July 2007

Dow Jones Falls on Concern Bancrofts Will Reject Bid

DOW JONES FALLS ON CONCERN BANCROFTS WILL REJECT BID
[SOURCE: Bloomberg, AUTHOR: Cecile Daurat and Leon Lazaroff]
Dow Jones & Co.'s stock fell to its lowest in two months after a meeting of the company's controlling shareholders heightened concern they will reject Rupert Murdoch's $5 billion bid. "The market is putting a higher and higher probability that the deal is not going down,'' said Robert Willis, chief investment officer of Willis Investment Counsel."

Very old media

VERY OLD MEDIA
[SOURCE: The Economist]

Disney Films To Be Smoke-Free

DISNEY FILMS TO BE SMOKE-FREE
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]

Internet sex crimes more complicated than public thinks

INTERNET SEX CRIMES MORE COMPLICATED THAN PUBLIC THINKS
[SOURCE: Lasar's Letter on the FCC, AUTHOR: Matthew Lasar]

CNN's YouTube Debate Failed the American People

CNN'S YOUTUBE DEBATE FAILED THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
[SOURCE: AlterNet, AUTHOR: Rory O'Connor]
[Commentary] In what was otherwise an interesting and even laudable experiment in participatory democracy, CNN and the candidates let us down in the so-called "YouTube Debate." In only dipping its toe in the swirling, muddy waters of citizen media, greater access, and individual empowerment, however, America's 'most trusted news network' failed to deliver on the promise of a Great Debate by, in essence, failing to trust the American people.

Political Ads Stage a Comeback in Newspapers

POLITICAL ADS STAGE COMEBACK IN NEWSPAPERS
[SOURCE: Wall Street Journal, AUTHOR: Kevin Helliker kevin.helliker@wsj.com]

Cable Without a cable Box, and TV Shows Without TV

CABLE WITHOUT A CABLE BOX, AND TV SHOWS WITHOUT TV
[SOURCE: New York Times, AUTHOR: John Quain]

Radio giant makes itself Clear

RADIO GIANT MAKES ITSELF CLEAR
[SOURCE: Variety, AUTHOR: William Triplett]
Clear Channel has responded to a senior lawmaker who questioned whether the radio giant was already violating a recent consent decree with the Federal Communications Commission over allegations of payola. Andrew W. Levin, Clear Channel's top lawyer, sent a letter Monday to Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wisc.), assuring him the company is in compliance with the decree, and that reports of violations have been the result of confusion over legal language.

Online Newspaper Audience Rising Twice As Fast As General Internet Population

ONLINE NEWSPAPER AUDIENCE RISING TWICE AS FAST AS GENERAL INTERNET POPULATION
[SOURCE: paidContent.org, AUTHOR: David Kaplan]

Retired AT&T CEO Edward Whitacre Jr.

RETIRED AT&T CEO DUG IN AND KEPT GOING
[SOURCE: USAToday, AUTHOR: Leslie Cauley]
An interview with retired AT&T CEO Edward Whitacre Jr. During his 17 years as head of SBC and AT&T, he pulled off a feat that many thought impossible: He turned Southwestern Bell, the smallest of the seven regional Bells, into the biggest telecommunications company on the planet.
http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/money/20070726/edcenter.art.htm

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