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The Scoop From Sun Valley: Semel Job Hunting, Google Not Buying Facebook, (Beet.tv)
Andy Plesser: Richard Morgan says that former Yahoo! boss Terry Semel was job hunting among the elite. In my interview with Richard, he speculates that a sale of Yahoo! is likely within six months and the most likely buyer is Microsoft. Richard also talks about the expected News Corporation acquisition of Dow Jones — and how this all plays into business television.

Study: 75% of Web Users Streamed Video in May (CNN/Money)
The average U.S. Internet user watched more than 2.5 hours of video online during the month, according to the ComScore Video Metrix report. Sites run by Google Inc. topped the monthly rankings with the most unique video streamers and the most video streamed, the report said. Google sites grabbed 21% of all video streams in May, or 1.8 billion videos — 1.7 billion from YouTube.

Study Finds Web Vid Watching Doesn't Affect TV Ratings (Hollywood Reporter)
An estimated 81 million people watch broadband video, but this has not adversely affected TV ratings, according to a study released Tuesday by the Nielsen Co. and the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing. The study said about 63% of the 129 million broadband users in the U.S. watched online video as of March, up 16% from 70 million in September.

Google Expanding Newspaper Ads Program (AdAge)
Following a limited test of its Print Ads program, which lets advertisers make offers online for newspaper ad inventory, the company has opened the gates to any Google advertiser and increased the number of participating papers to cover most of the country's most populous areas. The test, launched in November 2006, was an alpha trial; now Print Ads is in general release.

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