May 2007

Telcos' evolving response to Net phone services

TELCO'S EVOLVING RESPONSE TO NET PHONE SERVICES
[SOURCE: C-Net|News.com, AUTHOR: Marguerite Reardon]

Broadband Battle: Cool Web Sites

BROADBAND BATTLE: COOL WEB SITES
[SOURCE: Wall Street Journal, AUTHOR: Samar Srivastava]

Can Murdoch Pass the Stink Test?

CAN MURDOCH PASS THE STINK TEST?
[SOURCE: Slate, AUTHOR: Jack Shafer]

News Corp to Buy Photobucket Site

NEWS CORP TO BUY PHOTOBUCKET SITE
[SOURCE: Associated Press, AUTHOR: Anick Jesdanun]

Citizen Group Wants Seattle JOA To Disclose Details Of New Pact

CITIZEN GROUP WANTS SEATTLE JOA TO DISCLOSE DETAILS OF NEW PACT
[SOURCE: Editor&Publisher]

CBS buys online music site Last.fm

CBS BUYS ONLINE MUSIC SITE LAST.FM
[SOURCE: Reuters, AUTHOR: Kate Holton and Kenneth Li]

Moonves Dismisses Consolidation Concerns

MOONVES DISMISSES CONSOLIDATION CONCERNS
[SOURCE: Multichannel News, AUTHOR: Gary Arlen]

Viacom to Sell Music-Publishing Unit

VIACOM TO SELL MUSIC-PUBLISHING UNIT
[SOURCE: Wall Street Journal, AUTHOR: Matthew Karnitschnig matthew.karnitschnig@wsj.com and Ethan Smith]

Google CEO hopes DoubleClick deal closes by yr-end

GOOGLE CEO HOPES DOUBLECLICK DEAL CLOSES BY YEAR-END
[SOURCE: Reuters]
Internet search leader Google is open to new acquisitions and remains hopeful it can close the $3.1 billion purchase of Web ad supplier DoubleClick by end-2007 despite a U.S. federal probe, its CEO said on Wednesday. "We're open to other (acquisitions) but there are no specific ones to announce," Eric Schmidt said. He said the company is unlikely to by a media content company.

AT&T incoming CEO is open to overseas acquisitions

AT&T INCOMING CEO IS OPEN TO OVERSEAS ACQUISITIONS
[SOURCE: Reuters, AUTHOR: Ritsuko Ando]