Jim Muttram

MSNBC, the news site jointly owned by Microsoft and US TV network NBC, has bought Web 2.0 news aggregator Newsvine. The company will continue to operate independently from its Seattle HQ, says the official annoucement. Technorati tags: M&A, web2.0

Netvibes has announced that it is now building cross platform widgets which can live on Vista, Macs and other online platforms. Technorati Tags: widgets

Google is recruiting Facebook application developers who can add Google adwords to applications running inside the insanely popular social networking site. Technorati Tags: advertising, Google, social media

Jeff Jarvis reports that Google now has an estimated 40% share of the online advertising market. Technorati tags: advertising, Google

PaidContent (quoting the FT) says Hearst, the US owners of the UK's NatMags, is on course to acquire the consumer magazine division of EMAP, while Phil Riley, ex-head of Chrysalis Radio, has put in a bid for the radio operations and Apax Partners is front runner to take the B2B…