Davis, W. (2010, November 9). FTC Urged To Clamp Down On Data Collection Online 11/11/2009. MediaPost Publications. Retrieved November 11, 2009, from http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=117202
Davis includes perspectives from the Interactive Advertising Bureau, Center for Democracy & Technology & others. The FTC has scheduled discussions on this issue for December 7th: see: Exploring Privacy: a Roundtable Series (12/7/09)
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About: “Paula Apsell, NOVA’s senior executive producer laments the sad state of science journalism and discusses how NOVA is more essential than ever. In a world where the public understanding of science is diminishing, she makes a strong case for NOVA’s tradition of depth and substance, tackling the most pressing issues in science, in a thoughtful and visually complex manner. Apsell brings clips from some recent NOVA programs to illustrate the role of television’s most prestigious science documentary series in the vast television and web content landscape. She provides insights into the editorial processes of topic selection, treatment, and production standards. In a world of decreasing attention spans, Apsell considers the challenges of providing meaningful science content, keeping it interesting, while not leaving the audience behind.” Watch it on the MIT World platform.
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From the Museum of Broadcast Communication:
“You’re invited to join the Museum of Broadcast Communications at Museum.TV TONIGHT! at 6 PM Central for a live online roundtable with viewer participation – Conan @ 100 – America’s Late Night Evolution!”
WHAT: A live video streaming event with online participation
WHEN: TONIGHT!, November 10, 2009 – 6 p.m. (CT)
WHO:
Mike Niederman, Chairman of the Columbia College Chicago Television Department
Bill Zehme, America’s preeminent celebrity profile writer and author of Lost in the Funhouse: The Life and Mind of Andy Kaufman, co-author of Regis Philbin’s best-selling memoirs, Who Wants to Be Me? (2000) and I’m Only One Man (1995), and Jay Leno’s comic memoir, Leading With My Chin (1996)… as well as a soon-to-be-published biography of Johnny Carson.
Ross Bryant, Comedian and ensemble member of The Second City National Touring Company
WHERE: www.Museum.TV
WHY: To commemorate Conan O’Brien’s first 100 nights as host of The Tonight Show — and other changes involving Jay Leno, David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel, et al.
HOW: YOU are invited to watch online and share your thoughts and opinions on the recent changes and controversies in late night television.
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Westphal, D. (2009, November 10). No revenue model for news? Labor steps up. OJR: The Online Journalism Review. Retrieved November 11, 2009, from http://www.ojr.org/ojr/people/davidwestphal/200911/1795/
He looks at cases such as The Tyee:
When I posted notes from my Harvard remarks last week [see here], NYU’s Jay Rosen pointed me to David Beers, editor of The Tyee of Vancouver, British Columbia. I hadn’t realized how long Beers has been toiling in the world of investigative reporting backed in part by labor. He started The Tyee in 2003, with $190,000 in initial funding provided by labor. Quite quickly, he diversified his revenue stream, which now also includes philanthropy, advertising, audience contributions and small grants from the government.
The result is an award-winning nonprofit that’s investigative and progressive at heart, and focuses on the civic life of Western Canada. Beers’ budget this year is about $550,000, and his site last month reached more than 160,000 unique visitors.
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From the Ad Council:”About the Campaign: More than 3 million healthy and treatable pets are euthanized each year. Shelter animals are loving, loyal pets who find themselves there through no fault of their own. By dispelling myths and misconceptions, The Shelter Pet Project aims to make adoption the first choice when acquiring a new pet.Official Sponsor Name: The Humane Society of the United States, Maddie’s FundCampaign Website: www.theshelterpetproject.org “
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Tartakoff, J. (2009, November 9). Google, Authors Ask Judge For More Time To Hammer Out Books Settlement. paidContent. Retrieved November 10, 2009, from http://paidcontent.org/article/419-google-authors-ask-judge-for-more-time-to-hammer-out-new-settlement/
A judge granted an extension for this Friday — Friday the 13th! paidContent posted the primary source requesting an extension.
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Barr, A. (2009, November 9). Visa Debuts Global Campaign For Winter Olympics. MarketingDaily. Retrieved November 10, 2009, from http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=117054
Between Sports Media and Strat Comm, the marketing and branding of the Olympics is a popular question at the ref desk. They will build on their “Go World” campaign.
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Corcos, C. (2009, November 9). New Lawyers’ Group Works To Help Journalists. Media Law Prof Blog. Retrieved November 10, 2009, from http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/media_law_prof_blog/2009/11/new-lawyers-group-works-to-help-journalists.html
International non-profit based in London that helps journalists by paying for legal fees and offering free legal advice. Take a look at the Media Legal Defence Initiative.
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Chuang, A. (2009, November 9). When is Fort Hood suspect’s faith relevant in media coverage? PoynterOnline. Retrieved November 10, 2009, from http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=58&aid=173171
Examines the headlines after the Fort Hood tragedy. Quote from the dean of faculty at the Poynter Institute, Keith Woods:
“Race and ethnicity never truly describe,” Woods said. “Connecting faith, race or ethnicity to motive without proof is reckless journalism.”
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Geller, B. (n.d.). Flack: what’s in a name? PR Daily: Public Relations and marketing in the age of social media. Retrieved November 10, 2009.
Geller examines the history of the term and how it may be used today.
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Miller, C. C. (2009, November 10). Tweets Are Coming to LinkedIn. NYTimes.com / Bits Blog. Retrieved November 10, 2009, from http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/10/tweets-are-coming-to-linkedin/?ref=technology
A new alliance, how surprising.
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Ives, N. (2009, November 10). A Guide to Magazines That Have Ceased Publication. Adage. Retrieved November 10, 2009, from http://adage.com/mediaworks/article?article_id=132779
Metropolitan Home ceases with the December 09 issue. Also dead: Gormet (1941-2009), Teen (1954-2008), and PC Magazine (1982-2009).
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Bayard, S. (2009, November 6). Glenn Beck’s UDRP Complaint Gets The Smack Down. Citizen Media Law Project. Retrieved November 9, 2009, from http://www.citmedialaw.org/blog/2009/glenn-becks-udrp-complaint-gets-smack-down
The UDRP is apparently the Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy from ICANN. Someone named a website: glennbeckrapedandmurderedayounggirlin1990.com (site did not link for me). The reason for the take-down may be in Bayard’s update that, “Eiland-Hall [who registered the site] has voluntarily transferred the domain to Beck, writing that he “has no more use for the actual scrap of digital real estate” now that his criticism has been made and his First Amendment argument has been vindicated.”
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Naughton, P. (2009, January 19). Anna Politkovskaya’s lawyer Stanislav Markelov shot dead in Moscow – Times Online. TimesOnline.co.uk. Retrieved November 9, 2009, from http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article5547721.ece (seen on Media Law Prof Blog).
To learn more about Anna Politkovskaya, check out the DVD Letter to Anna: DVD 5793.
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Kramer, S. D. (2009, November 8). The Latest On Comcast-NBC: Waiting For Vivendi | paidContent. Retrieved November 9, 2009, from http://paidcontent.org/article/419-the-latest-on-comcast-nbc-waiting-for-vivendi/
Kramer notes that, “The fastest estimate for regulatory approval is eight months..”
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The upcoming doc on [i]ndependentLens is D Tour. It follows Pat Spurgeon an indie rock drummer who is in need of a kidney transplant. “D” is for dialysis. You can watch a preview and read more about it on the I.L. website.
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Friedman, W. (2009, November 6). Oprah Leaving? Then Where Is Syndication Going? MediaPost Publications. Retrieved November 6, 2009, from http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=116930&lfe=1
Friedman cites an article in TheWrap.com by Josef Adalian, 111/4/09 on the potential move. He considers what will happen in “the wake of a possible Oprah departure”.
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Reiss, D. (2009, November 3). A Quirk in the Road – 12 Things You Should Know About Peter Shankman and How He Views the World. True/Slant. Retrieved November 6, 2009, from http://trueslant.com/dawnreiss/2009/11/03/12-things-you-should-know-about-peter-shankman-and-how-he-views-the-world/
Shankman is the “marketing mastermind behind HARO (Help a Reporter Out)” used by reporters to find sources on deadline. Perhaps he can team up with Radical Reference; they just alerted colleagues of a new article on their mission.
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Garber, M. (2009, October 29). FCC Taps Waldman to Study “State of the Media” : CJR. Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved November 4, 2009, from http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/fcc_taps_waldman_to_study_stat.php?page=all
CJR cites Waldman’s blog Beliefnet. The FCC have a post at 10/28/09, “Steven Waldman Named to Lead Commission Effort on Future of Media in a Changing Technological Landscape” (pdf).
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Weisman, J. (2009, November 3). Cookie Jar offers free kiddie classics – Entertainment News, Technology News, Media – Variety. Variety / Technology. Retrieved November 4, 2009, from http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118010787.html?categoryId=1009&cs=1&nid=2248
Check out Jaroo.com. I’ll add it to my guides for Television and Visual Communication under the video category.
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