The winners of the Webby Awards were announced today and comedian Stephen Colbert received a Webby for being the Internet’s "Person of the Year."

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The founders of a new startup called Wigix are calling eBay old school, and don’t hesitate to target boycotting sellers incensed by recently imposed eBay seller fees. The name is short for WantItGotIt Exchange, and is modeled after the stock market rather than the competitive bid auction model.

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If MySpace were to lose its top spot among social networks, it’d have a long way to fall. Though US visits to the powerhouse were down five percent since last year, MySpace still commanded nearly 74% of the social networking market, according to Hitwise. 

Facebook, long in second place but up 32%, pulled in nearly 15% of US social networkers, a share that towers over its nearest competitor’s.

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Media and advertising executives are displaying an "eyes on the prize" attitude, according to new survey results.  A significant number of the execs support fresh technologies and approaches, and want to embrace them over the next few years.

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Among social media and network types of websites, Twitter spent over 37 hours away from the Internet and the service’s users.

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Monster.com founder Jeff Taylor thinks so, as his Tributes.com prepares for a launch next month, with the Wall Street Journal and others backing it.

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The term "social media" might conjure up images of tossed sheep or sparkly profile pages, but a new study proves businesses need to take it seriously.  Consumers are quite willing to both share bad experiences and learn about what’s happened to others.

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A literary agent is suing the Wikimedia Foundation and Wikipedia contributors for negative comments, but Wikimedia says it’s not liable for user-generated content.

Barbara Bauer filed a lawsuit in New Jersey Superior Court alleging that the Wikimedia Foundation is liable for postings that called her one of the "Dumbest of the twenty worst" agents, who has "no documented sales at all."

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