Daily Links 7/16/2012: Comcast buys out Microsoft's MSNBC.com website stake, chides FCC for interference in programming decisions

Comcast Acquires Microsoft's Stake in MSNBC.com for $300 Million (Hollywood Reporter)
This only involves the website, as Comcast had bought out Microsoft's stake in the cable channel a few years ago.

Comcast fights Tennis Channel program access FCC ruling (FierceCable)

Comcast says government needs to stay out of programming business (LA Times: Company Town)

Comcast and Scripps Networks Interactive Reach Long-Term, TV Everywhere Distribution Agreement for Xfinity TV Customers (Business Wire)


Procurian Acquires Media IQ -- Expands Marketing Practice to Media Audit, Measurement, Benchmarking (Spend Matters)
Procurian, formerly known as ICG Commerce, is based in King of Prussia.



TargetX Expands Its CRM Solution 'Across the Campus' with the Introduction of Enterprise CRM for Higher Education (PR Web)

Lore ups ante against Blackboard with redesign, option for anyone to audit public courses (Gigaom)
Lore, now based in New York, was founded by students at UPenn as Coursekit.

Sprint launches LTE in clusters; promises 6-8 Mbps speeds (Gigaom)
Philadelphia not in plans yet.

StumbleUpon has mastered the science of making money on mobile (VentureBeat)
I noted StumbleUpon's current hiring spree as reflected by listings on First Round Capital's job board last week.

Oracle's Hurd brims with confidence about SaaS, social and cloud (Network World)



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