8:31:29 PM  comment []  

"The 16 CBS O&Os have made a deal to syndicate 10 to 20 local news clips to Yahoo on a daily basis. The clips will appear on the Yahoo News local pages in each of the 16 markets, and CBS and Yahoo will share the associated ad revenue. This is the first deal of its kind between the locals and a national portal, and Yahoo is still talking with potential video partners in other markets. The overhaul of the CBS O/O sites - lauded here at LR - has quadrupled overall video views to an estimated 50 million this year. More details of the deal in the press release…"

CBS locals make video deal with Yahoo: 4:24:13 PM  comment []  

If politics makes for strange bedfellows, money makes for even stranger ones. A bunch of big media heavyweights are working together to study the copyright issues surrounding YouTube. According to the Wall Street Journal, News Corp., General Electric’s NBC Universal and Viacom are among the companies looking into the matter.

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