In a strongly worded opinion , US District Judge Denise Cote rejected requests by Apple and five book publishers to throw out a class action suit that accuses them of price-fixing. Citing ongoing state, federal and international antitrust investigations, Cote turned down arguments that Apple and the publishers had acted independently when they changed the pricing model for e-books.

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Judge comes down hard on publishers, Apple in e-book case

Humor site JibJab doesn’t think White Castle’s latest ad campaign is very funny, and has filed a lawsuit to stop the fast food chain from using its name to promote “chicken rings” on Facebook. JibJab , which gained global fame for a presidential parody in 2004 , makes satire videos and online greeting cards like “elf yourself” that let people put their faces on animated figures

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JibJab sues White Castle over social media campaign

NBC may have been criticised for not streaming enough Olympics Games – but, in the U.K., the BBC plans to stream all 2,500 hours of this summer’s London 2012 events (up from 1,500 in 2008), in what it’s calling “the first proper digital Olympics.” “It’s the first time our audience gets total control,” BBC News & Knowledge GM Phil Fearnley said during a Tuesday briefing, in which executives showed products demonstrating already-announced plans to offer 24 alternate live HD streams (up from six in 2008).

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http://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F46454344&auto_play=false&show_artwork=true&color=ff3500 Phil Fearnley isn’t sure which will be the most used of the “four screens” identified for delivering Olympics coverage this summer – Web, mobile, tablet or connected TV. But the BBC News & Knowledge general manager is promising a buzzword right on-message with London games organisers themselves – “legacy”.

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Interview: BBC’s Olympics will deliver an ‘online legacy’

Japan’s largest mobile telco is about to buy in to mobile media content in Europe and farther afield, by acquiring one of the space’s pioneer companies. NTT Docomo has tabelled a €224 million ($287 million, 24 billon yen) bid for Milan-based Buongiorno , which began in 1995 and has built up through acquisitions to offer mobile games, music and other services.

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Japan’s Docomo buying mobile content powerhouse Buongiorno for €224 million

T-Mobile, Sprint, rural carriers and advocacy group Public Knowledge have teamed up to create a mobile version of the Super Friends , their sole mission to battle the Verizon-cable Legion of Doom . Called the Alliance for Broadband Competition, the loose-knit group of companies and organizations is committed to opposing Verizon’s multi-faceted spectrum sale and cross-selling partnership with the cable operators , but they can’t seem to agree on exactly how they would oppose it

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Carriers, policy groups join up to (sort of) stop Verizon-cable deal

Brian Sugar and his wife, Lisa, have built a women’s media and e-commerce empire that grew out of the company’s flagship celebrity site, Pop Sugar. We caught up with Brian to learn more about how he made it in media. Here’s some edited highlights from the chat: Making Video Work paidContent: You swear by video as the future of media sites.

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On getting video right — 5 questions for Sugar Media’s Brian Sugar

Next week, Larry Kramer is leading a session at paidContent 2012 called The New Publishers . Now he is one. Kramer, the founder of MarketWatch and the first head of CBS Digital Media, is the new president and publisher of USA Today, effective immediately.

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MarketWatch founder Larry Kramer is the new publisher of USA Today

In the mid-1990s, DoubleClick co-founder and CEO Kevin O’Connor developed a platform for data-driven advertising. With his latest startup, FindTheBest , he’s aiming to do the same thing for content.

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DoubleClick co-founder targets publishers with content-meets-commerce service

Microsoft has balanced social search integration without compromising core results far better than Google has demonstrated. Bing represents social done well, and it could lead to minor market share gains. Related research and analysis from GigaOM Pro: Subscriber content.

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PRO: Microsoft raises bar for social search