Facebook's New Privacy Controls To Go Into Effect - at paidContent.org - 54 minutes ago
Facebook's growth shows no signs of abating—something that CEO Mark Zuckerberg says has meant that in many cases an increasing number of people can view a member's profile. Therefore, Zuckerberg confirms in an open letter this evening, the social network is getting rid of regional networks—so that millions of people who happen to also live in a user's area will be less likely to be able to have access to a user's personal information.

Reuters Doubles Up On Opinion With Breakingviews Buy, Hires - at paidContent.org - 2 hours, 7 minutes ago
It's hard not to see the symmetry: two deals announced within 24 hours of each other, closed on the same day. McGraw-Hill claims a pre-tax gain of $9 million from selling 80-year-old BusinessWeek to Bloomberg, while financial commentary start-up Breakingviews sells to Thomson Reuters for just under $20 million .

Microsoft Claims Bing Is Doing Well Among 18-To-24-Year-Olds - paidContent.org - Tue 7:50 pm ET
In the six months since Microsoft launched Bing, the company's share of the search market has inched up from 8 to 9.9 percent, according to comScore . So, who are the converts? At the Credit Suisse Annual Technology Conference, Microsoft SVP Yusuf Mehdi said the company was having particular success winning over younger searchers.

ESPN's Bodenheimer Thinks Big For Local Sites; Actions? Not So Fast - at paidContent.org - Tue 6:54 pm ET
ESPN is getting ready to launch two new local sites for a total of five across the country that could serve as the starting point for a 20-city network, ABC Sports President George Bodenheimer told Reuters at the news service's Global Media Summit.

Heyzap Tries Making Plain-Old Casual Games More 'Social' - at paidContent.org - Tue 6:33 pm ET
"Social" continues to be the game industry's buzzword. Big companies like EA have bought their way into social gaming, *Microsoft* just added a slew of new social features to Xbox LIVE, and of course, there are all the social game company fundings.

Shanda Online Brings In Yahoo Ad-Targeting Vet Zhu As Its New CTO - paidContent.org - Tue 6:03 pm ET
Shanda Online, the ad and content-serving arm of Shanda Interactive, has reeled in *Yahoo* alum Dr. Jing Zhu as its new CTO. Zhu spent eight years with Yahoo , most recently serving as a senior director of the team that developed its contextual ad-targeting platform; the company rolled out a suite of advanced targeting options—including search retargeting and more "advanced" contextual targeting—earlier this year.

It's Bloomberg's BusinessWeek Now - paidContent.org - Tue 5:15 pm ET
Yes, it's a bit over the top to compare buying a magazine with matters of war but getting the word that Bloomberg's acquisition of BusinessWeek is official today reminded me of an interview I just heard about President Obama and Afghanistan.