Tag Archives: Media

Rather scathing analysis of Microsoft’s PR for DRM (digital rights management) in the Register: Microsoft is putting a lot of money into Digital Rights Management, and expects to get a lot more money back out so long as it can persuade consumers that DRM is their fluffy friend, and most …

Sen. John McCain said he wanted satellite TV to compete with cable more effectively to keep cable prices down, is Murdoch the answer? Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch told a congressional committee yesterday that a merger of his News Corp. television-and-movie empire with the nation’s leading home satellite TV service would …

Both I guess: Denver radio listeners and disc jockeys were shell-shocked Monday after rocker Ted Nugent used derogatory racial terms for Asians and blacks on live radio. The highly rated Lewis & Floorwax morning show on 103.5-FM The Fox quickly turned into a discussion of race relations after the ’70s …

Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee members wonder why the price of cable TV has risen 50% since deregulation: Key members of a Senate Committee lashed out at the cable television industry yesterday for repeatedly raising rates on service that effectively forces consumers to subscribe to dozens of channels they …

Coincidence? Wal-Mart just dumped the three “lad mags” for being a little too much like Playboy. Playboy announces its “lad mag” makeover: Playboy’s new editor James Kaminsky says he’s got a magazine for you. After months of nips and tucks to stop the signs of aging at the 50-year-old publication, …

With their concert tour off to a rousing start a few days ago, it appeared the Dixie Chicks’ nightmare was about over. But no, the controversy just won’t go gently into that goodnight: two DJ’s were suspended from country station KKCS in Colorado Springs for playing the Chicks: “We pulled …

We are very concerned about the concentration of the media into fewer and fewer hands, but what about retail? Wal-Mart is the world’s biggest company, it is the biggest private employer in the US, it sells 36% of all dog food, 32% of disposable diapers, 30% of photographic film, 26% …

A study released yesterday by the American Psychological Association says songs with violent lyrics increase aggression related thoughts and emotions, contrary to popular myths about providing a catharsis: In a series of five experiments involving over 500 college students, researchers from Iowa State University and the Texas Department of Human …

Music, sports, news and entertainment audio and video to mobile phones and handheld computers from Real starting today: Seattle, Washington-based RealNetworks, which makes software used to send and receive audio-visual content over the Web, said that devices such as Nokia’s 3650 camera-phone and Palm Inc.’s Tungsten T and Zire 71 …

Today a letter co-signed by a bewilderingly diverse list of musicians (Toby Keith and Ian MacKaye?) was sent to FCC’s chairman Michael Powell. The letter urges the FCC to grant Congress and the public a full opportunity to review any proposed changes of media ownership rules before they are enacted. …