Press Accuracy Rating Hits Two-Decade Low. (2009, September 14). Pew Research Center. Retrieved September 30, 2009, from http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1341/press-accuracy-rating-hits-two-decade-low. According to the research, “Just 29% of Americans say that news organizations generally get the facts straight, while 63% say that news stories are often inaccurate.”
Archive for September, 2009
Pew Research: Press accuracy rating hits two-decade low
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Journalism, Media Literacy on September 30, 2009 | Comments Off
RCFP: Corp.s can claim personal privacy interest
Posted in Culture and Communications, InfoTech, Journalism, Legal Studies on September 30, 2009 | Comments Off
Fleschert,, M. (2009, September 25). Corporations can claim personal privacy interest. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. Retrieved September 30, 2009, from http://www.rcfp.org/newsitems/index.php?i=11042. Fleschert’s nutshell on the case history: The case’s complicated history stems from a dispute that arose when AT&T Inc. participated in a Federal Communications Commission program that increased schools’ access to [...]
NYTimes.com: DisneyDigitalBooks.com subscription site
Posted in Culture and Communications, InfoTech, Journalism, Media Literacy, Public Relations, Radio, Television on September 30, 2009 | Comments Off
Barnes, B. (2009, September 29). Disney to Introduce Children’s E-Book Site. NYTimes.com. Retrieved September 30, 2009, from http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/29/business/media/29disney.html?_r=2. Here is the 2nd paragraph by Barnes: In what it bills as an industry-defining moment — though rivals are sure to be skeptical about that — Disney Publishing plans to introduce a new subscription-based Web site. For [...]
Gannett ups and downs
Posted in Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism on September 30, 2009 | Comments Off
Kaplan, David. (2009, September 29). Gannett Warns Of More Declines For Q3 . paidContent. Retrieved September 30, 2009, from http://paidcontent.org/article/419-gannett-warns-of-more-declines-for-q3/. Friedman, Wayne. (2009, September 30). Gannett Publishes Good News: Income Growth Up . MediaPost Publications / MediaDailyNews. Retrieved September 30, 2009, from http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=114491.
beyondChron: Muchnick ties his case to the Google Books settlement issue
Posted in Culture and Communications, Indymedia, InfoTech, Journalism, Legal Studies, Library News on September 30, 2009 | Comments Off
Muchnick, Irvin. (2009, September 29). Google Books, Freelance Settlements Equally Stalled – and Inextricably Intertwined. BeyondChron: San Francisco’s Alternative Online Daily News. Retrieved September 30, 2009, from http://www.beyondchron.org/articles/Google_Books_Freelance_Settlements_Equally_Stalled_and_Inextricably_Intertwined_7394.html. Muchnick draws parallels between his pending Supreme Court case (out of the rib of Tasini) & the Google settlement issue.
AdAge: New Model for ‘mass roots’ marketing
Posted in Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism on September 29, 2009 | Comments Off
Iezzi, T. (2009, September 28). Ad Agency: Mother Births New Model for ‘Mass Roots’ Marketing . Agency News – Advertising Age. Retrieved September 29, 2009, from http://adage.com/agencynews/article?article_id=139290. Profiles the New York agency, Mother Productions. I could not find a website for Mother Productions but here is the site for NBC LocalMedia.
thoughtLeaders: Top 10 reasons your team hates you
Posted in Communications Management &Design on September 29, 2009 | Comments Off
Figliuolo, M. (2009, September 28). thoughtLEADERS, LLC Blog: 10 Reasons Your Team Hates You (They Just Won’t Say It To Your Face). Retrieved September 29, 2009, from http://thoughtleadersllc.blogspot.com/2009/09/10-reasons-your-team-hates-you-they.html. Saw this on a SmartBrief post. Number one: You’re indecisive!
PoynterOnline: AP Stylebook iPhone App
Posted in InfoTech, Journalism on September 28, 2009 | Comments Off
Tenore, Mallary Jean. (2009, September 28). AP Stylebook iPhone App Launches today, a Hybrid of print & online versions. PoynterOnline. Retrieved September 28, 2009, from http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=101&aid=170756. It would cost $29. Tenore compares it to the print & online editions — it is more expensive — but it is comparable to other “reference apps” such as [...]
Variety: Polanski could be extradited to the US
Posted in Culture and Communications, Legal Studies on September 28, 2009 | Comments Off
Graser, M., & Kirschbaum, E. (2009, September 27). Polanski weighs legal options . Variety – Film. Retrieved September 28, 2009, from http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118009235.html?categoryid=10&cs=1&nid=2248. They covered this story on NPR this morning, too. I think he should be extradited.
Chronicle: Harvard’s Prof. Sandel on Justice
Posted in Television on September 28, 2009 | Comments Off
Shea, C. (2009, September 28). Michael Sandel Wants to Talk to You About Justice . Retrieved September 28, 2009, from http://chronicle.com/article/Michael-Sandel-Wants-to-Talk/48573/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en. I enjoyed this article on Prof. Sandel of Harvard University. His classic course on Justice is heading for the masses: This fall a wider audience is invited to experience the Sandel phenomenon, as public-television [...]
WSJ/Digits: Shield-Law amendment excludes unpaid bloggers
Posted in Indymedia, Journalism, Legal Studies, Radio, Television on September 25, 2009 | Comments Off
LaVallee, Andrew. (2009, September 23). Shield-Law Amendment Excludes Unpaid Bloggers . WSJ.com / Blogs / Digits. Retrieved September 25, 2009, from http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/09/23/shield-law-amendment-excludes-unpaid-bloggers/. From the lede: A recent amendment to the federal shield bill [pdf] being considered in the Senate will exclude non-”salaried” journalists and bloggers from the proposed law’s protections.
BeyondChron: Elsevier v. Muchnick
Posted in Culture and Communications, Indymedia, Journalism, Legal Studies, Library News on September 25, 2009 | Comments Off
Muchnick, Irvin. (2009, September 14). Reed Elsevier v. Muchnick Is About the Hijacking of Tasini v. Times. BeyondChron: San Francisco’s Alternative Online Daily New. Retrieved September 25, 2009, from http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=7345. While looking at the Sup Ct roster for Salazar, I happened upon Reed Elsevier v. Muchnick (08-103 -pdf). Not sure if LJAN will continue to [...]
LJAN: Google settlement postponed
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, InfoTech, Legal Studies, Library News, Public Relations on September 25, 2009 | Comments Off
Older, Norman. (2009, September 22). Google Settlement Hearing Postponed After DoJ Push for More Negotiations. Library Journal Academic Newswire. Retrieved September 25, 2009, from http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6698280.html?nid=2673&rid=2020255194&source=title. Apparently the hearing was to be October 7th. FIR 9/18/09 DOJ.
Pew Research: Salazar v. Buono
Posted in Culture and Communications, Legal Studies on September 25, 2009 | Comments Off
Merriam, Jesse. (2009, September 24). Salazar v. Buono: Can Government Give One Religion’s Symbol Prominence in a Public Park? . Pew Research Center. Retrieved September 25, 2009, from http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1353/salazar-buono-establishment-clause-religious-display. Examines the different arguments from both sides and provides background. Oral arguments are set for October 7th (pdf).
HBR Editor’s Blog: Hyatt: how to damage your brand
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Integrated Marketing Communications, Public Relations on September 25, 2009 | Comments Off
Michelman, Paul. (2009, September 18). Lessons From Hyatt: Simple Ways to Damage Your Brand . – HBR Editors’ Blog – Harvard Business Review. Retrieved September 25, 2009, from http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/hbr/hbreditors/2009/09/hyatt_housekeepers_and_damagin.html. Guess where I won’t be staying during my midwinter ALA Conference? I’m glad there is such outrage.
PRNewswire: get LIFE from Google Books
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Journalism, Media Literacy, Public Relations on September 25, 2009 | Comments Off
Life Inc. :: LIFE Magazine Archive Now Available on Google Books. (2009, September 23). PR Newswire. Retrieved September 25, 2009, from http://sev.prnewswire.com/entertainment/20090923/NY8049423092009-1.html. Thumbs up to Life Inc.
Masterpiece: Little Dorrit: watch online for a limited time
Posted in Television on September 25, 2009 | Comments Off
Rightfully, Little Dorrit was awarded 7 Emmy awards. To celebrate, Masterpiece has posted all 5 episodes of the searies to its website. You can stream it in full. They’ve even broken it down into chapters. Extras are in the menu to the right including interviews, behind-the-scenes vides, a slideshow, and scholarly comments. Enjoy! BTW: Other [...]
Variety: Amanpour’s new show
Posted in Journalism, Television on September 24, 2009 | Comments Off
Madigan, Nick. (2009, September 23). CNN star Amanpour tackles her own show. Variety. Retrieved September 24, 2009, from http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118009109.html?categoryid=1236&cs=1. Congrats to Amanpour.
Adage: FDA hearings on big pharma & social media ads
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Integrated Marketing Communications, Legal Studies, Public Relations on September 24, 2009 | Comments Off
Thomaselli, Rich. (2009, September 23). FDA to Hold Public Hearings on Social-Media Use . Advertising Age – Digital. Retrieved September 24, 2009, from http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=139228. Here is the lead paragraph: NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will hold a two-day public hearing in November on how pharmaceutical companies use the web and [...]
RCFP: US AG Holder puts limits on secrecy privilege
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Indymedia, Journalism, Legal Studies, Public Relations, Radio, Television on September 24, 2009 | Comments Off
Eastburg, Rory. (2009, September 23). Holder puts new limits on state secrets privilege. Retrieved September 24, 2009, from http://www.rcfp.org/newsitems/index.php?i=11038. The article links to a pdf copy of the memo from AG Holder that outline the new DOJ standards that are “effective as of October 1, 2009.”
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