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I love the contrast between the media created fantasy of business and the cold, hard reality of what’s actually going on…

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This story probably has no practical business application and yet it’s an important sign of how radically our relationship to video has changed in just the last 12 months…

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Theoretically, AOL-Time Warner has a massive  advantage in the Internet Video Wars over YouTube, Google, Yahoo and just about anyone else who’s in the game.

That asset is content  – and holy smokes does AOL-Time Warner have video content!

Here’s …

Google has been watching YouTube from the sidelines for quite a while now. In fact, as one of the company’s financial backers and technical advisors, they’ve had a chance to get a real good look under the hood.

And sure …

Remember all my rants last fall about the impending implosion of old-style television.

The numbers are in.

The week of July 4th was the worst week for television ratings in “recorded history.”

I’m not sure what that means since there …

In football, it’s called the “Hail Mary” play.

(Maybe it originated at Notre Dame, who knows?)

Anyway, a “Hail Mary” play is when you’re down and there’s not much time left on the clock and you throw the ball long …