YouTube streaming MLB to Japan

The remarkable importance of streaming has been linked to the remarkable interest of the Japanese in baseball. YouTube has inked a deal with MLB to stream games to the island nation. Can a reverse service be far behind? They play pretty good ball and it is said that Tokyo ace Hisashi Iwakuma (right) has a searing fast ball seldom seen anywhere. CNET

Canadian broadcast revenues down 5.2 per cent

Private radio broadcasters' operating revenue declined 5.2% compared with 2008 to $1.5 billion in 2009. This was the first time since 1993 that revenue has fallen from one year to the next.

Google signs a deal to publish AP copy

The multi-year agreement announced Monday has two key components: an undisclosed payment for the rights to AP's content, and a data-sharing arrangement aimed at helping the news co-operative make more money across the Internet.

Good news for smaller Internet service providers

They will be permitted to access Bell's (and others) high-speed fiber networks, but for a price. Toronto Star.

Media manipulation or a political vacuum

The blog Media Matters asks whether the so-called Tea Party Movement in the U.S. would exist if it were not for Fox News providing promotion. The question opens larger issues of media manipulation, or on the other hand, the unstoppable force with which politics fills a vacuum. But we'll leave that discussion to you. TPG