BusinessWeek takes the conversation about legal concerns surrounding the YouTube deal to new heights.
BW’s Catherine Holahan reports that Mark Cuban is “considering acquiring the independent news agency that’s suing the video-sharing site for copyright violations.”
Who’s Cuban? Well, he runs Blog Maverick – appropriately inspired by the fact that he owns the Dallas Mavericks. [...]

The boys over at Engadget have a thorough post on the experience of unboxing a spankin’ new Zune.
Some are questioning this:

To set the record straight, “social” can be used as a noun. According to dictionary.com:
–noun
13. a social gathering or party, esp. of or as given by an organized group: a church social.
It reminded us of [...]

Our buddies over at Garrand, had a nice post about Dan Rather’s new gig as host of the aptly named “Dan Rather Reports,” which debuts tonight.
He’s signed on with HDNet, a primarily HD station that has been picked up by Adelphia, DIRECTV, DISH Network, and Time Warner, among others.
Big Boy says:
Mark Cuban’s HDNet has given [...]

What’s all the fuss about with the lithium-ion battery recalls?
Take a look at this simulation video that was done by PC Pitstop:

According to Consumerist:
You knew it was coming. Apple has said goodbye to Justin Long A.K.A. “Mac”, whom Seth Stevenson of Slate called:
“…Just the sort of unshaven, hoodie-wearing, hands-in-pockets hipster we’ve always imagined when picturing a Mac enthusiast. He’s perfect. Too perfect. It’s like Apple is parodying its own image while also cementing it.”
Here’s one of [...]

Check out Faith Hill’s reaction to not getting female vocalist of the year at the CMA’s:

Here’s the statement on her Web site:

…riiight.

Having received three solicitations today for in-stream advertising on Web videos, we feel compelled to bring to light some data from Forrester via Adweek:
More than 80 percent of Web video viewers polled by Forrester Research called in-stream ads—placements that appear before or after clips—”annoying” and 75 percent said they ignore them.
Less-intrusive advertising, such as placements [...]

Did Bank of America intend for this video to make its way out on to the Web? The multi-camera production lends some of the PRpulp folks to think so…

What about Microsoft?

Part II of Ricky Gervais/Microsoft U.K. video here.

In case you haven’t heard, there’s been a lot of talk about the Michael J. Fox ad and the criticism of Senator Jim Talent in Missouri about his position on stem cell research. It really heated up when good ol’ Rush Limbaugh claimed that he wasn’t on his meds at the time.
The PRpulp team [...]

Even though we blog so seriously about metrics, new interactive technologies, and huge media deals, you have to loosen the collar now and again.

Check out the PhilTube spoof site…
Thanks for the idea, gapingvoid.