For the World's Poor Children, This Computes
FOR THE WORLD'S POOR CHILDREN, THIS COMPUTES
[SOURCE: Washington Post, AUTHOR: Rob Pegoraro]
July 2007
Murdoch Frustrated About Dow Jones Talks
MURDOCH FRUSTRATED ABOUT DOW JONES TALKS
[SOURCE: Associated Press, AUTHOR: Seth Sutel]
Internet and old media confab seeks peace not war
INTERNET AND OLD MEDIA CONFAB SEEKS PEACE NOT WAR
[SOURCE: Reuters, AUTHOR: Kenneth Li]
Cooperation, not mutual destruction, is a major theme at this year's summer gathering of the media and technology elite in Sun Valley. And the Scandinavian founders of new online video service Joost -- Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom -- perhaps embody this new spirit best.
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSHAR18222320070711
Prometheus radio comes out against XM/Sirius merger
PROMETHEUS RADIO COMES OUT AGAINST XM/SIRIUS MERGER
[SOURCE: Lasar's Letter on the FCC, AUTHOR: Matthew Lasar]
Pirated Music Helps Radio Develop Playlists
PIRATED MUSIC HELPS RADIO DEVELOP PLAYLISTS
[SOURCE: Wall Street Journal, AUTHOR: Sarah McBride sarah.mcbride@wsj.com]
Web DJs silenced by royalty fees
WEB DJs SILENCED BY ROYALTY FEES
[SOURCE: Los Angeles Times, AUTHOR: Jim Puzzanghera jim.puzzanghera@latimes.com]
Lady Bird and the FCC
LADY BIRD AND THE FCC
[SOURCE: New York Times, AUTHOR: Enid Nemy]
Facing a Lawsuit, Corzine Swears Off E-Mail
FACING A LAWSUIT, CORZINE SWEARS OFF E-MAIL
[SOURCE: New York Times, AUTHOR: David Chen]
Few White House hopefuls have online vote registration
FEW WHITE HOUSE HOPEFULS HAVE ONLINE REGISTRATION
[SOURCE: Reuters, AUTHOR: Jeremy Pelofsky]
The Internet has become a major force in the 2008 campaign, with candidates using it as a primary tool for launching their presidential races and for raising millions of dollars, but rarely for signing up voters. "Perhaps the most fundamental grassroots activity of all, registering people to vote, is lacking here," said a study of campaign Web sites released on Thursday by the Project for Excellence in Journalism.
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSN1130927420070712
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Is Google's data grinder dangerous?
IS GOOGLE DATA GRINDER DANGEROUS?
[SOURCE: Los Angeles Times, AUTHOR: Andrew Keen]
[Commentary] Having successfully become our personal librarian, Google now wants to be our personal oracle. It wants to learn all about us, know us better than we know ourselves, to transform itself from a search engine into a psychoanalyst's couch or a priest's confessional. When Eric Schmidt says Google wants to know us better than we know ourselves, he is talking to his shareholders rather than us. As a Silicon Valley old-timer, trust me on this one. I know Google better than it knows itself.