[AP] - Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales believes relief may be in sight for the beleaguered news media industry. The increasing use of the mobile Internet and for-pay "apps" that run on smart phones and other gadgets might give news providers what they've been searching for: a way to charge for digital content, Wales told The Associated Press in an interview Friday.

[at AllThingsD] - It's Labor Day Weekend, so let's stop zinging Apple's Ping, wondering how many regulators are eyeballing Google and trying to grok incessant exec departures at Yahoo. Instead, it's time to chillax.

[AP] - Google Inc.'s methods for recommending websites are being reviewed by Texas' attorney general in an investigation spurred by complaints that the company has abused its power as the Internet's dominant search engine.

[at Forbes] - The forecast makes sense if the number of Internet users grows to 2.15 billion by 2016.

[at Forbes] - How's that for a little hypocrisy?

[at TheStreet.com] - Google's stock is very sensitive to the number of global internet users, which has seen a steady increase over the years.

[at Motley Fool] - What will the Yahoo!-Microsoft team-up mean for search?

[paidContent.org] - The connected-TV space is getting HOT. Manufacturer platforms like Samsung Internet@TV and Sony Internet TV are set to mix with Google TV and Yahoo Connected TV, while the UK’s Freeview TVs await connectivity upgrades through Dbook 7 and Canvas, and European broadcasters team for an industry-wide HbbTV standard.

[Business Wire] - SUNNYVALE, Calif. & MANISA, Turkey----Yahoo! and Vestel Group, the largest TV manufacturer in Europe, today announced that consumers across Europe will soon be able to easily access thousands of content sources, movies, TV shows, social networks, videos, and other kinds of Internet content through Yahoo!

[at Forbes] - Brad Garlinghouse explains his vision on this week's PressHere.

[AP] - A look at Nasdaq 10 most-active stocks at the close of trading: Applied Materials Inc. rose .7 percent to $10.79 with 19,072,200 shares traded.

[at Forbes] - How proponents and opponents view the issues in the debate.

[at Financial Times] - AOL on Thursday renewed a deal with Google GOOG on internet search advertising, expanding it to include searching on mobile devices and on the YouTube online video service.