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Content – more burger than king
I spent yesterday at the BBC in Manchester talking to some interesting people, many of whom want to build businesses providing content of one kind or another. So I gave my gloomy look at the content creation business, pointing to Monday’s supply squeeze at ITN, and Scott Karp’s post on NBC Universal/News Corp deal, and…
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Viacom vs YouTube…kicked off by the Beeb deal?
Was the BBC deal with YouTube the straw that broke the camel’s back? Probably not, but if more corporations had followed the Beeb down the ad-share route it would have started to chip away at Viacom‘s position. If you read the full text of Viacom’s suit here, you can see the exact nature of their…
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In the red corner, Viacom…
The gloves come off in the content wars. NEW YORK (Reuters) – Media conglomerate Viacom Inc. said on Tuesday it filed a $1 billion lawsuit against Google Inc. and its Internet video sharing site YouTube over unauthorized use of its copyrighted entertainment. Book your seat ringside.
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Rich Skrenta‘s blog has a powerful, millennialist piece on Google running.