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If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Microsoft and Yahoo’s search advertising partnership is currently under review by the Department of Justice. The deal, similar to a proposed deal between Yahoo and Google, squashed due to regulatory issues, aims to take search ad dominance away from Google, the Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Twitter is set to begin acknowledging the exact location of where tweets come from. The micro-blogging service will include the latitude and longitude of tweets in real time. Co-Founder Biz Stone said “We have a strong hunch location will be a Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. iTunes now owns 25% of the retail music business in the US. While compact disc’s still account for 65% of recorded music sales, 35% of music sales are now exclusively digital. The NPD Group, who conducted the report, noted that sales Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. GM is now selling new cars on eBay. The move comes after the government approved the cash for clunkers program and finds many California based GM dealerships auctioning off brand new cars, including Buick, Chevrolet, Pontiac and GMC trucks. Analysts believe Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. The major media companies are wrapping up the upfronts and the numbers are down approximately 15%. As a whole, business is down due to lower prices. Interestingly, the big broadcast networks are holding back more inventory than usual, which is what Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Now that Yahoo is leasing Microsoft search technology, Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz said that the company will focus on developing other properties. Bartz noted that the former search company will invest their split of the search money in display ads and Continue Reading →

As most of you know, I am not an iPhone lover. I bought my first one right when they came out and, then, immediately brought it back to the genius bar to ask why the speakers didn’t work. My iPhone version 1.0 story is chronicled in two articles from July 2007. The first July 7, Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Universal, Warner Bros, Sony and Paramount, amongst others, have teamed to fight the Pirate Bay. The group of Hollywood studios filed a lawsuit in the Pirate Bay’s native Sweden, claiming that the site should be shut down over copyright issues. While Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Amidst extreme turmoil in both the advertising business and its readership, The New York Times managed to eek out a profit. The company reported a net income of $39.1 million, up $18 million year over year. While the news is huge Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Conde Nast is restructuring its web presence by giving its top tier publications their own sites. While magazines like GQ and Vogue have had online properties, both were part of Style.com. While Conde will rebrand the digital world of GQ and Continue Reading →