THE WINNER of the 2010 Health Care Summit

Saw this PR piece fo the C-SPAN summit listed on PR Junkie.  It is a Second City piece. more about “THE WINNER of the 2010 Health Care Su…“, posted with vodpod

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GPO PR: GPO & Cornell U pilot open government initiative

Read this in the ALA Alert. GPO Press Release 02.22.10, GPO and Cornell University Pilot Open Government Initiative (pdf). Here it is in full: WASHINGTON–The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) and Cornell University Law School are beginning a year long pilot project to evaluate a conversion process of The Code of Federal Regulations(CFR) in XML [...]

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Pew Internet: the Future of the Internet IV

Pew’s report on the Future of the Internet IV is available on their website.  Here is the overview: Overview of responses In an online survey of 895 technology stakeholders’ and critics’ expectations of social, political and economic change by 2020, fielded by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project and Elon University’s Imagining [...]

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Library Journal: Tenure by the numbers

Fister, Barbara. (2010, February 25). The Inflatable CV | Peer to Peer Review. Library Journal. Retrieved February 26, 2010, from http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6720404.html?nid=2673&source=link&rid=5152712 Fister, inspired by news in the Chronicle, examines how the tenure system focuses on how much rather than how well (resulting in libraries having to purchase a lot of crap).  Here is an excerpt: [...]

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Variety: Judiciary Committee challenges Comcast

Harris, Paul. (2010, February 25). Judiciary Committee challenges Comcast, NBC. Variety. Retrieved February 26, 2010, from http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118015786.html?categoryid=10&cs=1&nid=2248 Here is the lead: Comcast’s Brian Roberts and NBC Universal’s Jeff Zucker faced withering criticism Thursday that combining the two media titans would stifle independent production and do little to foster diversity on the air. Media Law Prof [...]

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American Libraries: Google Books Settlement delay

Goldberg, Beverly. (2010, February 23). Thorny Fairness Issues Delay Decision on Google Books Settlement. American Libraries. Retrieved February 26, 2010, from http://www.americanlibrariesmagazine.org/news/02222010/thorny-fairness-issues-delay-decision-google-books-settlement Anticipayaa-yaation, its making me wait.

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LA Times: ABC News prepares major restructuring

Gold, Matea. (2010, February 23). ABC News prepares major restructuring; between 300 and 400 staffers could be cut [updated] | Company Town | Los Angeles Times. LAtimesblog / Company Town. Retrieved February 24, 2010, from http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2010/02/abc-news-prepares-major-restructuring-as-many-as-300-jobs-could-be-cut.html Restructuring appears to be a lighter word for lay-off (like used cars are now pre-owned).

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CJR: HuffPost College

Garber, Megan. (2010, February 22). At HuffPost, the Old College Try. Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved February 23, 2010, from http://www.cjr.org/the_news_frontier/at_huffpost_the_old_college_tr.php Perhaps a solution to the loss of UWIRE?

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Variety: Odean threatens ‘Alice’ boycott

McClintock, Pamela, & Jaafar, Ali. (2010, February 22). Odeon threatens ‘Alice’ boycott. Variety. Retrieved February 23, 2010, from http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118015579.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&ref=vertfilm&nid=2854 From the lead: Mega U.K. exhib Odeon on Monday stepped up its threat to boycott Disney’s 3D event pic “Alice in Won­derland,” saying the Mouse House’s plans to release the film early on DVD jeopardize the [...]

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Daily Beast: top 25 journalists, left and right

Varadarajan, Tunku. (2010, February 17). The Left’s Top 25 Journalists. Daily Beast. Retrieved February 19, 2010, from http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-02-17/the-lefts-top-25-journalists/ Varadarajan, Tunku. (2010, February 10). The Right’s Top 25 Journalists. Daily Beast. Retrieved February 19, 2010, from http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-02-10/the-rights-top-25-journalists/

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FT.com: Ben &Jerry’s & Fairtrade

Moules, Jonathan. (2010, February 18). Ben & Jerry’s steps up ethical commitment. FT.com / Entrepreneurship. Retrieved February 19, 2010, from http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4020e4d6-1be7-11df-a5e1-00144feab49a.html?nclick_check=1 Update on how Ben & Jerry’s work for social change since their company was bought by Unilever in 2000.

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paidContent: Reed Elsevier sell-offs

Andrews, Robert. (2010, February 18). Reed Elsevier Plans More RBI Sell-Offs, ‘Print Needs To Reinvent Itself’ | paidContent. paidContet. Retrieved February 19, 2010, from http://paidcontent.org/article/419-reed-elsevier-plans-more-rbi-sell-offs-print-needs-to-reinvent-itself/ Wonder what this means for not only Variety and New Scientist, but my own trade pub Library Journal….

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TCPL: Free creative writing workshop

“Every Picture Tells a Story ” a FREE Inter-Generational Creative Writing Workshop led by Irene (Zee) Zahava at the Tompkins County Public Library Thaler/Howell Programming Room Sunday, February 28, 2010  2 – 4 p.m. This workshop offers an opportunity for children, teens and adults to write together and to share their work with one another. [...]

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PK: Copyright Reform Act

Thanks for proposing this Act, Public Knowledge.  Read it here.  Intent by PK: The Copyright Reform Act (CRA) is model legislation that proposes five changes to copyright law that are intended to tip the balance back in favor of the constitutional mandate that copyright protection “promote the progress of science and the useful arts.

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paidContent: Google’s Living Stories

Tartakoff, Joseph. (2010, February 17). Google Opens Up ‘Living Stories’ | paidContent. paidContent. Retrieved February 18, 2010, from http://paidcontent.org/article/419-google-opens-up-living-stories/ From the headline: Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is giving new life to “Living Stories,” the format for online news it announced in December. The company is open sourcing the format—which features a summary of recent developments related [...]

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Poynter: NPR’s new “NPR Investigation” outlet

Tenore,, M. J. (2010, February 16). NPR: We’re ‘Expanding our ambitions’ with investigative unit, debut of ‘Going Radical’. PoynterOnline. Retrieved February 16, 2010, from http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=101&aid=177923 Tenore writes: The hope, Weiss said, is that the investigative unit will help NPR add another layer of depth to its stories, satisfy listeners’ desire for more watchdog reporting and [...]

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PR Daily & wsj.com: NBC Olympics coverage

The PR Daily alert quoted a USA Today article naming the Vancouver Olympics the “Social games.” They provide a link to comments on the NBC Olympics page in Facebook to see viewers’ reactions to the coverage. See also: Chozick, A. (2010, February 16). NBC Rallies for the Count. wsj.com. Retrieved from http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704337004575059231966605658.html?mod=dist_smartbrief

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paidContent: Education of the Entrepreneurial Journalist

Rafat Ali of paidContent posted this video — available on FORA.tv to the current newsletter.  Here is the link to the FORA.tv site (if you prefer to watch it there).  Here is Ali’s description: Last Friday at the Paley Center in NYC, at the Carnegie Journalism Educators Summit, I spoke on a panel on entrepreneurial [...]

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MLPL: SSRN media law articles of note

Corcos alerts of 2 media law articles: Corcos, C. (2010, February 15). Media Law Prof Blog: SSRN, Cotter’s Copyright Infringement, Fair Use, and the Transformative Use Doctrine. Retrieved February 16, 2010, from http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/media_law_prof_blog/2010/02/copyright-infringement-fair-use-and-the-transformative-use-doctrine.html Corcos, C. (2010, February 15). Media Law Prof Blog: SSRN, Murtagh’s Evaluating the Effectiveness of Takedown Notices Under the DMCA. Retrieved February [...]

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Wired Campus: Students’ push for open education

Parry, M. (2010, February 15). Students’ push for open education meets faculty ambivalence. Wired Campus. Retrieved February 16, 2010, from http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Students-Push-for-Open/21261/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en Explores Free Culture, open access of information, and open courses (online lectures). There is even a Free Culture conference coming up.  Lessig’s book by that name is in the IC Library.

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