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Presidential campaign news sources for younger Americans: MSNBC, CNN, Yahoo!

41% of 18-29 year olds listed more than one website, compared with just 24% of people age 30 and over, according to the Pew Internet Project. Both MySpace and YouTube are sources of campaign information unique to younger people. MySpace is cited as a campaign news source by 8% of...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., YouTube Inc., MSNBC, News, CNN, MySpace, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Web Site Development, Advertising & Promotion, TVs, Web Technology, Tv & Home Theater, Internet, Marketing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, NB

Blog posts 2008-02-07

Top news sites: Yahoo! News, MSNBC, CNN, AOL News

Yahoo! News was the top news destination with 24.9 mln unique visitors in August 2005, eMarketer says. The site was followed by MSNBC, 23.8 mln; CNN, 21.3 mln, AOL News, 17.4 mln and Gannett Newspapers, 11.3 mln.

Tags: News

Blog posts 2005-12-11

Top online news sites: Yahoo! News, MSNBC, CNN

According to Nielsen//NetRatings, Yahoo! News, MSNBC and CNN were top online news destinations in October 2005. Top online news destinations for October 2005 News site Audience, 000 Average time Yahoo! News 25,356 0:33:21 MSNBC 23,174 0:23:23 CNN 22,427 0:43:05 AOL News 15,135 0:49:13 Gannett Newspapers 12,065 0:16:59 Internet Broadcasting 11,562 0:17:18 NYTimes.com 11,405 0:43:25 USATODAY.com 10,361 0:15:36 Tribune Newspapers 9,968 0:13:12 Knight Ridder Digital 9,816 0:12:40 ABCNEWS Digital 8,546 0:10:55 Washington Post 8,067 0:21:17 Hearst Newspapers 7,739 0:10:02 Google News 7,082 0:15:00 CBS News 7,039 0:10:18 Fox News 6,381 0:35:38 WorldNow 6,265 0:10:25 BBC News 5,221 0:06:49 Advance Internet 5,101 0:15:06 Cox Newspapers 4,839 0:15:58 All Global News 82,688 1:23:10 Source: Nielsen//NetRatings

Tags: News

Blog posts 2005-11-17

Most popular news sites in July 2005: MSNBC, Yahoo! News, CNN

Nielsen//NetRatings published the list of most popular news sites in July 2005.MSNBC - 27.4 mln usersYahoo! News - 27.3CNN - 22.8AOL News - 20.0Knight Ridder - 8.7Tribune - 7.9USA Today - 7.8NY Times - 6.8Google News - 5.8ABC News - 5.6

Tags: News

Blog posts 2005-08-17

Most popular news sites in June 2005: Yahoo! News, MSNBC, CNN, AOL News

Associated Press quotes Nielsen//NetRatings data on most popular news sites. In June 2005 Yahoo! News was the top news site with 24.9 mln visits, folloed by MSNBC (23.8 mln), CNN (21.4 mln), AOL News (17.4 mln), Gannett Newspapers (11.4 mln), New York Times (11.2 mln), Internet Broadcasting (10.9 mln), Knight...

Tags: News, news site

Blog posts 2005-07-25

Additional Resources

Ask revamps for faster Web search, more relevance

Ask.com is overhauling its Web search engine to deliver faster results and improved relevance as it bids to win share from market leader Google. NEW YORK--IAC Corp's Ask.com is overhauling its Web search engine to deliver faster results and improved relevance as it bids to win share from market...

Tags: Google Inc., Web, Ask.com, Yahoo! Inc., Internet Search, Channel Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Marketing, Investment, Finance, Reuters, search, Google

News items 2008-10-07

News to know: AMD; iPhone security; Linux; SAP

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: AMD to spin off manufacturing. Techmeme Heather Clancy: The color that shall not be named. AMD's Vertal downplays green credentials, plays up efficiency arguments ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Security, Information Technology, SAP AG, RIM BlackBerry, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Linux, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Web Servers, Open Source, Operating Systems, UNIX, Strategy, Software, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Internet, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Yahoo: Shares dip to 5-year low; AOL deal this month?

Things just keep getting worse for Yahoo. The company's stock reached a five-year low today, closing at $15.31 - or less than half of the $31 per share that Microsoft had offered to pay for Yahoo in February. On top of that, the...

Tags: Google Inc., America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Business Structures, Financial Accounting, Finance, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Eight ways to track your portfolio on the iPhone

In case you haven't been paying attention, U.S. financial markets are in a tailspin (Dow and AAPL both down 4 6+% today). Securities continue on their relentless roller coaster ride that could make veteran stock brokers lose their lunch. If you'd like to stay more in touch...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Stock, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Analysis, Google Finance, Investment, Digital Music, Digital Media, Finance, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Yahoo: What happens if Google deal doesn't go through?

Yahoo's search advertising deal with Google, which is expected to increase the company's ability to monetize its Web pages, has been delayed to give the Department of Justice more time to evaluate it. This Google-Yahoo partnership has raised hackles from Microsoft as well as others, but the larger question is...

Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-06

News to know: Green PCs, IT; IBM; Nokia; Apple

 Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: IBM launches beta of 'Bluehouse,' eyes Cisco's WebEx Matthew Miller: First impressions of the Nokia N96. Gallery right. Mary Jo...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Larry Dignan, Nokia Corp., PC, Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, IBM Corp., Podcasts, Linux, Internet, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Truevert stands on Yahoo!'s shoulders; learning to search for Green issues

Joining the growing band of search solutions built on top of Yahoo's Build Your Own Search Search Service BOSS initiative, Truevert seeks to apply semantics in providing a particular slant on searches across Yahoo!'s index. Topically, Truevert "is focused on green, environmental...

Tags: Taxonomy, Yahoo! Inc., Ontology, Search Result, Truevert, Search, Strategy, Management, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-10-06

fring lets you make Skype calls from your iPhone, available for free

Back in April I wrote about the availability of fring on the iPhone, but at that time you needed a jailbroken iPhone to use it and the iPhone 3G wasn't yet available. You may recall that fring is a VoIP application that lets you use Skype, MSN, Google Talk, ICQ,...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Skype Technologies S.A., 3G, Wireless LANs, Microsoft Windows, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Telephony, Instant Messaging, Operating Systems, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Software, Networking, Internet, Online Communications, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-10-04

Sen. Kohl: Justice should look closely at Yagoogle deal

Update: Google and Yahoo agree to "briefly" delay the deal to give Justice time to look into it. New York Times Congress continued its poking around in the Google-Yahoo deal with Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI) calling on the Justice Dept. to give the deal strict scrutiny. In...

Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Yahoo! Inc., Corporate Law, Business Operations, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-03

When it comes to China, is Skype the new Yahoo?

When it comes to China, is Skype the new Yahoo?A reader repliesI received this in email from a user who apparently wishes not to go through ZDNet registration. So here's my policy: I will not engage in private debate through email on the content of blogs. I will post the...

Tags: E-mail, Yahoo! Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-10-03

When it comes to China, is Skype the new Yahoo?

Any major Western company doing business in China is collaborating with the government to some degree. We know this. Chinese citizens know this. The best case scenario is probably Microsoft or Google's operations where access to certain information is limited. The worst case, until now, has been Yahoo's explicit cooperation...

Tags: China, Yahoo! Inc., Skype Technologies S.A., Tom, Government, Blogging, Vertical Industries, Wireless, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-03

Yahoo wins confidentiality order for Google ad deal

Yahoo said Friday that the Securities and Exchange Commission has granted it a confidentiality order to keep certain parts of its Google ad deal out of the public eye. In its quarterly filing with the SEC Aug. 8, Yahoo redacted multiple details about its search advertising deal...

Tags: Google Inc., Advertisement, Yahoo! Inc., SEC, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-03

Android has power of a clean sheet

Android has power of a clean sheetMaybe Android is a big deal?When I first started seeing stories about Android, I figured it was an iPhone wannabe. But, more and more it sounds like my kind of device (os?).This could be the killer app (os?) for phones/PDAs/mp3 players/image viewers.Wow.The key...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Programming languages, Nokia Corp., open source

Discussion threads 2008-10-03

Sony Bravia Internet Video Link (DMX-NV1)

The moment Sony's Bravia Internet Video Link (also known as the BIVL or DMX-NV1) was announced last year, we knew the product would face an uphill battle. What could Sony's proprietary video streamer offer that you can't already get from Apple TV, Xbox 360, Sony PS3, Vudu, or the Netflix...

Tags: Video on demand (VoD), Corporate communications, TV & Home Theater, TVs, Cable, Broadband Internet, BIVL, Sony Corp.

Product reviews 2008-10-02

Watch tonight's debate on your mobile; just not on the iPhone

If you are on the go tonight and don't want to miss the Vice Presidential debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin you can watch it on your mobile phone. But only if it's on Verizon. If you're a Verizon Wireless customer there are two ways you...

Tags: Apple iPhone, NBC, Mobile, MSNBC, Debate, Verizon Wireless, CBS Corp., Advertising & Promotion, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-10-02