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Google Book Settlement Gets Preliminary Approval; Hearing in 2010Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 20, 2009 - 11:02am.
 New York
- The judge overseeing the settlement agreement between Google (NASD: GOOG) and authors and
publishers over the direction of its massive book-scanning project has pushed a
hearing on a revised settlement back to Feb. 18, while at the same time granted
preliminary approval to the new deal. "The preliminary approval order
sends a positive initial message; this agreement promises to benefit readers
and researchers, and enhance the ability of authors and publishers to
distribute their content in digital form," Google said in a statement.
tags: Law | Lawsuits | Google | Copyright | E-Books | Publishing | Books | Authors Guild | Google Book Search |
YouTube Debuts Automated Closed CaptioningAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 19, 2009 - 12:01pm.
Mountain View,
Calif. - Google (NASD: GOOG) announced on
Thursday that it has combined its automatic speech recognition technology with
the YouTube close captioning system, to offer automatic captioning of YouTube
videos. The company acknowledged that the automatic captions "will not
always be perfect," but can improve accessibility and help translate
videos into other languages. YouTube also added automatic caption timing, so
that users captioning videos by hand can simply create a text file, and let
Google's automatic speech recognition sync their captions to the video.
Vevo to Debut Music Video Portal on Dec. 8Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 18, 2009 - 1:23pm.
New York
- Vevo, the music video joint venture between Sony Music and Universal Music
that will use technology from Google's (NASD: GOOG) YouTube, is set to launch on Dec. 8, the
company announced via its Twitter feed. The labels hope the standalone site will
help them further monetize their music videos -- which are the most-watched
content on all of YouTube.
Report: Yahoo Search Share Dips in October; Bing, Google GainAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 18, 2009 - 12:41pm.
Reston, Va. - Yahoo (NASD: YHOO) lost 0.8% of its share of the
U.S. search market in October, while Google (NASD: GOOG) and Microsoft's (NASD: MSFT) Bing both saw
increases, according to data from Internet audience measurement firm comScore.
YouTube Direct Aims to Connect Citizens, JournalistsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 17, 2009 - 12:28pm.
San Bruno,
Calif. - Google's (NASD: GOOG) YouTube on
Tuesday introduced YouTube Direct, a new application that aims to place citizen
journalism videos in front of media organizations for potential rebroadcast. Users
can upload newsworthy videos directly to the application. YouTube said outlets
including ABC News, Huffington Post, NPR, Politico and the Washington Post are
already using the application to source news video.
YouTube Inks Deal to Add Univision Spanish-language ContentAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 16, 2009 - 1:20pm.
San Bruno, Calif.
- Google's (NASD: GOOG) YouTube on Monday announced an agreement to add content from U.S.
Spanish-language broadcaster Univision to its site. The deal includes
full-length content from Univision's three networks -- Univision, TeleFutura
and Galavision -- as well as footage from celebrity interviews and special
events.
Is Murdoch Making A Smart Business Move By Blocking Google's News Index?Authored by Jay Baage on November 16, 2009 - 11:52am.
Google, Authors Submit Revised Book Settlement to CourtAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 16, 2009 - 11:49am.
New York
- A revised settlement agreement was submitted on Friday, in the
closely-watched case of Google (NASD: GOOG) and the authors who sued the company over the
details of its plans to scan the world's books into a digital index. The
revised settlement addresses many key issues raised by the U.S. Justice Dept.,
copyright and consumer advocates, although some concerns remain. Under the
agreement, the scanning of out-of-print books will now be limited to works
published in the U.S., U.K., Canada
and Australia.
tags: Law | Lawsuits | Google | Copyright | E-Books | DOJ | Publishing | Books | Creative Commons | Authors Guild | Google Book Search | Book Rights Registry |
YouTube to Launch 1080p HD Video Quality Next WeekAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 13, 2009 - 11:41am.
San Francisco
- Google's (NASD: GOOG) YouTube plans to introduce a new 1080p, full high-definition
resolution option for viewing videos, as well as a new full-screen player next
week, the company said at the NewTeeVee Live conference this week. The site's
current maximum output is 720p. YouTube said it is currently re-encoding
already submitted 1080p videos so they can be viewed in the higher-resolution
format.
Google Adds World Bank Data to Search ResultsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 13, 2009 - 11:36am.
Mountain View,
Calif. - Google (NASD: GOOG) this week added World
Bank data to its search results, providing access to statistics for most
economies in the world. The data includes 17 of the organization's World
Development Indicators, such as GDP, life expectancy, population growth, energy
use, CO2 emissions and Internet usage.
Report: News Corp. to Block Google News "Within Months"Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 13, 2009 - 9:52am.
 London
- Days after News Corp. (NYSE: NWS) chairman Rupert Murdoch said he plans to block stories
from his stable of newspapers from appearing in Google's news index, the
company's chief digital officer, Jonathan Miller, echoed the position and said
the move would come in "months and quarters -- not weeks," the
Telegraph reported. "The traffic which comes in from Google brings a
consumer who more often than not read one article and then leaves the site.
That is the least valuable of traffic to us... the economic impact [of not having
content indexed by Google] is not as great as you might think. You can survive
without it," Miller said at the Monaco Media Forum, according to the
Telegraph's coverage.
Report: Bing Ups Share of Search Market by 7% in OctoberAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 11, 2009 - 2:06pm.
New York - Microsoft's Bing
increased its share of the U.S.
search market by 7% in October, according to data from Experian Hitwise.
YouTube Experimenting with Skippable Pre-roll AdsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 11, 2009 - 2:00pm.
San Bruno,
Calif. - Google's (NASD: GOOG) YouTube has
begun experimenting with skippable pre-roll ads before some videos, in a bid to
increase ad value for advertisers while also giving users some input into the
ads to which they're exposed.
Clearwire Raises Another $1.6 Billion, Led by Sprint NextelAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 10, 2009 - 9:21am.
Kirkland, Wash.
- Giving it more ammunition to roll out its high-speed wireless (WiMax) network
in more cities across the U.S.,
Kirkland, Wash.-based Clearwire said on Tuesday that it has raised another $1.6
billion, including a $1.2 billion investment from partner Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S).
tags: Deals | Google | Intel | Time Warner Cable | Sprint Nextel | Investments | WiMAX | Clearwire | Eagle River Holdings | Bright House Networks |
News Corp. Mulls Google News Exit for WSJ, Other PapersAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 9, 2009 - 10:09am.
 New York - News Corp. (NYSE: NWS)
chairman Rupert Murdoch is considering blocking
newspaper content from The Wall Street Journal and his company's other papers from
appearing in Google's (NASD: GOOG) news index, The Guardian reported, citing an interview
with Sky News Australia.
Murdoch added that such a move wouldn't happen until his plan to begin charging
users for access to more of News Corp.'s newspaper content online moves
forward.
tags: Advertising | Google | Newspapers | News Corp. | Publishing | Rupert Murdoch | Google News | The Wall Street Journal |
Google Book Settlement Parties Ask Court for ExtensionAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 9, 2009 - 9:47am.
New York
- Facing a deadline to submit a revised settlement agreement on Monday, attorneys
hammering out a new deal between Google (NASD: GOOG) and authors and publishers over
Google's massive book-scanning project have asked the judge for an extension
until Friday, The New York Times reports.
Google Acquires Mobile Ad Firm AdMob for $750 MillionAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 9, 2009 - 8:30am.
 Mountain View,
Calif. - Google (NASD: GOOG) announced on
Monday that it has signed a deal to acquire mobile display advertising provider
AdMob, for $750 million in stock. Founded in 2006, San
Mateo, Calif.-based AdMob offers advertisers self-service tools to
target their mobile ads, and has developer mobile ad platforms for the iPhone
and more recently, Google's own Android operating system for mobile phones.
Report: Google Acquires VoIP Firm Gizmo5 for $30 MillionAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 9, 2009 - 8:17am.
San Diego
- Google (NASD: GOOG) has paid about $30 million in cash to acquire Gizmo5, a developer of
Internet telephony technology, TechCrunch reported, citing multiple sources
with knowledge of the deal.
Drop in MySpace Traffic to Cut $100M Off Google Ad DealAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 5, 2009 - 1:00pm.
New York
- News Corp.'s (NYSE: NWS) MySpace may lose out on at least $100 million of the $900
million it was contracted to receive from a search advertising agreement with
Google (NASD: GOOG), due to lackluster traffic to the website, the Financial Times reported.
YouTube Head of Content Partnerships Steps DownAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 3, 2009 - 10:33am.
San Bruno,
Calif. - Google's YouTube has
lost its head of content partnerships, as Jordan Hoffner has left to joint a
new content venture at IAC headed up by Ben Silverman, PaidContent reported. Hoffner
will be replaced at YouTube by Chris Maxcy, who was leading YouTube's music
content partnership efforts.
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