Google slashed the cumulative view counts on YouTube channels belonging to Universal Music Group, Sony/BMG, and RCA Records by more than 2 billion views Tuesday, a drastic winter cleanup that may be aimed at shutting down fake view count-building techniques employed by a community of rogue view count manipulators on the video-sharing site.
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Expedia Inc. (EXPE) agreed to buy a majority stake in travel metasearch engine trivago for about EUR 477 million, expanding the Internet travel agent’s exposure in Europe.
The deal also increases consolidation in Expedia’s market following priceline.com Inc.’s (PCLN) $1.8 billion purchase agreement for travel metasearch company Kayak Software Corp. (KYAK) last month.
Expedia will acquire 61.6% of trivago for about EUR477 million, or roughly $632 million–including EUR434 million in cash and EUR43 million in Expedia stock.
Founded seven years ago, trivago grew into one of the largest travel sites in Europe and now conducts more than 100 million hotel searches annually, Expedia said. The company is expected to deliver about EUR100 million in revenue for 2012.
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#5. Game – Jesus Piece – 86,000 (87,000)
#8. Alicia Keys – Girl On Fire – 61,000 (298,000)
#14. Rihanna – Unapologetic – 51,000 (420,000)
#25. Wiz Khalifa – O.N.F.I.C. – 40,000 (182,000)
#28. Cee Lo Green – Cee Lo’s Magic Moment – 36,000 (113,000)
#33. Big Boi – Vicious Lies And Dangerous Rumors – 30,000 (30,000)
#40. Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city – 24,000 (506,000)
#65. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – The Heist – 12,000 (176,000)
#82. Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded The Re-Up – 9,800 (759,000)
#103. Meek Mill – Dreams & Nightmares – 7,800 (274,000)
* data comes from Nielsen Soundscan, rounded to nearest thousandth for units above 10,000, nearest hundredth for units below 10,000.
Instagram now says it has the right to sell users’ photographs without payment or notification unless users delete their account by a January deadline. It’s the first major policy shift since Facebook bought Instragram.
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The Bank of England protects about £197 billion ($315 billlion) worth of gold.
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HBO is teaming up with Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese to create a documentary about Bill Clinton, the 42nd U.S. president.
Scorsese will direct and co-produce (with Steve Bing) the film with Clinton’s “full cooperation.”
The documentary will highlight the 66-year-old Clinton’s two terms as president, his post-presidential life (including the Clinton Foundation) and likely his marital relationship with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
According to Dan Rafael at ESPN.com:
The fourth fight between Juan Manuel Marquez and Manny Pacquiao generated about 1.15 million buys on HBO PPV, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum told ESPN.com on Saturday..
The final numbers were not in yet, but HBO did not dispute Arum’s figure, which means the fight will generate in the neighborhood of $70 million in domestic television revenue.
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