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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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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.

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From Ebrary:
Ebrary has notified us that there will be a scheduled upgrade to the system today from 8:00-9:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. During this period, ebrary may not be available. (see details below):
Dear ebrary Customer,
ebrary will be deploying a new system release from 5:00PM to 6:00PM
US Pacific Standard Time (UTC – 8) on Monday November [...]

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The National Day of Listening is November 27, 2009.  From the website:

On the day after Thanksgiving, set aside one hour to record a conversation with someone important to you. You can interview anyone you choose: an older relative, a friend, a teacher, or someone from the neighborhood.
You can preserve the interview using recording equipment readily [...]

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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 [...]

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Domicone, A., & Kleinman, M. (2009, November 16). Commoner Letter #4: Molly Kleinman of the University of Michigan – Creative Commons. Commoner Letter. Retrieved November 16, 2009, from http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/19158
Part of a series of testimonials / requests for support by advocates and CC users that illustrates the importance of the Creative Commons.
 

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Goetzl, D. (2009, November 13). New Congressional Bill: Smackdown On Kids’ TV Ads. MediaPost Publications. Retrieved November 16, 2009, from http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=117407
Regarding the Healthy Kids Act, H.R. 4053 (pdf, GPO Access)

Siegel, F. (2009, November 11). Nielsen Sells Trade Titles, ‘Hollywood Reporter,’ ‘Adweek’ Group. MediaPost Publications. Retrieved November 16, 2009, from http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=117223

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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 [...]

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I’ve seen this job posted on ALA sites & it received some buzz on the Video Librarians’ listserv — but Jon Stewart & the Chronicle of Higer Ed.?  A good Friday the 13th diversion.

more about “Hulu: Jon Stewart on the Job Posting …“, posted with vodpod
 

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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.

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Garber, M. (2009, October 29). FCC Taps Waldman to Study “State of the Media” : CJR. Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved November 4, 2009, from http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/fcc_taps_waldman_to_study_stat.php?page=all
CJR cites Waldman’s blog Beliefnet.  The FCC have a post at 10/28/09, “Steven Waldman Named to Lead Commission Effort on Future of Media in a Changing Technological Landscape” (pdf).
 

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Kindle, Price War Changing the Way We Read. (2009, November 2). Online NewsHour. Retrieved November 3, 2009, from http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/july-dec09/books_11-02.html
You can stream video of the interview by Jeffrey Brown of Kassia Krozser (Booksquare.com) and Lev Grossman (TIME magazine, author and reviewer).
 

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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 affairs, to [...]

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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 relatively [...]

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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 data on digital/web and [...]

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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 Cross by [...]

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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.

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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 update [...]

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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.

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Kee, Tameka. (2009, September 16). Dan Brown’s New Book Selling Better On Kindle Than In Hardcover Via Amazon . paidContent. Retrieved September 17, 2009, from http://paidcontent.org/article/419-dan-browns-new-book-selling-better-on-kindle-than-in-hardcover-via-amaz/.

Kee notes one of the variables:

Part of the digital lead is probably attributable to the fact that the hardcover version has been available for longer than the digital copy; the [...]

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