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iTunes Gives Nets a Ratings Bump...

Here's as clear as correlation as any between the iPod economy and its potential to impact the media landscape.

MSNBC Launches Online Ratings Drive

Pull up the Washington Post website and you may notice something peculiar. All ad space on the site belongs to MSNBC. Sister publication Newsweek.com has the same MSNBC saturation-as do 800 blogs sanctioned through Blogads. The campaign is part of MSNBC's effort to test whether online advertising can have an impact on television ratings.

Spiders With Ears, Searching The Podcast Future

The potential as well as the rapid early adoption of the podcast has the Internet industry buzzing to the point that some media aficionados are singing the dirges of print and traditional radio. At the forefront of the phenomenon is WebmasterRadioFM, a company that is developing the kind of artificial intelligence capable of spidering mp3 files for indexing. Yes, spiders with ears.

Clear Channel Wants Better Ratings

The success of Nielsen's Local People Meters has driven the biggest player in the radio industry to seek a similar model.

GM and Ford Get Ratings Lowered By S&P

Standard & Poor's lowered its ratings on General Motors and Ford debts to "junk" status.

Wireless Content To Get Ratings System

Explosion of available content for cellular phones coupled with the youth of many users prompts wireless industry to act.

Toyota's Management Changes

Toyota has appointed its executive vice president, Katsuaki Watanabe, as its new president.

News Corp. Wants the Whole Fox

If News Corp. wants to buy the remaining shares of Fox, it may have to increase its offer in order to get the minority shareholders to go along.

Mutual Funds: Morningstar Ratings and Fiduciary Grades

Morningstar now provides Fiduciary Grades on mutual funds. How does Morningstar determine these grades? How can mutual fund investors use these grades to better manage their portfolios?