Here is the Paley Center’s Nov. 2009 newsletter They’re promoting “Vampire Weekend” – Nov. 13-15, 2009
Archive for October, 2009
Paley Center for Media: Nov. 2009 news
Posted in Radio, Television on October 30, 2009 | Comments Off
Variety: Google adds a music search
Posted in Culture and Communications, InfoTech on October 30, 2009 | Comments Off
Morris, C. (2009, October 29). Google searches for music sales – Entertainment News, Technology News, Retrieved October 30, 2009, from http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118010606.html?categoryId=1009&cs=1&nid=2248 Sounds interesting: http://www.Google.com/Music From the Official Google Blog: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/making-search-more-musical.html
Bill in Congress proposes free access to CRS reports
Posted in Journalism, Legal Studies, Library News on October 30, 2009 | Comments Off
From an email by Patrice McDermott at OpentheGovernment.org (posted by Mary Mallory, UIUC Library to alacoun@ala.org, 10/29/09): We need your help to urge Congress to provide free online access to taxpayer-funded Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports! The Congressional Research Service (CRS) uses taxpayer dollars to produce excellent reports on public policy issues ranging from foreign [...]
Media Post: misleading media, TV futures; Spongebob
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Journalism, Television on October 30, 2009 | Comments Off
Here are 3 MediaPost articles that caught my eye: Dobbs, G. (2009, October 23). Misleading The Media: Truth and Consequences. MediaPost Publications. Retrieved October 30, 2009, from http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=116049 I’ll submit an order for Dobbs’ book, Life in the Wrong Lane. Mermigas, D. (2009, October 23). TV Futures: Charging For Online Shows. MediaPost blogs: Diane Mermigas [...]
Adweek: towards a common ratings currancy
Posted in Integrated Marketing Communications on October 30, 2009 | Comments Off
Bachman, K. (2009, October 29). Video Ad Nets Eye Common Ratings Currency. Retrieved October 30, 2009, from http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/nontraditional/e3ib2e664ce05ad759c4bc276cb07537b41 Here is the lead: Moving a step closer to establishing a common ratings currency for buying and selling on video advertising networks, 11 media companies representing 22 networks have published disclosure forms for audience research studies conducted [...]
LexisNexis: Scheduled maintenance outage Oct 31st
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Gaming, Indymedia, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism, Legal Studies, Library News, Public Relations, Radio, Television on October 26, 2009 | Comments Off
From Alistair Morrison, Product Manager: All LexisNexis online products will be unavailable during a scheduled maintenance outage related to the end of Daylight Savings Time. LexisNexis online products will be unavailable to users from October 31, 9:00 p.m. through November 01, 2009, 5:00 a.m. Eastern Time. While we have scheduled the outage at time of [...]
Library News: Consumer Media Ad Source includes digital/web direct marketing lists
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Integrated Marketing Communications, Library News, Public Relations on October 26, 2009 | Comments Off
From SRDS to their customers (modified for Ithaca College users): Click here to watch a brief overview of what’s new. Click here to register for complimentary training. Click “register” after the Consumer/B2B session *The new version of SRDS Consumer Media Advertising Source is now available. As part of your existing subscription, your databases now include [...]
Adage: video interview on games and advertising
Posted in Gaming, Integrated Marketing Communications on October 26, 2009 | Comments Off
Here are 10 minute interviews with Kevin Slavin of area/code. Adage.com. (n.d.). Inside the Changing Business of Mobile Social Games: Interview with a developer for A&E, Discovery and MTV. Retrieved October 26, 2009, from http://adage.com/brightcove/lineup.php?lineup=18982295001&title=39590361001 & here is part II: Adage.com. (n.d.). A Game Designer who doubdts value of In-Game Ads: Part II of the [...]
NYTimes: Case study on ad placement practice: Mercedes-Benz
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism on October 26, 2009 | Comments Off
Clifford, S. (2009, October 26). Online Rally May Sidestep Newspapers. The New York Times. Retrieved October 26, 2009, from http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/26/business/media/26adco.html?_r=1&ref=technology Examines how Mercedes-Benz looked at network sites over newspapers given the cost of the ads. Standards being developed by the Online Publishers Association were discussed.
PoynterOnline: HuffPo’s “Impact”
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Indymedia, Journalism, Public Relations, Radio, Television on October 26, 2009 | Comments Off
Tenore, M. J. (2009, October 25). Huffington Post’s ‘Impact’ lets readers donate to people in the news. PoynterOnline. Retrieved October 26, 2009, from http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=101&aid=172262 I’m excited that Arianna Huffington will be visiting Ithaca College! The new “Impact” feature sounds brilliant. I think it would be especially useful in local news stories if other outlets adapt [...]
RCFP: Is FOX News news? White House says no
Posted in Journalism on October 26, 2009 | Comments Off
Schrimpf, A. (2009, October 23). White House attempted to shut out Fox News reporter. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. Retrieved October 26, 2009, from http://www.rcfp.org/newsitems/index.php?i=11081 This RCFP blurb generated some spirited commentary on the definition of news.
CSM: Dispute Finder -Firefox extention that finds counterpoints
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, Radio, Television on October 26, 2009 | Comments Off
Gaylord, C. (2009, October 13). Dispute Finder: Making the call on Web ‘facts’ | csmonitor.com. Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved October 26, 2009, from http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/10/13/dispute-finder-making-the-call-on-web-%e2%80%98facts%e2%80%99/ I’m fascinated by the potential of this Firefox extension called Dispute Finder. It is still in Beta but you may like to try it.
Variety: FCC ISP rules
Posted in Communications Management &Design, InfoTech, Legal Studies, Television on October 23, 2009 | Comments Off
Littleton, Cynthia. (2009, October 22). Biz eyes FCC’s moves online – Entertainment News, Technology News, Media – Variety. Variety. Retrieved October 23, 2009, from http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118010285.html?categoryId=1009&cs=1&nid=2248 A quote from Littleton’s lede: The FCC on Thursday began the formal process of establishing a set of “rules for the road” for Internet service providers, setting off a policy [...]
MediaPost: VW adver-game app
Posted in Gaming, Integrated Marketing Communications on October 23, 2009 | Comments Off
Greenberg, K. (2009, October 23). VW Goes All Mobile For Launch Of GTI. MarketingDaily. Retrieved October 23, 2009, from http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=115919 Here is the adver-game for the iPhone and the iPod touch.
Creative Commons: Commoner Letter #1: Mohamed Nanabhay of Al Jazeera
Posted in Culture and Communications, Journalism, Legal Studies, Public Relations, Radio, Television on October 13, 2009 | Comments Off
From: Creative Commons, Commoner Letter #1, 10/7/2009 I enjoyed reading Mohamad Nanabhay‘s post to the Commoner Letter of Creative Commons. He announced the release of footage on the War on Gaza. Take a look. I’ve added this resource to my research guides for Culture & Communications, Journalism, Television and Radio.
Poynter: journalists / doc film funding with Kickstarter
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Gaming, Indymedia, Journalism, Radio, Television on October 10, 2009 | Comments Off
Tenore, M. J. (2009, October 9). Jounalists raise thousands to fund projects on Kickstarter. PoynterOnline. Retrieved October 10, 2009, from http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=101&aid=171218. Kickstarter is for artists, musicians, doc filmmakers, journalists, inventors, explorers, etc.
CMLP: New FTC rules aim to kill the buzz on blogs
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Integrated Marketing Communications, Legal Studies, Media Literacy, Public Relations on October 10, 2009 | Comments Off
Robinson, E. (2009, October 8). New FTC Rules Aim to Kill the Buzz on Blogs. Citizen Media Law Project. Retrieved October 10, 2009, from http://www.citmedialaw.org/blog/2009/new-ftc-rules-aim-kill-buzz-blogs. Robinson explains the new guidelines (not rules), their application and definition, and concerns.
Michael Moore tips hat to R.U. Grad Sparanese
Posted in Legal Studies, Library News, Television on October 8, 2009 | Comments Off
Chadwick, J. (2009, October 5). Michael Moore Tips His Hat to Rutgers Graduate —. Rutgers FOCUS. Retrieved October 8, 2009, from http://news.rutgers.edu/focus/issue.2009-09-21.7408167606/article.2009-10-02.4887745794. You go, girl. A fellow graduate of the school formerly known as SCILS. Of course we have Stupid White Men and Other Excuses for the State of the Nation as well as Triple [...]
Knight Commission report
Posted in Culture and Communications, Journalism, Radio, Television on October 8, 2009 | Comments Off
The Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy. (2009). (p. 148). Washington, D.C.: Aspen Institute. Retrieved October 8, 2009, from http://report.knightcomm.org/. You can access a pdf copy of this key report from the link, above. See also: fcc.gov 10/2/09 Remarks of Chairman Genachowski, Launch of the Knight Commission Report…
NYTimes: Nov. 9 deadline for Google Book Settlement
Posted in InfoTech, Legal Studies on October 8, 2009 | Comments Off
Rich, M. (2009, October 7). Judge sets Nov. 9 deadline for revised Google Book settlement. NYTimes.com / Media Decoder. Retrieved from http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/07/judge-sets-nov-9-deadline-for-revised-google-book-settlement/. Major or minor amendments, comments or no comments, everyone is waiting on the revised settlement….
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