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Information Today July 17, 2008 |
Guardian News Acquires ContentNext Media Guardian News & Media announced the acquisition of ContentNext Media, a B2B media company that covers digital media, the entertainment and technology sectors, and publishes paidContent.org.  |
D-Lib August 2008 Peter B. Hirtle |
Copyright Renewal, Copyright Restoration, and the Difficulty of Determining Copyright Status It is almost impossible to determine with certainty whether a work published from 1923 through 1963 in the US is in the public domain because of copyright restoration of foreign works.  |
Home Theater July 14, 2008 |
One Out of Three Rips DVD According to a new study, one out of three American and British consumers surveyed admitted to copying DVDs.  |
Registered Rep. July 14, 2008 Nancy N. DiCostanzo |
Vanity Un-Fair? An article in the New York Post alleges that rumors started by short-sellers about Bear Sterns made their way to the business news station CNBC where they, perhaps, exacerbated an already-volatile situation.  |
The Motley Fool July 14, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Black Friday for Satellite Radio The already rocky road that XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio have traveled is forming new potholes. Let's drive over just a few of the recent developments.  |
Search Engine Watch July 11, 2008 Michael Boland |
What Can TV Learn from Search? A few television and cable companies appear to have taken a page from the online marketing playbook. It's not just effective placement, but direct response capability that has made search marketing shine.  |
The Motley Fool July 11, 2008 Mac Greer |
Fool Video: Stan Lee Media vs. Marvel Entertainment -- Who's the Villain? Marvel Entertainment continues to battle it out in court with Stan Lee Media. Who's the real villain in this web of intrigue? This video discusses the case.  |
The Motley Fool July 11, 2008 Mac Greer |
Fool Video: Can the iPod and Satellite Radio Live in Harmony? Is satellite radio the wave of the future or just a passing fad? Can XM and Sirius peacefully coexist with Apple and its iPod, or is it winner-take-all? These questions and others are discussed in this video.  |
The Motley Fool July 11, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
New iPhone Opens Pandora's Box Shiver, satellite radio. Internet music just went portable with the new iPhone.  |
The Motley Fool July 10, 2008 Mac Greer |
Fool Video: Will a Merger Really Matter for XM and Sirius? Analyst Rich Munarriz give his take on this subject  |
The Motley Fool July 8, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Intel Shreks AMD DreamWorks Animation is replacing its fleet of 1,500 Hewlett-Packard machines powered by AMD chips with Intel-backed HP systems.  |
The Motley Fool July 7, 2008 Tim Beyers |
Is Marvel a Villain? Marvel Entertainment may owe millions to a bankrupt company originally co-founded by Spider-Man creator Stan Lee.  |
The Motley Fool July 7, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
The Last Big Radio Deal It may be all downhill for Rush Limbaugh, Howard Stern, and the rest of the broadcasting world's talk show stars.  |
Reason July 2008 Jacob Sullum |
No Shit The U.S. Supreme Court agrees to review the FCC's policy regarding dirty words on the air, which a federal appeals court has deemed "arbitrary and capricious."  |
BusinessWeek July 3, 2008 Maria Bartiromo |
Jerry Levin on What He's Learned in His Second Life In the annals of CEO pummelings, few have taken as brutal a beating as former Time Warner chieftain Jerry Levin. Here, he discusses his life since his retirement from corporate America.  |
BusinessWeek July 3, 2008 Grover & Helm |
The News: Cable TV's Sleeper Hit Election '08 is pulling in eyeballs, and the news networks are capitalizing on the opportunity.  |
BusinessWeek July 3, 2008 Jon Fine |
The Wall Street Journalist Ignoring his critics, new Managing Editor Robert Thomson plots a global strategy.  |
Information Today July 3, 2008 |
EBSCO Publishing Introduces EBSCOhost 2.0 EBSCO Publishing introduced the next generation of its EBSCOhost user interface, EBSCOhost 2.0, offering a clean new look and feel.  |
The Motley Fool July 3, 2008 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Satellite Radio's Last Independence Day Will this be the final holiday of independence for XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio?  |
Search Engine Watch July 2, 2008 Kevin Ryan |
Yahoo's Judgment Day Microsoft was set to save Yahoo from certain death with a solid offer to purchase assets, but according to yesterday's shareholder presentation the deal wasn't such a great idea.  |
Search Engine Watch July 1, 2008 Kevin Heisler |
Newspapers Bleed Red Ink: Death by Internet Journalists are a dying breed. Newspapers face death by Internet. It's time to rethink journalism as a career choice.  |
Fast Company July 2008 Robert Levine |
The Music Industry Goes Green How musicians, venues, promoters, and labels are cleaning up their acts for the big summer season.  |
Fast Company July 2008 Linda Childers |
Everywhere TV If screens seem to be popping up everywhere, that's because they are. In a DVR world, advertisers are reaching outside the home for today's most desirable audience: a captive one.  |
Fast Company July 2008 Linda Tischler |
Startup Radio Show The Takeaway Recreated the Morning Edition The race to build the next-gen radio show is on. The Takeaway taps Silicon Valley -- style tactics in its battle against Morning Edition.  |
Home Theater June 27, 2008 |
Teens Willing to Pay for Downloads Consumers between the ages of 14 and 24 are willing to pay for downloads, says a new survey. But there are conditions attached to their willingness to pay.  |
Information Today June 26, 2008 |
Ingram Digital to Distribute Encyclopaedia Britannica Ebook Reference Set Ingram Digital Group, announced an agreement with Encyclopaedia Britannica to distribute the publisher's ebook reference set worldwide.  |
Information Today June 26, 2008 |
EBSCO and ATLA to Create Digital Archives for Purchase EBSCO Publishing has partnered with American Theological Library Association to provide new collections of historical monographs and serials in digital format  |
PC Magazine June 23, 2008 Carol Mangis |
Disney's New Robot Disney Consumer Products is rolling out a new line of robotic toys in partnership with Pixar Animation Studios.  |
Wired June 23, 2008 Jake Swearingen |
What Will They Think of Next? Record Labels' Ridiculous Antileak Tech. A look at the tactics employed by record companies to prevent music leaks.  |
Home Theater June 19, 2008 Mark Fleischmann |
Compromises Advance Sirius/XM Merger The merger of the Sirius and XM satellite radio networks will move forward thanks to compromises that have attracted approval from Kevin Martin, chair of the Federal Communications Commission.  |
Information Today June 19, 2008 Barbara Quint |
ProQuest Dialog: Predictions and Reactions With the sale of Dialog to ProQuest, the big questions remain. Can ProQuest do better than Dialog's previous owners?  |
Information Today June 16, 2008 Paula J. Hane |
SLA Meets in the Emerald City Special Libraries Association Conference theme, Breaking Rules, Building Bridges. describes what info pros must do to be successful in the rapidly changing world of information -- embrace change and build networks.  |
Home Theater June 12, 2008 |
Warner Shakes It Up Warner Bros. will kill the recently merged New Line Cinema, cut its overall theatrical release schedule in half, and build profit streams from Blu-ray and video on demand.  |
Information Today June 12, 2008 |
Comtex to Provide XHTML Format From Business Wire Comtex News Network, a provider of electronic real-time news, content, and market products, announced that news from Business Wire in XHTML format will soon be available to all its clients.  |
Home Theater June 10, 2008 |
B&W, Peter Gabriel Launch Music Club British loudspeaker maker Bowers & Wilkins has teamed up with Peter Gabriel to offer subscribers exclusive music in DRM-free lossless surround.  |
Outside June 2008 Bryant Urstadt |
And You Thought Shock Radio Was Dead! Sirius Satellite Radio has a novel strategy for attracting listeners: Hand the mike to a mob of unapologetically raunchy action-sports DJs and turn off the censors.  |
Home Theater June 9, 2008 |
Major Label Expands to Survive The Universal Music Group will now manage classical artists and book concerts, moving into territory previously off-limits to most record labels.  |
Information Today June 9, 2008 |
iCopyright Launches New Instant Licensing Services iCopyright has launched two new instant licensing services designed to help online publishers promote lawful reuses of their copyrighted content while protecting their rights  |
Information Today June 9, 2008 |
Microsoft's Article Authoring Add-In Now Available in Beta A key value of the Article Authoring Add-in is in enabling editors at scientific and technical journals to create article templates, tailored for their individual journals' requirements.  |
Information Today June 5, 2008 Barbara Quint |
Microsoft Shuts Down Two of Its Google `Wannabe's': Live Search Books and Live Search Academic The reason for the cancellation was money or the lack of it. Microsoft could not foresee a sustainable business model for the service.  |
Information Today June 5, 2008 Barbara Quint |
`It Ain't Over Till It's Over': Impact of the Microsoft Shutdown Although the announcement of Microsoft's decision to shut down its Live Search Books and Live Search Academic projects seemed to indicate that the program would cease digitizing immediately, conversations with participating libraries indicated otherwise.  |
Information Today June 5, 2008 |
Sage Acquires CQ Press CQ Press serves the library, college, and professional markets with a diverse array of print and online products. It publishes about 100 new titles each year  |
Information Today June 5, 2008 |
NewspaperDirect Adopts ACAP for Its Digital Publishing Networks This is designed to provide its publishing partners with more protection over their content.  |
HRO Europe Jan 2008/Apr 2008 Elliot Clark et al. |
A Global Media and Events Entity Serving Today's HRO Market The parent of HRO Europe and SharedXpertise merge to form a new global firm offering more options for the HRO marketplace.  |
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