A colleague forwarded me a fantastic article from Ad Age "It's Web 3.0, and Someone Else's Content is King". The article is worth a read for anyone in the content business. The author, Matthew Creamer, suggests that Web 3.0 will be about monetizing the web's openness and points to examples in the news business of websites aggregating other people's content for profit. Are content aggregators in fact growing in popularity? The author cites Michael Wolff of Newser: "The space is heating up". According to internet usage data, is it?

Cambridge, Mass. - Maven Networks, a provider of Internet video content delivery technology, on Wednesday announced that Fox News has selected Maven to power all of its online video news channels. Maven's technology platform will support the delivery and "monetization" of thousands of hours of ad-supported news videos across Fox's online network and affiliate websites.

Los Angeles - After "scheduling conflicts" threatened to limit the Republican version of a CNN and YouTube-sponsored presidential debate to just three candidates, a new date has been set for late November and both Rudy Giuliani and John McCain have committed to participate, Variety reported.

New York - Fox News has introduced a subscription service that delivers an audio feed of the cable news channel to cell phones, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The company partnered with Single Touch Interactive on the service, which will initially be available to Cingular subscribers for $2.99 a month, plus per-minute charges.