Media Industries Project - Carsey Wolf Center

The Federal Communications Commission is asking all four major U.S. cell phone operators and Google to explain their early termination fee policies and how they communicate these to customers.

A judge revealed in a hearing that a criminal investigation was pending against the artist Shepard Fairey in connection with his use of an Associated Press photograph of Barack Obama, a lawyer involved in the case said

Disney shuts down Miramax films due to financial struggles. Eighty staff members will lose their jobs. What will this mean for the "indie" film scene?

Facebook changes policy on privacy settings. Wants to be more open like Twitter. Raises privacy concerns.

iPad escalates data demands. Video a huge data hog.

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.

...the ability to control connection points between different networks (e.g. business, media and economic networks) is a critical source of power in contemporary society...

Blog post about a media center that may forever change the way we consume media. "Boxee is a media center for the age of broadband and social networking. It doesn't just play media stored on your computer; it indexes hundreds (possibly thousands) of streaming videos from, amongst others: ABC, NBC, Comedy Central, and (thanks to a little browser-based trickery) Hulu. It's also a platform for widgets and apps that can pull in additional content from services like Pandora, Netflix, and MLB.TV. Plus, like any piece of software worth its digital weight in bytes, Boxee integrates with social networks like Twitter and Facebook for sharing what your watching with others."

Commentary about copyright issues.

In March of 2009 when OnLive was first announced, it was deemed to be a questionable but potentially revolutionary change in the direction gaming was headed.

Search engine in China cleared of piracy in dispute with music industry.

Insights from Tracking 200 Apps Across 50 Apple Tablets in Testing.

According to the EA Sports president, overall sales of the Woods franchise are up compared to last year.

With manufacturers rolling out 3-D television sets, the promise of videogames that transport players into deeply immersive 3-D worlds is inching closer to reality.

Erik Estavillo, the litigious gamer who has gone after Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony and Activision Blizzard (among others), has turned his sights on the gaming press.