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Emory University Saves Rushdie’s Digital Data
As research libraries and archives are discovering, “born-digital” materials are much more complicated and costly to preserve than anticipated.
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Pittsburgh Journal: ‘Mister Rogers’ Still Looms Large in Pittsburgh
Fred Rogers died in 2003, and while many children nationwide no longer see his TV show, images and memories of him abound in the city where he lived and worked.
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E.U. Broadcasters Push to Change Copyright Rules Tying Up Online Offerings
European public broadcasters are calling on lawmakers to make it easier to offer their programming over the Internet, saying copyright practices restrict their ability to develop new digital services.
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C-Span Puts Its Full Archives on the Web
Researchers, political satirists and partisan mudslingers, take note: C-Span has uploaded virtually every minute of its video archives to the Internet.
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Sony and Michael Jackson Estate Sign Sweeping Contract
The deal gives Sony the rights to sell the artist’s back catalog and draw on a large vault of unheard recordings.
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Advertising: Rebellion Against the UsuallyEvasive Feminine Care Ad
A campaign for U by Kotex skewers the indirect approach taken in ads for products like tampons and pads while pushing for more frank discussion.
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Erin Andrews’ Stalker Gets 30 Months
An Illinois insurance executive who secretly shot nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews was sentenced to 2 and a half years in prison.
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Millions Spent to Sway Democrats on Health Care
Advertising that rivals the ferocity of a presidential campaign is taking aim at about 40 House Democrats.
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Media Cache: Publishers Question Apple’s Rejection of Nudity
German publishers are worrying that Apple’s desire to limit offensive material on its iPhone applications is spilling over into censorship.
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The Media Equation: Talking Back to Your TV Set, Endlessly
With social media, a traditionally passive form of entertainment could someday become a conglomeration of professional production and multiple conversations.
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Volunteers Duplicate Federal Videos for an Online Archive
The International Amateur Scanning League has taken it upon itself to copy as much federal video as it can and put it online.
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Webdenda: People and Accounts of Note
Barker/DZP, New York, and Phoenix Capital, New York, formed a partnership. Barker/DZP will provide branding and marketing services to clients of Phoenix, a boutique investment banking and private equity[ON] firm.
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Q & A With Stuart Elliott
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Sales of ‘The Coming Insurrection’ Helped by Glenn Beck
Sales of “The Coming Insurrection,” which first appeared in France in 2005, surged after Glenn Beck talked about it on his Fox TV show.
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Arts, Briefly: GLAAD Media Awards Honor Behar and Nixon
Joy Behar and Cynthia Nixon were among the honorees at the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation’s media awards.
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Telling Friends Where You Are (or Not)
Giving people more choices in revealing their locations with their cellphones is being popularized by the Foursquare service.
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‘Green Zone’ in Dismal Showing Over Weekend
Hollywood suffered its first major flop of the year over the weekend with the debut of the Iraq thriller “Green Zone,” which sold an anemic $14.5 million in tickets at North American theaters.
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Papers Like Variety Fight to Survive
Waning ad revenue and increasing competition on the Web raise the question if entertainment trade papers like Variety and The Hollywood Reporter can survive.
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Online News Readers Use 5 Sites or Fewer, Study Says
Only 35 percent have a favorite site and 21 percent rely primarily on a single source, according to a survey by the Pew Research Center.
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