• Breaking: Samwer Brothers Invest In Facebook (TechCrunch)

• Steve Jobs Keynote Live From Macworld (TechCrunch)

• Apple Unveils iTunes Movie Rentals, more (GigaOM)

• EMI faces 2,000 job cuts (Reuters)

• Ticketmaster to buy online reseller TicketsNow (Reuters)

• MySpace Creating a Game Portal (GigaOM)
  

• Netflix lifts limits for movies watched over Web (Reuters)

• Gannett names chief digital officer in online push (Reuters)

• Video Ad Network Tremor Media Raises $11 Million B Round (TechCrunch)

• Toshiba Cuts Prices on HD DVD Players (SF Gate)

• Deconstructing Time Warner’s Fix-It Guy (NY Times)

• "iPod Tax" smacked down in Canada (Ars Technica)

• MySpace agrees to block sexual predators (AP)

• Live Nation to launch tickets business in '09 (Reuters)

• Robbie Williams threatens to ditch EMI: report (Reuters)

• Reznor favors $5 ISP tax on music (CNET)

• The Swedes Come Down Hard On The Pirate Bay (TechCrunch)

• Microsoft looking to aquire the Limelight? (CNET)

• Toshiba Shows Prototype TV Running on PS3 Chip (PC World)

• Under pressure from EMI, RIAA could disappear (Ars Technica)

• Universal, Paramount deny move to Blu-ray imminent (Ars Technica)

• Radiohead's "Rainbows" yields pot of gold (Reuters)
  

• Thanks Striking Writers, Online Video Going Up, Up, Up, Up (TechCrunch)

• AT&T May Censor Copyrighted Materials At The ISP Level (TechCrunch)

• Loeb Partners weighs in against $2.8 billion Macrovision-Gemstar merger (CNET)

• LionsGate: Piracy a major deciding factor for Blu-ray support (CNET)

• Video Gallery: Best Vintage Tech Commercials (Wired)

• Warner Bros. may cut 1,000 jobs (Reuters)

• Time Warner invests in teen virtual world Gaia Online (VentureBeat)

• U.S. House panel launches probe of FCC practices (Reuters)

• WeGame Launches As YouTube For Gamers (TechCrunch)

• Jango and Seeqpod Hope to Monetize Music (GigaOM)

• Best Buy wants Macs in more of its stores (CNET)

• HD DVD camp stands by format (LA Times)

• Stake in China HP for Sale to the Highest Bidder (PC World)

• Visits to BBC iPlayer soar (Guardian)

• Yahoo Life Has Been A Long Time Coming (TechCrunch)

• Tech Emmy winners include Wii and DS (Engadget)

• DVD sales slip drove Warner to Blu-ray (Reuters)

• Game Over: HD DVD To Join Deadpool (TechCrunch)

• UK wants to make CD rips legal (at last) (Ars Technica)

• Panasonic's monster display redefines the big-screen TV (LA Times)

• Comcast CEO Touts Cable's New Offerings (SF Gate)

• Paid downloads a thing of the past (Variety)

• New Services to Ease Mobile Content Access (PC World)

• PS3 holiday sales total 1.2 million (AP)

• Investors Said to Seek a Takeover of CNET (NYT)

• Motorola Acquires Online Music Store Soundbuzz (TechCrunch)

• Standardized Cable Technology on the Way at Last (Wired)

• Glover new CEO of Funny or Die (Variety)

• Reznor: Only 18% Paid For 'Niggy Tardust' (Billboard)

• Jawbone gets big boost from Sequoia Capital (Venturebeat)

• Sony BMG Lets the Music Play (Business Week)

• Ding, Dong, The Music DRM Witch Is Dead (TechCrunch)

• Parent of Dating Sites Looks for a Match (NYT)

• Details of T-Mobile's iPhone2 Plans in Germany Emerge (SVW)

• Apple Music Monopoly Lawsuit Seeks Class-Action Status (PC World)

• Wi-Fi Startup to Pick Up Where Google Left Off in SF (PC World)

• HP Goes High-Def With New Multimedia Notebook (PC World)

• Bebo named as best social networking site in survey (Guardian UK)

• Studios and directors begin informal contract talks (Reuters)

• Pudding Media Raises $8 Million To Serve Ads Against Phone Conversations (TechCrunch)

• Landmark confirms may sell Weather Channel, assets (Reuters)

• Plaxo, a Social Network, Said to Be for Sale (NYT)

• Nokia Siemens Acquires Apertio For €140m (TechCrunch)

• How-to video site 5min lands funding, continues uphill climb in US (VentureBeat)

• 3m Christmas downloads bring cheer to industry (Guardian UK)

• TiVo Nation::The New Etiquette for Our Time-Shifted Culture (MediaShift)

• The Netflix Set-Top Box Will be a Hard Sell (TechCrunch)

• Is MSN Premium a rip-off? (CNET)

• Veoh Adds Videos From Hulu (TechCrunch)

• Westinghouse Digital Wireless HDMI HDTV to debut at CES (Engadget)

• The music sites keep coming: MeeMix, SpiralFrog, Jango (VentureBeat)

• Radiohead frontman takes aim at EMI chief (Reuters)

• Web-only album 'mad', says Yorke (BBC)

• MC Hammer's next act: Tech entrepreneur (AP)

• Cooking.com Takes Out A $7 Million Loan (TechCrunch)

• Get an upconverting DVD player for $34.99 shipped (CNET)

• When will kids' online safety be taken seriously? (CNET)

• Apple and Google ruled a year to note in your Facebook (Guardian UK)

• Will CES 2008 Live Up to the iPhone? (PC World)

• Digital album packaging should improve in 2008 (Reuters)

• Oman's Renaissance to sell media unit for $7.8 million (Reuters)

• Get ready for a rocking '08 in networking tech (CNET)

• Feds aid viewers' move to digital in 2009 (LA Times)

• Philips to Unveil 52-inch Multi-Touch LCD at CES (PC World)

• Web Playgrounds of the Very Young (NYT)

December 28

• Wal-Mart's online movie failure: DRM, high prices to blame (Ars Technica)

• Apple readying HD Radio push for Macworld (iLounge)

• 38% of Americans Watch TV Shows Online (Reuters)

• "Simpsons" DVD tops U.S. sales chart (Reuters)

• Return of late night, or train-wreck TV? (AP)

• Bunchball: Cross-Platform, Real-Time Games. A Sign of Social Networking’s Future?(TechCrunch)

• Group Warns of Sites Offering Unlicensed Music (PC World)

• Radiohead offer fans New Year's Eve gig online (Guardian UK)

• Sony cuts rear-projection TV's, allies with Samsung on future LCD production (Ars Technica)

• Apple in online film-rental deal with Fox studio (Financial Times)

• Jay-Z stepping down as Def Jam president (Reuters)

• Radiohead To Promote Album With New Year’s Eve Concert on Current TV (TechCrunch)

• Apple shares trade at $200 for 1st time (LA Times)

• Mobile Products to Watch in 2008 (PC World)

• Hacks and smack-talking make hi-def format war even uglier (Ars Technica)

• Hulu launches private beta, faces challenges (VentureBeat)

• Stocks rise on RIM, Merrill reports (AP)

• Circuit City posts hefty 3Q loss (AP)

• Funny or Die Raises $15 million (Portpolio)

• MTV developing "Mall" musical for Cable, DVD (Reuters)

• Striking writers into "The Void" with Web deal (Reuters)

• CES hires senior advisor for show (Variety)

• Nokia's N-Gage First Access delayed to 2008 (Engadget)

• More teens than ever sharing—and restricting—content online (Ars Technica)

• US regulators OK Google-DoubleClick deal (AP)

• Hollywood writers press talks with small producers (Reuters)

• BSkyB facing costly reduction in ITV stake (Reuters)

• When Will Google's 'Big Project' YouTube Bring in Profits? (MediaShift)

• Oh My God! Apple Killed Think Secret! Those Bastards! (TC)

• Radio veteran expected to play a big role at Tribune (LA Times)

• Digital music: Go legal, get screwed (The Register)

• Divided FCC eases media ownership curbs (Reuters)

• MTV, Bruckheimer to launch game studio (Reuters)

• Journalists, Bloggers Have a Sorry History at Startups (MediaShift)

• Vuze Raises $20M More in Series C, Brings Aboard TiVo Co-Founder Ramsay (TechCrunch)

• PlayFirst Takes $16.5 Million Series C, Inks Deal With RockYou (TechCrunch)

• Viacom, Microsoft Team Up, Target Google (GigaOM)

• Giving credit, Lane Hartwell, and the Richter Scales (CNET)

• Viigo raises $6.4M for mobile phone content service (VentureBeat)

• Levinsohn to merge firm with Silicon Valley’s ComVentures (VantureBeat)

• Apple Meets with DoCoMo, Softbank On Launching iPhone in Japan (WSJ)

• Ofcom raises concerns over competition in pay-TV in UK (Reuters)

• It’s Going To Be a Wii Christmas (TechCrunch)

• Why Apple should launch iTunes movie rentals now (CNET)

• Best Buy 3Q Profit Soars on Strong Sales (SFGate)

• Amazon hooks up with bands site SellaBand (Guardian)

• Peter Jackson to produce `The Hobbit' (AP)