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Disney is planning to release "Alice in Wonderland" a month earlier than typical DVD releases. They hope to capitalize on buzz from the theatrical release. Surprisingly, movie theaters are not protesting the plan, in spite of the money they could potentially lose from the film being pulled early from theaters.

The FCC conducted a survey identifying several barriers to broadband access amongst those who are unwired, with prices being the biggest factor. The FCC will submit a national broadband plan to congress next month

For many Americans, having high-speed access to the Internet at home is as vital as electricity, heat and water. And yet about one-third of the population, 93 million people, have elected not to connect.

"ABC News will sharply reduce its news-gathering staff through buyouts and possible layoffs, the company said on Tuesday. ABC employees said they expected the cutbacks would affect 300 to 400 people, or roughly 25 percent of the news division's work force."

ABC News will sharply reduce its news-gathering staff through buyouts and possible layoffs, the company said on Tuesday. ABC employees said they expected the cutbacks would affect 300 to 400 people, or roughly 25 percent of the news division's work force.

MediaNews is testing a paid-content model at two of its newspapers. The company says it creating new types of content for users, including geo-targeted, personalized, user-generated and aggregated content, and will include classifieds and local directories.

Discusses Rupert Murdoch's plans to challenge Google's use of his news content and wage war against the New York Times.

Yet another Sony strategy to link hardware and software. Describes the problems that plague Sony's execution of such.

The 'Tonight Show' host issues a statement against the network's proposal to move his program back a half-hour behind Jay Leno. NBC may have to fire O'Brien.

The show's star judge is nearing a deal with Fox to launch a similar talent show, 'The X Factor,' and may downscale or end his role on the hit show after this season, which begins Tuesday.

Part of a large-scale set of projects at USC Annenberg School/Knight Digital Media Center, looking at current conditions and possible future business models for newspapers.

"FCC officials commissioned a study from Yochai Benkler at Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society. They wanted to know more about how people in other countries connect to the Internet. Benkler says broadband in other developed countries is generally faster and cheaper than it is in the U.S. "You're looking at prices in the leading countries that are a third or a fifth of the prices that we're paying - and they're getting better speeds for it. So the differences are not subtle based on what we found," Benkler says."

Publishers, newspapers, and magazines are looking to create new apps for the iPad.

FCC has created a mobile application that tests the speed and quality of broadband connection.

Industry reaction to FCC ruling on Broadband Auction.

PC Magazine reports on the FCC's proposal to auction off airwaves freed up by the digital conversion in an effort to increase spectrum for mobile phone application development.

Google teams up with Sony and others to push television beyond the TV set and computer. Google TV aims to be on google operating systems by summer 2010, and challenges Apple.