Tag Archives: Media

I (and a few-thousand of his closest friends) received this email from Lawrence Lessig today regarding p2p-Politics.org: So this is some political spam, which you’ve earned by either (1) being in my address book, or (2) having sent me a question, comment, or criticism in the past. Consider this small …

BlueBeat online radio has a timely, amusing and in some ways revealing program running right now. Users can tune in (after signing up and downloading their player) and choose from two themed playlists: artists favored by, and in favor of John Kerry, and the other with Bush favorites and supporters. …

Yesterday I tried to explain as carefully as I could why I am almost certainly voting for President Bush. The NY Times, whose editorial board endorsed Kerry yesterday, is concerned about Kerry’s Mary Cheney remark in the final debate: a single remark by Mr. Kerry, noting that Vice President Dick …

compiled by Philippe Astor 10-18-04 MUSIC BUSINESS Sony BMG Sales Enterprise Taps Clyne, Morelli MIDEM 2005 : More Music Business Than Ever! Promo Only Music Delivery Software Launches New Escrow Service For Songs And Lyrics India : Counterfeit MP3 CDs flood markets DIGITAL MUSIC The End User: New key, old …

Jon Stewart appeared on CNN’s Crossfire with Tucker Carlson and Paul Begala last week (as part of his book tour, I am certain), and rather than being either a serious discussion of Stewart’s view of the candidates or the process, or a funny discussion of the same, it was rather …

A few days ago we mentioned the mysterious and labrynthine case of the seized IndyMedia hard drives. Now they have reappeared: The media group said it had verified that the hard drives returned on 13 October were the ones actually taken in the raid. With the help of the cyber-liberties …

headlines and links for the week of 10-11-04, updated daily

In a story of international intrigue, the FBI confiscated hard drives from a pair of servers in England hosting Indymedia (the self-described “democratic media outlet for the creation of radical, accurate and passionate tellings of truth”) websites, owned by the Texas-based company Rackspace Managed Hosting. Got it so far? Okay, …

Some of the best coverage of the blogosphere in the mainstream press is coming from Chris Seper of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. A blogger himself, Chris brings a sophistication and depth to his blog coverage that comes from living the life as opposed to dipping into the scene now and …

Those who know me personally know I can talk almost ceaselessly for extended periods of time without appearing to breathe – I can talk underwater and in my sleep. We were at a party last night at our excellent friends Carlo and Karen’s, and I held four conversations simultaneously by …