Greetings: I’m sitting on the Reference desk — there are a few students about studying — but it is very quiet. I just ran upstairs to check out a half a dozen DVDs or so. There is still time to check out a few. I like to browse our holdings by genre. Tonight we’re closing [...]
Archive for December, 2011
Happy Holidays!!
Posted in My Yawp on December 22, 2011 | Comments Off
B&C: update: FCC votes proposed media ownership changes
Posted in Legal Studies, Television on December 22, 2011 | Comments Off
Eggerton, J., Update: FCC Votes Proposed Media Ownership Changes, B&C (December 21, 2011), http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/478254-Update_FCC_Votes_Proposed_Media_Ownership_Changes.php (last visited December 22, 2011). Eggerton notes that, “A final order will likely be scheduled for that public vote sometime in the first part of next year…”
OnlineMediaDaily: comScore, Nielsen deal seen as positive for online ad markets
Posted in Emerging Media, InfoTech, Integrated Marketing Communications on December 22, 2011 | Comments Off
Mandese, J., Frenemies With Benefits: comScore, Nielsen Deal Seen As Positive For Online Ad Market, Online Media Daily (December 22, 2011), http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/164681/frenemies-with-benefits-comscore-nielsen-deal-se.html?edition=41539 (last visited December 22, 2011). Mandese considers the settlement between audience measurement companies comScore and Nielsen. He notes that antitrust issues with the settlement have not been mentioned….we’ll have to wait and see [...]
Variety: CBS considers live-stream of ‘Morning’ Show
Posted in Emerging Media, Television on December 22, 2011 | Comments Off
Theilman, S., CBS Considers Live-stream of “Morning” Show, Variety (December 21, 2011), http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118047830 (last visited December 22, 2011). Theilman emphasizes this is under consideration, not decided. One of the issues given for not doing it is taking viewers from local stations in addition to not being able to limit by time zone.
paidContent: LoveFilm (Amazon) signs streaming deal with Sony Pictures Television
Posted in Emerging Media, Television on December 22, 2011 | Comments Off
Sweney, M., LoveFilm Signs Streaming Deal With Sony Pictures Television, paidContent (December 21, 2011), http://paidcontent.org/article/419-lovefilm-signs-streaming-deal-with-sony-pictures-television/ (last visited December 22, 2011). Sweney categorizes this news as part of the, “film and TV content rights war” between Amazon and Netflix. “
Stephen’s Lighthouse: The coming end of the DVD
Posted in Culture and Communications, Emerging Media, Library News, My Yawp on December 22, 2011 | Comments Off
Abram, S., New The Coming End of the DVD, Stephen’s Lighthouse (December 20, 2011), http://stephenslighthouse.com/2011/12/20/the-coming-end-of-the-dvd/ (last visited December 22, 2011). Abram posted a WIRED article (by McMillan) that discusses Netflix’s probable increase in streaming customers. He extends this to libraries and e-content (including e-books). How can libraries compete? Price! If you can get a book [...]
Reuters: ABC under fire for cross-dressing comedy ‘Work It’
Posted in Culture and Communications, Media Literacy, Public Relations, Television on December 20, 2011 | Comments Off
Kenneally, T., ABC Under Fire for Cross-Dressing Comedy “Work It,” Reuters (December 17, 2011), http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/17/idUS7959070320111217 (last visited December 20, 2011). Advocacy organizations are upset over the portrayal including GLADD and the Human Rights Campaign
Secrecy News: CRS report on law enforcement’s tracking of private cell phones
Posted in Culture and Communications, Emerging Media, Legal Studies on December 20, 2011 | Comments Off
Aftergood, S., Tracking Cell Phones and Vehicles: The Legal Context, Secrecy News (December 05, 2011), http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/2011/12/tracking_cell_phones.html (last visited December 20, 2011). Aftergood quotes a part of the report that explains the rub of the issue over “what legal standard should apply.”
Mashable Business: The Atlantic – how one magazine got profitable by going ‘digital first’
Posted in Emerging Media, Journalism on December 20, 2011 | Comments Off
Indvik, L., The Atlantic: How One Magazine Became Profitable by Going “Digital First,” Mashable Business (December 19, 2011), http://mashable.com/2011/12/19/the-atlantic-digital-first/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Mashable+%28Mashable%29 (last visited December 20, 2011). The mag made a profit and serves as a model. Congrats to to The Atlantic.
THR / THR, Esq.: ‘X-Men, Wolverine’ pirate sentenced to year in federal prison
Posted in Documentary, Legal Studies, Television on December 20, 2011 | Comments Off
Belloni, M., “X-Men: Wolverine” Pirate Sentenced to Year in Federal Prison, Hollywood Reporter / THR, Esq. (December 19, 2011), http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/x-men-wolverine-pirate-sentenced-hugh-jackman-275453 (last visited December 20, 2011). The headline says it all. Students: don’t pirate films!!!
IHE: Value of doing research — and sharing it
Posted in Culture and Communications, Emerging Media, Journalism, Legal Studies on December 20, 2011 | Comments Off
The Value of Doing Research – and Sharing It, Inside Higher Ed (December 19, 2011), http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/value-doing-research-and-sharing-it (last visited December 20, 2011). Wow, another great article by Fister explicates how problematic the scholarly communication cycle is. A must read for faculty and librarians.
MediaPost Publications: Apple reportedly chatting up its TV plans
Posted in Emerging Media, InfoTech, Television on December 20, 2011 | Comments Off
Forbes, T., Apple Reportedly Chatting Up Its TV Plans, MediaPost Publications (December 19, 2011), http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/164417/apple-reportedly-chatting-up-its-tv-plans.html (last visited December 20, 2011). Apple and television. Forbes draws from an article by Vascellaro and Schechner in the Wall Street Journal. IC Community can access the WSJ article (use your Netpass). Here are 2 other MediaPost articles that caught [...]
Forbes: Facebook beating Google in the ‘Battle for Eyeballs’ and display ads
Posted in Emerging Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, Public Relations on December 20, 2011 | Comments Off
Facebook Beating Google In The “Battle For Eyeballs” And Display Ads, Forbes (December 09, 2011), http://www.forbes.com/sites/afontevecchia/2011/12/19/facebook-beating-google-in-the-battle-for-eyeballs-and-display-ads/ (last visited December 20, 2011). Forbes cites research from Enders Analysis.
CJR: 60 Minutes’ tough piece on financial crisis prosecutions
Posted in Journalism, Library News, Television on December 20, 2011 | Comments Off
Chittum, R., 60 Minutes’ Tough Piece on Crisis Prosecutions : Kroft on the Lack Thereof, Columbia Journalism Review (December 06, 2011), http://www.cjr.org/the_audit/60_minutes_tough_piece_on_the.php (last visited December 20, 2011). Chittum review’s Kroft’s 60 Minutes piece in regards to the lack of prosecution of criminals from the Wall Street financial crisis. Thanks to Chittum for highlighting this as I [...]
Adage: Congressional vote a setback for Obama’s food-marketing plan
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Integrated Marketing Communications on December 19, 2011 | Comments Off
Radelat, A., Congressional Vote a Setback for Obama’s Food-Marketing Plan, Advertising Age (2011). http://adage.com/article/news/congressional-vote-a-setback-obama-s-food-marketing-plan/231640/ Looks at a “rider in [the omnibus] spending bill in Congress that calls for [a] cost-benefit analysis for kids’ marketing guidelines.” (from the subtitle). I looked on Thomas for the rider but could not pin it down. Here is legislation by [...]
paidContent: Is Google really getting rich off piracy?
Posted in Culture and Communications, InfoTech, Legal Studies on December 19, 2011 | Comments Off
Roberts, J., Is Google Really Getting Rich Off Piracy?, paidContent (2011). http://paidcontent.org/article/419-is-google-really-getting-rich-off-piracy Implicating Google as a problem in passing SOPA is being discussed by Republicans in Congress. Roberts asks whether Google is actually concluding with the pirates and concludes, “So far there is little evidence that it does.” To access the Hearing of the House [...]
PEJ: Top stories: in images, on blogs, in politics, on Twitter & YouTube
Posted in Culture and Communications, Emerging Media, InfoTech, Journalism on December 17, 2011 | Comments Off
In this PEJ News Media Index report, the organization looks at a Buzzfeed post of “Most Powerful images of 2011″ and how the story was disseminated with social media. They list the top 5 stories on blogs — how did I not hear about the “Asus Transformer Prime” — guess I’m not tech geek enough. [...]
B&C: FTC Chair talks COPPA
Posted in InfoTech, Integrated Marketing Communications, Legal Studies on December 15, 2011 | Comments Off
Egger, FTC Chair Talks COPPA, B&C (December 14, 2011), http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/477918-FTC_Chair_Talks_COPPA.php (last visited December 15, 2011). The FTC is looking to expand, “the definition of personally identifiable information (PII) and add cookies to the watch list.”
Ragan’s PR Daily: Lessons in PR and journalism from Hunter S. Tompson
Posted in Journalism, Public Relations on December 15, 2011 | Comments Off
Rudawsky, G., Lessons in PR and Journalism from Hunter S. Thompson, Ragan’s PR Daily (December 15, 2011), http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/10324.aspx (last visited December 15, 2011). Something to consider.
US Copyright Office: Proposals for classes of works to be exempted from the prohibition on circumvention posted on the Copyright Office website
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Emerging Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism, Legal Studies, Library News, Public Relations, Radio, Television on December 14, 2011 | Comments Off
Copyright Office News Net: Issue 442, December 13, 2011 The Copyright Office has received proposals for classes of works to be exempted from the prohibition on circumvention of technological measures that control access to copyrighted works. This is the first step in the Office’s triennial rulemaking under 17 U.S.C. § 1201(a)(1)(C)-(D). The Office will soon [...]
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