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Here’s our take on news that matters for Monday, November 14. Today’s theme is film and media and here are some links to related news items.

• It looks like Yahoo is bowing out of the bidding war for AOL. That leaves just Microsoft and Google. Conventional wisdom points to a comfortable marriage between Google and AOL, but Microsoft has tons to takeover experience on its side.
• In other media news, the Daytime Emmy Award organizers have announced a new category for the creators of films for phones, computers, and devices like the video iPod and PlayStation Portable. The US National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences said its new category is a recognition that such content is becoming increasingly popular.
• And, not to be-”little” the weekly box office returns, Chicken Little rode to the top again this week.with $32 million.
• Finally, when it comes to promoting film and media projects, Hollywood and other are finding the grassroots promotion strategies using wikis and blogs are the newest and one of the most powerful trends.

Now, here’s a recap of our favorite posts from the edublogging community from the past 48 hours.

• From Dave Weinberger : Post on the technology integration into schools and benefits.
• From Stephen Downes : Post on Structured Blogging for learning objects.
• From Graham Wegner : Post on making school Web sites relevant through blogs.
• From EdTechTalk: Post on brainstorming structure, the latest adventures in new media usage in the class, etc.
• From Lanny Arvan: Post on multimedia editing, writing, and literacy.