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AnalysisAnalysis: Facebook 20th Most Visited Website in UK with Visits up 20-foldAuthored by Heather Hopkins on April 11, 2007 - 12:11pm.
 Today's redesign of the homepage for Facebook comes at a busy time for the social network as the site became the 20th most visited website based on share of UK Internet visits for the week ending 7th April 2007. Facebook's share of UK Internet visits grew 20 times year-on-year in March and are up seven-fold since early October, when Facebook ranked at #197 of all sites in the UK.
Weekend Read: Does Steve Jobs Hate Poor People?Authored by Scott Goldberg on March 30, 2007 - 3:59pm.
 Here’s a lesson from The Steve Jobs School of Marketing: You need to get rich people to buy your stuff if you want to sell a lot shizznit. What’s with this dude and expensive gear? Well the answer’s pretty easy: You can’t claim something’s new and cool if it doesn’t cost a shit load, correct?
XM Slapped on the Wrist by Another Music Police GroupAuthored by Scott Goldberg on March 22, 2007 - 9:59pm.
 Official Trend Watch! 2007 is the year when men in suits sitting on boards or associations that most people have never heard of get together to grab headlines by scolding so-called copyright infringers. This time it’s the National Music Publisher’s Association (NMPA), and a complaint it filed in New York federal court yesterday against XM’s “XM + MP3” service that allows customers to record music to a Pioneer Inno player.
Analysis: Sirius and XM Should Get Out Of Satellite Radio, listen to Tom PettyAuthored by Jay Baage on March 7, 2007 - 3:29pm.
 With combined losses for 2006 expected to hit $1.7 billion, the proposed merger between Sirius and XM will surely help bring economies of scale. However, the main question remains: Is satellite an effective way of delivering radio content? I would argue that the future is not to stay married to one technology. The combined Sirius/XM entity should be a platform agnostic global quality content provider. It’s all about the content, stupid, and Sirius/XM has got it. Now set it free already!
YouTube Visits Up 14% Since Viacom Takedown OrderAuthored by Hitwise on February 25, 2007 - 4:21pm.
 The follwing is a blog entry from LeeAnn Prescott at Hitwise: YouTube's traffic has not suffered since Viacom demanded that it remove 100,000 video clips on February 2, 2007. The market share of US visits to YouTube increased by 13.9% in the two week period between the weeks ending 2/3/07 and 2/17/07, and its average weekly traffic increase since the start of the year was 7%. As of 2/20/07, YouTube ranked as the 12th most visited Internet domain in the US. The sites that received more traffic than YouTube were MySpace domains, Google, Yahoo domains, Hotmail, MSN, eBay, Live Search, and Facebook.
Settled: Cisco and Apple May Share iPhone Name, But Everyone Knows its Apple’sAuthored by Scott Goldberg on February 22, 2007 - 5:41pm.
 So the spat is settled: Cisco and Apple will share the iPhone name. How adorable! Did the naming rights negotiations and lawsuit threats ever mean anything? Suppose Cisco had sued and won, or successfully negotiated exclusive rights to the title. What then? Would Apple have renamed its device the iMobile? Or the iCell? Not a chance. We called it the iPhone long before Steve Jobs held a meeting in the Bat Cave to send his minions scrambling to make one. As for the Cisco phone? Well, we call it just that: the Cisco phone, and we always will. So what if they managed to keep the iPhone name? Will anyone outside of Cisco ever call it an iPhone? No, never.
Analysis: Why the XM-Sirius Merger Will ProceedAuthored by Scott Goldberg on February 20, 2007 - 10:08am.
 There are two obstacles impeding the XM-Sirius merger: The Department of Justice (DoJ) and the FCC. The former must agree that the combined entity does not violate antitrust laws, and the latter must overlook the rule that one company cannot own both satellite licenses. The FCC has indicated that it could overturn the rule, but has not offered reasons that would compel it do so. The DoJ has offered no insights, either. But there should be little doubt: the merger will cross both hurdles unobstructed.
Analysis: I Would Not Worry Too Much About Apple’s Cautious OutlookAuthored by Jay Baage on January 17, 2007 - 7:09pm.
 Apple’s stock tumbled in after-hours trading on Wednesday in response to Apple’s conservative guidance for the next quarter, a traditionally tough one for the company. However, record earnings for the first quarter and a steady hold of the digital music market, as well as new products in the pipeline – such as the Apple TV wireless media hub set to ship in February and the much hyped iPhone cellular phone due to hit the market in June – things are looking pretty good for CEO Steve Job right now. The question is what will happen to Apple after he is gone?
Analysis: It’s Time for Les Moonves to Cut Off CBS' Long TailAuthored by Jay Baage on January 16, 2007 - 5:44am.
 I was recently interviewed in the Florida newspaper St. Petersburg Times about my views on the future of television. My point was that we will soon see more original television programming specifically made for new platforms. After having spent last week at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, I’m surprised that we do not see more of that happening already. We are clearly past the point of no return for the digitalization of television. Seeing CBS head Leslie Moonves bring out YouTube’s Chad Hurley and Sling Box’s Blake Krikorian on stage during a CBS presentation is verification enough. Now the challenge is to change the way that shows are developed by the networks.
tags: Video | Mobile TV | TV | CBS | CES | Video-Sharing | UGC | Mobile Video | Analysis | Les Moonves |
Analysis: Cisco’s iPhone vs Apple’s iPhone - My Bet Is On CiscoAuthored by Jay Baage on December 18, 2006 - 9:09am.
 Cisco Systems and its Linksys division are causing some confusion and stirring up emotions in the blogosphere when on Monday they introduced a family of Voice-Over-IP (VoIP) devices bearing the high-profile "iPhone" product name. So far, it seems the market automatically associates the “iPhone” with Apple Computer's rumored iPod cell phone project. So, what’s really going on here?
Analysis: Google’s Q3 Profit Doubles, but at Whose Expense?Authored by Jay Baage on October 19, 2006 - 1:35pm.
 In yet another testament to the growth of search and online advertising, Google reported a 70% jump in profits and nearly doubled revenues for the third quarter. The company has already proven that it is possible to make money, big money, on selling advertising online. The next step is to apply those skills to new areas like music and video.
Analysis: Was It a Smart Move of YouTube To Make Labels Partners in Crime?Authored by Jay Baage on October 19, 2006 - 7:19am.
Analysis: Google’s Office Challenge Is Forcing a New Microsoft 2.0Authored by Jay Baage on October 12, 2006 - 10:21am.
 Google's new software, Google Docs & Spreadsheets, provides two free online services that are going to hit Microsoft where it hurts. When Google today introduced a hybrid version of its online spreadsheet and word processing applications, it is clear that it has many advantages over the current market leading Microsoft Office.
Analysis: Is Google’s $1.65 Billion Offer Too Low for YouTube?Authored by Jay Baage on October 9, 2006 - 8:58am.
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Analysis: President Clinton on Fox News, But Not On YouTubeAuthored by Jay Baage on September 26, 2006 - 10:03am.
 The Fox News interview with former President Bill Clinton is the channel's biggest scoop in a long time. Everyone is talking about it. However, Fox News, on Tuesday, made YouTube take down all postings of it, effectively shutting down one of the biggest discussion forums, as well as distribution channels promoting it.
Analysis: President Clinton on Fox News, But Not On YouTubeAuthored by Jay Baage on September 26, 2006 - 9:20am.
The Fox News interview with former President Bill Clinton is the network's biggest scoop in a long time. Everyone is talking about it. However, Fox News, on Tuesday, made YouTube take down all postings of it, effectively shutting down one of the biggest discussion forums, as well as distribution channels, promoting it.
Broadband TV - Taking the Public By Storm One Niche at a TimeAuthored by colin_dixon on September 21, 2006 - 10:28am.
While visiting IBC in Amsterdam two weeks ago, I attended a conference session in the Multi-Media in the Connected Home track called 'The Markets - Integration or Disintegration.' The panel discussion inevitably turned to the much-debated subject of broadband video on the television. The Microsoft representative on the panel argued that it will be "decades" before broadband video reaches the TV and becomes a mainstream phenomenon.
Analysis: Facebook Deal Will Provide Interesting Benchmark for Social Networking SitesAuthored by Jay Baage on September 21, 2006 - 9:24am.
 The hunt is on for the next MySpace and big media executives are willing to pay a lot of money for the right company in hot areas such as social networking, online video and gaming. But all of this talk of executives aggressively pursuing acquisitions in this space is jacking up the prices. Is Facebook really worth $1 billion?
Analysis: Facebook Needs to Face Facts - Free Music Is Not EnoughAuthored by Jay Baage on July 28, 2006 - 8:31am.
MySpace keeps on winning market share from other social networks. In June, it captured 80% of social networking traffic, up from 76% in April, according to Hitwise. This is of course due to the networking effect – you want to be on a network where all your friends are. So, what do you do if you are the second largest social network, Facebook, far behind with with only 7.6% marketshare and a little over 8 million users?
tags: Internet | Marketing | Music | Metrics | MySpace | Promotions | Facebook | Social Network | Analysis |
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The timely music license deals that YouTube announced with music labels Universal, Sony BMG just days before selling off to Google — was actually a calculated part of the deal, reports 
The answer is apparently not. In line with several media reports, search giant Google today announced that they have reached a deal to buy the popular online video site for $1.65 billion in stock. "Google video is doing very well, but when we looked around in the marketplace, (YouTube) is a clear winner on the social networking side of video. That is really what drove us to acquire YouTube", says Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google during a conference call on Monday.
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