media+marketing business trend links

• State of the Internet -- Web 2.0 - Mary Meeker of MorganStanley outlined (in these 41 slides) how mobile and Asia were set for big growth. At this year's Summit, Meeker focused on video and monetizing that - Read/Write Web
• AOL Wanted to Buy YouTube - Chief exec admits video-sharing envy - PC Advisor
• One in 20 Web Visits Go To Social Media Websites - The breaking news from Hitwise also reported that visits to MySpace increased 51 percent March through September 2006. - iMediaConnection
• 40 Most Expensive Russian Brands - Interbrand Zyntzmeyer & Lux AG agency together with weekly newspaper Business Week Russia published the yearly rating of 40 the most expensive Russian Brands. - icRussia
• Google Takes Newspapers: Now Radio - Google plans to begin testing a version of its AdWords online advertising sales system for the terrestrial radio market by the end of the year, Reuters reported - Digital MediaWire
• AOL Says Portals Are Passe - Now that AOL has moved to a free, ad-supported model, it wants to evolve its portal into something more useful to Web surfers, Jonathan Miller, chairman and chief executive of AOL, said Wednesday. -Elinor Mills @ CNET
• For Start-Ups, Web Success on the Cheap - Unlike most companies formed during the first Internet boom, which were built on costly technology and marketing budgets, many of the current crop of Internet start-ups have gone from zero to 60 on a shoestring. - The New York Times