Wikipedia Remains Go-to Site for Online News
Online encyclopedia Wikipedia has added about 20 million unique monthly visitors in the past year, making it the top online news and information destination, according...
eBusiness News | Posted 7/09/2007 | Content Sites & Blogs

In the Blink of a Byte, Future Becomes Past
Coincidence or foresight? A mysteriously prescient note about a wrestler's wife's death highlights the predictive possibilities of the Internet.
eBusiness News | Posted 7/09/2007 | Content Sites & Blogs

Open-Source Journalism: It's a Lot Tougher Than You Think
In which a member of crowdsourced journalism's "working class" shares a ground-level view of the motivations, the frustrations, and the potential of this movement.
eBusiness News | Posted 7/09/2007 | Content Sites & Blogs

EA Chief Cites Need For More Innovative Games
Electronic Arts Inc. became the world's biggest maker of videogames by relying on a formula now widespread in the industry: pumping out sequels of familiar ...
eBusiness News | Posted 7/09/2007 | Digital Media

50 Best Websites 2007
Our 2007 picks for the best of what's new and exciting on the Web today - sites with exceptional style and smarts that offer new ways to enrich the on- and off-line...
eBusiness News | Posted 7/09/2007 | Content Sites & Blogs

WKRN's Web Woes
The often fractious relationship between Old and New Media has been on display at WKRN Nashville, an ABC affiliate owned by Young Broadcasting.
eBusiness News | Posted 7/09/2007 | Digital Media

Google's Social Networking Projects
Google already has a social network (orkut), but it's only popular in Brazil and India, doesn't have a Googlish interface and had a lot of security problems in the past.
eBusiness News | Posted 7/09/2007 | Content Sites & Blogs

An Escape From the Slush Pile: A Web Site Tries Out New Comics
DC Comics is launching an online imprint that will accept submissions from the public and pay for the best work that comes in.
eBusiness News | Posted 7/09/2007 | Digital Media

Openads 2.3 Beta Launched, But Google Threat Lurks
I've mentioned Openads, a free open source ad server, twice in the last few months here on Read/WriteWeb. I continue to be very interested in their business model...
eBusiness News | Posted 7/09/2007 | Advertising & Affiliate Sales

Making YOUmoz Work for You
YOUmoz has been a fantastic experiment and one that we're really proud of. The community at YOUmoz is knowledgeable, dedicated and comment-happy...
eBusiness News | Posted 7/09/2007 | Advertising & Affiliate Marketing

Asymmetric Risk and The Dangers of Too High a Valuation
I recently met a company that I really liked; an innovative online financial services product. It hit a lot of my criteria for investment; it had a working product...
eBusiness News | Posted 7/09/2007 | Venture Capital & Acquisitions

Everyday Google Suit Could Be Competitive Intelligence Headache
Could a company sue simply to have access to a competitor's Google ad data? An ongoing trademark infringement suit between two Google advertisers has...
eBusiness News | Posted 7/09/2007 | Advertising & Affiliate Sales

Competition For Scribd
Scribd, dubbed 'YouTube for documents' didn't have the the traditional dip in traffic after its launch, and has continued to grow rapidly after raising nearly...
eBusiness News | Posted 7/09/2007 | Digital Media

TV Consumes Half of All Leisure Time
On an average day, nearly everyone in the US ages 15 and older engages in some sort of leisure activity, like watching TV, using a PC, socializing or exercising...
eBusiness News | Posted 7/09/2007 | Website Analytics

Tech Firms Scoot Into IPOs Again
Dot-com bust be darned: Tech firms are embracing initial public stock offerings again. In the first half of the year, tech companies were responsible for...
eBusiness News | Posted 7/09/2007 | Venture Capital & Acquisitions

Online Gaming Events on Two Continents
Investors in China's Internet game operators will be watching for news this week as Shanghai's ChinaJoy online games exhibition and the annual E3 games summit...
eBusiness News | Posted 7/09/2007 | Digital Media

Time to Blacklist Blacklists
Blacklists have their place for detecting and identifying malicious content and activity, with the whole signature-based malware detection industry effectively...
eBusiness News | Posted 7/09/2007 | Content Sites & Blogs

Sprint Takes Lead as 1st Sponsor of File-Share Song
Sprint has signed on as the first company to underwrite a song to be distributed on file-sharing networks, agreeing to embed its logo on copies of tracks from...
eBusiness News | Posted 7/08/2007 | Advertising & Affiliate Sales

Bloggers Want My Steak Baguette
There's so much silliness in the blogosphere that it's easy for old media to dismiss it. Just don't forget that there are wolves amongst the sheep.
eBusiness News | Posted 7/08/2007 | Content Sites & Blogs

The Important Lessons of Backfence's Closing
The announced closing of Backfence has brought about some refreshing and much-needed discussion on the subject of hyperlocal news and the web.
eBusiness News | Posted 7/08/2007 | Content Sites & Blogs

When Three ex-MSFTies Partner: They're Beautiful!
Three months ago almost everyone wondered (or at least one nosy blogger did) what happens when three amazingly talented Microsoft employees leave to form their...
eBusiness News | Posted 7/08/2007 | eBiz Startup & Management

All Shook Up, Right Down to the Musical Core
News that the Universal Music Group would no longer guarantee Apple access to its coming releases could shake up the digital music business.
eBusiness News | Posted 7/08/2007 | Digital Media

Video, Social Networking Use Up
A new data release from The Face of the Web, Ipsos Insight's annual study of Internet and Technology trends, shows (probably quite obviously) an increasing use of...
eBusiness News | Posted 7/08/2007 | Website Analytics

How To Sell Your Blog in 3 Easy Steps
Selling a blog may seem a daunting task, but it doesn't need to be so difficult or stressing. Perhaps what you need is the right system to assist you in selling your blog.
eBusiness News | Posted 7/08/2007 | Venture Capital & Acquisitions

Microsoft Plays With P2P TV
Video: LiveStation Demo Microsoft Research (MSFT) and a UK-based company called Skinkers are developing peer-to-peer software called LiveStation for...
eBusiness News | Posted 7/08/2007 | Digital Media