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Thanks for Nothing

A few hours after we hit send on last week's Confidential and around the same time Media Breakaway announced the results of their arbitration with MySpace, a new chapter of another ongoing drama began, one that...

Win, Lose, or Draw?

One of the longer running and largest legal proceedings came to a conclusion. Were you to have read the adjective laden accounts of the outcome in the popular and trade press, you would think the case involved...

CNN.com Beats Google

A recent study conducted by Performics, a division of Google€™s DoubleClick, shows that 57% of the 500 respondents indicated that they used CNN.com to get their video news.

Facebook Applications Continue to Lose Their Luster

Facebook has outgrown its small-guy appeal, and is no longer the €œDavid€ to MySpace€™s €œGoliath,€ as both social networks now have about the same number of unique monthly visitors.

Google and Yahoo: IM Partners in the Making?

Tucked away under the "Terms of the Agreement" section of Yahoo! press release, announcing its search advertising partnership with Google, is this little gem: "In addition, Yahoo! and Google agreed to enable interoperability between their respective instant messaging services, bringing easier and broader communication to users."

Media Breakaway, LLC Announces Arbitrator’s Award is 95% Less Than Demanded by MySpace

Media Breakaway, LLC, today announced that an Arbitrator has released a final ruling in the proceedings between MySpace, Inc. and Media Breakaway, which originated in January, 2007. The final award in favor of MySpace was 95% less than the amount demanded by MySpace, as the Arbitrator determined that “MySpace’s demands are so disproportionate to proven…