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by Laura Rich
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Aug 11 2008 8:25am EDT

First Bytes: TWX, Google, Apple, Verizon

- It's a tale of two companies accused of being in the content business. One seems ready to get out; the other poised to get in. NBC Universal and Google tango over what it means to be a media company. [Portfolio.com, NYT]

- Get ready for the next front in the online-privacy wars: the battle over online hyper-targeting. [NYT]

- Apple has served over 60 million iPhone App Store downloads worth a cool $30 million. [WSJ]

- Verizon and its workers have reached a labor deal. [WSJ]

-Sam Gustin. □

Laura Rich is a co-founder of Recessionwire, which provides news, advice, perspective and humor about the recession and the recovery.
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