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Hulu Cuts Subscription Price by 20% with Aim of Taking on Netflix

Hulu is reducing the price of its subscription service by 20%, heating up its competition with Netflix, reports Bloomberg News. Hulu Plus will now cost $7.99 per month, versus its pricing during the service’s trial period of $9.99 each month,…

Sorry, Gleeks: Word to Describe You Loses Out to Sarah Palin Flub as ‘Word of the Year’

Sarah Palin’s tweet that included a word that previously did not exist has beat out the term "gleeks" and other words to become the New Oxford American Dictionary’s 2010 ‘word of the year,’ according to The New York Times’ Bits…

Google CEO Schmidt Mocks Broadcasters for Slamming Google TV

Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt had some damning words for the top broadcast networks during a keynote speech at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, reports Mediaweek. Schmidt portrayed the broadcast networks as standing in the way of innovation…

Facebook to Take on Google, Yahoo and Microsoft with Email Service for Users

Facebook is introducing an email service for its users, bringing it in steeper competition with Google, Yahoo and Microsoft, reports Bloomberg News. All users will receive an @facebook.com email address, Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Monday. The new…

Apple Ready to Make Big Announcement About iTunes

Apple is apparently about to unveil big news about iTunes, the Mac Observer reports. The Apple Web site today is teasing that it will have an “exciting announcement from iTunes” tomorrow. The Apple home page even displays four clocks hinting…

In Unorthodox News Commercial, NBC Urges Viewers to Tape the Evening News

NBC News may be running the most unorthodox news commercial this year, with "NBC Nightly News" anchor Brian Williams urging viewers to record the 6:30 p.m. newscast if they aren’t home to watch it live, reports the New York Times’…

With ‘Saturday Night Live’ Deal, Is Netflix Encroaching on Hulu’s Business Turf? And What’s It Say About Hulu’s Longterm Future?

Netflix may be encroaching on Hulu’s business turf, with a recent deal between the DVD-rental company and NBC Universal getting Hulu executives upset, reports Mediaweek. NBCU allowed episodes of "Saturday Night Live" to be distributed through Netflix’s Web service the…

Yahoo Creating Its Own News Content: Expects to Post–Minimally– 2,000 Stories a Day Using 400,000 Freelancers. But Where Are the Story Editors?

On Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010, Yahoo will launch the Yahoo Contributor Network of originally created news stories, our good friend David Lieberman of USA Today reports. Heretofore, Yahoo has become "one of the Web’s most popular news sources by aggregating…

Kanye West Says He’s Canceling His Upcoming ‘Today’ Show Performance ‘For Obvious Reasons’ Following His Interview This Week With Matt Lauer

Rapper Kanye West’s beef with NBC’s “Today” show and interviewer Matt Lauer continued to produce fallout today, with the latest development being West’s cancellation of a scheduled Nov. 26 singing performance on Today,” Entertainment Weekly reports. To see video of the…

Newsweek and Daily Beast Form Joint Venture–But Will It Work? Or Is It Unmanageable ‘Beastweek’?

Newsweek Magazine is launching a joint venture with Barry Diller’s news website Daily Beast, with the combined entity to be called Newsweek Daily Beast Co., Bloomberg reports. The venture will be co-owned by Diller’s IAC/InterActiveCorp and Newsweek owner Sidney Harman….