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Briefs: Blinkx to Share Profit, Yoink'd, Thumbnails
A quick look at today's top online video headlines:
Briefs: Blinkx to Share Profit, Yoink'd, Thumbnails
New York Times: Blinkx will allow consumers to make money from the videos they show on their own blogs, social network sites or home pages if they agree to embed advertising in the videos.
Silicon Alley Insider: A new report by research-boutique Off The Record suggests that, after a couple of years of dabbling, big advertisers are now taking online video advertising seriously.
Beet.tv: Thumbnails on YouTube can be a dirty business, says NewTeeVee's Craig Rubens.
Advertising Age: Younger demos shift focus from TV screens to YouTube.
Marketing Shift: Is YouTube the AOL of the 21st Century?
Forbes: Contextual targeting -- whether based on text or audio and images -- is just a small part of realizing online video's moneymaking potential, says Michael Kelly, a media analyst at PricewaterhouseCooper.
Silicon Alley Insider: Will BitTorrent storm the big-media online video market? Not so fast writes Dan Frommer.
WebWare: A new online service called Yoink'd hopes to capitalize on the embedded-video craze by providing a free method of compiling, presenting, and sharing Web videos with your friends.