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Murdoch Pay-For-Content Strategy A Dud

Diane Francis | Posted 09.15.2009 | Media

Read More: Iranian Uprising, Newspapers, Iran, Death of Newspapers, Fox, Digital Television, Media, Wall Street Journal, Journalism, The Times of London, Blogs, Television, Internet, Online, New York Times, Citizen Journalism, New Media, Media News
Diane Francis

Murdoch and others are the King Canutes of the business world, trying to hold back the tides.

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Porn Business Is Sagging

Lloyd Garver | Posted 09.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Porn on the Internet, Porn, Porn Bailout, Econony, Joe Francis, Internet, Savanna Samson, Larry Flynt, Media News
Lloyd Garver

Ironically, the internet, that porn-filled swamp, is killing the professional porn industry.

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Hollywood, the Internet and the Poor: No Disconnect Necessary

Robert Townsend | Posted 09.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Television, Internet, Robert Townsend, Entertainment Industry, Hollywood, Entertainment News
Robert Townsend

Today, the entertainment industry is largely overlooking the most powerful distribution vehicle available: the Internet.

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The Reinvention of Legal Research: The Future Is Now

Peter Schwartz | Posted 09.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Information Age, Internet, Law, Publishing, Data, Bloomberg, Westlaw, Legal Research Online, Lexisnexis, Media News
Peter Schwartz

Legal research, once the province of desks, books, and binders, is now online, data-driven, and real-time. This poses serious challenge to old publishing stalwarts like Westlaw and LexisNexis.

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Culture Clash

Kevin Naff | Posted 09.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Internet, Newspapers, Web Sites, Reuters, Online, Death of Print, Online Journalism, Baltimore Sun, Media News
Kevin Naff

Launching a major newspaper web site in 1996 offered hints of the trouble to come.

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English Speaking Hispanics Lead in Mobile Internet Growth...

Chris Brassington | Posted 09.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Mobile Marketing, Chris Brassington, Fox Sports en EspañOl, Mediaweek, Mobile, 2ergo, Mobile Internet, Internet, Paul Laureano, Cell Phones, T-Mobile, Cell Phone Usage, Marketing Trends, Toyota, AT&T, Sprint, Cell Phone Voters, Ford, TV Advertising, Brand-Marketing, Advertising Campaigns, Online Advertising, Internet Advertising, Advertising Age, Viral Marketing, Business News
Chris Brassington

"Latinos love their cell phones. The passionate nature of the culture fits perfectly with our first-rate sports programming and their desire to stay connected."

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NYCSeed: More than a Dollar and a Dream for Start Up Technology Companies

Alicia Whitaker | Posted 09.11.2009 | New York

Read More: Nycseed Owen Davis, Internet, Placevine, New York, Valign Software, Nyu Polytechnic Institute, path101, New York City, Internet Startup, Owen Davis, Nyc Investment Fund, Domdex, Internet Start Up, Nystar, Nycseed, New York News
Alicia Whitaker

NYCSeed is the city's first seed-funding venture that will help to nurture technology start-ups at a very early, pre-revenue stage of their development.

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Drowning in Information? You're Not Alone

Jonathan B. Spira | Posted 09.11.2009 | Media

Read More: Internet, Information Overload, Internet Age, Media News
Jonathan B. Spira

Information overload renders us unable to absorb all of the information being thrust at us and some of what we miss may very well be useful or important.

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Murdoch to Charge for News Online 'If We Ever Publish Any'

Andy Borowitz | Posted 08.06.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Borowitz Report, Rupert Murdoch, Internet, Fox News, News Corp, Andy Borowitz, Comedy News
Andy Borowitz

Murdoch stressed that readers would only be charged for "actual news" that appears on his sites, "which means that 99% of the content will remain free."

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In Defense Of Free

Piers Fawkes | Posted 09.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Future of Journalism, Internet, Future of Work, Social Networking, Crowdsourcing, Cloud Computing, Open Source, Free, Chris Anderson, Business, Business News
Piers Fawkes

As a business owner who uses digital technology as the backbone of my business, I found Chris Anderson's latest book inspiring and useful.

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Chinese Internet Addict Beaten To Death

Telegraph | Malcolm Moore | Posted 09.04.2009 | World

Read More: China Internet Addict, China Internet, China, Internet, World News

Three supervisors who were trying to cure Deng Senshan of his compulsive computer use have been arrested after he died on Sunday....

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Internet Protection Fight Starts in Washington -- Don't Just Sit There

Art Brodsky | Posted 09.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Google, Internet, Apple Iphone, Julius Genachowski, Fcc, AT&T, Net Neutrality, Media News
Art Brodsky

There is no legal requirement for Internet Service Providers to give us an open Internet. Luckily, the future of the Web is now in play in the Washington policy arena.

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Why Washington Needs to Keep Its Eye On the Cloud

Sean Donahue | Posted 09.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Congress, Twitter, Economy, Cyber Security, President Obama, Mobile Phones, Cloud Computing, Jobs, Information Technology, Facebook, Yahoo, Iphone, Internet, Federal Government, Youtube, Marketing, Communications, Technology, Hotmail, Gmail, salesforce.com, Innovation, Small Businesses, Google, White House, National Broadband, Politics News
Sean Donahue

Recognizing the power of cloud computing would create jobs, promote innovation and help organizations of all sizes become more competitive.

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The New Media Epiphany

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 08.31.2009 | Media

Read More: The Internet, Dave Troy, Free Press, Myspace, Personal Democracy Forum, AT&T, Josh Silver, Dave Weinberger, Alec Ross, Twitter, James Assey, Danah Boyd, Cultural Divide, Facebook, Amanda Michel, Transparency, Mayhill Fowler, Gina Bianchini, Broadband, Propublica, Net Equality, Andrew Rasiej, Micah L. Sifry, Internet, Jeff Jarvis, Ning, Randy Zuckerberg, Hank Hultquist, New Media, Google, Media News
Marcia G. Yerman

Two years ago, I had a personal epiphany at the Personal Democracy Forum: New media could change everything... From communications to politics to culture. At PDF '09: more revelations.

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Piracy vs. Availability: A Parable

Hugh McGuire | Posted 08.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Rights, Ondemand, Copyright, Books, Streaming, Drm, Media, Downloading, Movies, Internet, Publishing, Illegal, Video, Piracy, Digital, Torrents, Iannucci, Humour, Politics, Satire, Download, Media News
Hugh McGuire

If as providers of content, give me what I want, when I want it, at a reasonable price, I'll be happy to pay for it. If not, I'll be compelled -- when I really want something -- to find other ways to get it.

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What Do Women Want? What I Learned at Blogher

Lee Woodruff | Posted 08.26.2009 | Media

Read More: Internet, New Media, Media, Blogher, Blogging, Media News
Lee Woodruff

I arrived at the BlogHer conference in Chicago unsure of exactly what I would find. Would I be the person who didn't speak the language? Didn't get the jokes?

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The Digital Divide: Is Mobile Technology Closing the Gap?

Jonathan Spalter | Posted 08.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Smartphones, Wireless, 4g, Mobile, Internet, Mobile Phones, Business News
Jonathan Spalter

African Americans are the most active users of the mobile Internet -- and their use of it is also growing the fastest.

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New Money: Nine Virtual and Alternative Currencies

Piers Fawkes | Posted 08.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Currency, Internet, Community, World of Warcraft, Green Living, Virtual Worlds, Money, China, Business News
Piers Fawkes

Buying and selling still remains at the fore of the online world. Many entrepreneurial minds have envisioned new ways to facilitate our transactions, and bring business beyond cash and coin.

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Thoughts on Facebook from China

Olivia Sterns | Posted 08.22.2009 | World

Read More: Google, China Internet, Internet, Baidu.com, Beijing, China Media Censorship, Internet Censorship, Baidu, China Media Internet Censorship, China, Shanghai, World News
Olivia Sterns

It's not news that the Chinese government actively works to prevent the free flow of information, but what I did find surprising were the mixed emotions about it amongst the Chinese I met.

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Culture Clash on the Internet

Jonathan Handel | Posted 08.21.2009 | Media

Read More: Copyright Infringement, Piracy, Copyright, Internet, Arpanet, Media News
Jonathan Handel

many people expect much of their Internet content to be free. Why is this, how did it happen, and, focusing on music and movies, what can be done about it?

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Mobile Apps To Be 'As Big As Internet': Report

BBC NEWS | Posted 08.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Iphone, Mobile Phones, Internet, iPhone Applications, Symbian Foundation, Mobile Apps, Business News

However, GetJar say, the developer community will decline drastically as each developer makes less money. According to the Symbian Foundation, newl...

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Cleveland Rocks & Other Wireless News

Jonathan Spalter | Posted 08.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Smartphones, Wireless, Internet, Senate Commerce Committee, Broadband, Fcc, Barack Obama, Mobile Phones, Politics News
Jonathan Spalter

Last week, the Senate Commerce Committee unanimously cleared a bill requiring the FCC and the Commerce Department to conduct annual audits of our wireless airwaves.

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How The Huffington Post Can Pay Its Bloggers

Michelle Haimoff | Posted 08.15.2009 | Media

Read More: Blogs, Journalists, Internet, Content, Online Advertising, Advertising, Bloggers, The Huffington Post, Web, New Media, Business, Alec Baldwin, Arianna Huffington, Journalism, Blogging, Media News
Michelle Haimoff

As brilliant of a strategy as hiring legions of unpaid writers is, there is a catch. Eventually, the only writers that will write for free are writers that can afford to write for free.

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Hear The Evil; See The Evil; Feel No Evil - Where's the Outrage Over Deadly Church Bombings?

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 08.14.2009 | World

Read More: Christians, Turkey, Pakistan, George W. Bush, United Nations, Twitter, Obama, Iraq, Facebook, Simon Wiesenthal Center, Iran, Muslim, Suicide Bombing, Ban Ki Moon, Arab, Youtube, Internet, Israel, Afghanistan, Pope, World News
Rabbi Abraham Cooper

The Internet guarantees we will all hear the Evil, see the Evil, but it cannot make us care about Evil. And as recent events in Iran proved -- Technology cannot defeat Evil -- only people can.

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Jordanian Parliament is Back on Air... Indirectly

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 08.10.2009 | World

Read More: Corruption, Internet, Parliament, Jordan, Radio, Broadcast, Israel, Palestine, Broadcast TV, World News
Daoud Kuttab

Two and a half years after being taken off the air, Radio Al Balad was able to broadcast live during the afternoon session of Parliament on July 6, 2009.

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