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ICANN Top Level Domain Release Won't Beat .Com Relevance

Brett Greene | Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: Icann, Online Business, Internet, Top-Level Domain Names, Internet News, Domain Name, Cognitive Bias, Dot-Com, Denver News

In theory, the availability of these new URL endings means that you'll type in 'Ford.car' instead of 'Ford.com'... or will you? It will take a lot of retraining to get us to type in anything besides dot com in a web browser.

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Sen. Franken: 'We Can't Lose Net Neutrality'

Timothy Karr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Franken Net Neutrality, Net Neutrality Laws, Internet News, Comcast Net Neutrality, Al Franken, Net Neutrality, FCC Net Neutrality, Technology News

Net Neutrality protects a level playing field on the Internet, where anyone can connect, create and innovate. Without Net Neutrality, Al Franken says, Internet service providers would be able to return as gatekeepers to all expression.

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NYT Paywall Won't Hit Vast Majority Of Readers

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 05.25.2011

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The New York Times will introduce multiple subscription packages for its website when it unveils its paywall in early February, the Wall Street Journa...

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AOL's Content Strategy Is Still A Mess

Henry Blodget | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Internet, Internet News, Aol, Online Advertising, Blogging, AOL News, Saul Hansell, Technology News

AOL does appear to have an opportunity to create the Time, Inc. for the 21st Century. The tools, building blocks, and scale are there. But it's not going to happen without a very clear strategy. And right now, AOL's content strategy is a mess.

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Our Media Are "Post-Reason," and We Dutifully Follow

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Internet News Media, Founding Fathers, Internet, The Enlightenment, Internet News, Modern Media, Media News

The web only promotes the democratic impulse if you limit the definition of "democratic" to mere participation. If you mean the ideals of democratic governance, you could not be more wrong.

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Feds Could Expand Web Monitoring Program To Private Sphere

The Hill's Hillicon Valley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Internet, Internet News, Cyberattacks, Internet Security, Web Monitoring, Internet Monitoring, Technology News

The federal government could begin monitoring some private Internet networks for potential cyberattacks, a Department of Homeland Security official su...

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News Viewers: Fox -- News Users: CNN

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Msnbc, Internet News, Digg, The New York Times, Quantcast, Cbs, Yahoo, Time Warner, Cnn, Cable News Ratings, New York Times, Cable News, Jeff Bewkes, Fox News, Media News

The full third quarter cable news ratings are in, and nothing has changed very much. Fox News still has more viewers than CNN and MSNBC combined.

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Hybridizing Newspapers with the Internet: a New Model

Mary Ellen Harte and John Harte | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Internet, Newspapers, Subscription Fees, Internet News, Huffington Post, Arianna Huffington, Newspaper Industry, Magazines, Media News

The rapid and messy evolution in communications has led us to propose the creation of a symbiotic relationship between newspapers and the Internet.

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Bail Out Investigative Journalists

Rob Kall | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Auto Bailout, Blogosphere, Newspapers, Internet News, Government Bailout, Bailout, Media News, Investigative Journalism, Journalism, Citizen Journalists, Media News

Investigative journalism is at risk. And investigative reporting is not something that can be outsourced or depend upon other countries' workers to do properly.

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Media Ownership for All: Citizen Journalism Grows Up

Vivian Norris | Posted 05.25.2011

Independent photojournalists, NGO workers and citizens are part of this important movement to take back the news from those who focus on profits.

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McCain's Internet Muscle Revealed In New Study

Attributor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Web 2.0, Internet, Internet News, Barack Obama, Social Networking, Netroots, Web Journalism, John McCain, Campaign 2008, Politics News

Despite John McCain's self-described computer "illiteracy" and dearth of popularity among young voters, web tracking company Attributor recently revea...

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