Davis, W. (2009, December 3). Google Books Settlement Entering Final Chapter. MediaPost Publications. Retrieved December 4, 2009, from http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=118416
An update. Covers Amazon’s opposition to the settlement.
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MediaPost: Google Books update
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, InfoTech, Library News, Public Relations on December 4, 2009 | Comments Off
New York Times: G.E. Comcast Deal
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, Indymedia, InfoTech, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism, Legal Studies, Library News, Media Literacy, Public Relations, Radio, Television on December 3, 2009 | Comments Off
Arango, T. (2009, December 4). Comcast Gets NBC From G.E. in Deal That Reshapes TV. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/04/business/media/04nbc.htmlNY
More Big Media. If this deal disturbs you, see FreePress.
MacArthur Foundation: The Power of Youth Voice: What Kids Learn When They Create with Digital Media
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Conferences &Events, Culture and Communications, InfoTech, Media Literacy on November 24, 2009 | Comments Off
From the website: “This video was taken from a simulcast of a public forum designed to open discussion in the Philadelphia area to educators, parents, researchers, students, and community members about the potential of learning through engagement with digital media. To bring this conversation to a larger audience, the event was also broadcast in the [...]
OnlineMediaDaily: YouTube Direct
Posted in Culture and Communications, InfoTech, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism on November 20, 2009 | Comments Off
Sullivan, L. (2009, November 17). YouTube Unveils Tool To Connect News Organizations With Citizen Journalists. Online Media Daily. Retrieved November 20, 2009, from http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=117490
Wow, what doesn’t Google do? Make toast? Walk on the moon? Create life? Here is Sullivan’s nutshell on YouTube Direct:
YouTube Direct, a sort of “virtual assignment desk,” allows traditional news agencies [...]
Adage: Big media wars: Murdoch to quit Google?
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, InfoTech, Journalism, Library News, Public Relations on November 16, 2009 | Comments Off
Klaassen, A., & Ives, N. (2009, November 16). Media News: Why News Corp. and Murdoch Won’t Quit Google – Advertising Age – Digital. Adage.com. Retrieved November 16, 2009, from http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=140537
From the “Big Media” playground:
News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch created a furor last week when he suggested News Corp. would quit Google. And Google’s response was [...]
Chronicle: Google Book update
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, InfoTech, Legal Studies, Library News, Public Relations on November 16, 2009 | Comments Off
Howard,, J. (2009, November 15). Parties Submit New Proposal to Settle Google Book Search Litigation – Publishing. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved November 16, 2009, from http://chronicle.com/article/Parties-Submit-New-Proposal-to/49163/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
Howard wrote a clear and concise article on the current issues and parties involved in the legislation. She cites the Open Book Alliance’s dissatisfaction posted to its blog [...]
MediaPost: FTC urged to limit online data collection
Posted in InfoTech, Integrated Marketing Communications, Legal Studies on November 11, 2009 | Comments Off
Davis, W. (2010, November 9). FTC Urged To Clamp Down On Data Collection Online 11/11/2009. MediaPost Publications. Retrieved November 11, 2009, from http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=117202
Davis includes perspectives from the Interactive Advertising Bureau, Center for Democracy & Technology & others. The FTC has scheduled discussions on this issue for December 7th: see: Exploring Privacy: a Roundtable Series (12/7/09)
paidContent: More time given for the Google Books settlement
Posted in InfoTech, Library News on November 10, 2009 | Comments Off
Tartakoff, J. (2009, November 9). Google, Authors Ask Judge For More Time To Hammer Out Books Settlement. paidContent. Retrieved November 10, 2009, from http://paidcontent.org/article/419-google-authors-ask-judge-for-more-time-to-hammer-out-new-settlement/
A judge granted an extension for this Friday — Friday the 13th! paidContent posted the primary source requesting an extension.
NYT BitsBlog: LinkedIn to Twitter
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, InfoTech, Integrated Marketing Communications, Public Relations on November 10, 2009 | Comments Off
Miller, C. C. (2009, November 10). Tweets Are Coming to LinkedIn. NYTimes.com / Bits Blog. Retrieved November 10, 2009, from http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/10/tweets-are-coming-to-linkedin/?ref=technology
A new alliance, how surprising.
Adage: Guide to Magazines that have ceased publication
Posted in Culture and Communications, InfoTech, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism on November 10, 2009 | Comments Off
Ives, N. (2009, November 10). A Guide to Magazines That Have Ceased Publication. Adage. Retrieved November 10, 2009, from http://adage.com/mediaworks/article?article_id=132779
Metropolitan Home ceases with the December 09 issue. Also dead: Gormet (1941-2009), Teen (1954-2008), and PC Magazine (1982-2009).
CMLP: Glenn Beck’s UDRP Complaint gets the smack down
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, InfoTech, Legal Studies, Public Relations, Radio, Television on November 9, 2009 | Comments Off
Bayard, S. (2009, November 6). Glenn Beck’s UDRP Complaint Gets The Smack Down. Citizen Media Law Project. Retrieved November 9, 2009, from http://www.citmedialaw.org/blog/2009/glenn-becks-udrp-complaint-gets-smack-down
The UDRP is apparently the Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy from ICANN. Someone named a website: glennbeckrapedandmurderedayounggirlin1990.com (site did not link for me). The reason for the take-down may be [...]
paidContent: Big Media Merger: Comcast-NBC deal depends on Vivendi
Posted in InfoTech, Journalism, Legal Studies, Television on November 9, 2009 | Comments Off
Kramer, S. D. (2009, November 8). The Latest On Comcast-NBC: Waiting For Vivendi | paidContent. Retrieved November 9, 2009, from http://paidcontent.org/article/419-the-latest-on-comcast-nbc-waiting-for-vivendi/
Kramer notes that, “The fastest estimate for regulatory approval is eight months..”
True/Slant: Profiles Shankman who marketed HARO
Posted in Indymedia, InfoTech, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism on November 6, 2009 | Comments Off
Reiss, D. (2009, November 3). A Quirk in the Road – 12 Things You Should Know About Peter Shankman and How He Views the World. True/Slant. Retrieved November 6, 2009, from http://trueslant.com/dawnreiss/2009/11/03/12-things-you-should-know-about-peter-shankman-and-how-he-views-the-world/
Shankman is the “marketing mastermind behind HARO (Help a Reporter Out)” used by reporters to find sources on deadline. Perhaps he can team up [...]
iTunes may offer pay-tv service; Google phone bill
Posted in Communications Management &Design, Culture and Communications, InfoTech, Legal Studies, Public Relations, Television on November 3, 2009 | Comments Off
Friedman, W. (2009, November 1). iTunes May Offer Pay-TV Service. MediaPost Publications. Retrieved November 3, 2009, from http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=116652
From paragraph 2:
A new subscription service would turn iTunes into a pseudo cable and satellite TV operator — a company that charges monthly fees for traditional TV/cable networks. The difference is that iTunes service would be sans advertising. [...]
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
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 debate that [...]
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….
Poynter: Knight Foundation to fund Plug-and-Play version of EveryBlock
Posted in Indymedia, InfoTech, Journalism on October 6, 2009 | Comments Off
Thornton, P. (2009, October 5). Knight Foundation to fund plug-and-play version of EveryBlock. Poynter Online. Retrieved October 6, 2009, from http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=101&aid=171227.
Wow, I need a glossary for news technology! The “plug-and-play” is, “architecture to make it easier for news organizations to install the software [of hyperlocal EveryBlock].”
Variety: Disney cracks Japan’s insular mobile biz
Posted in Gaming, InfoTech, Integrated Marketing Communications, Public Relations, Television on October 5, 2009 | Comments Off
Shilling, Mark. (2009, October 1). Disney cracks Japan’s insular mobile biz. Variety / Entertainment News, Mipcom Update, Media. Retrieved October 5, 2009, from http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118009439.html?categoryid=3750&cs=1.
6th paragraph:
Disney operates similar services around the globe, but its Japanese biz stands out for its size — 38 million users have paid for Disney mobile content — and breadth. Users can [...]
MediaPost: media law updates
Posted in Communications Management &Design, InfoTech, Integrated Marketing Communications, Journalism, Legal Studies, Radio, Television on October 5, 2009 | Comments Off
There were a number of good articles from MediaPost today:
Davis, W. (2009, October 5). GOP: Neutrality Rules Will Thwart Broadband Investment. MediaPost Publications. Retrieved October 5, 2009, from http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=114776.
Davis, W. (2009, October 2). Bid To Unmask Anonymous Commenters Withdrawn. MediaPost Publications. Retrieved October 5, 2009, from http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=114771.
Friedman, W., & Goetzl, D. (2009, October 2). Analysts: [...]
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