Digital briefs: Microsoft, Huffington, Blinkx, Joost, Fox, AOL, YouTube, iPlayer

Posted by Paul McNally on 5 April 2008 at 16:45
Tags: Broadcast, Journalism, Online

• Microsoft is reported to be “seriously reconsidering” its £21bn bid for Yahoo and concerned about the search giant’s valuation. The Daily Telegraph claims Microsoft could reduce its offer or pull out.
• The FT looks at the Huffington Post’s role in reporting the US presidential election race.
• The search for an audience for web-based television is gathering pace, with Joost, Babelgum and Blinkx all competing for online eyeballs, says the FT.
• But web TV provider Joost is reported to be scrapping plans to expand outside the US, after it attracted fewer big-name broadcasting clients than it had predicted, according to the Sunday Times.
• Fox Interactive Media, the division of News Corp that includes MySpace, is expected to miss its $1bn online advertising target this year, according to the FT.
• The Independent follows a day in the life of AOL Europe chief executive Dana Dunne
• Web experts are warning that the growing popularity of YouTube, the BBC iPlayer and other bandwidth-hungry services could bring the internet to a grinding halt, according to the Guardian.

Tags: Broadcast, Journalism, Online