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Hulu, NBC and Fox's TV-show site, is now open to all: Old-media firms launch a very new-media product.; Farhad Manjoo 2008.03.12
Free TV shows from Fox, ABC and NBC (with catches): There are more options than ever to download TV shows. Too bad none quite works very well.; Farhad Manjoo 2007.09.21
$1, $2 or $5 -- how much would you pay to watch TV?: Networks worry that Apple's push to sell shows for $1 an episode will eat into DVD sales. Let's make them an offer they can't refuse (but probably will).; Farhad Manjoo 2007.09.07
Has NBC gone mad?: It's almost unbelievable that the network wants to charge $5 for shows it sells on iTunes. Almost.; Farhad Manjoo 2007.08.31
Apple plays hardball, pulls NBC shows ASAP: After NBC's decision not to renew its iTunes contract, Apple pulls the plug on the network's shows effective almost immediately.; Farhad Manjoo 2007.08.31

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Cyrus Farivar is a freelance technology journalist who regularly reports for National Public Radio, PRI's The World, The Economist and others. His forthcoming book is "The Internet of Elsewhere."