he new information technology doesn’t just create generation-3.0 special interests; it arms them with precision-guided munitions. The division of readers and viewers into demographically and ideologically discrete micro-audiences makes it easy for interest groups to get scare stories (e.g. “death panels”) to the people most likely to be terrified by them.
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The Internet vs. Obama - Opinionator Blog - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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It’s no exaggeration to say that technology has subverted the original idea of America.
A Custody Battle, Supersized, Over Marvel Superheroes - NYTimes.com - 1 views
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Mr. Goldstein said cases like the one involving Marvel are only the tip of an iceberg. A new wave of copyright termination actions is expected to affect the film, music and book industries as more works reach the 56-year threshold for ending older copyrights, or a shorter period for those created under a law that took effect in 1978.
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Copyright battles looming.
Pellegrino Book Is Pulled and Publishers Ponder Procedures - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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ast week Henry Holt & Company stopped printing and selling “The Last Train From Hiroshima,”
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because its author had relied on a fraudulent source for a portion of the book and possibly fabricated others.
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digital media raises the question of what part the traditional book publisher will play in the future
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Google's Gatekeepers - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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Professor Rosen will be a keynote speaker at this year's SPI. Cohort 3 please read this.
Four Privacy Protections the Online Ad Industry Left Out - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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When does collecting Internet user information for targeted advertising cross the line? Can the online advertising community police itself?
U.S. and Russia Differ on a Treaty for Cyberspace - Series - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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What begins as a discussion of national security in cyberspace may lead to policies about censorship online. The US and Russia disagree on how to proceed--no surprise there.
Ghostwriters Paid by Wyeth Aided Its Drugs - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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More shady medical journal practice uncovered.
A.P. Cracks Down on Unpaid Use of Articles on Web - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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AP gets ready to play rough with news aggregators and search engines - and with the notion of fair use.
The Debate Over Publishing Stolen Twitter Documents - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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Two bloggers who received private Twitter documents from a hacker made different decisions about what to do with the information.
Condé Nast to Close Gourmet, Cookie and Modern Bride - Media Decoder Blog - N... - 0 views
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This upsets me so much.
Does the Brain Like E-Books? - Room for Debate Blog - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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How the reading experience differs between paper and screen.
Amazon.com Introduces Same-Day Delivery - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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As Amazon does everything possible to compete with brick and mortar stores, and drive small book sellers out of business, how much control will they have over the industry? One of the upsides of electronic publishing is that information will not be controlled by corporate America in electronic form.
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