Wetpaint told VentureBeat its users have generated more than 150,000 Wikis in six months, and that the company has struck partnerships with big media companies. AOL, ABC, CBS, American Express Publishing, T-Mobile and HTC have created community sites for their active users.
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Viacom's decision to replace Chief Executive Tom Freston with one of the industry's top deal makers, against a backdrop of declining revenue at its cable networks, sets up a chance for the company to pursue a merger, an analyst said Tuesday.
Meanwhile, CBS Chief Executive Les Moonves, who has watched his company's stock rise 20% since the beginning of 2006, may have put himself in a position to run both Viacom and CBS, others said.
Robert Routh, entertainment analyst at Jefferies & Co., said Viacom should consider a merger with portal...
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Ad-supported video continues to gain momentum online. Google has teamed up with Viacom to provide video clips to websites that are part of Google's AdSense Network. Viacom is the parent company to MTV, VH1, CBS and a number of other premium networks. The deal will be positioned as a revenue generator for Google, Viacom, and AdSense partners. All three will split revenues derived from the tie-in of advertising and content.
It will work like this: publishers (bloggers, big media, etc.) can elect to embed shows such as MTV's "Laguna Beach" or...
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No VotesEmail this | No Comments | 1 ImageAre you screwed if you're looking for VC funding right now? Maybe not. Or at least that was the (only)...
