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Yahoo joins growing list of bidders for HuluYahoo Inc has submitted a formal proposal to buy Hulu, joining a growing list of bidders for the video service owned by News Corp and Walt Disney Co, two sources with knowledge of the bid told Reuters. It is unclear how much the Internet company bid. - May 24, 2013 (www.reuters.com)	SAS
Ingram Expands Publisher Manufacturing Services with Life Print ProgramIngram Content Group Inc. announced the launch of its Life Print program, a solution for publishers to manage the complete life cycle of print books. Ingram’s Life Print program gives publishers the flexibility to manage all frontlist, backlist and long tail titles from one source, using one file and one order process. - May 24, 2013 (www.prweb.com)	SAS
Google Said to Face New Antitrust Probe Over Display AdsGoogle Inc. is facing a new antitrust probe by the US Federal Trade Commission into whether the company is using its leadership in the online display-advertising market to illegally curb competition, people familiar with the matter said. - May 23, 2013 (www.bloomberg.com)	SAS
Yahoo! buys startup specializing in online gamesYahoo! pressed on with its shopping spree with the acquisition of a startup that powers games played on smartphones, tablets, consoles or personal computers. "Today we acquired PlayerScale," Yahoo! said in a statement emailed to AFP. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. - May 23, 2013 (www.bangkokpost.com)	SAS
EBSCO Publishing and EBSCO Information Services MergeEBSCO Industries, Inc. announces the EBSCO Information Services and EBSCO Publishing businesses will merge on July 1, 2013 and will operate as a single business under the name EBSCO Information Services. Tim Collins, a 26-year EBSCO veteran and previously President of EBSCO Publishing, will serve as President of the combined entity. - May 22, 2013 (www.prweb.com)	SAS
Following meltdown of Yahoo deal, France Telecom CEO promises to invest €30-50M into DailymotionThe CEO of France Telecom stated that his company intends to invest between 30 and 50 million Euros into the popular online video service Dailymotion, according to Reuters. - May 21, 2013 (thenextweb.com)	SAS
Blackboard and Vital Source Launch Pilot for e-Textbook Platform within Blackboard LearnBlackboard Inc. and Vital Source Technologies, Inc., an Ingram Content Group company, have launched pilot programs with a number of colleges and universities to test-drive an integrated offering that makes the VitalSource Bookshelf platform and its hundreds of thousands of e-Textbooks available directly within Blackboard Learn, the company's flagship learning management system (LMS). - May 20, 2013 (www.prnewswire.com)	SAS
Google Announces ‘Open Bidder' Real-Time Bidding PlatformGoogle introduced a new real-time bidding platform called Open Bidder at Google I/O. It's currently in beta status, and requires users to apply for testing. It's described as a customizable toolkit for building real-time bidding applications, and combines Google Cloud Platform with DoubleClick's real-time bidding. - May 20, 2013 (www.webpronews.com)	SAS
Yahoo to buy Tumblr for over $1 billionYahoo Inc. is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet icon that had fallen behind the times. The deal announced represents Mayer's boldest move yet since she left Google 10 months ago to lead Yahoo's latest comeback attempt. - May 20, 2013 (www.chicagobusiness.com)	SAS
NewsRight Dismantles, Transfers Brand to MoreoverNewsRight, an organization created to turn unauthorized publishers of newspaper content on the Internet into licensed customers, said it is disbanding and transferring its operations to Moreover Technologies, which monitors how Moreover's clients are portrayed in the media. - May 17, 2013 (abcnews.go.com)	NEWS
AOL to cut jobs at PatchAOL Inc. is cutting jobs at Patch, the Internet company's local news network, a company spokesman. Joe Wiggins, a Patch senior publicist, said the reductions will affect "under 3%" of the staff. - May 17, 2013 (www.marketwatch.com)	SAS
Baidu Acquires SogouAccording to an industry source, Chinese Internet company Baidu has entered into an agreement to fully acquire Internet firm Sohu's online search subsidiary Sogou. Under the terms of the agreement, Baidu will acquire Sogou for USD 2-2.5 bln in an as yet unknown combination of cash and stock in Baidu's online video subsidiary, iQiyi. - May 17, 2013 (www.marbridgeconsulting.com)	SAS
Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr try out social networking apps for GlassWhile Google promotes its Glass head-mounted display as a new way for people to receive and document information on the fly, several social networking companies including Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr now want a piece of the action, by offering social applications on the device. - May 17, 2013 (www.cio.com.au)	NEWS
Google I/O shows upgrade Maps, Google+, online photo enhancement and music streamingAt Google I/O, Google announced a new voice search capability, a music streaming service and upgrades of Maps and Google+, including automated online photo enhancements that compete with what digital cameras offer. - May 17, 2013 (nextbigfuture.com)	SAS
Skip Prichard Named CEO and President of OCLC, Will Take Over July 1Skip Prichard was named the next President and CEO of OCLC, effective July 1. (In the meantime, he will serve as President-elect, effective June 3.) Prichard will succeed Jay Jordan, who will retire June 30, after 15 years as OCLC President and CEO. - May 16, 2013 (www.infodocket.com)	SAS
SINA Reports First Quarter 2013 Financial ResultsSINA Corporation, an online media company serving China and the global Chinese communities, announced its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013. Net revenues increased 19% year over year to $126.0 million. - May 16, 2013 (www.prnewswire.com)	SAS
Yahoo Teams Up With TwitterYahoo chief Marissa Mayer announced that Yahoo will be partnering with Twitter to bring selected tweets to its news feed. "Users now also have an easy way to discover relevant and interesting people and publishers to follow on Twitter, personalized to their interests and preferences," she wrote on the Yahoo blog. - May 16, 2013 (www.nbcbayarea.com)	NEWS
Data-Planet and EBSCO Provide Mutual Customers with Access to Statistical Data via EBSCO Discovery ServiceEBSCO and Data-Planet have reached an agreement that for the first time provides statistical DataSheets within a discovery service. A growing collection of more than 5,000 summary-level data records from Data-Planet will be available within EBSCO Discovery Service allowing mutual customers to link directly to Data-Planet DataSheets. - May 16, 2013 (www.prweb.com)	SAS
South Korea Internet company NHN under antitrust probeThe Fair Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating NHN Corporation, the operator of portal Naver for possible unfair business practices. According to The Korea Times, the antitrust regulator launched the investigations officially on Monday, went to the Internet company's headquarters, and held on-site inspections and collected documents, an FTC spokesperson said. - May 16, 2013 (www.zdnet.com)	SAS
NetEase Reports First Quarter 2013 Unaudited Financial ResultsNetEase, Inc., a Chinese Internet and online game services provider, announced its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013. Total revenues for the first quarter of 2013 were RMB2.3 billion (US$363.6 million), compared to RMB2.3 billion and RMB2.0 billion for the preceding quarter and the first quarter of 2012, respectively. - May 16, 2013 (ir.netease.com)	SAS

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