NEWSFLASH: Weekly Standard says media consolidation good for journalism

Should you ever want to think for yourself, don't bother- thats this guy's job. After an hour on the sofa, the Weekly Standard's Stephen Hayes' has the pros and cons of media consolidation all figured out.

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The glory days of the FCC

"To the extent that the ownership of and control of...broadcast stations falls into fewer and fewer hands, the free dissemination of ideas and information, upon which our democracy depends, is threatened."

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Reuters experimenting with face-recognition in video search engines

Soon, Reuters search engines will include technology that will recognize the face of a person whose name you enter, and show you precise moments when that person appears, and disappears, from that clip.

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Anything and everything you every wanted to know about the New Global Media

A wikipedia-style site dedicated to the new media, authored by New Media Technologies students in the Creative Industries Faculty in the Queensland University of Technology.

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NY Times finds examples of 'community journalism'

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Think protesting makes a difference? The media companies don't think so.

In this Bill Moyers clip, he discusses the lack of news coverage regarding the massive war protests of the last five years- they've been happening, but nobody has been hearing about them.

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We're not the only ones without network neutrality legislation

The Campaign for Democratic Media, in Canada, is fighting for an "open and democratic Internet," joining a growing list of global media critics looking to their legislators in their respective countries for protection against a tilted media.

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So long, free music videos: UTube to begin screening content for copyright violations

UTube is currently testing technology that will block copyrighted content from appearing on its site. I wonder, how popular will UTube be this time next year?

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Beat the brat!

The former drummer for the Ramones sued Wal-Martin September 2007, alleging the mega-store violated his copyright on six songs he authored with the group by publishing them in a digital format, for which Ramone ( Richrd Reinhardt) claims he never gave authorization.

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For those of us who've been living under a rock somewhere...

The classic 'meat and potatoes model of journalism has been shaken up in the last decade by the advances in telecommunications, particularly the Internet.

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Media consolidation: a partisan battle?

Can we really say that the fight over recent ownership legislation passed by the FCC is an argument decided by party affiliation? It seems that is what it is boiling down to, at least so far.

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Hi... I'm in Delaware...county

A great example of a citizen journalism website.

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Steve Outing points the way to the new media

Steve Outing, former senior editor at the Poynter Institute, offers news organizations advice on the benefits of incorporating 'citizen journalism' into their products.

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The Internet: the new high seas of DVD pirating

An amusing article where this girl goes down to Canal Street in NY and can't find any pirated-DVD merchants. Shucks, apparently they've all gone to the Internet. I don't know if it's quite that bad yet; it certainly hasn't fully caught on in LA yet.

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Censoring of Pearl Jam shows how fragile network neutrality really is

Last August, while webcasting Pearl Jam's Lollapalooza performance, AT&T edited out an anti-Bush comment by lead singer Eddie Vedder. AT&T, who many see as beholden to the Bush Administration for favorable telecommunications regulations, admitted the censorship was a mistake.

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Hours after ceasefire finally signed, violence erupts in Sadr City

After a week-long process of establishing a ceasefire between the United Iraqi Alliance and representatives for the Mehdi Army in Sadr City finally culminated in its signing on Monday. Later that day, a firefight broke out between US forces and Shia militiamen in Sadr City.

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When Foday Sankoh says you're going to far...

According to the former deputy of ex- Liberian president and war crimes defendant Charles Taylor, the former leader for the now-defunct Sierra Leone rebel group the RUF, complained about abuses by Liberian troops.

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On the Road...

A good page with lots of interesting travel links.

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What, you didn't hear?

Yeah, so apparently the Iraq War was won years ago. According to John McCain, anyway. "The Iraq war has been won. Iraq is a functioning democracy, although still suffering from the lingering effects of decades of tyranny and centuries of sectarian tension...

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ZANU-PF issues Z$500 million notes

Ten days after issuing a historic Z$250 million currency note, the Zimbabwe government has now begun printing Z$500 million notes to help ease cash shortages in the country with the world's highest inflation rate. (Z$500 million =US$2)

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Latest Israeli raid in Gaza "over"

After a four-day raid into the Gaza Strip, Israeli military forces have withdrawn. Seven people are reported dead and 27 wounded, both including children. The latest incursion by Israeli troops came two days after a cross-border raid by Palestinian fighters killed two Israelis.

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Humanitarian situation in South Darfur stable, reports Chinese government

The Chinese government's state-run news agency XINHUA reported in February that the security and humanitarian crisis in southern Darfur is under control, according to Chinese special envoy for Darfur Liu Guijin.

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Russian government claims "gang overlord" killed in special operations in Dagestan

According to Russia's news agency ITAR-TASS, Dagestan Interior Minister Mark Tolchinsky claimed on April 13th that an "overlord" of an armed gang responsible for terror acts which include police assassinations was killed in "a special operation on [the] destruction of gunmen." Is …

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U.S. may remove Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army from terror list

According to Uganda's leading democratic newspaper, The New Vision, the United States is considering the deletion of the Lord's Resistance Army from its list of known terrorists if LRA leader Joseph Kony ends his twenty-two year rebellion and signs a peace agreement.

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