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    O'Reilly Digital Media

  • Announcing O'Reilly Answers - Clever Hacks. Creative Ideas. Innovative Solutions.

    Allen Noren
    We're launching the beta of O'Reilly Answers, and I'm inviting you to be part of it. In brief, O'Reilly Answers is a community site for sharing knowledge, asking questions, and providing answers that brings together our customers, authors, editors, conference speakers, and Foo (Friends of O'Reilly). O'Reilly is at the center of an amazing exchange of knowledge sharing and idea generation, and we want you to join us in changing the world by spreading the knowledge of innovators.

  • Games Top the Charts in the iPhone and Android App Markets

    Ben Lorica
    While it might be true that the number of Book apps is growing at a faster rate, Games continue to dominate the list of popular U.S. iTunes Apps. Games accounted for about a fifth of all iTunes apps over the past week†, but the category continued to have a disproportionate share of the Top 100 charts, accounting for 52% of the Top Grossing, 56% of the Top Paid, and 50% of the Top Free apps.

  • Four short links: 29 October 2009 - Learning Programming, Functional Javascript, Controlling Firefox, Kicking Ass (with SSDs)

    Nat Torkington
    Anatomy of SSDs -- A teeth-rattlingly technical Linux Magazine article explaining the different types of SSDs (Solid State Disks--imagine a hard drive made of rapid-access Flash memory). Artur Bergman told me that installing an SSD drive in his MacBook Pro gave the greatest performance increase of any computer upgrade he'd performed since he went from no computer to one. This and more in today's Four Short Links.

  • Google Shrinks Another Market With Free Turn-By-Turn Navigation

    Brady Forrest
    Google has announced a free turn-by-turn navigation system for Android 2.0 phones such as the Droid. Read more about the features of Google Maps Navigation.

  • iPhone Killers, Blackberries and Chicken Parts

    Mark Sigal
    While a steady stream of so-called iPhone Killers are filtering into the market, Apple's momentum continues unabated. Inspired by his own experiences upgrading to the Blackberry Tour, the author ponders why so many solution providers confuse delivering a bunch of 'chicken parts' with producing an actual, living, breathing chicken. BlackBerry Storm, Palm Pre, the G2, and now Droid have all been touted as contenders to the mobile computing crown, yet the iPhone continues to kick butt.
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    TED Blog

  • TEDIndia Session 9: Within You, Without You

    6 Nov 2009 | 11:40 pm
    "Within You, Without You," the final session of TEDIndia, rings in with a drumbeat -- the rich, propulsive stylings of Sivamani. He combines the sounds of a variety of percussive instruments with a recurring motif: water. Dipping instruments in water as he plays them, the instruments take on the character of the life-giving substance that all living things on Earth share. Sivamani's homepage >> Alwar Balasubramaniam, a sculptor, painter and printmaker, is fascinated by the transition from the present to the future, the traces that entities leave behind as they pass through time. Through art…

  • The Buzz: Shashi Tharoor on India's soft power

    6 Nov 2009 | 11:36 pm
    Shashi Tharoor, India’s minister of state for external affairs, says India should influence the world though soft power -- attracting other countries to India’s example. Here are some responses from Twitter: Tharoor: The penetration of mobile phones in India - testimony to development / empowerment / flattening of info hierarchies -- infosys Engrossing talk by tharoor at #TEDIndia -- sidv Tharoor: Similarly, the penetration of Bollywood, yoga, ayurveda & our cuisine make India the land of better stories -- infosys @shashitharoor now speaks about India's cultural and religious diversity!

  • The Buzz: His Holiness the Karmapa on heart-centered design

    6 Nov 2009 | 10:32 pm
    His Holiness the Karmapa, a spiritual Buddhist leader, proposes that the worldwide acceleration of technological connectivity should be accompanied by increased heart-to-heart connections. Check out some reactions from Twitter: His Holiness the Karmapa speaking his story of being "found" at 7 as the next Karmapa. He expected more toys, less responsibilities! -- TEDxATX Important for us to remember that we should focus on design and technology of the heart - Karmapa -- TEDxShekhawati We should allow the information that we have to really make a change in our heart- HH the karmapa -- ShalG No…

  • Meet the TED Blog and social media team for TEDIndia

    6 Nov 2009 | 10:00 pm
    Our gavel-to-gavel coverage of TEDIndia comes from an extraordinary team. Matthew Trost, Shanna Carpenter and Jenny Zurawell have been blogging and live-tweeting conference proceedings as they happen. Emily McManus provided backstage reports. Leigh Ferreira led the social-media effort on Twitter and Facebook, engaging the worldwide community, responding to viewer questions and sharing information so that the whole world could watch Session 9, going now right now. Our social-media intern is Chris Griswold. Look for TEDTalks from TEDIndia starting in mid-November and continuing throughout the…

  • The Buzz: Eve Ensler begins a celebration of the "girl self"

    6 Nov 2009 | 9:20 pm
    Eve Ensler brought her dynamic stage presence to TEDIndia, to fight for a new celebration and love for the girl inside us all. The audience gave her all the love she wanted, and couldn't stop sharing her words on Twitter: Being a girl is so powerful that we've had to train everyone not to be a girl. Eve Ensler -- dina The inspiring Eve Ensler on stage at TEDIndia. Every bit of visibility she's had, she deserves more. -- ralphtalmont Eve Ensler: "bullets are actually hardened tears" -- eneylon Eve Ensler at TEDIndia talks about how we have been harsh to men by eradicating the girl self in…
 
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    Digital Media Wire

  • Report: Video Game Software Sales Down 6% in Q3

    Mark Hefflinger
    6 Nov 2009 | 1:18 pm
    New York - Video game software sales across the U.S., Europe and Japan fell 6% during the third quarter of 2009, according to a report combining sales data from NPD Group, GfK Chart-Track Limited and Enterbrain. While Japan actually saw video game software unit sales increase by 15% in the third quarter -- compared with the 20% decline seen in the same period last year -- year-to-date sales in the country are down 9%, according to Enterbrain.read more

  • Norwegian Court: ISP Telenor Need Not Block The Pirate Bay

    Mark Hefflinger
    6 Nov 2009 | 12:57 pm
    Oslo, Norway - International record label trade group IFPI has lost its court case that sought to compel Norwegian ISP Telenor to block its subscribers' access to file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay, TorrentFreak reported.read more

  • Korean Social Network Cyworld to Shutter U.S. Service

    Mark Hefflinger
    6 Nov 2009 | 12:42 pm
    Los Angeles - Cyworld, a Korea-based online social network owned by SK Telecom, has decided to shutter its U.S. service three years after launch, having failed to attract a large audience.read more

  • Judge Orders Site Selling Beatles Tracks to Cease

    Mark Hefflinger
    6 Nov 2009 | 12:04 pm
    Los Angeles - A federal judge has ordered BlueBeat, a company selling unauthorized Beatles recordings online, to immediately cease the practice.read more

  • U.S. E-Commerce Spending Falls for Second Straight Quarter

    Mark Hefflinger
    6 Nov 2009 | 11:46 am
    Reston, Va. - For the first time on record, U.S. e-commerce spending has now seen negative growth for two straight quarters, according to new figures from comScore.read more
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    Inside Digital Media

  • Will Consumers Pay for Hulu.com Videos?

    pleigh1@tampabay.rr.com (Phil Leigh | Podcasting & Blogging Consultant)
    7 Nov 2009 | 3:00 am
    Phil Leigh Will consumers pay to watch TV shows and movies at the hulu.com website? Hulu.com’s website hosts popular TV shows and movies after they have been released normally. Owners include Disney, NBC-Universal, and News Corporation (Fox). Viewers can watch shows for free but in exchange must also watch commercials since the videos are streamed and not downloaded. Last month, Chase Carey who is the President of News Corporation said that Hulu should start charging fees sometime next year. Presumably he envisions a premium subscription service providing more content or viewing time in…

  • How to use Google AdWords

    pleigh1@tampabay.rr.com (Phil Leigh | Podcasting & Blogging Consultant)
    31 Oct 2009 | 4:00 am
    Download to iPhone or iPod If you want to learn how to set-up a Google AdWords account and start placing ads to sell merchandise from your website, this video is for you. Perhaps the best way to teach others how to use Google AdWords is by concrete example. Thus, today’s video shows how we set-up an AdWords campaign to sell copies of our market research report, Future Developments in Video Advertising. First, we show you what the report for sale looks like. Second, we illustrate the difference between Google AdWords links and Google Organic search results. Third, we demonstrate how to…

  • Stories Abide

    pleigh1@tampabay.rr.com (Phil Leigh | Podcasting & Blogging Consultant)
    24 Oct 2009 | 7:00 am
    Phil Leigh Inexorable expansion of the Internet results in a lockstep growth in anxiety about threatened obsolescence among incumbent media participants. Yet whatever the changes affecting media, storytelling remains the timeless value. Even before humanity learned how to record them, the Greek Myths were passed down from generation-to-generation by oral repetition. Itinerate poets travelled around the Eastern Mediterranean retelling the stories of The Iliad and The Odyssey before Homer wrote them down about 3,000 years ago. While the media changed from spoken word to written text, the public…

  • Public Reaction to Targeted Advertising

    pleigh1@tampabay.rr.com (Phil Leigh | Podcasting & Blogging Consultant)
    17 Oct 2009 | 7:00 am
    Dr. Joseph Turow, University of Pennsylvania If you would like to learn what the public says about their attitudes toward behaviorally-targeted advertising, this audio interview is for you. A recent study conducted by the University of Pennsylvania and the University of California at Berkeley concludes that a two-to-one majority of Americans do not want marketers to tailor advertisements to their interests. The 1,000-person survey further indicates that nearly 90% of us particularly object to anonymous tracking of our Web-surfing for purposes of creating behaviorally-targeted ads. Our…

  • YouTube Stretches its Lead

    pleigh1@tampabay.rr.com (Phil Leigh | Podcasting & Blogging Consultant)
    10 Oct 2009 | 7:00 am
    Download to iPhone and iPod. If you want to learn one way that YouTube is extending its competitive lead, even against rivals like Hulu, this video is for you. If you watched last week’s video podcast as a stream from our website, you may have noticed that we switched to the YouTube player from our previous Flash player. The change reflects the fact that iPhones and iPods will not display native Flash streams. However, given YouTube’s popularity, Apple developed a special application enabling the units to display YouTube Flash videos. Since Apple has sold about 40 – 50 million of the…
 
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    Google News: Digital Media

  • Stratford hosts joint venture - London Free Press

    7 Nov 2009 | 1:51 am
    Stratford hosts joint ventureLondon Free Press(File photo) The University of Western Ontario and University of Waterloo's Stratford Institute, a campus teaching digital media, are teaming to create a Western and Waterloo to explore digital media collaborationWestern Newsall 3 news articles »

  • City lands digital effects giant - The Daily Advertiser

    7 Nov 2009 | 12:55 am
    City lands digital effects giantThe Daily AdvertiserPixel Magic could have opened another digital media studio anywhere. Locations in Pennsylvania and New Mexico were possibilities. Pixel Magic to open studio in LouisianaThe Associated PressEffects firm moves to LITE2TheAdvocateLafayette gets Pixel MagicThe INDsiderall 74 news articles »

  • BMO Capital Markets to Host 17th Annual Digital Entertainment Investor Conference - CNNMoney.com (press release)

    6 Nov 2009 | 7:51 am
    BMO Capital Markets to Host 17th Annual Digital Entertainment Investor ConferenceCNNMoney.com (press release)The conference is expanding this year to include companies in the digital media, games, video and music sectors. More than 45 public and private companies and more »

  • Teaching the Facebook Generation - BusinessWeek

    6 Nov 2009 | 7:32 am
    Business Daily AfricaTeaching the Facebook GenerationBusinessWeekInstitutions recognize this, and many are catching up by offering courses and curricula in Internet marketing, digital media and new-media marketing. Social Media Users Tout Brands, ProductsMEDIAWEEKSocial Media, Meet SearchClickZ Newssocnet Experiments Bode Well for Holiday SeasonMarketing Vox NewsNorth County Voice -ReadWriteWeb (blog)all 93 news articles »

  • KIT digital to Present at the 6th Annual Merriman Curhan Ford Investor Summit 2009 - CNNMoney.com (press release)

    6 Nov 2009 | 7:21 am
    KIT digital to Present at the 6th Annual Merriman Curhan Ford Investor Summit 2009CNNMoney.com (press release)KIT digital Media Contact: Daniel Goodfellow Vice President, Marketing and Communications Tel. +1-646-873-3086 Email Contact KIT digital Investor Relations Cogo Group, Inc. to Present at Merriman Curhan Ford 6th Annual Investor Summit Reutersall 217 news articles »
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    CNET: Digital Media News

  • EMI to offer instant concert recordings

    Matt Rosoff
    6 Nov 2009 | 3:21 pm
    An initiative called Abbey Road Live will enable concert attendees to buy CDs, DVDs, or flash cards with recordings of the show they just heard. Originally posted at Digital Noise: Music and Tech

  • Sesame Street, Droid get Google's love

    Ina Fried
    6 Nov 2009 | 2:20 pm
    The search king has given much of its front page love this week to honor Sesame Street's 40th anniversary, but it did save some space to tout the new Droid smartphone. Originally posted at Beyond Binary

  • Jimmy Wales on what's next for Wikipedia

    Natasha Lomas
    6 Nov 2009 | 9:47 am
    Founder of the online community-written encyclopedia talks to Silicon.com about what's next for the site and why it needs geeks of all kinds.

  • eBay's Skype sale gets go-ahead with settlement

    Jonathan Skillings
    6 Nov 2009 | 6:58 am
    New deal brings in Skype founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis as investors in a roughly $2 billion sale of the Internet telephony pioneer.

  • No Doubt says 'no' to Band Hero depiction

    Don Reisinger
    5 Nov 2009 | 2:47 pm
    Popular rock band No Doubt is suing over its likeness being used in Activision's new Band Hero video game. Originally posted at The Digital Home
 
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    Topix: Digital Media

  • Wins Nine MMPA Awards

    6 Nov 2009 | 8:53 pm
    Minnesota Monthly Magazine received nine awards at the 12th annual Minnesota Magazine & Publications Association Excellence Awards ceremony on November 5, 2009, including gold awards for Overall Excellence, Best Overall Design, and Best Feature Article.

  • Public relations, press release distribution, investor relations, SEC filing

    5 Nov 2009 | 8:42 pm
    3, an arbitration panel in the Netherlands handed down an interim decision on certain issues in d... 11/05/2009 - 05:05 PM WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y.-- --National Fuel Gas Company today announced consolidated earnings for its fourth quarter and f... NEW YORK-- --Please replace the release with the following corrected version due to multiple revisions.

  • Vivicast Media and Digital Direct Networks Announce Major Move into VOD Market

    5 Nov 2009 | 5:56 pm
    ViviCast Media and Digital Direct Networks announce a significant expansion of their ongoing partnership by adding hundreds of classic movies, series, action sports, and male-oriented, underground programming to their distribution pact.

  • CORRECTING and REPLACING Organic Motion and International Digital...

    5 Nov 2009 | 3:46 pm
    On 5:04 pm EST, Thursday November 5, 2009 NEW YORK-- --Please replace the release with the following corrected version due to multiple revisions.

  • Media Advertising Special Reports

    4 Nov 2009 | 3:16 pm
    AdweekMedia Upfront 2009 is your one-stop shop for all news and analysis about the 2009 television upfront marketplace, in which some $18 billion in advertising is committed to the broadcast and cable networks, TV syndicators and their digital arms.
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    VentureBeat: Digital Media

  • ClickFuel provides internet tools to small businesses

    Cody Barbierri
    6 Nov 2009 | 4:34 pm
    As a web generation, when we’re looking for a dentist, plumber, or other small business, our first instinct is to go online when we need these services. Sure, there’s Yellow Pages that can find a name, number and address, but as consumers we are used to more and these small businesses usually lack a formal online presence. However, there are several companies that have emerged with the tools to help. ClickFuel, a Boston startup that designs, manages and tracks marketing campaigns, has recently launched a set of Internet marketing tools designed to help small businesses to promote…

  • LinkedIn gets a cleaner layout

    Anthony Ha
    6 Nov 2009 | 12:54 pm
    Professional networking site LinkedIn says it’s experimenting with a new layout. The redesign has only been rolled out for some users, so I’m not seeing it in my own account yet, but the company’s blog post suggests it’s making subtle improvement. Right now, the site’s navigation is split between a box on the left hand side of the page (with collapsible menus for things like your groups and contacts), and a navigation bar at the top of the page. Now all of the navigation occurs at the top of the page. When you click on any of the navigation options, you get a…

  • Skype is finally free — eBay settles with Skype co-founders, clearing way for buyout

    Matt Marshall
    6 Nov 2009 | 9:01 am
    EBay has settled with the founders of Skype, clearing up some nasty lawsuits that had stood in the way of a  Skype acquisition. Now the Internet phone company to be sold to a consortium of investors that includes Skype’s co-founders. Private equity firm Silver Lake Partners leads the investor group, and is joined by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, as well as Skype founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis. As part of the deal, Index Ventures, a very early original investor in Skype, is being jettisoned from the investor syndicate.

  • Brizzly steps up to be the next client supporting Twitter lists

    Kim-Mai Cutler
    5 Nov 2009 | 9:55 pm
    Brizzly, the status update client from the makers of Google Reader, has stepped up to become the second big app to support Twitter lists. (Seesmic was the first earlier this week.) Lists are what they sound like — groups of Twitter accounts that people can recommend to others. They’re usually centered around a theme like entrepreneurs or foodies. Twitter rolled them out to their entire community last week to help users find other interesting people to follow. Jason Shellen, who is the CEO of Brizzly’s maker Thing Labs, said the feature should be finished by tomorrow night.

  • Max Levchin on Slide’s big virtual goods bet, scams and — mating

    Kim-Mai Cutler
    5 Nov 2009 | 9:06 pm
    Slide, which started in photo-sharing, moved into Facebook widgets and then raised funding at a reported $550 million valuation last year, shifted gears this year and went aggressively into virtual goods. The company’s looking to become a  mainstream version of Second Life, where there’s a virtual economy at work of real people buying and selling goods. Instead of churning out new apps like many of its competitors, the company has focused its existing ones — including seven on Facebook like SuperPoke, Top Friends and FunSpace, with about 27 million users between them. Slide…
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    Online Media Cultist

  • Twitter Testing Real Time Tweet Alerts On Web

    Eric Berlin
    5 Nov 2009 | 4:45 pm
    While I enjoy checking out Twitter applications such as TweetDeck, in the end I enjoy kicking it old school with Twitter, using the "plain old" web to tweet and reply. (So does Robert Scoble, so I feel as though I'm in good company.) Therefore, Twitter features that help to enhance the web-based experience definitely catch my interest. The Twitter status blog has announced that when "one of the folks you follow has tweeted since you loaded your homepage, you’ll get a little notice saying “1 new tweet” that, when clicked, will display the new content."…

  • Weblogs, Inc. Director Brad Hill interview on Technorati

    Eric Berlin
    5 Nov 2009 | 4:41 pm
    Technorati is cooking up some pretty great interviews these days. Here’s a wide ranging and rather interesting interview with Weblogs, Inc. (owned by AOL these days) Director Brad Hill, conducted by my old mentor, Blogcritics co-owner, and friend Eric Olsen. Check it: Here’s the link to the interview on Technorati, which is part of the continuing State of the Blogosphere series. And as an aside, Wetoku is a hot video conferencing product that makes interviewing people via webcam a snap. No Tags

  • A Technorati turn

    Eric Berlin
    2 Nov 2009 | 9:51 pm
    As is often the case, when I’m not posting a lot here I’m off bustling and hustling on other webby things. Of course, there are periods of severe laziness as well, but who’s not guilty of that once in a while? The last few months have seen a lot of exciting developments, not least of which is that I’m the blogging channel editor at Technorati these days. So not only am I reunited with my old crew at Blogcritics (I joined Blogcritics in ‘04, became Executive Producer and co-owner until I left in the fall of ‘07, and Blogcritics was acquired by Technorati the…

  • Betty Draper and John McCain?

    Eric Berlin
    2 Oct 2009 | 1:37 pm
    via twitpic.com Something seems deeply strange and wrong to me, seeing Betty Draper (January Jones) in a pic with John McCain. No Tags

  • 12 Facts About Entrepreneurs That Will Likely Surprise You

    Eric Berlin
    1 Oct 2009 | 5:40 pm
    via onstartups.com Pretty interesting stats about entrepreneurs from a report called The Anatomy of an Entrepreneur. No Tags
 
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    MediaPost

  • Online Media Daily: Arguing With An Idiot: Glenn Beck's Lawsuit Against Parody Site Rejected

    6 Nov 2009 | 4:24 pm
    An arbitrator has rejected controversial talk show host Glenn Beck's contention that the domain name glennbeckrapedandmurderedayounggirlin1990.com infringes his trademark. World Intellectual Property Organization arbitration panelist Frederick Abbott ruled Friday that the less-than-flattering domain name was protected by fair use principles because the URL, when combined with the site's content, constitutes protected speech.

  • Online Media Daily: 'Bright'-Spot: Forrester Names Market-Leading Video Platforms

    6 Nov 2009 | 4:24 pm
    As the adoption of video platforms proliferates beyond the realm media and entertainment, Brightcove and Ooyala remain the vendors to beat, according to a new Forrester Research report. The two, "lead the pack with their end-to-end product offerings that target organizations of all sizes," according to Forrester senior analyst and report author Bobby Tulsiani.

  • Online Media Daily: Facebook Goes After Scam Offers

    6 Nov 2009 | 3:19 pm
    Facebook is cracking down on companies that make scam offers in third-party applications as part of its broader effort to police deceptive advertising on the site. The move comes amid rising controversy surrounding networks that provide offers through social gaming apps on Facebook and other properties that entice people into paying for services or subscriptions with bogus come-ons.

  • Daily Online Examiner: Judge To BlueBeat: You Can't Do That

    6 Nov 2009 | 3:16 pm
    Music fans often lament that Apple Corps. has so far refused to allow Beatles songs to be sold as digital downloads. So when BlueBeat.com started offering downloads of Beatles tracks last week, observers immediately wondered how the site could have secured the rights to the tracks. The answer soon emerged: BlueBeat didn't own the rights to the catalog. Instead, the company said it used "psycho-acoustic simulation" to rerecord the originals.

  • Online Media Daily: Break-Up To Make-Up: AOL Announces Financial Leadership Team

    6 Nov 2009 | 3:03 pm
    Ahead of its expected year-end split from Time Warner, AOL on Friday announced the completion of its financial leadership team. As such, Mike Suffredini has joined AOL as vice president and treasurer, while Eoin Ryan is joining as vice president of investor relations.
 
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    Exec Digital

  • Opel chief leaves following failed deal

    7 Nov 2009 | 5:29 am
    General Motors Co said on Friday the head of its European operations, Carl-Peter Forster, is leaving, three days after the automaker's decision to scrap a planned sale of its Opel unit.

  • AIG posts second straight profit

    7 Nov 2009 | 5:29 am
    AIG, the giant insurer bailed out by the U.S. government, posted its second straight quarterly profit, helped by recovery in the value of its investments, but its underlying business remained weak and its shares fell.

  • SEC sees evolution in insider trading

    7 Nov 2009 | 5:29 am
    A top U.S. securities regulator said some funds may now view insider trading as a central tenet of their business models, rather than as a one-time opportunity for big rewards as sometimes happened in the 1980s.

  • U.S. jobless rate surges to 10.2 percent

    7 Nov 2009 | 5:29 am
    The U.S. jobless rate unexpectedly jumped to 10.2 percent last month, a 26-1/2-year high, adding to pressure on the Obama administration to do more to tackle unemployment even as signs of recovery mount.

  • U.S. regulators close Gateway Bank, Prosperan Bank

    7 Nov 2009 | 5:29 am
    Bank regulators closed Gateway Bank of St. Louis, in St. Louis, Missouri, and Prosperan Bank, of Oakdale, Minnesota, on Friday, the 118th and 119th U.S. bank to fail this year.
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    Hollywood Byte

  • Industry slowly embracing new media

    admin
    5 Nov 2009 | 5:20 am
    Hollywood seems stuck in first gear when it comes to the race to embrace the Digital Revolution.

  • ABC introducing ‘Social’ Web tool

    admin
    5 Nov 2009 | 3:23 am
    ABC is introducing a new feature aimed at encouraging viewers who stream their favorite shows online to make the experience more social.

  • PlayStation Go digital, but not all to follow

    admin
    4 Nov 2009 | 5:40 am
    Sony's latest addition to the PlayStation Portable (PSP) family requires users to download their games via the Internet, which the company says meets growing demand for digital content.

  • MPAA makes push for PPV-related waiver

    admin
    4 Nov 2009 | 4:28 am
    The MPAA on Wednesday filed a brief with the FCC backing its push for a waiver from certain regulations governing consumer electronics to allow use of new technology boosting security for pay-per-view movies.

  • Bewkes looking to extend TV Everywhere

    admin
    3 Nov 2009 | 10:49 pm
    Time Warner ran a recent trial to get movies on cable VOD ahead of their DVD release and is seeing early successes of the TV Everywhere initiative to allow consumers to access more TV shows online.
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    Digital Media Law

  • Book review: "Moral Panics and the Copyright Wars" by William Patry

    24 Oct 2009 | 1:28 pm
    The content and technology businesses are at war, as is well-known and as I discuss in a recent article. It’s a struggle that focuses on unauthorized file sharing and new business models—in other words, a copyright war. Undeniably, the entertainment industry often battles demand rather than trying to satisfy it, and copyright laws have taken a corporate turn. Who better to write about this conflict, one would think—and point the way to solutions, one would hope—than an author with 27 years experience in copyright law as a professor, practitioner and government attorney? That author is…

  • SAG Interim Nat'l Exec Director Hired as Permanent

    18 Oct 2009 | 1:14 pm
    SAG's Interim National Executive Director David White just got the permanent gig and can drop "Interim" from his title. The vote on today SAG's national board, which began meeting yesterday and is still meeting today for a little while longer, was 70.91% in favor, I'm told, which suggests that a few of the Membership First directors joined the moderate coalition in appointing White to the job.The appointment is well-deserved: Not only is White a calming and smart presence, but also he, John McGuire, Ray Rodriguez and others on the SAG team have built a record of accomplishment over the last 8…

  • Rosenberg v. SAG: Court of Appeal Implies Appeal May be Moot

    12 Oct 2009 | 7:41 am
    Alan Rosenberg is no longer president of SAG, nor even a national board member, but his lawsuit against his own union drags on pointlessly. Believe it or not, he’s still trying to undo Doug Allen’s firing, the appointment of David White, the ratification of the TV/theatrical contract and, no doubt, the discovery of a new ring around Saturn. That last is probably a particularly bitter blow for the ex-president. Rosenberg and his fellow Membership First plaintiffs 1st VP Anne-Marie-Johnson and board members Diane Ladd and Kent McCord might see some reason to continue the charade, but the…

  • Handel appointed Adjunct Professor at UCLA School of Law to teach entertainment unions & guilds course

    2 Oct 2009 | 4:45 pm
    On a personal note, I've been appointed as an Adjunct Professor at UCLA School of Law. I'll be teaching a course on entertainment unions and guilds starting in January. I also continue as of counsel at TroyGould. Below and attached is the press release from TroyGould. Subscribe to my blog (jhandel.com) for more about entertainment law and digital media law. Go to the blog itself to subscribe via RSS or email. Or, follow me on Twitter, friend me on Facebook, or subscribe to my Huffington Post articles. If you work in tech, check out my book How to Write LOIs and Term Sheets. TroyGould’s…

  • SAG: Four Hardline Horsemen in the National Board Room

    27 Sep 2009 | 3:29 pm
    Thursday’s SAG election was a victory for the moderate coalition. Yet, strangely enough, the leaders of the losing hardline faction will all find seats on the national board, and will continue to be a shadow government within the union’s Hollywood board—a board on which none of the key moderate leaders will be voting members. Yes, the moderates (Unite for Strength (UFS) / USAN / RBD / independents) won the national offices – President and Secretary-Treasurer – and picked up additional national board seats and many on the Hollywood board as well. But with SAG, the story is never…
 
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    The Napster Blog

  • Buika, El Ultimo Trago

    World/Reggae Staff
    6 Nov 2009 | 5:50 pm
    Buika, the soulful Majorcan singer known for her jazzy take on Spanish flamenco fusion, collaborates with renowned Cuban bandleader and pianist Chucho Valdés on El Último Trago, an homage to the ballads made famous by Mexican icon Chavela Vargas. Buika's star has risen quickly over the past couple of years, on the strength of 2008's Niña de Fuego, which received a surprise—though well-deserved—Latin Grammy nomination for Album of the Year. Valdés, for his part, is Cuba's most celebrated jazz artist, having formed and led the groundbreaking group Irakere over the past…

  • Claude Von Stroke, Bird Brain

    Electronica Staff
    6 Nov 2009 | 3:51 pm
    In certain circles of Electronic music fans, references to the Bird Man of Alcatraz are less likely to be about Robert Stroud than they are about Barclay Crenshaw. The man known most famously for the title "Who's Afraid Of Detroit" under the alias of Claude Von Stroke, has made San Francisco his home with the launch of the Dirtybird Record label. This week’s release of the full length album Bird Brain is his first studio album since 2006’s Beware of the Bird. Claude follows up with ten original tracks that are unmistakable as Von Stroke productions. There’s a certain…

  • Samuel James, For Rosa, Maeve and Noreen

    Blues Staff
    6 Nov 2009 | 8:12 am
    It's hard to think of a contemporary blues artist that is more true to the origins of the blues than Samuel James. He plays his songs live in the studio, accompanied only by his own playing, and is always unplugged. There are others, of course, who perform and record this way, but James' approach to recording is as stripped down and raw as anyone playing today. His new album is For Rosa, Maeve and NoreenSongs Famed For Sorrow And Joy and on it, James treads further down the path begun with his debut, .James is an excellent guitarist and the album features a great variety of sounds…

  • Julian Casablancas, Phrazes for the Young

    Alternative Staff
    5 Nov 2009 | 7:24 pm
    Although just eight songs long, Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas' first solo album, Phrazes for the Young, clocks in at a longer total run time than his regular band's debut, almost as if he's shoehorning all of the unused ideas he's had over the past 10 years into every song. The Strokes' signature chiming guitars now churn around keyboards, drum machines, and shifting time signatures.The title, a reference to an Oscar Wilde essay, hints at Casablancas' current perspective as a married, soon-to-be family man ready to impart his collected observations.

  • Kathy Griffin, Suckin' It for the Holidays

    Comedy/Spoken Word Staff
    5 Nov 2009 | 7:18 pm
    Kathy Griffin has made a thriving cottage industry of lampooning celebrities—herself included. Her TV show, My Life on the D-List, has proven popular with audiences and critics, earning her two Emmys. The acerbic redhead even received a Grammy nomination for her 2008 stand-up album, For Your Consideration, a record that, as the title suggests, was made specifically in hopes of attracting award consideration.Having lost her first bid for a Grammy to George Carlin's final album, It's Bad for Ya, Griffin returns with Suckin' It for the Holidays, a record that, contrary to what the…
 
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  • News From AFM 2009

    Billy Gil
    6 Nov 2009 | 5:29 pm
    This year IndieFile is reporting updates from the American Film Market (AFM). This page will be updated as news comes in, so check back. If you have news, please send it to indiefile@questex.com or bgil@questex.com.

  • Amazon.com, Target.com Hold $10 DVD Sale

    Billy Gil
    6 Nov 2009 | 5:26 pm
    Just as Wal-Mart did earlier this week, Amazon.com and Target.com are offering pre-orders of some of their most anticipated new DVDs at $10, with free shipping on the discounted DVDs.

  • Target Exclusively Releases ‘My One and Only’

    Billy Gil
    6 Nov 2009 | 5:20 pm
    Target has teamed with Herrick Entertainment to exclusively release the production company’s DVD of My One and Only, starring Renée Zellweger and distributed by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.

  • Fox Debuts New Interactive Technology With ‘Night at the Museum 2’

    Chris Tribbey
    6 Nov 2009 | 5:10 pm
    Dubbed “FoxPop,” the feature debuts on the Dec. 1 release of Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian and allows viewers to sync up their iPhone or computer with the film.

  • Redbox Parent Posts $41.1 Million Q3 Profit

    Chris Tribbey
    6 Nov 2009 | 4:34 pm
    Redbox parent Coinstar Nov. 5 reported profit of $41.1 million on revenue of $296 million for the three-month period ended Sept. 30, in large part thanks to a 75% increase in the number of Redbox kiosks year over year, and a 26% jump in per-kiosk revenue, compared to the same three months in 2008.
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  • L.A. Times Staples Redux

    Michael Stroud
    21 Oct 2009 | 10:26 am
    Some of us still remember ten years ago, when then-Los Angeles Times publisher Mark Willes (aka “the cereal killer” ) had the Staples Center pay for the paper’s reporting about said center’s launch. Happily, Willes is no longer at the newspaper, and this time, the L.A. Times’ special section advertising writers penned articles about Staples’ 10 year anniversary. The L.A. Times is still suffering financially, but it’s no longer sacrificing journalistic ethics to survive.

  • Don’t Try This at Home

    Michael Stroud
    21 Sep 2009 | 9:19 am
    This guy came shimmying down to my 27th floor window within minutes of my arriving in my hotel in China. One small misstep would send him hurtling to his death. You can see Beijing’s Western business district behind him. A good metaphor for the widening chasm between China’s upper class and the low-paid workers who are creating the wealth.

  • Vampires and Jamie Lee Have What in Common?

    Michael Stroud
    11 Sep 2009 | 12:57 pm
    Kind of bizarre that Vampire Diaries promotes the Red Cross one week, and Jamie Lee Curtis another. Seems like I should be able to spy a trend here, but damned if I can figure it out.

  • Vampire Diarrhea

    Michael Stroud
    11 Sep 2009 | 12:41 pm
    CW’s teen vampire play “Vampire Diaries”  appears off to a decent start, scoring the network’s best season premiere ever: 4.84 million screaming young women. Whether the show can hold on to them remains to be seen. The network’s launch of sophomore show 90210 this week attracted nearly 2 million less than last year’s premiere of about 2.6 million viewers. And Diaries also runs the risk of giving viewers vampire diarrhea as ”True Blood”, the “Twilight” movie series, and reanimated “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and…

  • Comcast + Time Warner Cable = Bad Idea

    Michael Stroud
    10 Sep 2009 | 11:28 pm
    Just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should. Analyst Jason Bazinet of Citigroup estimates in a new report that combining Comcast with Time Warner Cable could achieve $1.6 billion in programming savings and could add something like $7.1 billion, or $2.46 a share, to Comcast’s value.  That mega-company would control about 37% of the U.S. cable market — permittable now that rules barring cable companies from controlling more than 30% of the U.S. cable market have been overturned The analyst’s assumption is that regulators would cast a blind eye to this…
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  • Spotting

    Keith Lyons
    6 Nov 2009 | 10:37 pm
    Source I am attending the National Elite Sports Council (NESC)’s Forum in Canberra next week. In addition to the Forum web site there is a Ning site for the Forum. A link to the conference program can be found here. I have the opportunity to present on Day Two of the Forum and I have been thinking for a while about what to say. After my first draft I started again and late this week had my thoughts focused by Charles Leadbeater’s work. I have posted the draft and the presentation on SlideShare. This is the presentation I hope to use as the framework for my talk. I am using more…

  • Restored GAMPERALIYA: A cultural treasure saved from the elements

    Nalaka Gunawardene
    6 Nov 2009 | 6:41 pm
    Gamperaliya (1964): A Sri Lankan film classicLast evening, at the gala opening of the European Film

  • Faced with the awe-inspiring popularity of web-monoliths like YouTube, contemporary art risks becoming nothing more than a quaint relic of the 20th century.

    Rosemary Heather
    6 Nov 2009 | 11:46 am
    Faced with the awe-inspiring popularity of web-monoliths like YouTube, contemporary art risks becoming nothing more than a quaint relic of the 20th century. It’s probably not fair to compare contemporary art practice with YouTube; yet there is evidence to suggest that somewhere in the ulterior of its collective brain, the art world does just this, and finds itself lacking. How else to understand the ongoing assurances given in art exhibition press releases and catalogue essays about the important role the viewer plays in the construction of meaning – and the intention to facilitate it…

  • Check it out! I'm on Patch!

    Judith
    6 Nov 2009 | 11:20 am
    I couldn’t help myself. The story was just too good not to share. Check out my brief chronicle of how my marriage survived a do-it-yourself construction project on Maplewood Patch: ‘Do It Yourself’ Can Do In Your Marriage–Or Do It Up.

  • There's a Brand in My News Feed

    kmhdz
    6 Nov 2009 | 9:21 am
    Motorola’s first Google Android phone, CLIQ, is now on the market. The phone offers an application called MOTOBLUR that aggregates a user’s social networks, creating a “universal inbox.” Users enter their log in information once for email, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and more, and then they are directly connected through a single screen moving forward.  Check out Motorola’s launch commercial, which features in my opinion too quick of a cameo by Neil Patrick Harris. Just based on the description, but without having used it, this seems like a pretty cool feature and one that would be…
 
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  • USDM Super CD/DVD Media Is A Super Value

    USDM
    5 Nov 2009 | 12:49 am
    For many years, the task of buying blank CD and DVD media was like living in Alaska: it was a world of extremes. Just like the temperatures in Alaska range from very comfortable to below freezing, the same is true for media prices. Shoppers could either pay a high price for the best media available, or take their chances on dirt cheap discs and deal with the consequences. Fortunately, USDM has introduced a new line of media that hits the sweet spot of both price and performance. The USDM “Super” line of media includes blank CD and blank DVD discs with a variety of different…

  • Blu-ray Experts Converge on Los Angeles for Blu-Con 2.0

    USDM
    3 Nov 2009 | 2:43 am
    For anyone involved in the Blu-ray industry, today is a very important day. Today, hundreds of reporters and journalists will be walking the floor of the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles at the second Blu-ray Convention: Blu-Con 2.0. It is here that industry giants such as Panasonic and Sony will feature their latest innovations for the world to see. Major movie studios including Lions Gate, 20th Century Fox, Warner Brothers, and Universal will also be present. The Blu-Con 2.0 event is put on by the Digital Entertainment Group, which is a trade association of hardware and software…

  • Primera Expands Macintosh Compatibility with New Software

    USDM
    2 Nov 2009 | 2:05 am
    Earlier this month, Primera Technology, Inc. announced that its entire line of Bravo disc publishers is compliant with the new Windows 7 operating system. Now, Macintosh users are also hearing good news from the Minnesota-based manufacturer of CD/DVD printers. Primera has just released two major software updates for Mac users: PTPublisher and the PTBurn SDK! PTPublisher™ is an all-in-one program that handles both burning and printing. You can use it to design your artwork and print directly on a disc with your Bravo CD/DVD printer. The interface is easy to use for both beginners and power…

  • DVD Duplication Made Easy with CDROM2GO

    USDM
    29 Oct 2009 | 1:43 am
    When it comes to DVD duplication service, there’s nothing like having a good friend in the business. If you need a company that can meet deadlines and provide fast, professional service, then CDROM2GO is just the friend you need! Whether you are a filmmaker, marketing professional, or other video producer, we can help you get your job done! Our experts have the knowledge and the experience to help guide you through every step of the process. We can help you choose the right discs, assist with your artwork and design, set up your content, and deliver the finished product to you! CDROM2GO…

  • Pioneer Speeds Up Blu-ray with New 12X Recorder

    USDM
    27 Oct 2009 | 3:50 am
    For decades, Pioneer has been recognized as a leader in the world of optical storage. The announcement of a new 12X Blu-ray recorder is just one more jaw-dropping example of Pioneer’s commitment to innovation. CDRInfo is reporting that the new burner, known as the BDR-205, will write to single-layer and dual-layer Blu-ray discs at a maximum speed of 12X. Let’s pause for a moment to break down this tremendous achievement for what it is. Bear in mind that a measurement of “X” or “times” is the minimum amount of bandwidth needed to record information on to an…
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  • Cynopsis Digital 11/6/09

    6 Nov 2009 | 1:00 am
    EU lawmakers struck a balance between tough anti-piracy measures such as the so called three-strikes law imposed in France and consumer advocate-backed rights-of-users measures on Thursday, per the NYTimes. Negotiators for the European Parliament, the European Commission and the Council of Ministers reached an agreement that says any decision to cut off internet access of those found guilty of downloading movies and music illegally must be subject to legal review. The decision sets a precedence for recognizing internet access as a fundamental right akin to freedom of speech.

  • Cynopsis Digital 11/5/09

    5 Nov 2009 | 1:00 am
    New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo filed a lawsuit against chip giant Intel for threatening computer manufactures, conspiring with rivals and making billions in illegal payment to pressure them into keeping "Intel Inside" of their PCs. Cuomo claims that Intel also threatened to and did in fact punish computer makers that they perceived to be working too closely with Intel's competitors. Threats included cutting off payments the computer maker was receiving from Intel, directly funding a computer maker's competitors, and ending joint development ventures. The company has vowed to fight the…

  • Cynopsis Digital 11/4/09

    4 Nov 2009 | 1:00 am
    Is the DVD really on its way out? Following a partnership announced earlier this year which made CinemaNow downloads available on Best Buy's retail site, the electronics chain announced plans to license and deploy Sonic's Roxio CinemaNow technology and services platform to make on-demand digital content delivery a standard feature on connected consumer electronics devices sold throughout its U.S. stores, including PCs, connected TVs, set top DVRs, Blu-ray Disc and mobile media players. Sonic licenses new movies, TV shows, indie films and catalog titles, often day-in-date with their DVD…

  • Cynopsis Digital 11/3/09

    3 Nov 2009 | 1:00 am
    Apple is floating a scheme to TV networks to launch a monthly "over the top" TV programming subscription service that would deliver unlimited access to TV shows to any device that can interface with its iTunes software, reports AllThingsD. Such a move would tap into a huge underserved part of the market for Apple - those who are uncomfortable with the value proposition of buying (or renting) shows a la carte you end up watching once. It would also likely prove to be a huge boost to the Apple TV set top, which has so far failed to generate much interest from iTunes installed base of 65 million…

  • Cynopsis Digital 11/2/09

    2 Nov 2009 | 1:00 am
    The Writers Guild of America, East submitted a letter to the FTC on Friday expressing concern about "how difficult it is to create reliable, informative material in the face of unrelenting budget cuts," cuts that are a direct result of news organizations trying to survive deep declines in traditional ad revenues. The statement was filed as a preamble to the union's participation in roundtable workshops being held in December to discuss how journalism may survive in the digital age. http://enews.cynopsis.com/html.asp?XZY2201676UTF58
 
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    SubHub

  • 5 Top Tips for New Authors

    4 Nov 2009 | 5:27 am
    Mindy Gibbins-Klein is a leading writing and publishing consultant better known as The Book Midwife.  A coach for over 18 years, Mindy has enabled hundreds of aspiring authors to start, and more importantly, finish their books.  She believes that everyone is capable of writing and publishing their best possible book if they get in touch with their true purpose and work with a proven process.

  • Fascinating Facts From The 2009 State Of The Blogosphere Research

    2 Nov 2009 | 3:13 am
    Every year Technorati undertake a comprehensive survey to find out what is happening in the world of blogging. They call it the 2009 State of the Blogoshere report.

  • Finding Forums That Cover Your Niche

    30 Oct 2009 | 12:11 am
    Forums that cover your niche subject are an important resource that can help you run your online business. Here's how you can find the ones that are most relevant to you.

  • What is Online Content Monetization?

    27 Oct 2009 | 11:03 pm
    The phrase content monetization is being used more and more frequently, but it is hard to find a definition or detailed description of what it means.  So, here goes . . .

  • 12 Top Tips To Help You Get Coverage On The Most Influential Blogs

    25 Oct 2009 | 11:58 pm
    Being mentioned on a top blog can have a greater and longer term impact on your success than being on TV or radio; but how can you build a relationship with the leading bloggers?<br />
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    YouTube: Entertainment

  • Adam Lambert-For your entertainment LYRICS ON SCREEN

    adamlambertrules100
    4 Nov 2009 | 2:18 pm
    Adam Lambert-For your entertainment LYRICS ON SCREEN *no copyright intended. Song and picture DO NOT belong to me* Here is adam's adamazing single with lyrics!!! Enjoy!!! From: adamlambertrules100 Views: 4629 46 ratings Time: 03:41 More in Music

  • for your entertainment...

    xhomecutie
    3 Nov 2009 | 3:06 pm
    for your entertainment... miley's here for your entertainment! ;D dont even get me started on how long this took to make and then RENDER! my sony vegas went all weird and wouldnt let me render it so i had to get it in small parts and put them together on my old vegas and one part didnt work so i had to redo it and UGHH -.- buts its up and i dont really even like the turn out :| but you can be the judge... after all the time it took to get this up for you all to watch, the LEAST you can do is leave a little comment ... From: xhomecutie Views: 4230 452 ratings Time: 01:51 More in…

  • C2E2 (Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo) 2010 Video #1

    ItsJustSomeRandomGuy
    29 Oct 2009 | 3:58 pm
    C2E2 (Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo) 2010 Video #1 Visit www.C2E2.com for more info on C2E2, the 2010 Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo, April 16-18! This is the first of four videos I made for the 2010 C2E2, with more to follow! Visit http for more videos!! Follow the Randoms!- www.twitter.com Random Note From Random Guy: No, we're not changing our action figures. We're just complying with Marvel's request that we not use Spider-Man character action figures from the movies in these C2E2 videos. From: ItsJustSomeRandomGuy Views: 74806 1730 ratings Time: 01:40 More in…

  • ET Canada - True Blood Cast @ 2009 Scream Awards

    fanseelamb
    19 Oct 2009 | 10:15 pm
    ET Canada - True Blood Cast @ 2009 Scream Awards A little interview with Alan Ball & the cast of True Blood at the 2009 Scream Awards. ... "true blood" "alan ball" "anna paquin" "stephen moyer" "sam trammell" "alexander skarsgard" "scream awards" interview "et canada" "entertainment tonight" From: fanseelamb Views: 11044 19 ratings Time: 01:06 More in Entertainment

  • Adam Lambert's Details magazine photo shoot from Entertainment Tonight

    zaziania
    19 Oct 2009 | 3:18 pm
    Adam Lambert's Details magazine photo shoot from Entertainment Tonight From: zaziania Views: 21523 136 ratings Time: 01:38 More in Entertainment
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  • Enduring truths and narrative coherence

    6 Nov 2009 | 2:00 pm
    Let us start with Plato and finish with Dave Pell, with a little Jeff Jarvis mixed in to help bind it all together. Sometime around 370 BC Plato held forth against the invention of writing, a mere crutch that would cause memory to atrophy while offering only a pale reflection of discourse in its place. The fact is that this invention will produce forgetfulness in the souls of those who have

  • Infobesity: the result of poor information nutrition

    12 Oct 2009 | 4:36 pm
    I've talked and written for some time about the need for serious journalism to stop marketing itself as "Eat your broccoli" and start describing the value of a balanced information diet. I had a discussion like this in Tacoma once, when I mentioned that it’s hard to make a living urging people to eat their broccoli when the guy in the next booth is selling curly fries. Editor Karen Peterson

  • Pointing down a path to ruin

    9 Oct 2009 | 9:13 am
    Rupert Murdoch and Tom Curley at some bizarre news summit in Beijing insist that news companies must "take back control of our content."This is madness on many levels, but most importantly, it's just impossible. Down that path lies ruin.I can't say this better than Jeff Jarvis and Kevin Anderson. Please go read their observations.

  • Seminal work or sloppy thinking?

    19 Sep 2009 | 5:12 pm
    Jeff Jarvis has already ranked it as near "seminal" and reprinted more than 350 words of Paul Graham's Post Medium Publishing, so let me try and bring something different to the party: some examples of sloppy thinking and errors in the piece.Graham: A copy of Time costs $5 for 58 pages, or 8.6 cents a page. The Economist costs $7 for 86 pages, or 8.1 cents a page. Better journalism is actually

  • Enlisting readers to improve journalism

    15 Sep 2009 | 9:37 am
    How simple is this? NYT reporter Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) asked his Twitter readers (more than 12,000 at last check) to help him make an upcoming newspaper story better:My blog post about "GMA" http://bit.ly/djbpT is the 1st draft of a bigger story. So please comment, annotate it, ask questions, poke holes!Even more useful and impressive would be asking them to help shape and report the
 
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    On the Media

  • A Higher Power (On The Media: Friday, 06 November 2009)

    6 Nov 2009 | 2:24 pm
    While there were only a handful of U.S. unmanned aerial drones in 2003, there are now some 7,000 that the military relies on for many of its objectives in Afghanistan and Pakistan. But P.W. Singer, author of Wired for War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Century explains that these robots are hardly risk-free and have a profound impact both at home and abroad.

  • Shields Up (On The Media: Friday, 06 November 2009)

    6 Nov 2009 | 2:20 pm
    This month, the White House and the Senate reached a compromise that makes it likely the nation will pass a federal shield law. CW Andersen, a blogger for Harvard's Nieman Journalism Lab, talks about who the law will cover, and the compromises journalists have made to get it enacted.

  • Update (On The Media: Friday, 06 November 2009)

    6 Nov 2009 | 2:19 pm
    The photos depicting the mistreatment of Abu Ghraib prisoners shocked the world. New photos of detainee abuse are known to exist, and the Obama Administration initially said they would share them with the public. But then Obama changed his mind, arguing the nature of the images could endanger U.S. soldiers. Last week he signed a law to keep them secret.

  • Covering the Third War (On The Media: Friday, 06 November 2009)

    6 Nov 2009 | 1:55 pm
    The US is (unofficially) at war in Pakistan, where reporters face pressure to cover the search for Al Qaeda in the Taliban stronghold of South Waziristan. But the area is virtually inaccessible to most journalists and information is tightly controlled by the Pakistani military. Journalist Shahan Mufti says reporting from the region poses several ethical dilemmas.

  • Finding Utopia (On The Media: Friday, 06 November 2009)

    6 Nov 2009 | 1:18 pm
    Last month, John Harris, a legendary reporter for the National Enquirer, died at the age of 76. One of his colleagues, David Wright, talks about Harris's most famous assignment for the Enquirer: a search for Utopia.
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  • Unveiling the Boxee Beta in NYC on Dec 7th

    avner ronen
    6 Nov 2009 | 6:30 am
    The date is set for the release of the Boxee Beta. On December 7th at 7pm we are going to have an unveiling event at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. At the event we will demo the new Beta, launch new applications from partners and start a 4-weeks early-access for users to test the Beta before we release it to the public at CES on Jan 7th. The Boxee Beta will look, feel and behave differently from the Alpha. It takes into account many of the requests and feedback we received from users in the past year. The Beta will feature: new user interface improved navigation search TV Shows and Movies a…

  • Boxee helps Universal promote the new film The Fourth Kind

    andrew
    3 Nov 2009 | 11:42 am
    Set in modern-day Nome, Alaska, The Fourth Kind (in theaters this Friday) is a thriller that integrates never-before-seen archival footage into the film to tell the story of psychologist Dr. Abigail Tyler (Milla Jovovich). While conducting a sleep disorder study, Dr. Tyler began videotaping sessions with traumatized patients and unwittingly discovered some of the most disturbing evidence of alien abduction ever documented.  Just watching the trailer freaks me out (click on the movie poster to see it). To get people excited for the movie, Boxee’s in-house App Guru Shawn built The Fourth…

  • Watching the Foo Fighters concert on Boxee

    avner ronen
    30 Oct 2009 | 6:24 pm
    Last week U2 and YouTube have partnered to provide a live broadcast of the U2 concert in the Rose Bowl (watch it here), which attracted ~ 10 million viewers. Tonight Facebook/Livestream are broadcasting the Foo Fighters concert from Studio 606. This is great for fans of U2 and Foo Fighters, great for YouTube and Facebook and great for the Music industry. In both cases you could watch these concerts live on Boxee, or tune in later and watch it on demand later. There is an app for the Foo Fighters concert on the App Box (screenshot below), and the U2 concert is available through the YouTube…

  • Crunchyroll brings all you can eat Anime buffet to Boxee

    andrew
    30 Oct 2009 | 5:00 am
    If you’re an anime fan, you’ve probably already heard of Crunchyroll.  If not, then let us introduce you to the web’s largest host for free, fully licensed Anime and Asian Entertainment.  The site has 5 million registered users, and great Anime including newer shows like Naruto Shippuden & Gintama and ones from the past like MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM 00 and Fist of the Northstar. The team at Crunchyroll has worked hard over the past few months to build a Boxee App, and we are happy to announce they are ready to roll it out to Crunchyroll and Boxee users today. The App…

  • Snow Leopard got your remote?

    andrew
    23 Oct 2009 | 3:28 pm
    Since the release of Snow Leopard, Apple’s latest and greatest OS, Boxee users who upgraded have found themselves with a remote that’s possessed or at least seems to be since it controls multiple programs at the same time. The wizzes over at IOSPIRIT have come to the rescue with new software called Candelair to let people use their IR remote (Apple, Logitech Harmony, etc.) to control Boxee as they did prior to upgrading.  Candelair intercepts incoming remote signals on your Apple, and routes them intelligently to different programs, including Boxee, Front Row, and others.  Kudos…
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  • Does Your Mom Edit Your Blog? Google Wants to Know.

    Peter Kafka
    5 Nov 2009 | 9:30 am
    Do a Google news search, for say, “Will Ferrell,” and you’ll see that the search giant has started labeling news items from blogs as…news items from blogs. Why? Turns out Google (GOOG) CEO Eric Schmidt isn’t quite sure himself. But posed with that question during a Boston news conference yesterday, Schmidt did use the opportunity to expound on the difference between pro bloggers and amateur ones. Or at least, his vision of the difference. From Nieman Journalism Lab blogger Zachary Seward’s transcript of his exchange with Schmidt: Me: A very small question.

  • Scripps Books Travel Channel in $975 Million Deal

    Peter Kafka
    5 Nov 2009 | 5:47 am
    It’s official: Scripps Networks Interactive has won the Travel Channel auction. In a deal that values the channel at $975 million, Scripps will acquire a majority interest in the property while current owner Cox retains a 35 percent stake. News Corp. (NWS), among others, had been bidding for the channel. The deal will be structured as a joint venture, and Scripps (SNI) will kick $181 million into the new partnership; it will then issue another $878 million in debt. Scripps itself frequently pops up as an acquisition candidate, and that chatter has only gotten louder as a new wave of…

  • YouTube's Newest Partner: Will Ferrell

    Peter Kafka
    5 Nov 2009 | 5:19 am
    Slowly but surely, YouTube has been able to bump up the number of “premium” content creators willing to hand over some of their stuff to the world’s biggest video site. Here’s yet another one: Funny or Die, the comedy site backed by Will Ferrell, Sequoia and HBO, among others. You’ve been able to get Funny or Die clips on YouTube before, of course, but only with some effort–until now, the site has tried to keep views on its site or with its proprietary player. That only worked in limited doses, though, so it makes plenty of sense for the site to expose its…

  • MySpace's "Work in Progress": Losing Money and Traffic, Blowing Google Guarantees

    Peter Kafka
    4 Nov 2009 | 3:03 pm
    Did Rupert Murdoch wait way too long to fix MySpace? It’s easy to get that impression from the News Corp. earnings call today. The takeaway: The site is losing traffic and money and no longer expects to get all of the $900 million it once counted on from a Google search deal. Also, the company really doesn’t know what to expect of the property going forward, except that it’s a work in progress. So: Either digital media boss Jon Miller, MySpace CEO Owen Van Natta and the rest of the new team brought in this year to fix the site have an impossible task or expectations are now…

  • News Corp. Saved by Movies and Cable, Hammered by Broadcast and Print

    Peter Kafka
    4 Nov 2009 | 1:30 pm
    The theme we’ve seen from big media players that aren’t Google (GOOG) so far this quarter: The worst may be over, but things aren’t exactly great quite yet. In many cases–see: Viacom (VIA), Time Warner (TWX) et al–improvement just means top-line decreases are slowing, while cost-cutting has improved the bottom line. And the first look at results from News Corp., which owns this Web site, seems similar. Revenue of $7.2 billion are in line with Wall Street’s expectations, and the company figured out how generate earnings of 22 cents a share, a nice bump from…
 
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    TradePub: Multimedia

  • How to Tame Digital Content

    5 Nov 2009 | 2:50 pm
    Take a look at this white paper to see how organizations can avoid the frustrations that result when they try a turn-key approach to ECM.Request Free!

  • Church Production Magazine

    5 Nov 2009 | 9:50 am
    Church Production Magazine is the leading resource and educational guide for those involved in making decisions about their church's use of audio, video and lighting equipment. Each issue of Church Production Magazine focuses on helping you enhance your worship services by bringing you the latest news updates, new production announcements and trends in live sound, video projection, audio and video recording, lighting technologies and more.Request Free!

  • AV Technology

    1 Nov 2009 | 12:20 am
    AV Technology provides instructional, problem solving content to AV/IT professionals in the education, corporate, hospitality, entertainment, medical, gaming, worship, and government markets. The magazine helps readers navigate their jobs better and therefore generate more revenue for their employers.Request Free!

  • Videography

    1 Nov 2009 | 12:20 am
    Videography's objective is to offer its readers—film, video and audio professionals in the production and post-production communities—a current, relevant resource for business and technology information. The magazine's readers depend on its combination of news, reviews, interviews and tutorials to keep them informed and connected to their industry.Request Free!

  • Live Sound International

    27 Oct 2009 | 11:20 am
    Live Sound International is dedicated to the art and science of sound reinforcement. Each issue provides current and proven techniques, analysis, applications and business insight specifically intended to assist live audio production and installation professionals stay on top of industry trends and further their business.Request Free!
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    TradePub: Network / Communications

  • WServerNews

    6 Nov 2009 | 11:20 am
    Every week, Sunbelt's founder, Stu Sjouwerman writes WServerNews geared toward keeping system administrators up-to-date on new Server and Security related issues, third party tools, updates, upgrades, Windows compatibility matters and related issues. With over 100,000 subscribers, WServerNews is the largest Windows Server focused newsletter worldwide.Request Free!

  • Business Solutions

    6 Nov 2009 | 9:50 am
    Business Solutions' articles show readers how to sell new technologies and penetrate growing vertical markets. Business Solutions provides "actionable information" for VARs and integrators to increase sales, improve profits, and trounce the competition.Request Free!

  • Faster, Cheaper and Easier to Maintain: Can You Afford Not to Upgrade Your Servers to Today's Advanced, Energy-Efficient Technologies?

    5 Nov 2009 | 5:20 pm
    The current economic downturn has increased the magnitude and difficulty of the challenges facing data center managers. Many data center managers have abandoned their traditional refresh cycles, keeping servers that would normally be decommissioned in operation for an extra year — or more. Although it may seem counterintuitive, the best economic strategy for many data centers is to accelerate refresh cycles, not extend them.Request Free!

  • An In-Depth Look at ROI

    5 Nov 2009 | 5:20 pm
    But is investing more money in the same old networking infrastructure wise? In this white paper, Riverbed discusses its compelling and powerful return on investment in hard dollars, and a way to leap past the obstacles preventing you from reaching your IT objectives.Request Free!

  • Adobe Acrobat 9 Discovery Kit

    5 Nov 2009 | 2:50 pm
    Adobe has created the Adobe® Acrobat® 9 Discovery Kit so you can see how Acrobat 9 software can allow you to communicate the way you've always wanted. Inside, you'll learn the difference between Acrobat and Adobe Reader® software, watch engaging demos, learn what other people are doing with Acrobat 9, and so much more.Request Free!
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    Digital Media Academy

  • DMA’s Maya Certification Program – An Accelerated, Immersive Experience

    David
    28 Oct 2009 | 1:02 pm
    DMA’s Maya Certification program centers on its series of 3d modeling and animation courses. These courses are broad and deep and tackle some of the most complex problems and powerful tools in Maya, Autodesk’s industry standard software for 3D modeling, animation, rendering, and visual effects. From a beginning of how to create basic shapes in Maya I, to a finalized piece with finished facial animations, body rigging, and narrative based story  – the series of courses provides an intense submersion into the Maya toolkit and workflow. Paul Randall and Karen Laszkiewicz –…

  • Surfing and Filmmaking

    Margaret Lim
    31 Jul 2009 | 1:15 pm
    This summer the Digital Media Academy is proud to announce another exciting sports action course – surfing and filmmaking! Held only at UC San Diego, this new course is offered in partnership with La Jolla Surf Academy, based in La Jolla, CA. In this “hybrid” course, students spend the morning gaining new or improving surfing skills, under the guidance of certified instructors of the La Jolla Surf Academy. In the afternoon, students return to the UC San Diego campus and to DMA’s studio classroom to view and edit video footage taken earlier in the day or week. By the end of the week,…

  • Music & Video Production at UCLA

    Margaret Lim
    27 Jul 2009 | 3:12 pm
    Among the many new Digital Media Academy courses featured this summer is Music and Video Production, taught in partnership with the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus. This course provides teens with an experience in the entire music video production process – from mixing music with Apple’s Logic Studio, to writing lyrics, to editing video footage with Apple’s Final Cut Pro. I recently sat down with students taking Music Video Production at DMA’s UCLA location. Several of these students came from outside of California to participate in this very unique course. When asked what they…

  • Advanced Filmmaking for Teens

    Travis
    26 Jul 2009 | 8:20 pm
    The Stanford 2009 Hands-on Digital filmmaking for teens beginning and advanced courses have been a huge success.We have had students make comedy, suspense, horror, extreme sports, and even music videos.Basically, we have covered ever genre you can think of in these classes. The Advanced class gives students with some filmmaking experience to step there skills up a notch.During the camera operation portion of the class we work with Sony HDV cameras and teach advanced techniques to achieve a shallow or deep depth of field and really begin to control the image captured on the camera. We also…

  • “Come Together” Music & Video Production

    Travis
    26 Jul 2009 | 8:18 pm
    I’m very proud to have been a part of DMA’s 1st “come together” music and video production class.  Three groups of four or five students, from all different backgrounds, got together recorded a song and made a music video. The class was awesome! We recorded songs using an electric Roland drum kit, and midi controllers that triggered the software instruments within Logic Studio Pro.  The first 2 days were spent learning Logic, recording our songs, using loops, and mixing down our songs.  When the songs were complete, we got to learn camera operation with the new Sony Z5U…
 
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    MediaSlap blog

  • Are TV Commercials Too Loud?

    mediaslap
    27 Oct 2009 | 8:20 am
    Why is the volume of TV commercials so much greater than the program? I get this question all the time.  Would you be surprised if I said there is no difference, they are the same volume.  With audio there is a difference between loudness and volume.  Although the volume is the same, the apparent [...]

  • Black Friday Now?

    mediaslap
    26 Oct 2009 | 9:04 am
    Black Friday is a popular label attached to the Friday following Thanksgiving Day in the US. This day marks the beginning of the busy shopping season during which most consumers typically start their Christmas/holiday shopping.  While the word "black" often has a negative connotation, the use of black in this case alludes to profitability, [...]

  • Bluetooth goes Green

    mediaslap
    22 Oct 2009 | 6:42 am
    If you spend enough time outdoors the new i.Tech solar powered Bluetooth headset will outrun your phone.   I predict we will see this on cell phones as new solar technology gets mated with new batteries. Samsung came out with the first solar powered headset but the SolarVoice 908 has advanced noise reduction! You can [...]

  • Trash to Clean Energy

    mediaslap
    21 Oct 2009 | 12:53 pm
    Interesting: Did you know that TRASH can be turned into ELECTRICITY with absolutely no CO2 into the atmosphere?…and with a PROFIT! Yes! Waste to energy technology in the USA and Mexico, actually creates electricity from waste without having to separate the trash letting our machines do the job.It also separates the recyclable materials or commodities (iron, [...]

  • Chaos in Surround Sound

    mediaslap
    9 Oct 2009 | 7:02 am
    The following email exchange is real – The names have been changed … (my responses are in blue italics) Subject: CHANGE HOUR MEETING Hola, We may change the date scheduled for  3pm Houston time? I only have 3pm to 4pm available. [...]
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    Digital Tonto

  • How to Solve 5 Common Web Publishing Mistakes

    Greg
    5 Nov 2009 | 4:54 am
    Leo Tolstoy wrote, “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”  It’s a similar story for web sites.  To be successful you have to get the basics right. Web Publishing is not solely the domain of media companies anymore.  Inbound marketing is becoming crucial for customer acquisition and retention.  The ability to make engaging content that creates interest and informs consumers is becoming a core competency for an increasingly diverse group of companies in a variety of industries. However, most web sites fail to attract a following. There is more…

  • How to Approach Marketing ROI

    Greg
    3 Nov 2009 | 6:36 am
    Measuring return on investment (ROI) in marketing is an important and complicated issue.  As with any other investment, businesses want to know they are getting value and increasing their bottom line.   However, there are some fundamental differences between marketing and financial investments. Marketing ROI isn’t straightforward.  Different companies have different needs.  Some sell expensive durable goods that are bought infrequently.  Others sell packaged goods that can fly off the shelves.  Still others sell business services with high acquisition costs and need to build long…

  • Cargo Cult Marketers

    Greg
    1 Nov 2009 | 5:11 am
    As markets become more competitive marketers’ jobs become more complex.  New categories are created while old ones add more segments.  Novel marketing channels compete with traditional media outlets. Marketing has never been harder or more abstruse There are those, however, that offer a false solution to all of the drudgery.  They have a simple formula that explains everything.  I call them “Cargo Cult Marketers“ and they are people to avoid. What is a Cargo Cult Marketer? Such marketers are very much like the “Cargo Cult Scientists” that Richard Feynman described in his…

  • How a Successful Digital Business is Really Built

    Greg
    29 Oct 2009 | 7:21 am
    The digital world is fraught with myth.  A common fable is of a visionary idea executed flawlessly and pursued with certainty by those with superhuman powers of insight.  How things really work is considerably different. It is usually a tale of confusion, doubt and more than a little trial and error. This shouldn’t come as a great surprise; many eminent companies had inauspicious beginnings.  Hewlett and Packard started out with oddball ideas such as an automatic toilet flusher and a gizmo that would shock people into losing weight.  Sony failed with its first product, a simple rice…

  • What Digital Media Can Learn From Magazine Publishers’ Walls

    Greg
    27 Oct 2009 | 5:59 am
    At the heart of the disconnect between the online and offline worlds are Publishing Walls.  The walls which magazine editors erect to arrange each issue and maintain independence are essential edifices for magazine publishers, but seem ridiculous to the online world. However, the digital world is often too quick to dismiss successful practices that they don’t understand.  The walls that publishers have built were not erected on a whim.  They are successful business practices developed over decades of hard experience. As magazines struggle to make the transition to digital and online…
 
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