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Innovation in America: An Autobahn, or a Suburban Street With Speed Bumps?

Gary Shapiro | Posted 11.04.2009 | Technology


Gary Shapiro

My fear is that my son's future won't include the rapid pace of innovation that we have enjoyed in recent years. What if decades roll by and innovation stands still?

MySpace Wants its Cool Back

Piers Fawkes | Posted 10.15.2009 | Technology


Piers Fawkes

In a strategy shift, MySpace will try to become an online hangout for people who want to connect with their friends over entertainment content.

Planet Hollywood

Avital Binshtock | Posted 10.03.2009 | Entertainment


Avital Binshtock

A common theme runs through several films slated to hit theaters soon: the earth and its fate. "Take heed," the filmmakers seem to be saying, "or these will be our struggles."

Pandora's Box: The National Equality March

Bil Browning | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics


Bil Browning

The LGBT community is used to being downtrodden and dismissed. Prejudice, animosity, and apartheid flew out of Pandora's Box long ago.

Online Radio Stations Strike Royalties Deal With Music Labels

AP | JOELLE TESSLER | Posted 08.07.2009 | Media


WASHINGTON — The future of Internet radio appears more secure after a handful of online stations reached an agreement Tuesday to head off a pote...

Internet Famous

Jonathan Coulton | Posted 07.30.2009 | Media


Jonathan Coulton

Is this poorly-dressed, shaggy fellow a famous rock star, or is he just an unemployed guy in a crappy rock band? They want to know, is it actually my job to be a singer/songwriter?

Digital Hollywood on the Music Industry: Still Doomed?

Alexia Tsotsis | Posted 06.07.2009 | Media


Alexia Tsotsis

The outlook for the record industry as we know it seems pretty bleak, as the hydra of file sharing and downloading will not quell anytime soon, despite the anti-Pirate Bay ruling late last month.

Web Radio's Revenue Woes To Continue Regardless of Royalties

New York Times | CLAIRE CAIN MILLER | Posted 11.27.2008 | Media


After a 19-month battle over Internet radio royalties, a truce between record labels and webcasters is finally in sight that would allow Internet radi...

Working Within Constraints Is Good For Business (Sometimes)

Silicon Alley Insider | Fred Wilson | Posted 09.18.2008 | Business


I believe web services benefit from doing less, not more. I believe that allowing the users to stitch web apps together to get increased functionality...

Internet Radio Companies Crippled By High Song Fees

Washington Post | Peter Whoriskey | Posted 09.16.2008 | Business


Pandora is one of the nation's most popular Web radio services, with about 1 million listeners daily. Its Music Genome Project allows customers to cre...

Media Morph

Charles Warner | Posted 07.29.2008 | Media


Charles Warner

Newspaper and magazine content will continue to be valuable and read; it will just have a different, far less expensive and more rational distribution channel -- the Internet.