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advertising
AOL advertising sales jump
bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance - 1 hour, 11 minutes ago AOL lost another 2 million paid subscribers last quarter and overall revenue dropped again, but advertising sales rose.
Agenda-setting theory
Influence of the Media On Democracy
AllAfrica.com - Jan 19 7:12 AM POLITICS is nothing but communication. It is self evident that democracy, usually defined as government by consent, is crucially dependent on a sufficient degree of two-way communication and horizontal communication at the grassroots; otherwise there cannot be consensus building and responsiveness.
Almanac
The Almanac
UPI - Mar 23 12:49 AM UPI almanac for Friday, March 23, 2007.
Alternative media
Super Bowl XLI: Do the ROI Numbers Add Up for Advertisers? Analysis Suggests that 75% of Expenditure is Wasted
[Press Release] PR Web - Mar 22 12:27 AM Does advertising in the Super Bowl really pay out? The minimum cost per :30 spot was up to $2.6 million, plus millions more for special commercial production, talent and promotion, totaling to a minimum investment of about $4 million. Despite its 42 rating, the 500% cost efficiency premium is so high that it is nearly impossible for the Super Bowl to match the consumer impact of alternative media ...
Audio-visual
Seminar teaches machine safeguarding processes.
ThomasNet - Mar 21 5:53 AM Offered monthly, 2½-day seminar informs those in positions of responsibility for machine safety how to safeguard point-of-operation hazards on all types of metal fabricating machines. Along with interpretations of current OSHA and ANSI standards, sessions include classroom discussions combined with live demonstrations of machines under power and audio-visual presentations. Seminar helps ...
Broadcasters Audience Research Board
ITV Says 2006 Profit Falls as Ad Revenue Declines (Update4)
Bloomberg.com - Mar 07 9:50 AM March 7 (Bloomberg) -- ITV Plc, the U.K.'s biggest commercial broadcaster, said profit fell 1.4 percent last year and predicted a further decline in advertising revenue at its main channel.
Celebrity culture
Hollywood gossip site now digging for political dirt
Seattle Times - Mar 16 12:49 AM In Hollywood, the Web site TMZ.com has transformed celebrity culture, putting stars on notice that cellphone-toting tattlers and aggressive...
Cesky
QUICK ESCAPES
New York Post - Mar 13 3:34 AM CESKY KRUMLOV Why: The center of this miniature Prague is protected by UNESCO for a reason - strolling its winding alleys and cobblestone streets offers a true taste of Medieval Europe, with few, if any, modern intrusions. Go: Direct buses leave...
Common Alerting Protocol
AtHoc's Emergency Notification System Achieves CAP Compliance
[Press Release] Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Mar 20 5:30 AM AtHoc today announced the company's emergency alerting and management offerings are compliant with the Common Alerting Protocol, a standard created by the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards.
Concentration of media ownership
Media titans clash and audiences lose
International Herald Tribune - Mar 04 5:04 AM A fight between Richard Branson of Virgin and the Murdochs has spilled over into the living rooms of three million British TV viewers.
Content industry
Phone Sherpa Rings in a New Era of Online Entrepreneurs
[Press Release] Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Apr 03 6:00 AM SEATTLE----Did you know there is a place for you in the multi-billion dollar mobile content industry? Do you think you have the makings of a hit ringtone with your hip-hop beats, edgy rock ballads, bird calls or baby coos?
Copy written
KDFC pulls ad for book attacking Christian right
San Francisco Chronicle - Mar 16 3:56 AM A 30-second radio ad for a book was taken off the air Wednesday by KDFC-FM, the San Francisco classical station, when it drew complaints from listeners after airing a few times. The advertisement for "American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War...
Copywriting
High Rankings SEM Seminar Pictures
WebProNews - Mar 19 1:18 PM Day one of the Minneapolis High Rankings seminar went well and I think the presentations were well received. One thing I think I did not emphasize is that the speakers are not only subject matter experts, but they re skilled at instruction as well Matt Bailey reinforced himself as one of my favorite speakers and I recommend that you travel to wherever it is that he s speaking next to learn ...
Corporate media
Awards: Waste Management receives Outstanding Corporate Leader Award
San Diego Daily Transcript via Yahoo! News - Mar 22 5:59 PM Waste Management receives Outstanding Corporate Leader Award from MADD San Diego County. Northern Trust awarded Best Private Bank in the U.S. by Euromoney Magazine
Culture of fear
The Best Art Videos On The Web
Art Daily - Mar 19 3:08 PM There are people in life who leave a print for life. I was 16 years old and at that age I had started to work under Mr. Rodolfo Junco de la Vega Jr., my cousin, with whom I have been closer to than any other family member.
Dumbing down
Foxworthy takes offense to dumbing down claim
Chattanooga Times Free Press - Mar 19 1:24 PM Jeff Foxworthy takes exception to claims in the Washington Post and Los Angeles Times that Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader is a flagrant example of the dumbing down of today s quiz shows.
Glossaries
Juicy fruit of the vine a popular topic online
Winston-Salem Journal - Mar 20 8:40 PM Anyone who becomes interested in wine quickly learns that there's a lot to know. But even the most enthusiastic and diligent wine lover can never learn it all. For some, this is a big turnoff. For others, the continual learning is part of the fun and
Gonzo
Grindhouse classics: A gaggle of gruesome, gonzo greats from the golden age of grindhouse
San Jose Mercury News - Apr 04 5:41 AM "The Big Bird Cage" (1972): A women-in-prison cult fave with inmates "so hot with desire, they melt the chains that enslave them," according to its advertisements.
International Press Academy
Satellites orbit "Departed," "Dreamgirls"
Reuters via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 59 minutes ago "The Departed" and "Dreamgirls" were named best drama and best comedy/musical at the 11th annual Satellite Awards, which were announced Sunday by the International Press Academy, a breakaway group from the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn.
Journalism
Hearst-Argyle wins political journalism award
bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance - Mar 20 3:09 PM Hearst-Argyle Television Inc., owner of KCRA-TV Channel 3 and KQCA-TV My58 in Sacramento, has been named winner of the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Television Political Journalism by the University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication in the "station group" category.
Lists
Lists provide strategy hints
Rocky Mountain News - Mar 19 11:51 PM Joe Nacchio's attorneys and federal prosecutors issued intriguing witness lists Monday that included Qwest founder Phil Anschutz as a potential defense witness and Anschutz official and former Qwest director Craig Slater as a possible prosecution witness.
magazines
Magazines vs. The Web: End of an Era
Voodoo Extreme - Feb 06 1:53 AM [H]ard|OCP has an interesting editorial up called Magazines vs. The Web: End of an Era which examines why magazines are losing so much market share. Some points they bring up are the timeliness information is delivered, the length and space constraints of online vs print, plus oh-so much more.
Mass media
Telegram & Gazette Central Mass. Media Poll
Worcester Telegram & Gazette - Feb 13 4:10 AM The Telegram & Gazette Central Mass. media basketball and hockey polls (with record, last week's ranking, first-place votes and total points; points are tabulated on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for basketball, on a 5-4-3-2-1 basis for hockey):
mass society
Supes election will be heard in court
Orange County Register - Mar 03 3:19 AM An Orange County judge is expected to set a date for a trial, which should start within 10 days, to decide the contested election for the 1st District seat on the Board of Supervisors.
Massively distributed collaboration
Caligari Ships trueSpace7
Digit Magazine - Jan 20 3:01 AM Caligari Corporation, producer of 3D modelling and animation software, has announced the availability of trueSpace7.
Media activism
Impeachment Campaign Seeks To Oust President Bush And Vice-President Cheney By Sam Frank Date: 2/23/2007 5:00 pm
allhiphop.com - Feb 23 2:09 PM With the 4 year anniversary of the Iraq War coming upon us on Mar. 17, groups of protestors have decided to take action against the current administration by launching Impeach '07.
Media conglomerate
Viacom Sued for Colbert Takedown; NBC Takes Up with Fox
E! Online - Mar 22 7:28 PM Despite its reputation for offering unlimited space for an infinite amount of creative material, the Internet sure seems awfully crowded these days. With lawsuits, that is. Viacom Inc., which filed a $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit against Google Inc. and YouTube last week, received its own slap on the wrist Thursday when a couple of activist groups sued the media conglomerate for ...
Media economics
Mediaset preparing bid for Dutch TV company
International Herald Tribune - Mar 14 2:20 PM The acquisition would give Mediaset a chance to grow abroad at a time when legislators are preparing a law that could force Mediaset to move one of its domestic channels to satellite transmission and limit advertising on the other two.
Media ethics
Margetic Conviction Sparks Media Ethics Debate
Institute for War and Peace Reporting - Feb 12 3:13 PM Journalists across the Balkans discuss professional issues raised by tribunal contempt case.
Media Institution
Qatar: Seminar Calls for New Pan-Arab TV Channel
RedNova - Feb 07 6:24 AM Excerpt from report in English by Qatari newspaper Gulf Times website on 7 February Speakers at a seminar have called for launching a pan-Arab satellite channel which will bring the Arab peoples together and put an end to conflicting views being promoted by different TV channels.
Media manipulation
Ex-Cheney aide shares media manipulation
AP via Yahoo! News - Jan 27 12:04 PM A smorgasbord of Washington insider details has emerged during the perjury trial of the vice president's former chief of staff.
Media monitoring service
Telpress Selects Autonomy to Deliver Real-Time News Intelligence
[Press Release] PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - 2 hours, 21 minutes ago Autonomy Corporation plc , a global leader in infrastructure software for the enterprise, today announced that Telpress has selected its IDOL enterprise infrastructure software to capture, search and analyze content from television stations, radio outlets and published media, as a key part of its media monitoring service to provide deeper intelligence and insight to its global clients.
Media responsibility
A vacation from Paris
Daily Vidette - Mar 07 8:23 PM I am mad as hell, and I am not going to take it, anymore. As an aspiring journalist, and someone who attempts to uphold and exemplify the precious standards of media responsibility, I could not be more upset or horrified. I ask you, the public who so wholeheartedly trusts we, the media, to dig to the deepest depths of your hearts and souls to forgive the grave injustice that has occurred.
Media strategy
Omnicom Expands Fuse
AdWeek - 13 minutes ago NEW YORK Omnicom Media Group said it is expanding its Fuse brand to North America and has tapped PHD's Steve Grubbs to run it, effective immediately.
Media studies
Jesus Christ superstar?
The Pantagraph - Mar 17 10:46 PM On a Saturday morning in 2005, at an hour before the theaters usually open, more than 300 people packed two auditoriums at Bloomington's Parkway Cinemas for a special screening of "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe."
movies
"Potter" stars set for more wizardry
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mar 25 11:12 PM Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson have signed on to reprise their roles as teen wizards in the final two "Harry Potter" movies.
MrX
Analyst Ratings
Asbury Park Press - Apr 01 1:37 AM Ameristar Casinos Inc. (ASCA) was downgraded to "underweight" from "neutral weight" by analyst Joel Simkins at Prudential Equity Group Inc. The price target is $29.00 per share.
Newsletter
AMF Launches Asset Management Newsletter
Compliance Reporter - Mar 22 12:56 PM The French securities regulator, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers, has launched a newsletter for the French asset management industry.
newspapers
Excerpts from editorials in Florida newspapers
The Daily Comet - Mar 20 10:49 AM Here are excerpts from editorials in newspapers in Florida: --- March 20 Florida Today, on Port Canaveral looking to attract more luxury cruise liners: In the fiercely comp
Open publishing
Aotearoa Indymedia Convergence 2007
Scoop.co.nz - Jan 18 2:22 PM Indymedia is a global network of volunteer-run working groups that create and maintain a range of projects designed to allow grassroots activists and community organisers to 'become the media'.
Political media
Iraq & Washington's Systemic Failure
Baltimore Chronicle & Sentinel - Mar 19 7:22 AM George W. Bush and Dick Cheney may deserve the most blame for the Iraq War, but a core reality shouldn't be missed: the four-year-old conflict resulted from a systemic failure in Washington - from the White House, to congressional Republicans and Democrats, to an insular national news media, to Inside-the-Beltway think tanks.
Press blackout
Feb. 7: Crowds Protest for End of UN Occupation, Freeing of Political Prisoners
The Narco News Bulletin - Mar 04 7:39 AM Fairly major crowds demonstrated for UN troops to leave, for the Preval administration to release political prisoners jailed during the coup regime, and for the return of ousted president Aristide.
propaganda
Don't look now, but jihad propaganda is getting on the Internet
Chicago Sun-Times - Mar 23 3:56 AM Beyond the daily newspaper accounts and TV images of the four-year-old war in Iraq, Islamist radicals are waging a propaganda war against the West on the Internet.
Propaganda model
Peter Beaumont Sees Noam Chomsky As The Devil Incarnate (Allegedly)
Blogcritics.org - Jun 21 9:28 AM I've never seen anyone try so hard to slam a book and fail to do it. I am referring to Peter Beaumont's seemingly desperate attempt to rubbish Noam Chomsky's latest book, Failed States , in last Sunday's Observer . Beaumont's bias is revealed in the very first sentence: "I will admit one thing from the start. When I read Noam Chomsky, the voice I hear is that of Chloe, the terrier-like
radio
Transcript: President Bush's Weekly Radio Address
Fox News - 59 minutes ago Transcript of President Bush's weekly radio address.
RUOK
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El Paso Times - Mar 08 11:21 PM 1914 Lounge -- 115 Durango. 544-4191. Aceitunas Beer Garden -- 5200 Doniphan. Mariachis, 7-10 p.m. Thursdays; cover varies. 581-3260 or www.aceitunasbeergarden.com.
Sex symbol
50 / SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL / Jane Fonda pooh-poohs playing Patty Hearst on film
San Francisco Chronicle - 1 hour, 52 minutes ago Ruthe Stein offers a snapshot of the 1972 festival: At a San Francisco International Film Festival tribute in her honor, Jane Fonda responds angrily to a question about whether she plans to star in a movie about Patty Hearst. "I wouldn't dream of...
Social communication
On the road
The Pantagraph - Mar 19 10:28 PM When classical trumpet player Jeff Holbrook pondered his best job prospect out of school, he couldn't even explore the official Web site of the employer.
Spoiler media
Casting Shakeup To Rock 'Battlestar Galactica'
SyFy Portal - Jan 03 8:43 AM The following story contains possible MAJOR SPOILERS for the upcoming Season 3.5 of "Battlestar Galactica.
television
Freedom Fighters Launch Independent Radio and Television Station in Iraq
Elite TV - Mar 22 6:44 AM With jumper cables and a 12-volt battery, a Saddam era radio station roared to life last week and now four Iraqis are doing what has never been done as they launch independent radio and television in war-torn Iraq.
Transparency media
New study panel on cooperation in nuclear energy to be formed
New Kerala - Nov 28 9:23 PM Kuantan (Malaysia), Nov 28: The Seventh Ministerial Meeting Forum for Nuclear Cooperation in Asia (FNCA) has agreed to form a new study panel for cooperation in nuclear energy in Asia.
Turner Broadcasting System
GameTap 's Myst Now For Macs
Sci Fi Wire - 2 hours, 39 minutes ago GameTap , Turner Broadcasting System's online entertainment network, is now making available its Myst Online: Uru Live game for the Mac platform. Using technology from TransGaming Inc., Mac users can now take part in the same massively multiplayer Myst Online: Uru Live experience as their PC counterparts, including all of the regularly added features, destinations and missions, the company said.
UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
David Fiderer: Patrick Fitzgerald Gets Maligned on PBS by One of the "Good Guys"
HuffingtonPost - Mar 05 5:32 PM You know things are bad when Patrick Fitzgerald gets smeared in a PBS documentary produced and reported by a journalism professor. Frontline 's "News War," an otherwise excellent program reported by Lowell Bergman, Professor at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, made four false and misleading claims about the law and about Judith Miller's case. Together, they leave the impression ...
Voice broadcasting
Blast Companies Revs Up Its Social Messaging Mobile Application with One-of-a-kind Racing Promotion
[Press Release] PR Web - Mar 16 12:17 AM With the first-ever social messaging application of its kind, Blast Companies in O'Fallon, MO partnered with The Kerry Group to target stock car racing fans at a recent racing event in Daytona, Florida. The fully-interactive, customized racing game gave fans the ability to participate in a virtual race via their cell phones. (PRWeb Mar 16, 2007) Post Comment:Trackback URL: ...
World Wide Web
New Website Offers Shoppers an Entertaining Way to Find Bargains on the Internet
RedNova - Mar 20 3:12 PM DUBLIN, Ohio, March 20 /PRNewswire/ -- A new site on the World Wide Web offers value-minded shoppers witty wisdom combined with an innovative service that could permanently change the way people shop for bargains on auction sites such as eBay.
Youth-led media
Chicago Teens and Lt. Gov. Add Charity to Their Super Bowl Sunday; Jan. 25 and Feb. 5
Christian News Wire - 5 minutes ago COLUMBIA, S.C., Jan. 24 / Christian Wire Service / -- As thousands of Chicago fans enjoy Super Bowl Sunday parties and activities, hundreds of young people throughout the metro area will be working to help those who don t have even a bowl of soup to eat.
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