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YouTube has just released a new feature for its analytics platform that allows content owners to see how many unique visitors are watching their videos. While YouTube videos have long displayed their view counts to the public, until this point it hasn’t been possible to tell if the hits were coming from a wide audience or just a few devout fans who repeatedly watched the same clips. (http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/19/youtube-unveils-unique-view-counts-now-you-can-tell-if-your-mom-is-your-only-fan 12/19)

 MySpace is getting back into the business of blocking third party widgets, it seems – today they’ve banned embedded music widgets from the fast growing Project Playlist. But unlike previous 2006 and 2007 blocks of iMeem, Photobucket and many others, this time MySpace is doing it under threat of litigation from the major labels. (http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/19/myspace-puts-the-hammer-down-on-project-playlist 12/19)

Comedy Central has ordered six episodes of Secret Girlfriend, a comedy series from FremantleMedia North America based on a the online dating-themed web series featured on Atomicwedgietv.com . The show consists of various girls vying for the attention of the male viewer on the other end of the webcast – i.e. the viewer. The series is expected to premiere on Comedy Central in the latter part of 2009, containing two back-to-back 11-minute scripted minisodes. (Cynopsis 12/22)

So Business Week gets their hands on Digg’s financials and reports that the company had 2007 revenues of $4.8 million and losses of $2.8 million. The first three quarters of 2008 Digg had revenues of $6.4 million and losses of $4 million. That implies total 2008 revenue of $8.5 million, with $5.3 million in losses. (http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/20/diggs-sorry-revenue-stream-and-rumors-of-an-experimental-ad-product 12/20)

The NPD Group came out with an interesting report that says 15% of online users purchased music from the internet in 2008, up 2% from last year, and that legal music download volumes increased 29% during Q3 vs. the same period last year. Positive numbers were seen for all age groups except the 50-and-older segment, which represents a small portion of buyers. At the same time the percentage of users who pirate music has remained steady at 14%, which means legit music downloaders are growing at a faster rate than pirates. (Cynopsis 12/22)

can’t put back my playlist to my profile..for now i think there are other good alternatives than project playlist..i found http://www.songarea.com is a very good resource for music playlists..

Comment by Ordreth December 25, 2008 @ 11:08 AM

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