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Ando Changes Internet Radio Ratings Metrics

Ando Media, the sole provider of Internet radio ratings, changed the metrics it reports in its Webcast Metrics service beginning with the September monthly report. The new metrics are based on average minute session counts, a marked departure from the more familiar radio ratings based on a five-minute qualifier.

Social Media Users Tout Brands, Products

Social media sites are on their way to becoming a brand’s best advertising medium, according to a new study.

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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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NBA League Pass Taps Into Google’s Android

Users can purchase a full season pass via the Android Market—Google’s answer to Apple’s App Store—for $39.99

Disney Launches New App With 'Click2Life' Tool

Disney has launched a new application for Apple’s iPhone and iTouch devices, with a feature that will enable users to take pictures of items from the real world, and in doing so, will unlock unique content within the app.

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Levi's 'Goes Forth' With Web Game

Levi's agency Wieden + Kennedy created the game, which kicks off today and runs through mid-November on the brand's Web site

SyFy, Facebook Team Up on Social Gaming

SyFy is hoping its users will begin touting their proficiency at the network's growing library of online games with the same frequency that many Facebook users brag about their success at social games like Mob Wars.

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Web Users Prefer E-mail Interaction With Marketers, Says Study

New research commissioned by lead generation specialty firm Pontiflex found that just 12 percent of online adults have been willing to share information like their Facebook user name or their Twitter handle with a brand

Digital Gets Old College Try

Per eMarketer, college students may be the first truly platform-agnostic demographic group, as they take advantage of multiple electronic devices

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Freshman Series Update

2009-11-06

Two new series to-date, NBC's Mercy and The Vampire Diaries on The CW, have been given their walking papers. Ten, meanwhile, have been renewed for the full season. We have the full scoop here.

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Mr. TV: Putting the 'V' in DVR

Other than Lost, the last science fiction show I really got into was cheesy daytime serial Dark Shadows, and that was 40 years ago. Full disclosure: I was actually a member of a local Dark Shadows fan club.

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