Senate Votes to Nullify Media Ownership 'Loophole'

The senate nullified a FCC rule earlier in the week premitting a media company from owning a newspaper corporation and a television station in the same market.

Media ownership laws to be relaxed

The government wants to scrap the law banning large newspapers from buying big name newspapers but the newspaper won't let it take complete control of the market.

FCC Report Says Media Consolidation Harms News Coverage - FCC Then Orders Report Destroyed

The FCC ordered its staff to delete papers concerning media ownership and it showed by adding time to news broadcasts that is why they wanted the papers destoryed

Caught up in the 'Net

Be prepared, the internet and journalism is about to change as technology comes out to improve the way journalism is precieved online, as the way to communicate with people and machines evolves

Is Google too powerful?

Everyone's favorite search engine just got bigger. Google bought Pyralabs and blogger, which makes them own blogs of hundreds of thousands of today's bloggers, which makes it even powerul than just a search engine.

The cost of ethics: Influence peddling in the blogosphere

Blogging in America is growing and the big name companies are getting involved in the blogosphere which now must follow a code of ethics for all blogs on the internet

France bans citizen journalists from reporting violence

In Citizen Journalism news, the French Constitutional Council approved a law which prevents people other than news professionals from filming or broadcasting acts of violence.

Earth Day: Balancing consumer passions and eco values

Earth Day began in 1970 and it nows can be figured by this model, to consume or not to consume. That is the question

Bush pokes fun at candidates at correspondents' dinner

President Bush pokes at the idea that three of his potential successors weren't at the White House correspondants dinner, and how they were lying low from the attention

Study: Abandoning net neutrality discourages improvements in service

Companies want change, a University of Florida study found that internet service providers would be willing to add an incentive and change which might give bigger companies a chance to expand their infrastructure.

'Net neutrality' bill introduced

Edward Markey, a member of the House of Representatives introduced a bill to congress which will bring up the idea of network neutrality, which will make the rules of online engagement fair to everyone.

Writers push for laws to maintain Internet freedom

Patric Verrone, president of the writers guild talks about how other companies like his controls the web which in fact lessens up web traffic and he believes people should choose wherever they choose to look on the internet, which brings up network neutrality.

YouTube Slapped With First Copyright Lawsuit For Video Posted Without Permission

Youtube was sued by a Los Angeles News Service for letting customers share videos with other people which the LA news services says increases copyright infringement but Youtube says it doesn't

Universal Music Sues MySpace for Copyright Infringement

in 2006 Myspace was sued for copyright by Universial Music for letting customers download songs and videos to their personal pages.

Rarely seen John Lennon video sparks copyright fight

Former Beatle Jonh Lennon created some private moments at his estate, but World Wide video LLC claims it owns that footage, and Yoko Ono believes the footage is hers, which sparks a copyright controversey.

New Technology

Almost everyday people are bound to see someone using new technology like the iPhone, iPod touch, or any electronic device made within the past year.

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Tech Companies, Broadcasters Battle Over TV 'White Space'

Google, microsoft and others are going after the government over white space that could be used for advertising but other companies say that space is used for telephone companies so they don't mess up interference with the TV spectrum and broadcasters say that will freeze picture …

Memory Breakthrough Could Mean 500,000 Songs on an iPod

IPODS a turn of the century music player could eventually hold 500,000 songs as IBM may have discovered a new type of digital storage called racetrack memory, the devices could run on less battery power, only one charge for a week, and it could make new advances in technology whe …

Mobilizing the mobile Web

Have you ever gone somewhere and needed info from the internet and that is where the apple IPhone goes beyond the rest as they have seen mobile web usage go up and people can do anything from checking email, movie showtimes, even to getting directions.

Windows XP fans don't want it to XPire

A group hoping to save windows XP after the release of Microsoft vista last year has gotten over 110,000 petitions since people are complaining about how it takes so much memory, slower speed, and space it requires to get it to work

Digital transition could cost cable customers

As new media comes out customers are feeling like they are misled as the FCC tells them that they must buy or rent a convertor box by next year for their TV to be converted to analog Digital but customers aren't happy with the prices they will have to pay to have this convertor b …

MySpace expands site targeting U.S. Latinos

Hispanics are being given more options as Myspace latino revealed that their site will offer eight new communities consisting of latino bands, celebrities, and soccer players which will give information to more than half of English speaking hispanics, who are online today.

Google Earth maps refugee crises

Google unvailed a new feature for it's mapping site Google Earth, which now can spot where refugees have fled from their countries and it will also be used as a way to spot where humanitarian aid is needed.

Facebook unveils instant message feature

Facebook reveals an instant message feature which gives people an opportunity to talk to someone in real life but it is only able to chat with one person.

FCC approves emergency alert text-messaging system

The FCC approved an emergency text-messaging system, which will enable cell phone users to receive emergency text messages if their phone companies approve of this contract.

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