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Marketers like lifestyle content because it often attracts more affluent consumers. Also, humorous content is frequently sought out by younger men.

The Sohu chief remained hopeful that an order to remove several shows was a one-time tactic, and not the start of a worrisome trend for video sites.

A future where consumers will be able to assemble an à la carte menu of entertainment suddenly seems much closer.

The sparring will be closely watched by every company that depends, even peripherally, on the Internet — which is to say, just about every company.

Companies across the globe have long tried to attract viewers to live Internet broadcasts, with X-rated sites the only real success stories. China appears to have cracked the code.

By using social media bots, celebrities, politicians and others can falsely inflate the number of friends and followers they have, possibly swaying public opinion about a new song — or a policy position.

The Knight Foundation plans to give money to the PBS series “How We Got to Now” to create a site aimed at encouraging idea-sharing among civic leaders, urban planners, designers and others.

As more people use their local libraries to connect to the Internet, libraries are requesting funding for better services.

The weekly email Popbitch has used a business model others are now catching up to, but it has entered new waters with an iPad magazine for $2.99 an issue.

The companies filed documents in support of the plan, which has faced opposition and will be the subject of a Senate hearing this week.