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In an interesting move in the search space, Conduit–a fast-growing start-up that helps publishers make and distribute apps using Web browser toolbars–has entered a strategic partnership with Microsoft’s Bing search service.


In doing so, it is leaving its existing search deal with Google and will instead offer Bing to its network of 260,000 publishers and 200 million users.


It’s a solid win for Bing, which has more incentive to draw customers of its search products and services away from Google.


And every little bit helps as Microsoft strives to put even a chink in the overwhelming dominance of the search giant.


In a blog post today, Conduit said, in part (the rest is below):


“As of January 1st, 2011, our publishers will provide the full Bing experience to their users. Users in the Conduit Network will get all the features unique to Bing, decision tools that go beyond search, and an excellent browsing experience that is constantly evolving.”


More significantly, under the terms of the deal, Web publishers will be able to distribute apps directly in the organic search results on Bing.


Conduit President Adam Boyden said in an interview yesterday that the deal was struck to offer a better user experience for its customers with search, as well as the “long-term potential for app innovation with Microsoft.”


Conduit, which was founded in 2005 and has 190 employees, is profitable, Boyden said, from customers such as Groupon, eBay, Travelocity and Major League Baseball.


The San Mateo, Calif., company has raised close to $10 million, mostly from Benchmark Capital.


Of the shift to Bing, Boyden added, “There is more strategic potential for us with Bing,” he said. “And the same is true for them.”


Here is a blog post from Conduit today on the changeover, from founder and CEO Ronen Shilo and titled “Bing–It has a nice ring to it”:


Six years ago a small group of us founded Conduit with our own money and a vision of empowering the smaller Web publishers out there by giving them the tools to change the way they interact with their users. Many people were skeptical but we believed that we could truly make a difference.


Conduit redefined the toolbar, not as a search vehicle, but as a powerful engagement tool–the Community Toolbar. With so many publishers understanding this potential, Conduit inadvertently established a footprint for itself within the search market, comparable only to major classic search players.


Six years, 260,000 publishers, and 200 million users later, Conduit has proven to be one of the companies making a difference on the Web. Our product offering has greatly evolved and now includes apps, notifications, analytics and a marketplace. In the near future we will be creating new app distribution opportunities for our network of publishers, hastening the fulfillment of Conduit’s ambition to become an industry standard, to be used by all content publishers and available across all platforms.


Today I’d like to announce the next step in our journey–we have entered into a partnership with Microsoft which we believe will significantly improve our offering to publishers, accelerating the growth of Conduit’s massive network. Both companies are highly driven by improving the user experience, and as such, see a strong alignment in our long-term strategies and are looking forward to a mutually successful partnership.


As of January 1st, 2011, our publishers will provide the full Bing experience to their users. Users in the Conduit Network will get all the features unique to Bing, decision tools that go beyond search, and an excellent browsing experience that is constantly evolving.


I would like to thank Google for four years of partnership, which greatly contributed to the growth of the company. I would also like to express my appreciation to Bing and the Conduit team, both of whom worked hard to bring this partnership about.


If you have questions, ideas, suggestions, we want to hear from you. Write to us at: contact_us@conduit.com.







by BBG



Broken Bells (more by Amanda Hatfield)



Broken Bells who recently lauched a 3D interactive video for "October", kick off a string of dates tonight (12/1) at Irving Plaza. The NYC show is part of the 101.9 RXP "Yule Rock Holiday Concert Series". The band will hit select cities from coast-to-coast, eventually landing in LA by the middle of the month. Updated tour dates are below.



And Broken Bells member Danger Mouse just wouldn't be himself if he didn't have his hand in another 10000 projects. His latest is "Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi present: ROME":

Brian Burton [Danger Mouse] and Daniele Luppi met in Los Angeles in 2004... Luppi, a composer from Italy, was receiving acclaim for his album An Italian Story, which revisited the cinematic sounds of his childhood. (He has also written music for the screen - Sex and the City, Nine - and later worked with Burton on arrangements for Gnarls Barkley, Dark Night of the Soul and Broken Bells.)



United by their shared passion for classic Italian film music, ... after an intense songwriting period - writing separately at first, and then together as the songs evolved - they travelled to Rome in October 2006. Luppi made some calls and they assembled the original musicians from films such as The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Once Upon a Time in the West - including the legendary Marc 4 backing band and Alessandro Alessandroni's 'I Cantori Moderni' choir. Most of the musicians were in their seventies and hadn't worked together for several decades.



They booked time in Rome's cavernous Forum Studios - formerly Ortophonic Studios, founded, amongst others, by the great Ennio Morricone... Every effort was made to replicate the recording practices of the 1960s/70s golden age, recording live and straight to tape, with overdubs but no electronics, computers, 21st-century effects or studio trickery.

In addition, Jack White and Norah Jones each lend their voices to three tracks on the forthcoming LP, due in March 2011 via Capitol Records.



In other Jack White news, the White Stripes frontman/Third Man Records honcho is taking some fire for deciding to put up some limited edition Third Man material up for auction on ebay:

Paid subscribers of Third Man Records' The Vault were directed to an eBay page with open auctions for copies of the limited edition vinyl version of the self-titled White Stripes reissue. Within an hour, all 5 auctions were above $100 each, and a small shitstorm of comments began to erupt on The Vault, when, suddenly, Jack White joined the site's chatroom with a handbasket-gripping introduction of "See you in hell?" and explained, quite simply, why the hell there were people paying 500 bucks for a record you have to crack open to listen to: "Supply & demand.... nobody told them to buy it with a gun to their head."



...When a fan tried to argue that people with "more money than sense" were to blame, Jack retorted: "Or are they just paying what the going rate is?" White explained: "We sell a Wanda Jackson split record for 10 bucks, the eBay flipper turns around and sells it for 300. If 300 is what it's worth, then why doesn't Third Man Records sell it for 300? If we sell them for more, the artist gets more, the flipper gets nothing. We're not in the business of making flippers a living. We're in the business of giving fans what they want." -

Reggie Watts auction coming soon? And the attack on the eBay record microeconomy is on. All Broken Bells dates and a video is below.




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In an interesting move in the search space, Conduit–a fast-growing start-up that helps publishers make and distribute apps using Web browser toolbars–has entered a strategic partnership with Microsoft’s Bing search service.


In doing so, it is leaving its existing search deal with Google and will instead offer Bing to its network of 260,000 publishers and 200 million users.


It’s a solid win for Bing, which has more incentive to draw customers of its search products and services away from Google.


And every little bit helps as Microsoft strives to put even a chink in the overwhelming dominance of the search giant.


In a blog post today, Conduit said, in part (the rest is below):


“As of January 1st, 2011, our publishers will provide the full Bing experience to their users. Users in the Conduit Network will get all the features unique to Bing, decision tools that go beyond search, and an excellent browsing experience that is constantly evolving.”


More significantly, under the terms of the deal, Web publishers will be able to distribute apps directly in the organic search results on Bing.


Conduit President Adam Boyden said in an interview yesterday that the deal was struck to offer a better user experience for its customers with search, as well as the “long-term potential for app innovation with Microsoft.”


Conduit, which was founded in 2005 and has 190 employees, is profitable, Boyden said, from customers such as Groupon, eBay, Travelocity and Major League Baseball.


The San Mateo, Calif., company has raised close to $10 million, mostly from Benchmark Capital.


Of the shift to Bing, Boyden added, “There is more strategic potential for us with Bing,” he said. “And the same is true for them.”


Here is a blog post from Conduit today on the changeover, from founder and CEO Ronen Shilo and titled “Bing–It has a nice ring to it”:


Six years ago a small group of us founded Conduit with our own money and a vision of empowering the smaller Web publishers out there by giving them the tools to change the way they interact with their users. Many people were skeptical but we believed that we could truly make a difference.


Conduit redefined the toolbar, not as a search vehicle, but as a powerful engagement tool–the Community Toolbar. With so many publishers understanding this potential, Conduit inadvertently established a footprint for itself within the search market, comparable only to major classic search players.


Six years, 260,000 publishers, and 200 million users later, Conduit has proven to be one of the companies making a difference on the Web. Our product offering has greatly evolved and now includes apps, notifications, analytics and a marketplace. In the near future we will be creating new app distribution opportunities for our network of publishers, hastening the fulfillment of Conduit’s ambition to become an industry standard, to be used by all content publishers and available across all platforms.


Today I’d like to announce the next step in our journey–we have entered into a partnership with Microsoft which we believe will significantly improve our offering to publishers, accelerating the growth of Conduit’s massive network. Both companies are highly driven by improving the user experience, and as such, see a strong alignment in our long-term strategies and are looking forward to a mutually successful partnership.


As of January 1st, 2011, our publishers will provide the full Bing experience to their users. Users in the Conduit Network will get all the features unique to Bing, decision tools that go beyond search, and an excellent browsing experience that is constantly evolving.


I would like to thank Google for four years of partnership, which greatly contributed to the growth of the company. I would also like to express my appreciation to Bing and the Conduit team, both of whom worked hard to bring this partnership about.


If you have questions, ideas, suggestions, we want to hear from you. Write to us at: contact_us@conduit.com.







by BBG



Broken Bells (more by Amanda Hatfield)



Broken Bells who recently lauched a 3D interactive video for "October", kick off a string of dates tonight (12/1) at Irving Plaza. The NYC show is part of the 101.9 RXP "Yule Rock Holiday Concert Series". The band will hit select cities from coast-to-coast, eventually landing in LA by the middle of the month. Updated tour dates are below.



And Broken Bells member Danger Mouse just wouldn't be himself if he didn't have his hand in another 10000 projects. His latest is "Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi present: ROME":

Brian Burton [Danger Mouse] and Daniele Luppi met in Los Angeles in 2004... Luppi, a composer from Italy, was receiving acclaim for his album An Italian Story, which revisited the cinematic sounds of his childhood. (He has also written music for the screen - Sex and the City, Nine - and later worked with Burton on arrangements for Gnarls Barkley, Dark Night of the Soul and Broken Bells.)



United by their shared passion for classic Italian film music, ... after an intense songwriting period - writing separately at first, and then together as the songs evolved - they travelled to Rome in October 2006. Luppi made some calls and they assembled the original musicians from films such as The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Once Upon a Time in the West - including the legendary Marc 4 backing band and Alessandro Alessandroni's 'I Cantori Moderni' choir. Most of the musicians were in their seventies and hadn't worked together for several decades.



They booked time in Rome's cavernous Forum Studios - formerly Ortophonic Studios, founded, amongst others, by the great Ennio Morricone... Every effort was made to replicate the recording practices of the 1960s/70s golden age, recording live and straight to tape, with overdubs but no electronics, computers, 21st-century effects or studio trickery.

In addition, Jack White and Norah Jones each lend their voices to three tracks on the forthcoming LP, due in March 2011 via Capitol Records.



In other Jack White news, the White Stripes frontman/Third Man Records honcho is taking some fire for deciding to put up some limited edition Third Man material up for auction on ebay:

Paid subscribers of Third Man Records' The Vault were directed to an eBay page with open auctions for copies of the limited edition vinyl version of the self-titled White Stripes reissue. Within an hour, all 5 auctions were above $100 each, and a small shitstorm of comments began to erupt on The Vault, when, suddenly, Jack White joined the site's chatroom with a handbasket-gripping introduction of "See you in hell?" and explained, quite simply, why the hell there were people paying 500 bucks for a record you have to crack open to listen to: "Supply & demand.... nobody told them to buy it with a gun to their head."



...When a fan tried to argue that people with "more money than sense" were to blame, Jack retorted: "Or are they just paying what the going rate is?" White explained: "We sell a Wanda Jackson split record for 10 bucks, the eBay flipper turns around and sells it for 300. If 300 is what it's worth, then why doesn't Third Man Records sell it for 300? If we sell them for more, the artist gets more, the flipper gets nothing. We're not in the business of making flippers a living. We're in the business of giving fans what they want." -

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In an interesting move in the search space, Conduit–a fast-growing start-up that helps publishers make and distribute apps using Web browser toolbars–has entered a strategic partnership with Microsoft’s Bing search service.


In doing so, it is leaving its existing search deal with Google and will instead offer Bing to its network of 260,000 publishers and 200 million users.


It’s a solid win for Bing, which has more incentive to draw customers of its search products and services away from Google.


And every little bit helps as Microsoft strives to put even a chink in the overwhelming dominance of the search giant.


In a blog post today, Conduit said, in part (the rest is below):


“As of January 1st, 2011, our publishers will provide the full Bing experience to their users. Users in the Conduit Network will get all the features unique to Bing, decision tools that go beyond search, and an excellent browsing experience that is constantly evolving.”


More significantly, under the terms of the deal, Web publishers will be able to distribute apps directly in the organic search results on Bing.


Conduit President Adam Boyden said in an interview yesterday that the deal was struck to offer a better user experience for its customers with search, as well as the “long-term potential for app innovation with Microsoft.”


Conduit, which was founded in 2005 and has 190 employees, is profitable, Boyden said, from customers such as Groupon, eBay, Travelocity and Major League Baseball.


The San Mateo, Calif., company has raised close to $10 million, mostly from Benchmark Capital.


Of the shift to Bing, Boyden added, “There is more strategic potential for us with Bing,” he said. “And the same is true for them.”


Here is a blog post from Conduit today on the changeover, from founder and CEO Ronen Shilo and titled “Bing–It has a nice ring to it”:


Six years ago a small group of us founded Conduit with our own money and a vision of empowering the smaller Web publishers out there by giving them the tools to change the way they interact with their users. Many people were skeptical but we believed that we could truly make a difference.


Conduit redefined the toolbar, not as a search vehicle, but as a powerful engagement tool–the Community Toolbar. With so many publishers understanding this potential, Conduit inadvertently established a footprint for itself within the search market, comparable only to major classic search players.


Six years, 260,000 publishers, and 200 million users later, Conduit has proven to be one of the companies making a difference on the Web. Our product offering has greatly evolved and now includes apps, notifications, analytics and a marketplace. In the near future we will be creating new app distribution opportunities for our network of publishers, hastening the fulfillment of Conduit’s ambition to become an industry standard, to be used by all content publishers and available across all platforms.


Today I’d like to announce the next step in our journey–we have entered into a partnership with Microsoft which we believe will significantly improve our offering to publishers, accelerating the growth of Conduit’s massive network. Both companies are highly driven by improving the user experience, and as such, see a strong alignment in our long-term strategies and are looking forward to a mutually successful partnership.


As of January 1st, 2011, our publishers will provide the full Bing experience to their users. Users in the Conduit Network will get all the features unique to Bing, decision tools that go beyond search, and an excellent browsing experience that is constantly evolving.


I would like to thank Google for four years of partnership, which greatly contributed to the growth of the company. I would also like to express my appreciation to Bing and the Conduit team, both of whom worked hard to bring this partnership about.


If you have questions, ideas, suggestions, we want to hear from you. Write to us at: contact_us@conduit.com.







by BBG



Broken Bells (more by Amanda Hatfield)



Broken Bells who recently lauched a 3D interactive video for "October", kick off a string of dates tonight (12/1) at Irving Plaza. The NYC show is part of the 101.9 RXP "Yule Rock Holiday Concert Series". The band will hit select cities from coast-to-coast, eventually landing in LA by the middle of the month. Updated tour dates are below.



And Broken Bells member Danger Mouse just wouldn't be himself if he didn't have his hand in another 10000 projects. His latest is "Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi present: ROME":

Brian Burton [Danger Mouse] and Daniele Luppi met in Los Angeles in 2004... Luppi, a composer from Italy, was receiving acclaim for his album An Italian Story, which revisited the cinematic sounds of his childhood. (He has also written music for the screen - Sex and the City, Nine - and later worked with Burton on arrangements for Gnarls Barkley, Dark Night of the Soul and Broken Bells.)



United by their shared passion for classic Italian film music, ... after an intense songwriting period - writing separately at first, and then together as the songs evolved - they travelled to Rome in October 2006. Luppi made some calls and they assembled the original musicians from films such as The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Once Upon a Time in the West - including the legendary Marc 4 backing band and Alessandro Alessandroni's 'I Cantori Moderni' choir. Most of the musicians were in their seventies and hadn't worked together for several decades.



They booked time in Rome's cavernous Forum Studios - formerly Ortophonic Studios, founded, amongst others, by the great Ennio Morricone... Every effort was made to replicate the recording practices of the 1960s/70s golden age, recording live and straight to tape, with overdubs but no electronics, computers, 21st-century effects or studio trickery.

In addition, Jack White and Norah Jones each lend their voices to three tracks on the forthcoming LP, due in March 2011 via Capitol Records.



In other Jack White news, the White Stripes frontman/Third Man Records honcho is taking some fire for deciding to put up some limited edition Third Man material up for auction on ebay:

Paid subscribers of Third Man Records' The Vault were directed to an eBay page with open auctions for copies of the limited edition vinyl version of the self-titled White Stripes reissue. Within an hour, all 5 auctions were above $100 each, and a small shitstorm of comments began to erupt on The Vault, when, suddenly, Jack White joined the site's chatroom with a handbasket-gripping introduction of "See you in hell?" and explained, quite simply, why the hell there were people paying 500 bucks for a record you have to crack open to listen to: "Supply & demand.... nobody told them to buy it with a gun to their head."



...When a fan tried to argue that people with "more money than sense" were to blame, Jack retorted: "Or are they just paying what the going rate is?" White explained: "We sell a Wanda Jackson split record for 10 bucks, the eBay flipper turns around and sells it for 300. If 300 is what it's worth, then why doesn't Third Man Records sell it for 300? If we sell them for more, the artist gets more, the flipper gets nothing. We're not in the business of making flippers a living. We're in the business of giving fans what they want." -

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Olbermann Suspended Without Pay From MSNBC After Making Political Donations To Democrats


Today, Politico reported that MSNBC host Keith Olbermann made political contributions to three Democratic candidates — Kentucky senate candidate Jack Conway and Arizona House members Raul Grijalva and Gabrielle Giffords. Following the story, MSNBC President Phil Griffin released a statement this afternoon stating that Olbermann has been suspended without pay:


I became aware of Keith’s political contributions late last night. Mindful of NBC News policy and standards, I have suspended him indefinitely without pay.


MSNBC’s policies governing its employees states:


Anyone working for NBC News who takes part in civic or other outside activities may find that these activities jeopardize his or her standing as an impartial journalist because they may create the appearance of a conflict of interest. Such activities may include participation in or contributions to political campaigns or groups that espouse controversial positions. You should report any such potential conflicts in advance to, and obtain prior approval of, the President of NBC News or his designee.


It’s unclear what harm Griffin determined resulted from Olbermann’s contributions. Politico noted that Olbermann donated to Grijalva on the same day that Grijalva appeared as a guest on his show. In his defense Olbermann said, “I did not privately or publicly encourage anyone else to donate to these campaigns, nor to any others in this election or any previous ones, nor have I previously donated to any political campaign at any level.”


Atrios reports that Pat Buchanan, a very frequent guest on MSNBC and an official contributor, has also made a number of donations to Republican candidates.


Meanwhile, Steve Benen observes that, while Olbermann made his donations in a personal capacity, News Corp. — Fox News’ parent company — “made multiple undisclosed donations to the Republican Governors Association, totaling at least $1.25 million, in addition to a $1 million contribution to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for its pro-Republican election-year activities. Fox News has helped GOP candidates raise money on the air; Fox News personalities are featured guests at Republican fundraisers; while other Fox News personalities continue to help generate financial support for Republican candidates now, even after the elections.”



After their victory in the Napoleonic Wars, the victors -- the Brits and the Prussians and their hangers-on -- demanded an indemnity of 700,000,000 francs from the defeated French. Newly installed Louis XVIII and his courtiers didn't have a clue what to do. But Paris investment banker Gabriel-Julien Ouvrard had an idea. Don't borrow from the rich in France with a compulsory loan, he said. Don't raise taxes. Float a bond issue in London and borrow the money from the victors. Everyone thought the guy was crazy. But he wasn't. British banker Barings and Amsterdam banker Hope & Co. were happy to syndicate a loan for the French in the city. The bond issue sold out, and the prices of French rentes went up. Everyone made lots of money, and best of all, Louis XVIII got himself and the French people out of a jam so they could go on to lose three wars to the Germans in less than a century.
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Olbermann Suspended Without Pay From MSNBC After Making Political Donations To Democrats


Today, Politico reported that MSNBC host Keith Olbermann made political contributions to three Democratic candidates — Kentucky senate candidate Jack Conway and Arizona House members Raul Grijalva and Gabrielle Giffords. Following the story, MSNBC President Phil Griffin released a statement this afternoon stating that Olbermann has been suspended without pay:


I became aware of Keith’s political contributions late last night. Mindful of NBC News policy and standards, I have suspended him indefinitely without pay.


MSNBC’s policies governing its employees states:


Anyone working for NBC News who takes part in civic or other outside activities may find that these activities jeopardize his or her standing as an impartial journalist because they may create the appearance of a conflict of interest. Such activities may include participation in or contributions to political campaigns or groups that espouse controversial positions. You should report any such potential conflicts in advance to, and obtain prior approval of, the President of NBC News or his designee.


It’s unclear what harm Griffin determined resulted from Olbermann’s contributions. Politico noted that Olbermann donated to Grijalva on the same day that Grijalva appeared as a guest on his show. In his defense Olbermann said, “I did not privately or publicly encourage anyone else to donate to these campaigns, nor to any others in this election or any previous ones, nor have I previously donated to any political campaign at any level.”


Atrios reports that Pat Buchanan, a very frequent guest on MSNBC and an official contributor, has also made a number of donations to Republican candidates.


Meanwhile, Steve Benen observes that, while Olbermann made his donations in a personal capacity, News Corp. — Fox News’ parent company — “made multiple undisclosed donations to the Republican Governors Association, totaling at least $1.25 million, in addition to a $1 million contribution to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for its pro-Republican election-year activities. Fox News has helped GOP candidates raise money on the air; Fox News personalities are featured guests at Republican fundraisers; while other Fox News personalities continue to help generate financial support for Republican candidates now, even after the elections.”



After their victory in the Napoleonic Wars, the victors -- the Brits and the Prussians and their hangers-on -- demanded an indemnity of 700,000,000 francs from the defeated French. Newly installed Louis XVIII and his courtiers didn't have a clue what to do. But Paris investment banker Gabriel-Julien Ouvrard had an idea. Don't borrow from the rich in France with a compulsory loan, he said. Don't raise taxes. Float a bond issue in London and borrow the money from the victors. Everyone thought the guy was crazy. But he wasn't. British banker Barings and Amsterdam banker Hope & Co. were happy to syndicate a loan for the French in the city. The bond issue sold out, and the prices of French rentes went up. Everyone made lots of money, and best of all, Louis XVIII got himself and the French people out of a jam so they could go on to lose three wars to the Germans in less than a century.
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Carnahan Camp To Fox <b>News</b>: Why Single Us Out? | TPMMuckraker

Lawyers for former Senate Candidate Robin Carnahan are arguing that the Fox News network is singling the Missouri Democrat out in its lawsuit alleging her campaign violated the network's copyrights.

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Carnahan Camp To Fox <b>News</b>: Why Single Us Out? | TPMMuckraker

Lawyers for former Senate Candidate Robin Carnahan are arguing that the Fox News network is singling the Missouri Democrat out in its lawsuit alleging her campaign violated the network's copyrights.

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Carnahan Camp To Fox <b>News</b>: Why Single Us Out? | TPMMuckraker

Lawyers for former Senate Candidate Robin Carnahan are arguing that the Fox News network is singling the Missouri Democrat out in its lawsuit alleging her campaign violated the network's copyrights.

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Carnahan Camp To Fox <b>News</b>: Why Single Us Out? | TPMMuckraker

Lawyers for former Senate Candidate Robin Carnahan are arguing that the Fox News network is singling the Missouri Democrat out in its lawsuit alleging her campaign violated the network's copyrights.

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Lawyers for former Senate Candidate Robin Carnahan are arguing that the Fox News network is singling the Missouri Democrat out in its lawsuit alleging her campaign violated the network's copyrights.

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Olbermann Suspended Without Pay From MSNBC After Making Political Donations To Democrats


Today, Politico reported that MSNBC host Keith Olbermann made political contributions to three Democratic candidates — Kentucky senate candidate Jack Conway and Arizona House members Raul Grijalva and Gabrielle Giffords. Following the story, MSNBC President Phil Griffin released a statement this afternoon stating that Olbermann has been suspended without pay:


I became aware of Keith’s political contributions late last night. Mindful of NBC News policy and standards, I have suspended him indefinitely without pay.


MSNBC’s policies governing its employees states:


Anyone working for NBC News who takes part in civic or other outside activities may find that these activities jeopardize his or her standing as an impartial journalist because they may create the appearance of a conflict of interest. Such activities may include participation in or contributions to political campaigns or groups that espouse controversial positions. You should report any such potential conflicts in advance to, and obtain prior approval of, the President of NBC News or his designee.


It’s unclear what harm Griffin determined resulted from Olbermann’s contributions. Politico noted that Olbermann donated to Grijalva on the same day that Grijalva appeared as a guest on his show. In his defense Olbermann said, “I did not privately or publicly encourage anyone else to donate to these campaigns, nor to any others in this election or any previous ones, nor have I previously donated to any political campaign at any level.”


Atrios reports that Pat Buchanan, a very frequent guest on MSNBC and an official contributor, has also made a number of donations to Republican candidates.


Meanwhile, Steve Benen observes that, while Olbermann made his donations in a personal capacity, News Corp. — Fox News’ parent company — “made multiple undisclosed donations to the Republican Governors Association, totaling at least $1.25 million, in addition to a $1 million contribution to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce for its pro-Republican election-year activities. Fox News has helped GOP candidates raise money on the air; Fox News personalities are featured guests at Republican fundraisers; while other Fox News personalities continue to help generate financial support for Republican candidates now, even after the elections.”



After their victory in the Napoleonic Wars, the victors -- the Brits and the Prussians and their hangers-on -- demanded an indemnity of 700,000,000 francs from the defeated French. Newly installed Louis XVIII and his courtiers didn't have a clue what to do. But Paris investment banker Gabriel-Julien Ouvrard had an idea. Don't borrow from the rich in France with a compulsory loan, he said. Don't raise taxes. Float a bond issue in London and borrow the money from the victors. Everyone thought the guy was crazy. But he wasn't. British banker Barings and Amsterdam banker Hope & Co. were happy to syndicate a loan for the French in the city. The bond issue sold out, and the prices of French rentes went up. Everyone made lots of money, and best of all, Louis XVIII got himself and the French people out of a jam so they could go on to lose three wars to the Germans in less than a century.
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Owner tried to "extort" Twitter. As Robin Wauters wrote today, Twitter has filed a UDRP against the owner of TwitterSearch.com. With so many domain names out there including "twitter" in them, why has the company singled out this one?

Carnahan Camp To Fox <b>News</b>: Why Single Us Out? | TPMMuckraker

Lawyers for former Senate Candidate Robin Carnahan are arguing that the Fox News network is singling the Missouri Democrat out in its lawsuit alleging her campaign violated the network's copyrights.

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Owner tried to "extort" Twitter. As Robin Wauters wrote today, Twitter has filed a UDRP against the owner of TwitterSearch.com. With so many domain names out there including "twitter" in them, why has the company singled out this one?

Carnahan Camp To Fox <b>News</b>: Why Single Us Out? | TPMMuckraker

Lawyers for former Senate Candidate Robin Carnahan are arguing that the Fox News network is singling the Missouri Democrat out in its lawsuit alleging her campaign violated the network's copyrights.

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Owner tried to "extort" Twitter. As Robin Wauters wrote today, Twitter has filed a UDRP against the owner of TwitterSearch.com. With so many domain names out there including "twitter" in them, why has the company singled out this one?

Carnahan Camp To Fox <b>News</b>: Why Single Us Out? | TPMMuckraker

Lawyers for former Senate Candidate Robin Carnahan are arguing that the Fox News network is singling the Missouri Democrat out in its lawsuit alleging her campaign violated the network's copyrights.

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Lawyers for former Senate Candidate Robin Carnahan are arguing that the Fox News network is singling the Missouri Democrat out in its lawsuit alleging her campaign violated the network's copyrights.

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Facebook has one of the largest deployments of the open source database MySQL, and the techies responsible for the care and feeding of this installment will divulge some of their secrets tomorrow night at company headquarters. If you can’t make it down to the event in Palo Alto, you can watch a live webcast of it on Facebook Live.



The database houses essential information about the more than 500 million people who have accounts on the social network. With about half of the members logging on daily, the system is incredibly busy — understatement! So it’s hardly a surprise that Facebook has three different teams of techies caring for the SQL installation: operations, performance and engineering groups, to be exact.


The level of service that Facebook demands from this database calls for special tweaks. The social network has its own patch for MySQL and engineering team continues to upgrade this software. The evolution of this development will be part of the presentation tomorrow night.


Most open-source software comes in a free version, with more advanced ones costing money. MySQL  has three levels of paid subscriptions, and the most advanced one prices at $10,000 a year for one to four sockets. The most advanced one boasts the kinds of features that Facebook needs:


Whether you’re racing to introduce a new service, or trying to manage an avalanche of data in real time, your database has to be scalable, fast and highly available to meet ever-changing market conditions and stringent Service Level Agreements (SLAs).


MySQL Cluster is the industry’s only real-time transactional relational database combining 99.999% availability with the low Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of open source. It features a “shared-nothing” distributed architecture with no single point of failure to assure high availability and performance, allowing you to meet your most demanding mission-critical application requirements.


MySQL Cluster’s real-time design delivers predictable, millisecond response times with the ability to service tens of thousands of transactions per second. Support for in-memory and disk based data, automatic data partitioning with load balancing and the ability to add nodes to a running cluster with zero downtime allows linear database scalability to handle the most unpredictable workloads.


MySQL Cluster delivers carrier-grade availability and performance, with the flexibility of open source software


MySQL Cluster eliminates the need for expensive shared storage, and runs on a range of commodity platforms, making it the most open and cost-effective database solution for mission critical applications.


The discussion of Facebook’s database deployment seems like the a brilliant response to news of the minor dip in Facebook’s availability rate this past quarter. The timing of the presentation couldn’t be better: this social network has a lot more demand put on it than much of the competition, and what better way is there to make the point than to lift up the hood?



    

OH, THANK HEAVEN� BIPARTISANSHIP IS DELICIOUS: OpenSecrets.org's own  Megan Wilson reports that 7-Eleven, the maker of the frozen Slurpee beverage, is cashing in on President Barack Obama�s joke that Republicans have been �sipping on Slurpees� while Democrats have been hard at work. A "Slurpee Summit" was suggested to unite the two parties at the White House, and 7-Eleven took over.

Starting in its headquarters city of Dallas, the company began a tour that eventually led them to Washington D.C.�s Union Station on Thursday  -- one of the closest Metro stops to the U.S. Capitol -- where the company gave out free Slurpees and T-shirts that stated, �Party animals unite.� It features an elephant silhouette lifting a Slurpee to a donkey silhouette.

� John Boehner and Obama rescheduled their Slurpee summit, but we didn�t,� said one 7-Eleven worker handing out the free shirts as he smiled.

�D.C. OR BUST� read a sign posted on the portable Slurpee dispenser outside the popular Metro stop.

7-Eleven is a modest financial player in politics, with its political action committee usually donating around $10,000 to $20,000 to federal candidates each election cycle. However the PAC has not donated money during the 2010 election cycle. 7-Eleven spent more than $1.25 million on lobbying from 1999 to 2006 when it ended its federal lobbying presence. 7-Eleven became a subsidiary to Seven & I Holdings Co. in 2005, and since 2007 it has spent $510,000 on lobbying. In 2010, Seven & I Holdings was the 35th highest lobbying spender within the retail industry, according to the Center's research.

In the 2008 election cycle, its corporate PAC gave $9,500 to federal-level candidates -- 10 Republicans and four Democrats. It also gave $500 to Texas Republican Rep. Michael Burgess�s PAC, the Lone Star Leadership PAC.  In that same cycle, 7-Eleven�s corporate PAC received a $9,000 donation from Shell Oil.

According to the company, it sells enough Slurpees each year to fill 12 Olympic-size swimming pools.


CENTER FOR RESPONSIVE POLITICS IN THE NEWS: The Center's annual release of congressional members' personal finance reports was released on Wednesday and since then has been picked up by most major news organization in the nation.

Highlights include the San Francisco Chronicle, New York Times, Washington Post, Reuters, CBS News, CNBC, Fox News and National Public Radio. On Wednesday, the Center for Responsive Politics was on the comedy show, The Colbert Report, as host Steven Colbert used the Center's website to show Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas) is "the guy who gets the most cash from the oil industry."

Have a news tip or link to pass along? We want to hear from you! E-mail us at press@crp.org. 

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In a dramatic facelift, CBS News is replacing the entire weekday anchor team of "The Early Show" with their weekend counterparts.

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In a dramatic facelift, CBS News is replacing the entire weekday anchor team of "The Early Show" with their weekend counterparts.

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'Desperate Housewives' is introducing Susan's (Teri Hatcher) boozy Aunt Claire, played by none other than Valerie Harper. According to TV Guide, the.

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CBS <b>News</b> Is Replacing Its &#39;Early Show&#39; Anchor Lineup - NYTimes.com

In a dramatic facelift, CBS News is replacing the entire weekday anchor team of "The Early Show" with their weekend counterparts.

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'Desperate Housewives' is introducing Susan's (Teri Hatcher) boozy Aunt Claire, played by none other than Valerie Harper. According to TV Guide, the.

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CBS <b>News</b> Is Replacing Its &#39;Early Show&#39; Anchor Lineup - NYTimes.com

In a dramatic facelift, CBS News is replacing the entire weekday anchor team of "The Early Show" with their weekend counterparts.

Casting <b>News</b>: Valerie Harper Heading to &#39;Desperate Housewives <b>...</b>

'Desperate Housewives' is introducing Susan's (Teri Hatcher) boozy Aunt Claire, played by none other than Valerie Harper. According to TV Guide, the.

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Google News has a new section that lists the most shared articles. It's not clear if Google counts the number of people who used the sharing feature from Google News or tracks the references from Twitter and other social sites, ...


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CBS <b>News</b> Is Replacing Its &#39;Early Show&#39; Anchor Lineup - NYTimes.com

In a dramatic facelift, CBS News is replacing the entire weekday anchor team of "The Early Show" with their weekend counterparts.

Casting <b>News</b>: Valerie Harper Heading to &#39;Desperate Housewives <b>...</b>

'Desperate Housewives' is introducing Susan's (Teri Hatcher) boozy Aunt Claire, played by none other than Valerie Harper. According to TV Guide, the.

Most Shared Section in Google <b>News</b>

Google News has a new section that lists the most shared articles. It's not clear if Google counts the number of people who used the sharing feature from Google News or tracks the references from Twitter and other social sites, ...


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CBS <b>News</b> Is Replacing Its &#39;Early Show&#39; Anchor Lineup - NYTimes.com

In a dramatic facelift, CBS News is replacing the entire weekday anchor team of "The Early Show" with their weekend counterparts.

Casting <b>News</b>: Valerie Harper Heading to &#39;Desperate Housewives <b>...</b>

'Desperate Housewives' is introducing Susan's (Teri Hatcher) boozy Aunt Claire, played by none other than Valerie Harper. According to TV Guide, the.

Most Shared Section in Google <b>News</b>

Google News has a new section that lists the most shared articles. It's not clear if Google counts the number of people who used the sharing feature from Google News or tracks the references from Twitter and other social sites, ...


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CBS <b>News</b> Is Replacing Its &#39;Early Show&#39; Anchor Lineup - NYTimes.com

In a dramatic facelift, CBS News is replacing the entire weekday anchor team of "The Early Show" with their weekend counterparts.

Casting <b>News</b>: Valerie Harper Heading to &#39;Desperate Housewives <b>...</b>

'Desperate Housewives' is introducing Susan's (Teri Hatcher) boozy Aunt Claire, played by none other than Valerie Harper. According to TV Guide, the.

Most Shared Section in Google <b>News</b>

Google News has a new section that lists the most shared articles. It's not clear if Google counts the number of people who used the sharing feature from Google News or tracks the references from Twitter and other social sites, ...


eric seiger do

CBS <b>News</b> Is Replacing Its &#39;Early Show&#39; Anchor Lineup - NYTimes.com

In a dramatic facelift, CBS News is replacing the entire weekday anchor team of "The Early Show" with their weekend counterparts.

Casting <b>News</b>: Valerie Harper Heading to &#39;Desperate Housewives <b>...</b>

'Desperate Housewives' is introducing Susan's (Teri Hatcher) boozy Aunt Claire, played by none other than Valerie Harper. According to TV Guide, the.

Most Shared Section in Google <b>News</b>

Google News has a new section that lists the most shared articles. It's not clear if Google counts the number of people who used the sharing feature from Google News or tracks the references from Twitter and other social sites, ...


eric seiger do

CBS <b>News</b> Is Replacing Its &#39;Early Show&#39; Anchor Lineup - NYTimes.com

In a dramatic facelift, CBS News is replacing the entire weekday anchor team of "The Early Show" with their weekend counterparts.

Casting <b>News</b>: Valerie Harper Heading to &#39;Desperate Housewives <b>...</b>

'Desperate Housewives' is introducing Susan's (Teri Hatcher) boozy Aunt Claire, played by none other than Valerie Harper. According to TV Guide, the.

Most Shared Section in Google <b>News</b>

Google News has a new section that lists the most shared articles. It's not clear if Google counts the number of people who used the sharing feature from Google News or tracks the references from Twitter and other social sites, ...


eric seiger do

CBS <b>News</b> Is Replacing Its &#39;Early Show&#39; Anchor Lineup - NYTimes.com

In a dramatic facelift, CBS News is replacing the entire weekday anchor team of "The Early Show" with their weekend counterparts.

Casting <b>News</b>: Valerie Harper Heading to &#39;Desperate Housewives <b>...</b>

'Desperate Housewives' is introducing Susan's (Teri Hatcher) boozy Aunt Claire, played by none other than Valerie Harper. According to TV Guide, the.

Most Shared Section in Google <b>News</b>

Google News has a new section that lists the most shared articles. It's not clear if Google counts the number of people who used the sharing feature from Google News or tracks the references from Twitter and other social sites, ...


eric seiger do

CBS <b>News</b> Is Replacing Its &#39;Early Show&#39; Anchor Lineup - NYTimes.com

In a dramatic facelift, CBS News is replacing the entire weekday anchor team of "The Early Show" with their weekend counterparts.

Casting <b>News</b>: Valerie Harper Heading to &#39;Desperate Housewives <b>...</b>

'Desperate Housewives' is introducing Susan's (Teri Hatcher) boozy Aunt Claire, played by none other than Valerie Harper. According to TV Guide, the.

Most Shared Section in Google <b>News</b>

Google News has a new section that lists the most shared articles. It's not clear if Google counts the number of people who used the sharing feature from Google News or tracks the references from Twitter and other social sites, ...


eric seiger do

CBS <b>News</b> Is Replacing Its &#39;Early Show&#39; Anchor Lineup - NYTimes.com

In a dramatic facelift, CBS News is replacing the entire weekday anchor team of "The Early Show" with their weekend counterparts.

Casting <b>News</b>: Valerie Harper Heading to &#39;Desperate Housewives <b>...</b>

'Desperate Housewives' is introducing Susan's (Teri Hatcher) boozy Aunt Claire, played by none other than Valerie Harper. According to TV Guide, the.

Most Shared Section in Google <b>News</b>

Google News has a new section that lists the most shared articles. It's not clear if Google counts the number of people who used the sharing feature from Google News or tracks the references from Twitter and other social sites, ...


eric seiger do

CBS <b>News</b> Is Replacing Its &#39;Early Show&#39; Anchor Lineup - NYTimes.com

In a dramatic facelift, CBS News is replacing the entire weekday anchor team of "The Early Show" with their weekend counterparts.

Casting <b>News</b>: Valerie Harper Heading to &#39;Desperate Housewives <b>...</b>

'Desperate Housewives' is introducing Susan's (Teri Hatcher) boozy Aunt Claire, played by none other than Valerie Harper. According to TV Guide, the.

Most Shared Section in Google <b>News</b>

Google News has a new section that lists the most shared articles. It's not clear if Google counts the number of people who used the sharing feature from Google News or tracks the references from Twitter and other social sites, ...


eric seiger do

CBS <b>News</b> Is Replacing Its &#39;Early Show&#39; Anchor Lineup - NYTimes.com

In a dramatic facelift, CBS News is replacing the entire weekday anchor team of "The Early Show" with their weekend counterparts.

Casting <b>News</b>: Valerie Harper Heading to &#39;Desperate Housewives <b>...</b>

'Desperate Housewives' is introducing Susan's (Teri Hatcher) boozy Aunt Claire, played by none other than Valerie Harper. According to TV Guide, the.

Most Shared Section in Google <b>News</b>

Google News has a new section that lists the most shared articles. It's not clear if Google counts the number of people who used the sharing feature from Google News or tracks the references from Twitter and other social sites, ...


eric seiger do

CBS <b>News</b> Is Replacing Its &#39;Early Show&#39; Anchor Lineup - NYTimes.com

In a dramatic facelift, CBS News is replacing the entire weekday anchor team of "The Early Show" with their weekend counterparts.

Casting <b>News</b>: Valerie Harper Heading to &#39;Desperate Housewives <b>...</b>

'Desperate Housewives' is introducing Susan's (Teri Hatcher) boozy Aunt Claire, played by none other than Valerie Harper. According to TV Guide, the.

Most Shared Section in Google <b>News</b>

Google News has a new section that lists the most shared articles. It's not clear if Google counts the number of people who used the sharing feature from Google News or tracks the references from Twitter and other social sites, ...