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Industry news: YouTube plays it cool

Nick Douglas · 11/01/06 01:25PM
  • Damn, YouTube really knows how to play it! After Viacom made the site rip down some videos taken from Comedy Central last week, the two companies talked, and the clips are going back up. [Adweek]

Elsewhere in Legal Threats Vs. Gawker Media

Chris Mohney · 07/28/06 03:30PM

Earlier this week, sib site Consumerist revealed dangerous, confidential information from wireless corp Cingular regarding how the company rates its customers. Supposedly, your friendly phone rep evaluates your worth as a person based on cute little graphics illustrating your "Life Time Value" versus your "Churn Potential." As of today, Cingular has demanded the materials be yanked — what, you think you deserve to know your own churn potential? Consumerist has refused to comply thus far. That's right. Who else wants some of this?