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Behind the deal: Microsoft's payment to Universal Music is not protection money
Microsoft agreed to pay Universal Music over a dollar for each Zune it sells — and that's all the bloggers and commentators will report. But the New York Times, which broke this news, explains the payment is part of a deal in which Universal will license its music to Microsoft's new music download service. More »
marissa mayer
Loose Wires: Marissa Mayer is human! Honest! Volume 57
- Drag this timeline back and forth to see who got swallowed when by Microsoft, Yahoo, and Google. [Shmula.com]
- Huffington Post blog queen Arianna Huffington says at a Fortune summit, "You may not know that occasionally in a dry suit Marissa Mayer snorkels off the coast of Iceland." Enough! We'll pretend the Google VP who spends 14-hour sessions on e-mail and holds 70 meetings a week has time for vacation if you just stop trying to convince us. [Fortune]
- Steve Jurvetson: Bold-name venture capitalist, extreme biker, sneaky movie screenshot pirate. [SF Gate]
- Give the New York Times a hand for trying hard to pretend blogs saved this year's elections. [NY Times]
- It's not on the site yet, so refresh til it is: ThoughtShapers.com is about to publish a deep analysis of Yahoo's click-fraud class-action settlement. Winner: Yahoo. [Thought Shapers]
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A middle-aged man doesn't like MySpace, and other breaking news from the Times
The New York Times wanted to illustrate how hard it would be for MySpace to catch on in other countries, now that the company's going international. So they pulled out an obviously typical MySpace user: a 40-year-old man. He "became frustrated by unwanted messages and he did not care for the flashy pages." More »
david pogue
David Pogue puts on an antic disposition
Look, some readers really admire David Pogue's innocently funny approach to reviewing gadgets and software for the New York Times. I myself enjoy his whimsical video reviews. But the man has gone mad. More »
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Tech industry tired, no deals today
After Tuesday's frenzy of industry news (Wired buys Reddit, Google buys JotSpot, Fortune picks a new editor, a video site goes public, Monday's looking quiet for the industry (apart from that bomb at eBay HQ). The New York Times tech page, for example, is all gadget stories with punny titles. Hell, the top story is gizmo columnist David Pogue's "look back" at a year that's only 5/6 over. Has anyone bought something bigger than a frickin' iPod today? More »
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