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5:50 AM ET, June 15, 2007

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Dan Primack / PE HUB:
Veoh Hosts $26 Million Round  —  Updated Veoh may no longer host popular adult videos, but that hasn't stopped venture capitalists from backing up the Brink's truck. peHUB has learned that the San Diego-based company recently raised around $26 million in Series C funding …
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Liz Gannes / NewTeeVee:
Veoh Goes for the Big Money
Discussion: GigaOM and HipMojo.com
John's Blog:
A Picture's Worth 100M Users???  —  Steve Job's keynote at WWDC this year inspired some and was disappointing to others — but, as usual, it was interesting & entertaining.  I've always liked Apple's products, and spend an embarrassing amount of my own money on them.  So I'm interested in what he's got to say.
I, Cringely . The Pulpit | PBS:
The Seduction of AT&T  —  This week was Apple's World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC), the biggest news from which seemed to be the beta version of Safari (Apple's web browser) for Windows.  Why the heck would Apple even produce such a product?  Readers and pundits alike have been wondering ad nauseam.
Discussion: GigaOM, CrunchGear and WinExtra
Stefan Constantinescu / IntoMobile:
Video: Review of the Jaiku Beta client for S60  —  This kicks Twitter in the balls and then makes love to its mother.  Jonathan Greene takes a stab at reviewing the latest beta of the S60 Jaiku client and he does a great job, but if you're going to watch the video you should definitely read …
Karen / Official Google Blog:
The CNN/YouTube debates  —  Posted by Steve Grove, Head of News and Politics, YouTube  —  Back in March we kicked off our You Choose '08 program, a hub of political channels on YouTube designed to educate, empower, and connect voters and presidential candidates through the power of online video.
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BBC:
The Tech Lab: Dave Winer  —  Dave Winer, considered by many to be the father of blogging and a pioneer of RSS feeds, offers his personal view on technologies he would like to see in existence one day.  —  I'm a blogger, therefore I like to write short two or three paragraph essays on things I care about.
Discussion: Podcasting News and rexblog.com
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Scott Karp / Publishing 2.0:
Business 2.0 vs. Valleywag
Discussion: BoomTown and Bloggers Blog
Aline van Duyn / Financial Times:
Sony chief ponders cut for PS3 price  —  Sir Howard Stringer, the chairman and chief executive of Sony Corp, said the electronics and entertainment company was trying to "refine" how much it could afford to cut the price of PlayStation 3 gaming consoles, saying there was "no question" consumers wanted the price to be lower.
Discussion: Kotaku, GamesIndustry.biz and Joystiq
Richard MacManus / Read/WriteWeb:
Future of Media Video: Google Takes Over the World by 2050  —  Davide Casaleggio sent a tip to Read/WriteWeb about a video his company produced exploring the future of media.  It is a very cool 6-minute video, which takes some educated (and imaginative) guesses at how the Web and media will evolve over the next 40-50 years.
Discussion: Laughing Squid
Brian Lam / Gizmodo:
Exclusive: How Justin.TV's Live Video System Was Born  —  Like most great ideas, the concept behind Justin.tv is simple: a video stream, anytime, anywhere.  But the hardware behind it all wasn't so easy to make, so Justin called up a friend, Kyle Vogt, to hand build version 1.0 from some off the shelf parts …
Discussion: DailyTechTalk and digg
Wall Street Journal:
FTC Launches More Reviews Of Web Ad Deals  —  The Federal Trade Commission is investigating two more mergers in the fast-growing online-advertising industry.  —  The FTC is conducting antitrust reviews of Microsoft Corp.'s $6 billion bid for aQuantive Inc. and Yahoo Inc.'s $680 million deal …
Karen / Official Google Blog:
The state of our video ID tools  —  Recent speculation and stories like this Wall Street Journal article or this Reuters report on YouTube's use of video identification tools made us think it would be useful to clarify what we're doing.  —  We've been developing improved content identification for months …
Discussion: Search Engine Journal
Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
Frontline Wireless pitches plan to build "third pipe" using 700 MHz spectrum  —  84 MHz in and around the 700 MHz band are up for reassignment as analog television stations are replaced by digital broadcasts in 2009.  The Senate Commerce Committee held hearings today on how best to make use of the spectrum …
Discussion: Slashdot
San Francisco Chronicle:
EBay slashes Google ads, escalating rift  —  Analyst: 'The two companies have been on a collision course for a long time'  —  EBay Inc. has pulled all of its advertising from Google Inc.'s U.S. network in what is widely seen as punishment for trying to crash eBay's user conference in Boston this week.
Eric Lempel / PlayStation.Blog:
PS3 Firmware Upgrade 1.81 Coming Tomorrow  —  Just a quick update: we'll be making available firmware upgrade 1.81 tomorrow which will fix a few small issues some of you have noticed.  Most notably is the RGB Full setting which a few of you wrote in about.  In 1.80 we added an option …
Discussion: I4U News, Kotaku and digg
Reuters:
NBC Universal says outlook is rosy  —  CEO says sluggish ratings of NBC television factored into earnings; GE unit expects $4B in upfront ad deals.  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) — NBC Universal expects to book higher advance advertising for its television programs this year and better …
Discussion: paidContent.org and Lost Remote
 
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Dave Winer / Scripting News:
New idea: Social Cameras!
Discussion: Scobleizer
John Gaudiosi / Hollywood Reporter:
Cartoon net routes games to consoles
Sony Ericsson:
Sony Ericsson develops its camera phone range with a 5 megapixel …
Discussion: Engadget Mobile and Macworld
Ryan Singel / Threat Level:
Net Neutrality Comment Period Closing Friday
Discussion: Ars Technica and Slashdot
Charlie Demerjian / Inquirer:
Intel beats Itanic drum with a cute little Kittson thing
Discussion: CNET News.com
Point-Topic:
World broadband closes in on 300 million subscribers
Discussion: dslreports.com
Emru Townsend / Digital World:
Making Use of Bluetooth: It's All in the Wrist
Discussion: Inquirer and SMS Text News
Jane J. Kim / Wall Street Journal:
Managing Your Money In Public View
Discussion: SMS Text News and BuzzMachine
 Earlier Items: 
Anne Broache / CNET News.com:
Bush administration attacks 'shield' for bloggers
Discussion: Podcasting News
Nate Anderson / Ars Technica:
Not just iTunes anymore: EMI unlocks DRM-free music for other retailers
Discussion: iTNews Australia
Eric Bangeman / Ars Technica:
Boston U student fights RIAA attempt to discover names behind IP addresses
Discussion: digg
Business Wire:
Simon & Schuster and TurnHere Premiere Author Videos on YouTube and Bookvideos.tv
Discussion: NewTeeVee, Mashable! and Beet.TV
The Boy Genius Report:
Apple iPhone sighting?
John Solomon / Washington Post:
FBI Finds It Frequently Overstepped in Collecting Data
Nick White / Windows Vista Team Blog:
Taking a detailed look at Windows Vista DVD hologram
 

 
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Authentic Brands licenses Sports Illustrated's publishing rights to The Players' Tribune owner Minute Media for 10 years, with plans to keep the print edition

Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTuber MrBeast announces a deal with Prime Video for Beast Games, a reality-competition show with 1,000 contestants, promising the winner a $5M cash prize

 
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