Nov 13, 2009

Boing Boing The Times Labs blog takes a hard look at the data on music sales and live performances and concludes that while the labels' profits might be falling, artists are taking in more money, thanks to the booming growth of live shows. The Times says that they'd like more granular data about who's making all the money from concerts (Read More)

5 days ago

My Clippings on NewsGator Online PreludeYou take the blue pill and the story ends. You wake in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill and you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit-hole goes. Remember — all I am offering is the truth, nothing more.In the Matrix, Morpheus presents Neo with a choice: he can ta (Read More)

Nov 01, 2008

Dispatches from the Culture Wars Here's an interesting story. Apparently a bunch of workers at a call center contracted by the McCain campaign to make calls slamming Obama have walked off the job in protest:Some three dozen workers at a telemarketing call center in Indiana walked off the job rather than read an incendiary McCain campaign script attacking B (Read More)

Nov 02, 2008

Submitted by Jonfa: As a final word of warning, proceed cautiously with any polls that were in the field last night. Friday nights are difficult enough to poll, and holidays are difficult enough to poll, but when a Friday night coincides with a holiday (in this case, Halloween), getting an appropriate sample is all but impossible. (Read More)

Oct 31, 2008

Submitted by Jmalmberg: October 31, 2008 – This is a question that you have probably not asked yourself. According to the Constitution, to serve in the US Senate - which he currently does - requires US citizenship. But there is now a small but growing group of people who are actually questioning Obama’s citizenship credentials in the federal court (Read More)

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