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Hulu adds Sony, MGM, launches test

Hulu, an online video service formed by two media conglomerates, will begin a private test on Monday with two new partners in one of big media's most ambitious attempts to court viewers wherever they spend time.

Daily Show gets own Web site

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After more than a decade on the air, Comedy Central's The Daily Show With Jon Stewart has its own online home.

Media companies seen in copyright pact

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Media companies including Viacom, Microsoft Corp., News Corp.'s Fox and MySpace units and others have agreed to guidelines aimed at protecting copyrights online, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
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YouTube lets users map videos onto Google Earth

Google Inc is bringing the worlds of online video and map-making closer together by allowing users of its Google Earth software to watch and hear YouTube videos mapped to specific locations.
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Animation site Aniboom launches YouTube channel

Aniboom, an Internet home for animators to create and share original clips, is launching its own channel on video site YouTube with the aim of hatching the next animated blockbuster that could rival The Simpsons or South Park.
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YouTube seeks testimony of comics Stewart and Colbert

Comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, whose programs were once among the most viewed on YouTube, were requested by the video site to give testimony in legal proceedings as it fights a $1 billion lawsuit by Viacom Inc, according to court filings.
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Google introduces personalized maps

Google Inc. will introduce on Wednesday a new feature that lets users create personalized maps which plot the locations of everything from cheap gas locally to the latest earthquakes worldwide.
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Apple says iPhone to access YouTube content

Apple Inc.'s widely anticipated music- and video-playing iPhone will allow subscribers to wirelessly stream material from Google Inc.'s popular video-sharing site YouTube, Apple said on Wednesday.
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Google launches YouTube local language sites

Literally, it might be known as Voustube, Voitubo or Vocetubo, but the world's most popular video-sharing site introduced local-language sites in nine countries on Tuesday that will all just go by YouTube.
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YouTube to test video ID

Top online video service YouTube will soon test a new video identification technology with two of the world's largest media companies, Time Warner Inc. and Walt Disney Co.
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Media Giants to Challenge YouTube

Media giants NBC Universal and News Corp. (NYSE: NWS) said on Thursday that they have partnered with leading Internet content providers to create an online video site that is poised to challenge the current video leader, YouTube.
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Sun Poised for Comeback with Web 2.0

With the demand for computing power exploding among the distributors of media rich Internet content, some analysts believe Sun (Nasdaq: SUNW) is poised for a rebound in demand following five years in the wilderness.
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YouTube Founders Got Over $700 Million in Google Shares

The founders of popular video sharing site YouTube received shares of Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) worth nearly $700 million in Google's all-stock $1.65 billion acquisition of YouTube, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing this week.
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Vodafone Partners with YouTube

European mobile phone operator, Vodafone, announced a partnership with Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) YouTube video service today, allowing customers to access videos directly from their mobile phones.
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Viacom Demands YouTube Pull Videos

Viacom (NYSE: VIA) informed YouTube on Friday that over 100,000 unauthorized clips on its web site – representing 1.2 billion video streams – must be removed immediately from its site.
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YouTube Subpoenaed Over ‘24,' ‘Simpsons'

News Corp. studio Twentieth Century Fox has subpoenaed Google Inc.'s (NASDAQ: GOOG) video site YouTube to request that it hand over data identifying a user who has uploaded episodes of the television shows '24' and 'The Simpsons,' according to the Wall Street Journal.
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MySpace is Leading Social-Networking Site for Sept.

One of every 20 US web users in September visited an online social networking site with MySpace.com leading the way. The site received 82 percent of all social networking visitors, according to a new report released on Wednesday.
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U.S Teens Move Away from IM Related, to Social Networking Sites

Websites featuring instant-messaging icons use to garner the most traffic from teems. Latest research, however, indicates that sites offering assistance for teens wishing to embellish their social networking profiles has become the number 1 site among teens.
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Analysts: Google YouTube Acquisition Pressures Rivals

On Monday, Google announced its acquisition of online video leader YouTube in a $1.65 billion stock deal, an amount unprecedented in Google's acquisition history. Despite the high price, however, experts believe the move strategically places the firm ahead of its rivals.
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Google To Acquire YouTube for $1.65 Billion in Stock

The world's largest online search firm announced today that it will buy the largest online video site for $1.65 billion in stock. Google will combine its advertising and data organizing expertise with Youtube's video sharing prowess and traffic.
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YouTube Acquisition May Be Positive: Analyst

The Wall Street Journal reported this Friday that search leader Google is in active talks to acquire online video site, YouTube, for $1.6 billion; a move some analyst believe is in Google's best interests.
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Only a Moron Would Buy YouTube, Says Mark Cuban

Billionaire investor and dot-com veteran Mark Cuban had harsh words on Thursday for YouTube, the online site that lets people share video clips, saying only a moron would purchase the wildly popular start-up.
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AOL Chief Expects YouTube Will Be Sold

AOL Chief Executive Jonathan Miller said on Wednesday that he expects Internet video-sharing Web site YouTube.com to overcome its business and piracy issues, and be acquired by a larger media company.

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