Here’s the latest 4MR audio report from MediaShift. In this week’s edition, I look at Google’s various moves into consumer electronics. Rumors abound about a Google phone, code-named Nexus One, that could be out as early as the first week of January. And Google also might be coming out with its own branded netbook with Chrome OS by Christmas 2010. Meanwhile, the Kindle is under attack from a possible Apple Tablet, News Corp. making a deal with Sony, and the consortium of magazine publishers making a “Hulu for magazines.” Plus, Robert “Rosey” Rosenthal explains how he’s trying to get revenues for the new California Watch project.
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Background music is “What the World Needs” by the The Ukelele Hipster Kings via PodSafe Music Network.
Here are some links to related sites and stories mentioned in the podcast:
What Google Wants With Its Own Phone — Control at AdAge
Google phone with T-Mobile contract in Jan at Reuters
Get Ready For The Google Branded Chrome OS Netbook at TechCrunch
Apple, Google Rivalry Heats Up at WSJ
Google plans own Chrome OS netbook, what will Apple and Microsoft do? at 9to5 Mac
Kindle Rivals Cozying Up to Magazine, Newspaper Publishers at AdAge
Sony Recruits News Corp. to Give Its Reader Line a Boost at MediaMemo
Apple Tablet Production To Ramp In February, Analyst Says; Will It Kill The Kindle? at Barron’s
WSJ, MarketWatch and NY Post Subscriptions Coming To Sony E-Reader at PaidContent
Publishers Join Forces to Save Themselves with Hulu for Magazines at Gizmodo
Now’s the Time, Finally as Publishers Announce Their Hulu for Magazines. Next Up — Building It at MediaMemo
California Watch Says ‘Yes’ to Open, Networked Investigative Reports at PBS MediaShift
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Mark Glaser is executive editor of MediaShift and Idea Lab. He also writes the bi-weekly OPA Intelligence Report email newsletter for the Online Publishers Association. He lives in San Francisco with his son Julian. You can follow him on Twitter @mediatwit.