May 2007

Digital Rights Management and the Secret War Against Your Fair Use Rights

DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT AND THE SECRET WAR AGAINST YOUR FAIR USE RIGHTS
[SOURCE: saschameinrath.com]

Study Concludes That Many Top News Sites Don't Do RSS Well

STUDY CONCLUDES THAT MANY TOP NEWS SITES DON'T DO RSS WELL
[SOURCE: Editor&Publisher]

Murdoch on Owning The Wall Street Journal

MURDOCH ON OWNING THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
[SOURCE: New York Times, AUTHOR: Richard Silkos & Andrew Ross Sorkin]

Reuters confirms takeover approach

REUTERS CONFIRMS TAKEOVER APPROACH
[SOURCE: Financial Times, AUTHOR: Gordon Smith]

Clear Channel Board Rejects Sweetened Offer From Bidder

CLEAR CHANNEL BOARD REJECTS SWEETENED OFFER FROM BIDDER
[SOURCE: New York Times, AUTHOR: Andrew Ross Sorkin]
Clear Channel Communications, the nation’s largest radio broadcaster, said last night that its board had rejected a revised offer by two equity firms that had agreed to buy the company, but are now trying to keep the deal from falling through. The new offer was a last ditch attempt to save the deal from being voted down by shareholders next week, but now means the buyout is almost certain to be rejected.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/04/business/media/04clear.html

NBC's ION Takeover Imminent

NBC'S ION TAKEOVER IMMINENT
[SOURCE: New York Post 5/3, AUTHOR: Zachery Kouwe]

Lawyer Says Imus to Sue CBSD, Accusing it of Breaking Contract

LAWYER SAYS IMUS TO SUE CBS, ACCUSING IT OF BREAKING CONTRACT
[SOURCE: New York Times, AUTHOR: Bill Carter]

Seeing No Progress, Some Schools Drop Laptops

SEEING NO PROGRESS, SOME SCHOOLS DROP LAPTOPS
[SOURCE: New York Times, AUTHOR: Winnie Hu]

Phones studied as attack detector

PHONES STUDIED AS ATTACK DETECTOR
[SOURCE: USAToday, AUTHOR: Mimi Hall]

Surprise Interest in Over-The-Air TV

SURPRISE INTEREST IN OVER-THE-AIR TV
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: Glen Dickson]