New York Times to Stop Charging Web Fees [Associated Press]
Effective midnight tonight, the New York Times will discontinue its TimesSelect paid subscription feature and make all of its web content free. The change marks a shift in strategy that favors revenue growth through online advertising instead of a paid subscriber base.
Behind AOL’s Move to Manhattan: Ads [BusinessWeek]
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Digital cameras, camcorders take more memories [USA Today]
With the ease of digital cameras and camcorders, today’s children are becoming the most recorded generation ever. Research estimates that 67% of U.S. households had digital cameras last year.
Nintendo asks Korea to probe websites [Financial Times]
Nintendo filed a formal complaint on Monday with South Korean prosecutors, demanding a crackdown on Internet users who upload pirated copies of its DS game titles and web operators who of tolerate such stolen content.
iPhone Drives Google Maps Usage, YouTube Lags [GigaOM]
Google Maps Usage has sharply increased since the release of the iPhone in July, but YouTube has seen no upsurge because the iPhone does not support 3G—the data network that best supports wireless streaming video.
Related: Not Quite YouTube To Go [Forbes]
SpongeBob Pushes Deeper Into Electronics Aisle [New York Times]
Citing research that shows children’s early adoption of technology, Nickelodeon debuts a line of personal electronics branded with characters from some of its popular kids’ programs.
Reuters Introduces Facial-Recognition Video Search [MediaPost]
Reuters introduces Viewdle, a search engine that can find video clips through facial recognition, and Attributor, a content tracking and reader analysis system, for its online news and video syndication services.
Global VCs rush to join Web 2.0 [Financial Times]
Venture capitalists and entrepreneurs are copying the latest Silicon Valley trends by adapting blogs, social networking, and mash-ups for corporate users.
Warner Music to sell Blunt album on MySpace [Reuters]
James Blunt fans in the U.S. can listen to his new album on the musician’s MySpace page for free or download an iPod-compatible copy for $9.99. A CD will also be mailed with each download.
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