Articles of the Day
FCC To Probe Comcast’s Alleged Blocking Of File Sharing - The Federal Communications Commission will probe complaints that Comcast Corp. interferes with traffic to file-sharing sites as well as allegations that wireless companies prevent some groups from sending text messages to consumers, Chairman Kevin Martin said Tuesday.
Copyright Protection Stymies Online Archive - A campaign to make it easier to create online archives of books, films and software was dealt a setback this week by the U.S. Supreme Court, which declined to hear a case about the copyright law’s constitutionality. The case challenged the copyright protection given to so-called “orphan” works, or material for which the owner can’t be found. Currently, if Web companies post such material, but the owner later steps forward and sues, the companies can’t defend themselves on the ground that they couldn’t locate the owner.
Study: Social Media Impacts Speed and Tone of News Reporting, But Not Quality - A majority of journalists say that blogs and other forms of social media are not affecting the quality of traditional news–for better or worse–but that the blogosphere is definitely having an impact on the speed, tone and editorial direction of their reporting.
10 Things You Need to Know About Social Networking - Next year $1.38 billion is expected to be spent on ads on social networks - here’s the bang for the buck and the pitfalls.
CBS, Digg Team For ‘08 Race - CBS News has teamed up with Digg, the social news site that lets members decide which stories get priority treatment. The two companies will work together during the the 2008 presidential race. As of Tuesday, CBSNews.com began featuring links to various election news stories on the Web that Digg’s community favors. In turn, Digg.com will distribute CBS News’ “Campaign ‘08″ video content. Also, CBSNews.com’s own stories will be “diggable” — readers can rate them and submit them for possible placement on Digg.com.
Online Publisher Geosign Splits Up; Investor Getting Cash Back: Report - Here’s something you don’t see very often: a VC investor getting some cash back after a deal gone sour. In March, we reported on the $160 million funding at Ontario, Canada-based online publisher Geosign. A report from TheStreet.com explains that things haven’t gone so well. Soon after the deal, reports claimed that the company laid off a big chunk of its 230 person workforce and recently the company split into two.
