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Netscape's Social News Becomes 'Propeller'

AOL's social news site at Netscape.com will soon undergo a rebranding named 'Propeller' (No word yet on whether I have to wear a beanie hat or not)

We came, we saw, we OpenID'ed

Netscape implements OpenID support for its social news website

The Saddam Video: Journalism or Voyeurism?

Television networks and other news outlets have had their hands full this New Year's Eve as the video of Saddam's execution has emerged and producers and management are left trying to strike a balance between 'reporting the whole story' without being tasteless.

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Jason Calacanis Says Adios to AOL

We just heard from a source that Jason Calacanis has resigned from AOL. Jason joined AOL just over a year ago when his startup, Weblogs, Inc., was acquired. Most recently, he took over management of Netscape, which relaunched earlier this year as a Digg-like news portal.

Video Sharing Launches on Netscape

Over at Netscape, video sharing is launching today where users can upload their own videos onto the site.

The Rumors of My Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

Unless you've been living under a rock for the last few weeks, you've heard about Jason Calacanis' offer to pay social bookmarkers $1,000 a month to submit news stories to Netscape.com.

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Solution to New Netscape Backlash - Throw Money (and power users) at it?

Jason Calacanis, head of the new Netscape (which has been 'peeved' many of the long time users of the site) has a new solution to turning his website around... buying off the top users of other social news websites.

Interactive Netscape Site Gets Some Sour Responses

From yesterday's NYT:

The Catch-22 of Netscape Beta

In the wee hours of Thursday June 15th, 2006, Netscape, once a formidable internet portal, relaunched its brand with the help of parent company AOL. The new site is the latest entrant into the increasingly crowded arena of social bookmarking.

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