Those of you who have visited Mashable recently will know that the site has been "having a massage" - the stories we would have covered...
Sell Your Videos on AOL - Besides the revenue sharing offered by Metacafe, Revver, Guba and others, you can now make money by setting a price and selling your video clips through AOL Video. Thanks to a partnership with BrightCove, the service will pay you 70% of the money earned. What's not clear is whether people would pay for most of the clips on these sites: it's a good offering to have, but it will probably be underutilized. (via)
hi5, Zedo and Targeted Ads - Zedo, the large ad company that also owns the social network Zebo, announced its "Profile and Behavioral Targeting for publishers" on Tuesday - hi5 is one of the early customers.
Browster Dead - Browster, the browser plugin that aimed to speed up browsing by offering site previews, is no more. There was some skepticism about whether the tool offered enough benefit (especially when getting users to download something is much more challenging than selling a web-based app), and we were dubious about their attempt to win over the MySpace crowd by making MySpace browsing faster. The company had raised $5.8 million, and will likely be one of many startup failures this year. (via)
Orkut Banned - Orkut has been banned in the Indian state of Maharashtra due to the posting of "derogatory references to Maratha warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji" (he died in 1680) and "obscene posts against Hindu women." The ban is voluntarily imposed by the owners of Internet cafes. Orkut has faced controversy in India before - the formation of a "We Hate India Group" caused problems in October. (via)
Disney.com Social Network - The new Disney.com, which we mentioned earlier this week, will be a social network of sorts, with video, chat rooms, games and personalized profiles. They've taken some inspiration from MySpace, they say, although you can't add non-Disney content to your page. It launches on Monday (via).
JuiceCaster Funded - Juice Wireless, the company behind the JuiceCaster mobile video sharing service that's been mentioned on Mashable in the past, is taking $3.5 million more in financing - they may even raise a further $7.5 to $12.5 million after that. We weren't particularly impressed with JuiceCaster when testing the early version, and the video market is becoming increasingly tough: Revver has shaken up its management, the Guba CEO is gone and Mojungle is selling. And with YouTube Mobile launched at the end of last year, it seems that Juice Wireless has a mountain to climb. (via)
WSJ 3.0 - The Wall Street Journal site relaunched on Tuesday with blogs, videos, podcasts, reader forums, and MyWSJ, a personalized section. The consensus, however, is that they haven't gone far enough - Mashable would love to link to WSJ articles, but can't because they're usually behind paywalls.