links for 2007-03-23 　[ 分类:阅读 Reading ]

• Sales of Music, Long in Decline, Plunge Sharply - WSJ.com
  Digital sales of individual songs this year have risen 54%, while CD sales have declined 20%. Overall, sales of all music are down 10% this year. 唱片业未能跟上数字转型的步伐。
  (tags: music copyright)
• NBC Universal and News Corp. Announce Deal with Internet Leaders AOL, MSN, MySpace And Yahoo! to Create a Premium Online Video Site with Unprecedented Reach
  [The service] will be available free, on an ad-supported basis. NBC和新闻集团联手多家美国门户网站开设免费的视频服务，投放带广告的视频，包括《英雄》《24》《越狱》等。
  (tags: video newscorp youtube yahoo msn aol google)
• BuzzMachine » The NBC/Fox gigadeal on video
  These guys, unlike Viacom, recognize the power — and the necessity — of the recommendation engine (aka us) as the new means of marketing and distribution. 传统媒体的视频服务必须注重网民的推荐。
  (tags: video viacom nbc youtube)
• NBC, News Corp. Plan Online Video Venture - WSJ.com
  Mr. Chernin said Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt called yesterday and said Google will consider signing on as a distribution partner. Google也计划成为NBC-新闻集团的视频发行伙伴。
  (tags: nbc google youtube newscorp video)
• Leopard not ready for April
  "I'd say it's barely beta, not Final or Gold Master." 据内部消息，苹果的新系统还远未完成，至少到六月才可能上市。
  (tags: Mac osx apple leopard)