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While Facebook has experienced tremendous success after opening up to developers, now MySpace has finally decided to do the same. You can start signing up for APIs now, and it’ll go live on February 5th.
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Beginning this morning, WSJ.com will debut a new feature that lets you see which stories are popular with your Facebook friends. Called “SeenThis?” and powered by a company called Loomia, the feature will only activate once you opt-in. Users can also grab a widget of the feature — which would also show popular stories from other selected publishers — to add on their Facebook profiles. If you ask me, this is VERY cool, and it’s a nature addition to the “most popular” and “most emailed” features that are now available on nearly every news site.
Update: NBC.com and CNET sites will also use the new feature
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The FCC may soon approve a plan that would require local TV stations to run at least four 30-second spots a day informing consumers of the upcoming switch to digital TV. As the deadline approaches (just over one year away), the requirement may jump to as high as 12 spots a day. Broadcasters, who are already running DTV spots on their own schedules, say they haven’t been bombarding the airwaves because set-top converter boxes are not yet generally available. (WSJ sub. req.)
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Landmark Communications says it plans to sell KLAS in Las Vegas and WTVF in Nashville. But no word yet on its most valuable asset: The Weather Channel and Weather.com.
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As expected, Yahoo announced job cuts that add up to 7 percent of its workforce. The company’s Q4 profit was $206 million, down from $269 million a year ago.
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In a speech at NATPE, NBCU CEO Jeff Zucker confirmed earlier reports that the network is cutting back on its pilot season and eliminating its annual upfront presentation. “We believe the big show is a vestige of the last decade. Every year, the big question at the upfront presentation of our new schedule is: How fast can the show be over?” Zucker said. NBCU will still sell upfront ad inventory, but through one-on-one meetings. The prevailing theme in all of this — which certainly isn’t new — is the need to “change the cost structures in the industry.” On the digital front, Zucker said the challenge with NBC.com and Hulu.com, for example, is “to effectively monetize them so that we do not end up trading analog dollars for digital pennies.” He said the industry’s next biggest challenge is to create a next-generation video advertising model.
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This ought to be interesting. Quiznos created a contest for users to submit video ads showing its superiority to Subway. Then Subway sued, saying that some of the ads make false claims. But since Quiznos didn’t make the ads — just solicited them — should they be held liable? The outcome could have deep ramifications for not only user ads, but content as well.
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It’s been a few years since we attended NATPE in Las Vegas (because it doesn’t compare to NAB and CES on the technology front, among other reasons.) But it’s still a destination for 7,000 to 8,000 TV execs on the hunt for programming. If you’re interested, TV Week has the event covered, and the magazine is even shooting… video!
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- America’s Funniest producer launches new site Reality.tv
- FoxSports.com on MSN’s Super Bowl coverage plans
- Digg.com nearly triples registered users in one year’s time
- Metacafe teams with Endemol for web video game show
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