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Courtesy of Ian Schafer, via PaidContent (or is it the other way around?), here are the tentative terms to be voted on by the WGA that would put an end to the strike, and bring new TV programming (and web!) back to our screens.

Highlights include:

— Download Rentals: 1.2% of distributor’s gross receipts.
— Download Sales (Electronic Sell-Through): 0.36% of distributor’s gross receipts for the first 100,000 downloads of a television program and the first 50,000 downloads of a feature. After that, residuals are paid at 0.7% of distributor’s gross receipts for television programs…

After hoping and waiting and praying for something to kickstart Yahoo’s stock, I dumped mine at a slight loss at the end of the year. Damn my accountant.

After the Microsoft offer shot the stock up based on the 61% premium is was going to pay, Yahoo is set to rebuff the offer on the basis of it undervaluing the company.

Two schools of thought. 1) The board of Yahoo greatly overestimates its potential and shareholders are in for more pain or 2) Jerry Yang and the board are right, and shareholders will…

China’s balancing act between free market and Communist political control continues as the country keeps up its rhetoric and oversight of online video while publicly stating that the government will not interfere with existing operations.

Of course, governmental oversight means that should meaningful and potentially harmful political statements be made which are perceived as a threat to Chinese governmental organizations or officials, it is subject to censorship.

And censorship has more than one form. China’s broad statement prohibiting content “which damages China’s unity and sovereignty; harms ethnic solidarity; promotes superstition; portrays violence, pornography,…

Who doesn’t love being right? Two weeks ago, we wrote that online video sharing platform Revver was looking at a fairly bleak and short future.

Our good friend Wendy Davis at MediaPost confirms today in her Just an Online Minute column that they are shopping themselves, and at quite a bargain.

According to Wendy….

The Los Angeles-based Revver is seeking between $300,000 and $500,000, as well as assumption of around $1 million in debt, CNET reports. Additionally, staff reportedly has shrunk to half of what it was in 2006.

As I’ve written extensively,…

Super Tuesday is upon us and news networks are offering more extensive prime time and multi platform coverage then ever before. A rundown of the online options are below.

Above: MSNBC has been nice enough to offer up their live stream embed code for your enjoyment while you work.

IAC is gearing up to launch what it has vaguely described as a “new content venture.” And they’re looking for a GM.

Interested? From the job listing on PaidContent: MBA preferred 8-10 years’ experience in a digital environment with hands-on operational experience managing a content / media-oriented website.

Any idea what they’re up to? Drop us a line.

The answer, for 30 seconds of engagement, according to Ad Brite’s Philip Kaplan, who gave a keynote at this week’s Web 2.0 / Advertising 2.0 conference in New York is a little more than $300K.

But that hasn’t stopped brand marketers from spending an average of $2.7 million for a 30-second spot this Sunday. Online ads can be better targeted and better measured, but they have a long way to go before they can reach the engagement level offered by the Super Bowl.

People look forward to watching Super Bowl ads. And because…

Damn. I want to cry right now. Mr. Softy offered $44 billion to pick up the battered remains of Yahoo, stepping up to the plate with the chutzpah to execute a turnaround that seemed unlikely to happen from within.

But what do they get for it? And more importantly, is it worth it? Last week Yahoo stock was trading around $18. Microsoft’s offer of $31 a share is roughly a 60% premium over that. Sure they are both getting their asses handed to them in the search arena, but does a Microsoft…