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Liberty Media could announce as early as Wednesday that it has acquired a controlling stake in Sirius XM Radio, the satellite services CEO Mel Karmazin said. He also indicated that Liberty might not want him around much longer.

My instincts today are that Liberty does not need me, Karmazin said at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Media, Communications & Entertainment Conference in Los Angeles.

I have historically been expensive, and, you know, its very clear to me that if I were Liberty, I would sit there and say, Im not sure we need Mel. And thats OK with Mel, he said, referring to himself in the third person.

STORY: John Malone's Liberty Media Boosts Sirius XM Stake to 49.7 Percent

Karmazins contract as CEO of Sirius XM runs through the end of the year. Liberty has been purchasing shares on the open market, driving the stock higher in recent months. Between the recently acquired shares and the preferred stock it already had, Liberty owns slightly less than 50 percent of the company, according to a recent filing.

Karmazin said he has had little contact with Libertys John Malone or its CEO, Greg Maffei, since Liberty began its quest in May to control Sirius XM -- not when Liberty tried unsuccessfully to get de facto control and not since it began purchasing large chunks of stock.

Liberty and we have not been having any conversations at all about what they are going to do, Karmazin said. He speculated, though, that Liberty would install a new board of directors and retain the company's current auditors.

STORY: Mel Karmazin Paid $10.7 Million in 2011

Karmazin said he plans to stick around while control for the company remains in flux, but he will not negotiate a new contract during these uncertain times for the company because he wants to avoid the appearance of conspiring against minority shareholders.

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Whether you're using a laptop as your media center or you just need to quickly turn off your music to take a call, Flutter is a great app that lets you use hand gestures for simple media control.

Smartphones and tablets are spoiling us for our other devices. It's so easy to swipe, tap, and gesture our way through our mobile lives that we sometimes get frustrated with more traditional tech like laptops. Flutter aims to help solve one small problem in a fun way -- playing and pausing music quickly -- and it works great. Here's how to use it:

That's it, for now. It's almost ludicrously simple, but it's a great way to control your music quickly.This teaser pageimplies that the brains behind Flutter are adding a skip feature to the app, and I am certainly looking forward to that, and whatever else they cook up. Here are some more pieces on media players:

Thanks toThe Red Ferretfor the tip!

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SHANGHAI, July 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- STAR China Media Ltd and Puji Capital Limited have entered a joint venture partnership for the investment and development of international TV content for the STAR platform in China and other investment opportunities. The joint venture is to be named Puji Star Media Co., Ltd. based in Shanghai, China.

The venture will invest in internationally inspired TV content and advertising with particular interest in the Americas/Hollywood, Europe, Japan, Korea, and among others tailored for the local Chinese viewers onto the STAR TV's platform including various types of content made for TV and produced for the Chinese market. It shall also invest in opportunities to enhance the profile and value chain of STAR China in China and worldwide.

Mr. Tian Ming, CEO of STAR China, said, "Puji's vast experience in value creation for shareholders coupled with their strong international media network and platforms allows us to be well positioned to the tremendous opportunity that lies ahead for us in the China media market."

Mr. Michael Chien from Shanghai and Mr. Jotaro Nonaka from Japan, Managing Partners of Puji Capital said in a joint statement, "We are honored to partner with Tian Ming and his team who has turned STAR TV to a profitable company within a short time with his creativity and solid understanding to capture the passion of Chinese viewers and its commercial value. STAR China is a very distinctive TV platform that enjoys many content and distribution advantages over its competitors for China market. We believe that Puji Star Media will provide a very unique 'One Stop Gateway' for those who wish to optimize and maximize their business through STAR TV's vast coverage in the China market."

In the announcement of industrial statistic in 2011 by the State Administration of Radio, Film and TV, China's TV market experienced tremendous growth over the past years, with broadcasting revenues increasing US$15 billion in 2005 to US$37 billion in 2010 and enjoyed a 22% increase in 2011. The Chinese media, specifically television content, is growing at annual rate of 27% and producing US$19 billion dollars in 2011 of advertising.

ABOUT STAR CHINA MEDIA

STAR China Media, owned by powerful Chinese media investment fund - China Media Capital and News Corporation, is the only foreign channel that has the right to broadcast directly in China. Based on the international resources, STAR TV is tailor made to more than 100 million Chinese audience with mainly entertainment shows. It is broadcasting 24 hours a day in Mandarin Chinese.

http://www.xingkong.com.cn

ABOUT PUJI CAPITAL

Puji Capital is a Shanghai based investment and asset management firm with a focus in lifestyle, media, property, and consumer industries. Puji's unique and agile investment platform with control of strong capital resources via longstanding relationships with rich list Asian families, high net worth individuals, and institutional partners provides Puji as a valued strategic investment partner.

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All it takes is a mouse click or two to enhance the business prospects of the social media-savvy company or land it in hot water.

As the use of social media increases, so do the ethical and legal pitfalls of information control. That was illustrated by the passage this spring of a new Maryland law prohibiting employers, with rare exceptions, from asking for personal account passwords from job applicants or employees.

But other legal dangers of social media use are becoming increasingly evident. Businesses struggle to balance their embrace of social media with the potential for misuse. And for many, they rely on oral guidelines, rather than documented policy.

We consider ourselves as a business to be at the forefront of engaging social media to present a comprehensive image to the public, said Eric Vermeiren, communication manager for Clean Currents, an alternative energy company in Silver Spring.

Besides having a corporate presence on major social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube, Clean Currents encourages its employees to use social media to keep up with company events and promote the company. Although Clean Currents lacks defined restrictions on employees use of social media, the company discourages oversaturating the cyberspace with too much or irrelevant information, Vermeiren said.

Clean Currents has 22 employees.

Were in the middle of fleshing out a longer social media strategy, Vermeiren said, adding that there is a bit of a back door when it comes to employees switching between the companys and their personal accounts.

One danger is the potential for employees to take a companys social media followers with them should they change jobs, said Susan Stobbart Shapiro, a partner with Council, Baradel, Kosmeri & Nolan in Annapolis. At a recent seminar for the Chesapeake Regional Tech Council, Shapiro presented the case of Phone Dog in South Carolina, in which an employee had used his personal Twitter account to promote Phone Dog. But once he left Phone Dog, that account and its many followers went with him, leaving Phone Dog in the lurch.

The old-school non-compete language needs to be revised to address this new medium, Shapiro said, adding that social media legal concerns have cropped up more within the last three years.

The Golden RuleStandard Solar, a solar power company in Rockville, applies a Golden Rule approach in allowing employees to use social media, said marketing manager Marisa Hartman.

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OTTOBRUNN, GERMANY--(Marketwire -07/03/12)- EXTEDO, a key eRegulatory Affairs solutions provider for life sciences firms, today announced that the Medicines Control Council (MCC) of South Africa has selected a new solution based on EURS is Yours for its reviewing and validation project called ERES.

The EXTEDO solution will validate, import, and review electronic submission information sent by pharmaceutical companies on electronic media such as CDs or DVDs. A number of industry customers in South Africa have already started using the EXTEDO submission management solution for creating eCTD, NeeS, and paper-based submissions.

The selected solution is based on the EXTEDO EURS is Yours Solution (European Reviewing System), which has been deployed at the European Medicines Agency and many other European regulatory authorities. Regional requirements of MCC South Africa have been jointly worked out and are adopted within the new EXTEDO solution.

"Currently the drug approval process in African countries can take as long as three years," stated Tore Bergsteiner, CEO for EXTEDO. "The delays deny timely access of essential medicines to the sick. South Africa is committed to dramatically reduce registration times. It will be the first African country to start a time-effective reviewing process and accept electronic submissions instead of paper-based submissions. We are looking forward to working with the MCC to bring medicines to the South African people faster."

About EXTEDO

EXTEDO is the key software and service solutions provider in the field of Regulatory Information Management. The complete EXTEDOsuite is unique in all that it covers within eRegulatory Affairs: Product Registration Planning & Tracking, Submission Management, Pharmacovigilance Management, Labeling Management and Document Management.

EXTEDO provides configurable off-the-shelf products, as well as customized and integrated solutions. EXTEDO also provides EURS is Yours, the validation, review and approval system for the EMA and more than 25 Regulatory Authorities worldwide.

Today EXTEDO serves more than 700 customers in 57 countries ranging from small companies with less than 25 employees to large multi-national organizations. EXTEDO operates in the following markets for human, veterinary and crop protection: Life sciences, including pharmaceutical, biotech and biopharma, generics, homeopathics and medical devices, healthcare and public sector. EXTEDO is recognized as one of the worldwide leaders in each of its areas of operation.

For more information visit http://www.extedo.com.

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