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• Weekend Update 12.05.09- Tis Better to Give Edition

  
  Digital Daily — Authority: 692
  As AllThingsD gets its holiday hat on, the reporting team brought a little news cheer our way this week in the form of some acquisitions, freaky gadgets and reassurances that Google was not born with a heart two sizes too small. Boom Town went Bing early in the week at the Microsoft (MSFT) event that showcased a ...
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• WSJ confirms Apple purchase of Lala

  
  MainGadget — Authority: 164
  Well that’s that, apparently. Although this story has evolved quite a bit over the day, according to Peter Kafka over at All Things Digital , Apple has indeed coughed up the dough for music streaming service Lala. If you believe what you read in the report (and you probably can, Kafka tends to be a straight ...
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• Apple buys Lala. Can any music startup eke out a return for investors? (via postie)

  
  Gadget Reviews — Authority: 157
  Bookmark this categorySo Apple did the deed. It bought streaming music startup Lala.AllThingsD’s Peter Kafka says it was done at a valuation reflecting Warner Music Group’s writedown earlier this spring, which means investors are lucky to get 50 cents on the dollar. The New York Times also reported that the sale ...
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• Confirmed: Apple in Talks to Buy Music Service LaLa

  
  MediaMemo — Authority: 732
  Apple is in talks to buy online music service LaLa, I’ve confirmed with sources familiar with the potential transaction. Both Bloomberg and CNET reported the chats earlier today. What’s unclear is exactly what Apple would be buying. LaLa offers a streaming music service that offers a free play, then sells ...
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• Googles Checkbook Opens Up Again, This Time for Collaboration Start-Up AppJet

  
  MediaMemo — Authority: 732
  Google, which has bought five companies in five months, just made it an even half-dozen: The company has snapped up AppJet, an online collaboration start-up run by veterans of the search giant . That’s CEO Aaron Iba on the right, in a photo presumably taken after the deal closed. Google hasn’t even acknowledged ...
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• Wall Street Punishes Netflix for Making Wall Street Happy

  
  MediaMemo — Authority: 732
  Shares in Netflix, which have have more than doubled in the last year, are a bit down today, sagging some 3 percent . What gives? Best to be wary of anyone who ever tells you why a stock moves on a given day, but a good bet here would be: Shares in Netflix have more than doubled in the last year. That go-go growth ...
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• How To Roast A Lamb, New Greek Classic Cooking : A Book Review

  
  Rundpinne — Authority: 135
  Title: How To Roast A Lamb: New Greek Classic Cooking Author: Michael Psilakis,Barbara Kafka Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Publication Date: October 28, 2009 Hardcover: 304 pages ISBN: 9780316041218 Genre: Cookbook About the Book: A rising star in the food world, Michael Psilakis is co-owner of a ...
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• How Do You Define "Market Share"? Ask Google Dictionary.

  
  MediaMemo — Authority: 732
  Just in case you needed one, Google offers yet another reason not to pick up a book: Google Dictionary , which is exactly what it sounds like. Works just fine, too. If Google knows the term– “emotional intelligence” –you’ll get a quick definition, though it’s not clear what Google’s using for sourcing ...
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• Kundera on ‘Kafkan’ stories

  
  piran caf — Authority: 122
  Came across this entertaining vignette last night in Milan Kundera’s The Art of the Novel (1986):In one of his books, my friend Josef Skvorecky tells this true story:An engineer from Prague is invited to a professional conference in London, So he goes, takes part in the proceedings, and returns to Prague. Some hours ...
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• Disneys "Green" Ideal Bite Site Set to Go Dark

  
  MediaMemo — Authority: 732
  When last we checked in on Ideal Bite , Disney’s Green newsletter, there was a debate about whether the unit was folding, as its employees seemed to think, or in “transition” and “under review”, as Disney preferred to describe it . This should clear things up: The site and its email editions are going on ...
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• Why Comcast Will Stay Hands Off Hulu, for Now

  
  MediaMemo — Authority: 732
  Hulu and its broadcast TV owners have been pretty clear about their interest in creating a premium/subscription offering for the free site . Conventional wisdom is that we’ll see something early next year. Does Comcast (CMCSA) have other plans? COO Steve Burke made it seem this way this morning, when he told ...
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• YouTube Offers a Diet Option for Pudgy PCs: "Feather"

  
  MediaMemo — Authority: 732
  Stuck with a slow computer or lousy broadband access, but still want your fill of dogs on skateboards? Check out “ YouTube Feather “, a lightweight version of Google’s  (GOOG) video site. YouTube is rolling out the option today, via its “ TestTube ” collection of beta trials. The idea is straightforward: ...
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• Comcast Pitches NBC Deal to Investors: Check Out Our "Wow Chart"!

  
  MediaMemo — Authority: 732
  Comcast (CMCSA) investors have been upset with the company ever since its plans to acquire control of NBC Universal from GE (GE) appeared in September. Now’s the time for the company to start wooing them back (at least publicly). On the call: CEO Brian Roberts, COO Steve Burke, CFO Michael Angelakis Roberts: ...
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• What Will Comcast Give Up to Get the NBC Deal Through Washington? Place Your Bets…

  
  MediaMemo — Authority: 732
  Comcast’s deal to buy half of NBC Universal from GE, first reported in late September , is now official, and the two companies are holding three conferences calls this morning to talk about it. But there won’t be much either company can say that hasn’t already made it into the press at this point. Most ...
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• Kafkaesque Interpretation

  
  The Fiendish — Authority: 110
  Kafkaesque has become a metaphor to describe the dark reality of the complex world where the soul of man is alienated and trapped by unknown forces and fears. Franz Kafka , the literary genious who gave the world this expression, probably never expected that people would relate to the inner turmoil of the soul which ...
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• Time Inc. shows off magazine tablet demo, plans future anger about 70/30 profit split

  
  Family Learning Center — Authority: 164
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• Time Inc. shows off magazine tablet demo, plans future anger abo...

  
  Hobbies Fun & entertainment - fun-entertainment.marc8.com — Authority: 166
  You know that Condé Nast tablet / digital magazine demo we saw recently (non-ironically paging through a copy of Wired )? Well now Time Inc. read more
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• Microsoft to Newspaper Publishers: Seriously. Were Not Bailing You Out

  
  MediaMemo — Authority: 732
  Just in case newspaper publishers were still fantasizing about cashing big Bill Gates checks in exchange for bailing on Google, Microsoft wants to be clear: Don’t count on us. Yes, there could be some kind of deal between Microsoft (MSFT) and some publishers. And yes, that might involve some kind of payment. But ...
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• Game On: Time Inc. Shows Off a Tabletized Sports Illustrated

  
  MediaMemo — Authority: 732
  Last month, Condé Nast played show and tell with its concept of a digitized magazine . Today it’s Time Inc.’s turn: The publisher is demoing a concept version of Sports Illustrated it says will be able to run on whatever tablet Apple (AAPL) or any else has up their sleeves. Eventually, the publisher imagines ...
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• Comics You Should Own flashback - Automatic Kafka

  
  Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources — Authority: 629
  Lets update another old post in this series. This is the first one I wrote for PopCultureShock, which means its been gone from the Internet for quite some time. Yes, Im starting to update the dead links in the archives. Huzzah! (Plus, there are SPOILERS below. Oh, and nudity. Youve been warned!) ...
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