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MySpace to Feature 'New Moon' Takeover Ads

The News Corp.-owned social networking site is set to roll out a new, highly intrusive homepage takeover ad for The Twilight Saga: New Moon

Updated: ABC Launching Grey's Anatomy Web Companion

ABC is launching Seattle Grace: On Call, an original Web companion series to the network’s long-running hit Grey’s Anatomy.

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Google Unveils New Music Search Capabilities

Search engine giant Google has unveiled expansive new music search capabilities designed to not only facilitate music discovery, streams and sales, but also drive traffic to several digital music services selected as content providers for the newly launched initiative.

Bing Creates New Twitter Search Product

Microsoft is looking to build an advantage over Google by beefing up its ability to search the real-time Web. But Google is fighting back.

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Study: Mobile Web Access Increasing; Users Going Local

Due to the proliferation of smartphones, consumers are talking a little less and using mobile devices for a host of other activities, including Internet access, text messages and e-mails.

Mobile Ads: Wait Until Next Year

The ink had barely dried on Google's $750 million deal to buy mobile ad network AdMob before some were saying it heralds "the year of mobile." Of course, the year of mobile has been predicted virtually annually for the past decade.

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Microsoft, Nielsen Launch Game Pilot Test

Firms agree to work with game 1 vs. 100, a multiplayer, Web-based version of the popular TV game show that is played via Xbox Live

AFTRA Ratifies Videogame Pact

AFTRA's membership ratified its new interactive media agreement with videogame employers Thursday. Just two weeks earlier, SAG rejected the same deal, asking the companies to return to the bargaining table.

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Online Shopping Means More Than Making a Sale

Consumers are going online to find out about holiday deals, but not necessarily to buy

Social Media Grows Across China

Nearly two-thirds of Chinese officials say social media is China's most influential communications channel

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CBS Wins Thursday Overnights; ABC Poised for Leadership Among Adults 18-49

2009-11-20

It was business as usual on Thursday, with CBS first in the overnights, and ABC expected to win the evening overall among adults 18-49 thanks to the ongoing strength of Grey’s Anatomy. Third in the metered markets was vastly improved Fox (which was up 58 percent year-to-year), followed by NBC and The CW.

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Mr. TV: Stuffing TV Turkeys

It’s almost Thanksgiving, and incredibly this is my sixth annual column dedicated to the best and worst on the small screen. And as always, there are plenty of turkeys stuffing up the airwaves just waiting to be plucked by Mr. TV.

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