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News Corp (NYSE: NWS). announced in October that it was overhauling its mobile division after buying the remaining 49 percent state in Jamba from VeriSign (NSDQ: VRSN). As part of the restructuring, News Corp.

—Roku player gets Amazon VOD: Owners of the Roku "Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) Player" will soon also be able to download content from Amazon's VOD service. The deal adds more than 40,000 movies and TV shows to the library currently available via Netflix—though Amazon's content is on a pay-per-view model as opposed to Netflix' subscription.

Did you hear? Laura Bush got an $8 million advance to write about life in the White House! Or maybe that's a $3.5 million advance. Or $1.6 million. Do I hear $1 million even?

In its initial report on the First Lady's deal with Scribner to publish a memoir in 2010, the Associated Press, citing no sources, guesstimated that the contract "would likely be worth at least as much as Hillary Clinton's $8 million for the memoir Living History."

We are saddened to learn that Bob Nylen, a co-founder of Beliefnet.com and the first board member of online health company Waterfront Media, died Dec. 24 of cancer at the age of 64.  Nylen may best be known in publishing circles for cofounding the award-winning New England Monthly with Dan Okrent but he also played a major role in the two online content companies over the past decade.

-Liberty Media chief John Malone did well by his investors this year, and he did it mostly by getting rid of shares in News Corp. before they went through the floor. [Breakingviews on NYT]

With a $400 million revolving credit line expiring in May, the New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) continues to put its fund-raising ducks in a row. The latest: an SEC filing setting the stage to secure debt or raise equity.

In just a year, Hulu has morphed into what is arguably the most successful television network--online. The co-venture of NBC Universal and News Corp.'s Fox already is the sixth-most-viewed online video hub, providing insights into how consumers transfer their television viewing preferences and habits to the Web. Here's what Hulu CEO Jason Kilar told MediaPost about that future.

It's business as usual at The Players Club -- and you know what that means.

Former New York Met Lenny Dykstra, who's been frequently accused of not honoring his obligations, told the New York Post last week that he was bringing on Loren Feldman, a former editor in chief of Philadelphia magazine, as the new editor of his lifestyle magazine for pro athletes.

About those plans YouTube has to show the music labels who has the upper hand, think of it like a poker game: when you're not the only game in town, it makes it easier for players to walk away from the table. Conversely, when you think your game is the only game in town that matters, you're not going to fold just keep them playing. That's why when a YouTube user tries to watch My Chemical Romance's Teenagers today, the legit versions won't be available.