engine InStore. Other areas the company plans to explore
include real estate and automotive, according to AOL's Brian
Hoyt. - Read
the whole story...
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