In case anyone's interested, this weekend is the Santa Barbara Film Festival. There are films, industry panels, and tributes that seem amazing!

A group of experts examine the environmental impact of print media versus electronic media. Counter-intuitive findings. It may be (not for sure though) that newspapers are actually a greener option. They use recycled paper, whereas using the computer uses energy and contributes to e-waste. This just doesn't seem right...

This article talks about how local news programming shouldn't blame Jay Leno for losing viewers, but instead to look at their programming and realize that local news has "become a faceless commodity."

This article talks about the new economic model for online news sources (the pay for what you use model that the NYT will switch to in 2011), and how it will actually be implemented on a user's screen.

If twitter is a new way to spread news in this digital age, how should we measure impact? This article poses some interesting ideas.

This is from the Radio Television Digital News Association, an "online destination for electronic journalists." This article provides guidelines for electronic journalists who blog or incorporate social media.

We all know that websites gather information about our computer, which advertisers use to target us. The experiment linked to this article actually tells you how much identifiable information you're providing when you go to websites. I find it pretty amazing.

FCC's net neutrality regulations will allow ISPs to block BitTorrent. "The new proposed net neutrality regulations would allow the same practices that net neutrality was first invoked to prevent."

The FTC certainly forgets that some companies were create to sell advertising space.

The Apple iPad doesn't support Adobe Flash, which means that many online advertisements won't reach people using the Apple iPad. Seems like the iPad will really change the advertising game, and not sure how it will unfold. I also wonder if Apple will incorporate adobe flash in the next version.

European commission is providing aid to the Spanish film industry to increase diversity for Spanish audiences.

Decreasing government subsidies to media organization is threatening the publishing industry. These subsidies include things like postal rate discounts and tax breaks.

Italy is trying to pass a law that holds Internet companies accountable for copyright infringement by users who post media.

China rejects Hillary Clinton's call for lifting restrictions on the Internet, calling her remarks "information imperialism." Rory O'Conner provides some facts and his take.

Michael Roston think the New York Times is onto something with the new model they introduced yesterday, but believes that articles written to protect the public interest musn't charge if it to achieve it's goal. "Presumably, the New York Times still produces reported news that looks out to protect the public interest. If that news is being produced, it should be available to the public, regardless of whether or not they pay for it. It's difficult to educate members of the public about really important things they need to be aware of when you're hitting them up for a $3 day pass or something"

In this age, we are constantly being flooded information, so we simply don't have time to commit to reading newspapers. This piece focuses on the future of newspapers, considering time as the ultimate enemy, rather than the Internet or other media outlets. Nice angle.

Can the media really be watchdogs for us when the government is unwilling to provide the media with information?

Lawrence Journal-World is offering unemployed people in the area a 13-week subscription for just $1. "We want to ensure that residents experiencing difficult times are able to stay connected to the news and be aware of job opportunities and advertising specials published in the paper each day," said Chris Bell, Journal-World circulation director. Is this sincere?

Starting in 2011, The New York Times will only allow a reader a certain number of free articles, and then they will start to charge for web access.