Internet/Media/BizDev Snippets of the Week #2

Everything that you simply must know about:

• Microsoft buying a share of Facebook - In case you just came back from a week without internet/TV/radio/people. (Via DownloadSquad).
• Google and Nielsen team up to better serve us Ad-Words on TV - Here's what TechCrunch have to say about that.
• Rating and growth of social networking sites - (from TechCrunch again).
• Mashable take on NBC Universal CEO and the dumping of the iTunes deal
• Skype new mobile phone (via Mashable again) - a bit disappointing in my opinion and a lesson on how not to build hype (as opposed to iPhone).
• Alibaba raises almost 1.5 Billion (via PaidContent)

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Internet/Media/BizDev Snippets of the Week

Everything you need to know about:

• Media Companies and Investments in Tech Startups - Via Fred Wilson
• The new advertising experience/series of MySpace (and Ford) called "Roomates", A very interesting advertising experience in my opinion
• "Flyers" - The new ad-system of FaceBook - (The core power of FB within a few months if you ask me) via Mashable
• Bebo and Orange test for a business model - via Mashable again
• AT&T and Napster test for those that don't have iPhone - via MobileCrunch
• Figures regarding VCs investments in Internet & Media companies - via GigaOM

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