To Pull the Plug

How Google Decides to Pull the Plug: All of the shuttered projects failed several of Google’s key tests for continued incubation: They were not especially popular with customers; they had difficulty attracting Google employees to develop them; they didn’t solve a big enough problem; or they failed to achieve internal performance targets known as “objectives and key results.”

MTV Pulls The Plug On Embeddable Videos: a staff member for MTVN developer services announced that video embeds would no longer be available through MTV’s API, starting sometime in early March.

BBC Worldwide drops environment site: BBC Worldwide, the corporation's commercial arm, has quietly ditched a controversial website set up last year to offer advice and information about the environment.
Insiders claim BBC Green has been shut down because it was likely to be criticised by the BBC Trust, which is conducting a review of Worldwide's activities following criticism from commercial competitors that it is overstepping its remit and distorting the markets in which it operates. The trust is expected to publish its findings next month.