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MSN Wants Local Papers’ News Feeds

Jul 29, 2009 5:36 AM

Microsoft’s news and entertainment portal MSN wants to add UK regional newspaper content to its MSN Local site, integrating papers’ feeds with with its postcode-searchable map. The service, which came out of beta testing a month ago, shows local crime, schools and political data but lacks the vital news content…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Online News, Search, Technologies / Formats, Syndication, Companies, Microsoft, MSN

Last.fm Gets Half Of Users Off-Site, Targets US Market

Feb 28, 2008 11:40 AM

Nineteen million people use Last.fm through off-site widgets and third-party hacks, the company says (via release). That’s almost as many as the entire 21 million on-site monthly user base from the site itself - a big recommendation to those worried about off-site syndication. But then, Last.fm’s ads are visual, not…

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BBC Monetising Its Long Tail With Mochila Motion Gallery Deal

Feb 27, 2008 6:21 AM

BBC Worldwide will earn revenue from ads placed on its video content by New York-based content syndication middleman Mochila. Mochila has licensed footage from the BBC Motion Gallery to distribute to its users - media outlets, bloggers and others who tap its content to build their sites. It gives Mochila…

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Posted In: Technologies / Formats, Syndication, Companies, BBC, BBC Worldwide

Content Bits: Joost/Meebo Chat, O2 Czech IPTV, Newspapers RSS

Nov 6, 2007 3:13 AM

- Joost: The P2P PC TV platform has done a deal with web-based IM chat service Meebo to offer its instant messaging facilities through the application. London-based Joost had run its own IM offering within the TV window, but will now use Meebo chatrooms to let viewers discuss programming they…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Music, Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Technologies / Formats, Syndication, Companies, EMI, Google, YouTube, Joost, O2

Mippin Tries To Bridge Mobile And Desktop Web

Oct 11, 2007 9:36 AM

Fulham, London-based Refresh Mobile, which last gave us Mobizines - mini, mobile versions of brand-name magazines - has launched its latest mobile content play, but this time is dispensing with the application development. Mippin looks like a mobile web browser cum RSS reader that comes pre-loaded with content feeds from…

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Posted In: Mobile, Technologies / Formats, Syndication

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