Submitted by reechard
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AP Photo Limbaugh's fans say unfair charges of racism blocked his bid to become an NFL owner. Could be—but why don't they care when he's the one doing the race-baiting?Rush Limbaugh maintains that hi (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
In this fourth part of our investigation into the ongoing changes in the book publishing business, we look at the author's point of view. What are they getting today? What would they like to get? What can they reasonably expe (Read More)
MediaShift:
When New York-based animator Nina Paley decided to distribute her independent animation project "Sita Sings the Blues" online for free, she recalled the fate of 1920s jazz vocalist Annette Hanshaw. Once hugely popular, Hansha (Read More)
MediaShift:
A couple of years ago, while browsing in a Philadelphia bookstore, I found a small red hardback book. Its worn woven cover was used, but in decent condition. The side of the book, in a matching faded red background, had a sma (Read More)
mcwflint's shared items in Google Reader:
Ok, so I see it now. It’s not like I didn’t have some notion of it before, but now it’s really obvious.It would seem as though I’ve become one of those mean and despised open source nut-case curmudgeons with nothing nice to s (Read More)
Mixx: Entertainment:
There’s a lot of thought and technique that goes into a work of art. Whether it’s a novel, film, sculpture or painting, the skills necessary to produce a quality piece of art are worthy of admiration. Check out these free onl (Read More)
Pharyngula:
Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum were right about one thing.They sent me a copy of their new book, Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future(amzn/b&n/abe/pwll), with a strange request: "We hope t (Read More)
MediaShift:
On June 13, bloggers around the world imagined they were under attack by the living dead, writing short horror narratives for the annual Blog Like It's the End of the World Day (which was especially appropriate for me since i (Read More)
Knowledge Hemispheres Consolidated Feed for New Media:
Click here to view the embedded video.Independent studio Ag8 has announced Purefold - a series of linked 5- to 10-minute web videos inspired by Blade Runner. Purefold won’t be a sequel or prequel to Blade Runner, but is a new (Read More)
Submitted by jgmize
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IEET Fellow Doug Rushkoff is posting online most of his book, Life Inc: How the world became a corporation and how to take it back, over the next two weeks. We won’t be able to put it all up here, but we will post links to th (Read More)
O'Reilly Radar:
There's a lot of excitement about ebooks these days, and rightly so. While Amazon doesn't release sales figures for the Kindle, there's no question that it represents a turning point in the public perception of ebook devices (Read More)
Submitted by lionelane
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This week at The Millions, we're attempting to gather some of our thoughts about the ongoing transformation of literary journalism. Today, Garth looks at the death of the newspaper book section. Tomorrow, Max considers revenu (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
First there were movies, then there was TV, now prepare for the entertainment platform of the future: the "mobile immersive experience." That's actually not it's official name, but is a term that was invented on the spot this (Read More)
Hulu Blog - Home:
You asked the questions, now we have the answers. We recently asked Joss Whedon's fans to send in questions for the creator of Dollhouse, which airs on Fox tonight at 9 EST/8 CST. The response was overwhelming, but we picked (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
Greasemonkey is a powerful Firefox add-on that lets you change the appearance and functionality of almost any page on the web. Most people don't know how to write Javascript, though, so we end up using the Greasemonkey scrip (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
Greasemonkey is a powerful Firefox add-on that lets you change the appearance and functionality of almost any page on the web. Most people don't know how to write Javascript, though, so we end up using the Greasemonkey scrip (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
Just in time for the first day of the Democratic Convention in the U.S., Kevin Rose today announced a new feature on Digg: Digg Dialogg. The idea here is to allow the Digg community to submit questions that will then later be (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
Yesterday we wrote about Enterprise 2.0 from the point of view of the Enterprise, the buyer. The conclusion was that the impact of social media on the Enterprise was very big, addressing the very "nature of the firm". This po (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
We get excited around here whenever a new application offers an Application Programming Interface (API) for 3rd parties to develop against. Oh, the possibilities! Sometimes, though, it just doesn't pan out and our dreams ar (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
The break-up of behemoth, vertically integrated enterprises commenced in the 1970's, got a boost from junk bond financing in the 1980's, and accelerated in the 1990's with globalization. Now, late in the 2000's, Social Media (Read More)