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Beta allows users to embed ESPN video - Lost Remote TV Blog
Some question issues with syndication content.

Last week, Belo announced that they made an investment in Mochila, an online syndication company. Today Belo announced they are splitting into two companies. Their newspaper publications will split off into a pubically traded company. As the end of the day, their stock goes up, but their bonds are considered "junk."
That's a lot of changes in a short period of time.

About a month ago, I was sure that the News Aggregation for Dummies had been written when MySpace jumped on the bandwagon. I must have missed the announcement for the last dummies publication, because I am now certain that Starting Your Own Social Network for Dummies has to exist.
This week's new social networks hosts are iWon and AskANinja.com.

During the 2007 SXSW festival, Ask a Ninja made a special delivery, where the Ninja declared social networks to be untrustworthy.
The Ninja said, "Big thing over the last 10 years, we have seen the transition from reality TV to online social networking or as I like to call it.. LIES and BETRAYALS!"
Watch the video to learn more.



In response to the news Steve Rubel's link of the day is a wiki on how to quit facebook.

Study says partner up with Yahoo. Newspapers that partner with Yahoo could see a 20% to 40% growth in the second half of 2008.

USA Today launches "Play the 'Candidate match game'."