Variety: Disney joins Hulu

Source: Variety / TV, “Disney joins Hulu: Library of films, ABC shows will appear on site,” by Cynthia Littleton, 4/30/09. From paragraph two: Once the deal formally closes, Disney will make full-length episodes and other content from a range of Mouse House shows, including ABC hits “Lost,” “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Desperate Housewives,” available for ad-supported [...]

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TVWeek: Integrated campaigns – tv / ‘net

Source: TVWeek, “Integrated campaigns worth overcoming hurdles,” by Jon Lafayette, 4/29/09. Examines the trend of surfing while watching the tube.

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Resourceshelf: States launch stimulus-tracking sites

Source: alert from Resourceshelf.com, “States launch stimulus-tracking sites.” Notice of websites created by the 50 states that will track the usage of their share of the stimulus package. Here is the,  “Map with links to websites from all 50 states.”

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Variety: Sony offers free films on Crackle.com

Source: Variety / Technology, “Sony offers free films on Crackle.com: Studio’s movie, TV website adding popular titles,” by Marc Graser, 4/29/09. Check out Crackle.com. Excerpt, 3rd paragraph, from Graser’s article: In addition to “Spider-Man 2,” new pics added to Crackle’s free ad-supported service, include “Groundhog Day,” “Stripes,” “A Few Good Men,” “1941,” “El Mariachi,” “Big [...]

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NYT: DOJ opens Google Books antitrust case

Source: NYTimes.com, “Justice Dept. opens antitrust inquiry into Google Books Deal,” by Miguel Helft, 4/28/09. From Helft’s 3rd paragraph: The inquiry does not necessarily mean that the department will oppose the settlement, which is subject to a court review. But it suggests that some of the concerns raised by critics, who say the settlement would [...]

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OECD Info & Comm Policy News – Apr 09

Source: OECD Information and Communication Policy News – April 2009. In this issue: RECENT NEWS: ICCP Committee Expands Participation of Non-governmental Stakeholders in its Work NEW PUBLICATIONS: Computer Viruses and Other Malicious Software: A Threat to the Internet Economy, March 2009 Online Identity Theft, March 2009 Promoting Consumer Education: Trends, Policies and Good Practices, March [...]

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Salon.com / Greenwald: Izzy Award speeches

Source: Salon.com / Glenn Greenwald, 4/19/09. Just found the videos of the Izzy Awards on Glenn Greenwald’s blog. They’re posted in segments: Glenn Greenwald’s speech (in 2 parts); Jeff Cohen’s intro; Amy Goodman’s speech (in 4 parts). Just one appears, below.  Took a minute to roll the footage for me, so patience. Enjoy! more about [...]

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WTF? Sup Ct on Fleeting Expletives

OPINION (PDF) SEE DOCKET 07-582 FCC v. Fox Television Stations 4/28/09 Sup. Ct. site: http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/08slipopinion.html FCC / Office of Gen Counsel: see recent court opinions (right of screen) – pdf All over the inbox: First heard on NPR.org by Nina Totenberg: Source: NPR.org / Legal Affairs, “High Court Backs FCC Expletives Policy,” by Nina Totenberg, [...]

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Ragan.com: Crisis Com. & Swine Flu

Source: Ragan.com, “Studies in crisis: How communicators took on swine flu,” by Jessica Levco, 4/28.09 Overview of how educational and healthcare sectors informed communities about the outbreak of swine flu. One way: the CDC’s Twitter account.

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MITWorld: Distributed Leadership in the Obama Campaign

From MIT: “The Obama campaign owes its victory not to a single charismatic candidate, but to the efforts of a disciplined and motivated organization whose roots go back to landmark movements of the 1960s. Marshall Ganz, who cut his teeth on civil rights work and with Cesar Chavez’s United Farm Workers, describes how the principles [...]

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Adage.com: Best Ads in Weekly News Mags

Source: Adage.com, “The Best ads in Weekly news magazines: MRI Starch ad engagement names top 10,” by Michal Galin, 4/28, 2009. Compiled with MRI Starch Communication’s “engagement score” system. A slide show can be viewed on the Adage.com site.

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PBS Engage: What are your information needs?

Source: PBS Engage, “What are your information needs?” This was posted to some library listservs this week. Here is the call for input: We need your input In today’s media environment – with so many newspapers cutting back on editorial staff, and online media becoming more ever-present each day – do you have the information [...]

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OnlineMediaDaily: Req. delay in Google book search settlement

Source: OnlineMediaDaily, “Google, others asks for delay in book search settlement,” by Wendy Davis, 4/27/09. The delay is for copyright holders to opt out of the class settlement. More time is needed to for holders to consider the opt out option. The current deadline is May 5th; some are asking to extend the deadline until [...]

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Reuters: FTC gives last chance to ‘net Co.s to self-reg

Source: Reuters, “FTC says Internet firms near ‘last chance’,” by Kim Dixon. At issue is consumer privacy. FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz is quoted on the ultimatum. In other FTC news: FYI, “FTC Issues staff report on Mobile Commerce Marketplace,” 4/22/09.  Here is the text of the report,“Beyond Voice: Mapping the Mobile Marketplace: A Federal  Trade [...]

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MediaDailyNews: Nielsen measures tv on the ‘net

Source: MediaDailyNews, “Nielsen begins measuring internet usage in TV ratings sample,” by Joe Mandese, 4/28/09. Mandese explains why this new system for measuring online viewership of television is controversial.

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PoynterOnline: Bad Reporter (Santa Cruz Comic News)

Source: PoynterOnline, “Cartoonist Sketches our Future in News,” by Bill Mitchell, 4/28/09. Bill Mitchell interviews comic strip writer Asmussen on the biz and parrot poop. Crazy stuff. You have to see: Virgin Mary Sues Toast For Use of Image: Is it ‘Fair Use?’ Priceless.  Fake news will always prosper. Long live Colbert and the Onion. [...]

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MacArthur Foundation: support Int’l Justice

From the MacArthur Foundation / Multimedia Library: “The International Criminal Court is the cornerstone of a strong international justice system. As a early supporter of the civil society groups that advocated for the ICC, the MacArthur Foundation funded a variety of activities leading up to the completion of the Rome Treaty, which created the Court. [...]

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LOC: Dickson Experimental Sound Film

The Library of Congress has a YouTube site of “timeless treasures.” Take a look.  Alert from Ciara H– on Videolib. more about “LOC: Dickson Experimental Sound Film“, posted with vodpod

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Slate.com: the Warner Bros. archives

Source: Slate.com, “Robert Altman Made a Movie about a lunar landing?: the thrill of exploring Warner’s archive of previously unreleased films,” by Mark Harris, 4/21/09. This article was posted to the VidLib listserv by Deg F-.   We in the library receive orders for films that are no longer in the market.   Just because it is [...]

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OnlineMediaDaily: AT&T in bed with BT co.

Source: OnlineMediaDaily, “AT&T in bed with BT Company,” by Wendy Davis, 4/24/09. Davis exposes the two faces of AT&T’s BT policy & practice.  This report used testimony from the recent hearing noted in my post, below.   Here is a link from the article to Attwood’s (AT&T Sr. VP, Public Policy & CPO) testimony (pdf).  Oddly [...]

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