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Online Reviewers Gaining Clout

Washington Post | Mike Musgrove | Posted 07.11.2009 | Media


If you value your spare time, don't start posting comments and reviews on Amazon, Mark Espinosa suggests. It can be a hard habit to break. ...

Eebs: A History of Future Publishing

Giles Slade | Posted 07.01.2009 | Media


Giles Slade

The Kindle is for the book-lover who might buy a first, a signed or a special edition. It is lingerie. It is a box of chocolates or a bottle of double-malt. Competition will drive it to adapt, and it will.

Comcast, Clearwire Launch 4G WiMax: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer June 30, 2009

Shelly Palmer | Posted 06.30.2009 | Media


Shelly Palmer

Comcast has teamed up with Clearwire to offer one of the first 4G wireless data networks. Comcast High-Speed 2go will go live today in Portland and ...

Brazil's Lula Signs Amazon Bill

BBC NEWS | Posted 06.26.2009 | Green


Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has approved a controversial bill allowing Amazon farmers to acquire an area of public land larger than ...

Supermarket Suppliers Destroying Amazon Rainforest

The Guardian | David Adam, Environment Correspondent | Posted 06.25.2009 | Green


Brazilian authorities investigating illegal deforestation have accused the suppliers of several UK supermarkets of selling meat linked to massive dest...

Full-Spectrum Idiocy: GOP and Chavez on Iran

Norman Solomon | Posted 06.25.2009 | Politics


Norman Solomon

When approaching Iran, the Republican Party line and the Hugo Chavez line are running in opposite directions -- but parallel.

The Uprising in the Amazon Is More Urgent Than Iran's: It Will Determine the Future of the Planet

Johann Hari | Posted 06.23.2009 | World


Johann Hari

Will we allow a small number of rich people to make a short-term profit from seizing and burning resources, at the expense of our collective ability to survive?

So Many Books, So Many Friends

Jonathan Black | Posted 06.22.2009 | Media


Jonathan Black

Surely we were meant to spend more time reading books than creating lists and harvesting opinions.

Latin America's Green Parties Take Matters Into Their Own Hands

Posted 06.19.2009 | Green


By Marcela Valente | Inter Press Service BUENOS AIRES, Jun 19 (IPS) - Fed up of waiting for existing parties to take up the cause of sustainable de...

Google to Launch Micro-Blog Search Engine: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer June 15, 2009

Shelly Palmer | Posted 06.15.2009 | Media


Shelly Palmer

Google is set to introduce a micro-blog search engine. The company reported on its blog that the users will soon be able to search Twitter and other...

Indigenous Protest and State Violence in the Peruvian Amazon: How the Media Misrepresents

John Gibler | Posted 06.12.2009 | World


John Gibler

The initial media response to the violence obscured the order and nature of events and thus the responsibility for violence, converting a bloody police raid into generic "clashes."

Peru's Tribal Chief Flees Country After Killings Over Oil, Logging Laws

Independent | Posted 06.11.2009 | World


The leader of Peru's Amazon Indians will be flown to exile in Nicaragua after seeking asylum following violent demonstrations that killed scores of po...

Kindling

Mark Sarvas | Posted 06.10.2009 | Media


Mark Sarvas

I need no convincing about the beauty and value of the book. But authors screaming about the Kindle - well that's just plain stupid. There's no other word for it.

The Free Market's Marked Men, From The Niger Delta To The Amazon

Amy Goodman | Posted 06.09.2009 | World


Amy Goodman

Ken Saro-Wiwa's family and others just won a landmark settlement in U.S. federal court, ending a 13-year battle with Shell Oil. Alberto Pizango's ordeal is just beginning.

Protests Over Amazon Escalate In Peru

AP | FRANKLIN BRICENO | Posted 06.09.2009 | Green


BAGUA, Peru — President Alan Garcia accused Amazon Indians of "barbarity" Sunday in the killing of 22 members of a paramilitary police force sen...

A Resume Is Not Enough: How to Elevate to the Top 1%

Jill Keto | Posted 06.04.2009 | Business


Jill Keto

Most people never think of themselves as a brand, but you have one whether or not you realize it. Your reputation is part of your brand, and your resume and business card are marketing tools.

Thank God It's Thursday: Book Expo '09 & The 27s plus The Singular Thomas Dolby

Mike Ragogna | Posted 06.04.2009 | Entertainment


Mike Ragogna

This year's BookExpo in New York City had its usual small arena of publishers at gussied-up kiosks hawking the latest and greatest by writers known and unknown.

The Amazon Rainforest is More Important than Electric Cars

Levi Novey | Posted 06.02.2009 | Green


Levi Novey

Since the Amazon Rainforest is so important, we must ask ourselves: "Why have we (or at least the media) become so bored of discussing the Amazon and deforestation?"

TV Week Out of Print : MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer June 2, 2009

Shelly Palmer | Posted 06.02.2009 | Media


Shelly Palmer

TV Week's will cease to exist as a print publication after this week. With ad revenue down, among other things, Crain's will continue TV Week as a ...

A Straight Line Between Leather, the Amazon, and Climate Change

Daniel Kessler | Posted 05.29.2009 | Green


Daniel Kessler

When it comes to global climate change, all of our choices matter, right down to what we put on our feet. A three-year undercover investigation by Gre...

Copyright Needs Limits, As It Restricts Innovation

Gary Shapiro | Posted 05.27.2009 | Business


Gary Shapiro

Defenders of expanded copyright restrictions imply that content owners have been on a losing streak and have few tools at their disposal. Wrong.

Rough Day for Google: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer May 15, 2009

Shelly Palmer | Posted 05.15.2009 | Media


Shelly Palmer

Google experienced a bevy of screw-ups yesterday. Users were complaining all over Twitter that the search giant's GMail service, as well as Google N...

AmazonEncore's First Novel Acquired

Publishers Weekly | Rachel Deahl | Posted 05.14.2009 | Business


In its most significant foray into publishing, Amazon has acquired world English rights to a self-published novel by a midwestern teenager called Lega...

Cuomo: Is Chevron Misleading Shareholders?

Michael Brune | Posted 05.08.2009 | Green


Michael Brune

For nearly 16 years, Chevron has been fighting a landmark oil pollution lawsuit brought by more than 30,000 residents from rainforest communities in Ecuador.

KINDLE DX: Product Poses Profitability Challenge To Publishers

InformationWeek | Posted 05.07.2009 | Media


The biggest challenge for textbook publishers joining several universities in testing the usefulness of Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN)'s new Kindle DX will be in...