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Bannon Needs Breitbart. Does Breitbart Need Bannon? (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Mon, 01/08/2018 - 06:35As Low-Power Local Radio Rises, Tiny Voices Become a Collective Shout
Low-power nonprofit FM stations are the still, small voices of media. They whisper out from basements and attics, and from miniscule studios and on-the-fly live broadcasts. They have traditionally been rural and often run by churches; many date to the early 2000s, when the first surge of federal licenses were issued. But in the last year, a diverse new wave of stations has arrived in urban America, cranking up in cities from Miami to the Twin Cities in Minnesota, and especially in the Northwest, where six community stations began to broadcast in Seattle.
Internet Users in China Expect to Be Tracked. Now, They Want Privacy. (New York Times)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 01/04/2018 - 13:50How an A.I. ‘Cat-and-Mouse Game’ Generates Believable Fake Photos (New York Times)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 01/04/2018 - 11:46Fred Bass, Who Made the Strand Bookstore a Mecca (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 01/04/2018 - 06:39Two Democrats Sworn In to Senate, Cutting the Republican Edge to One (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 01/04/2018 - 06:39Attorney General Jeff Sessions Named US Attorneys in 17 Districts (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 01/04/2018 - 06:38New York Times: Tapping Technology to Advance the Future of Journalism (New York Times)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 01/03/2018 - 16:30A Sneak Preview of 2018 Netflix Films and a Canine Secret Weapon
As 2017 grinds to a halt, two media business stories promise to have a substantial impact on streaming video. 1) The Federal Communications Commission voted on Dec. 14 to overturn Obama-era regulations on net neutrality, which, simply put, prevented internet providers from playing favorites in terms of speed and bandwidth, and 2) the impending merger of the Walt Disney Company and certain major components of 21st Century Fox.