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Some authors are $60 per scanned book richer. That's better than nothing. But Google gets to monetize all that content for a pittance. Some wealth gets re-distributed, which is probably a good thing.

*Scripps move can only put money in its pocket as it joins then rands of YouTube partners *It *will* reach some younger demographic groups, but YouTUbe skews a bit older than is commonly thought. *Lifestyle seems to be a good match for YouTubers who generally look for light fare.  

*YouTube's bandwith is costing google $1 million dollars per day *No estimates have Google taking in nearly that much in revenue *Larger banners ads are appearing, but more ingenious forms of advertising coming. *Google is even partnering with companies that have copyrighted material on the...

eBay may be worth a second look after having been roundly criticized. The data doesn't support all the negativity. eBay could be a bargain right now.

eBay's is the world's largest online auction site as well all know. But never has it been so in danger of sinking, becoming a dot.com tragedy for the Web 2.0 generation. Are highly publicized changes it's making, and the overtures to bigger/big businesses, good for eBay in the long run?

eBay's battle with Craigslist is a great example of a PR challenge eBay faces. eBay constantly mishandles PR. eBay must wake up to this fact and hire a proven PR guru.

Amazon is stealing eBay's top sellers. Many of the sellers that remain seem less than enchanted with eBay. This new strike planned for May, may mean more of the same, or that eBay's ears must start getting bigger still.

Even after more than a decade of e-book cheerleading, people still prefer tree books to E-books by a wide margin. Amazon's Kindle is new and exciting but it's not making that much of an impact--yet.

eBay has angered many of its sellers recently, and some are moving off the site as a result, or at least going out "on strike." Competitors like Amazon are gaining, and that's not in question. But the majority of eBay sellers are sticking with eBay despite all the media attention given to this...

eBay had better start reacting to its sellers concerns It's conceivable that Amazon will eat its lunch one day Can the company regain a semblance of its former stature?