User content move by ESPN and Mastercard

Adrants
"Capitalizing on increasing consumer involvement with content creation, ESPN and MasterCard will launch a program this fall where sports fans can submit self-created videos and images of their goofy sports moments which will be displayed on the web for visitors to vote for favorite ..."

Butt-kicking in the major label zone ...

p2pnet.net
"p2pnet.net News:- The latest report from the Big Four record label-owned IFPI (International Federation of Phonographic Industry) kicks off with two blatantly inaccurate disinformation statements."

Microsoft, Google duke it out for China

New York Times
"China is quickly proving to be the next great Internet marketplace, and both Microsoft and Google are prepared to fight for it, starting in American courtrooms."

Kids get together online

The Social Software Weblog
"Bridges is an interactive online program that helps connect middle school students in the developed world with their peers in indigenous communities across the globe. The kids are given digital tools and training to help them create media that tells the
stories of their own lives and their communities. "

Chinese broadband explosion

The Industry Standard
"China will have more broadband Internet access subscribers than the U.S. by the end of the year, if the number of subscribers to broadband Internet access services continues to grow at current rates, according to figures published Monday by market analyst Point Topic Ltd. of London."

No, please, stay with us people!

Canada.com
"SAN FRANCISCO - Digital video-recording company TiVo Inc., famous for helping customers skip commercials on their favourite television programs, is taking steps to encourage viewers to watch them."

Aha ... have linked to my Thought Leaders column in a sneaky way ...

Michael Bayler - The Alchemist, on Management-Issues
"This is the end, not the beginning or middle, of the Information Age. What comes next? It's The Age of Meaning. This series of pieces explores what it means, and what it feels like, to be connected. It is divided into 12 segments that can be read individually or in sequence."

Guilt blog

OK ... I haven't done anything with the blog for over 3 weeks. My excuse is that I've launched a new section in Management Issues on The Age of Meaning. If you're interested, Google michael bayler and it's the first link that comes up. I can't create a link here with Blogger in Safari (I think ...).