links for 2008-05-16

• CBS to Pay $1.8 Billion for CNET Networks > NYTimes
  Another mainstream, digital merger … fending off investor takeover of CNET board.
• EMarketer Trims Social Network Ad Forecast >MediaPost
  Turns out those annoying social network ads aren’t generating expected revenues.
• New Batch of Knight News Challenge Winners > I, Reporter
  This year’s list of innovative winners spreading news & info includes non-US and mobile projects.
• The Holmes Report Crowns PR Agency SHIFT Communications …
  Congrats to SHIFT team for being named “New Media Agency of the Year”
• Oxfam aid workers reaching remote areas affected by Chinese earthquake
  Exemplary Oxfam social newsroom feed – short, to the point and RSS fed. Who could ask for more?
  Ummm, on second glance: where are the bookmarking and sharing icons? File this one in the “Not-quite-social media newsroom” category