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   Simon Cowell, YouTube Launching 'The You Generation' Talent Contest

   12:16 pm 3/1/2013

   • by Billboard Staff

   Cowell's bid to tap the power of online videos is an experiment aimed at discovering "unconventional and original talents."Read more

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   France Examines Even Tougher Anti-Piracy Laws

   3:56 am 2/28/2013

   • by Rhonda Richford

   Regulatory body issues first report aimed at curbing the streaming and downloading of copyrighted content.Read more

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   Fox Restructures Programming With New Department, Partners With YouTube Channel

   1:59 pm 2/19/2013

   • by Michael O'Connell

   The network launches a group focused on event series and multiplatform content to support its digital push and 2014 movement into the longform arena.Read more

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   Universal Music Publishing, Fullscreen Ink YouTube Licensing Deal

   7:15 pm 2/14/2013

   • by Alex Pham, Billboard

   The deal will allow video creators working with Maker or Fullscreen to use songs from the Universal catalog. Read more

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   YouTube to Acquire 10 Percent Stake in Vevo (Report)

   5:40 am 1/17/2013

   • by Georg Szalai

   The Google online video site is expected to invest about $50 million and renew a distribution agreement with the Internet music venture of Universal Music and Sony.Read more

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   Kevin Smith Taps Maker Studios for YouTube Channel (Video)

   5:00 am 1/14/2013

   • by Paul Bond

   The new-media entity has already partnered with Robert De Niro and Snoop Dogg, and more such relationships are in store.Read more

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   'X Factor' Sees Significant Social Media Strides

   2:30 pm 12/19/2012

   • by Shirley Halperin

   The Simon Cowell-led contest is the most social broadcast show and has quadrupled its social TV activity in season two.Read more

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   Psy on Why President Obama Stopped Doing 'Gangnam Style'

   5:00 am 12/19/2012

   • by Shirley Halperin

   The 34-year-old pop sensation, one of The Hollywood Reporter's 2012 Rule Breakers, tells THR "the ladies at his house are embarrassed when he's dancing."Read more

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   Peter Chernin Invests in MiTu

   3:46 pm 12/12/2012

   • by Paul Bond

   The online network targeting Latinos raises $3 million.Read more

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    TiVo CEO on Pitchman Tim Tebow: 'We're Gonna Make Better Use of Him Than the Jets Have'

    11:58 am 12/3/2012

    • by Paul Bond

    Tom Rogers explains why he chose the NFL backup quarterback as the company's new pitchman: "people don’t really know TiVo has a passing game."Read more

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