10/30: Media Briefing for Friday, October 30, 2009
The Geocities Web sites, which included thousands and thousands of sites ranging from personal postings to sites of gay organziations in foreign nations, were shut down and eliminated by Yahoo this week. (Hartford Advocate) A site known as the Wayback Machine
Yahoo sets out to gain analysts' repsect. (Associated Press)
In Denmark, the newspaper cartoonist who drew pictures of Muhammad and received widspread threats of terror, rermains defiant in the face of new threats. (Associated Press)
In Sacramento, a mother of three died after drinking too much water in a radio station contest sponsored by KDND 107.9. Now, a jury has decided KDND owner Entercom should pay the woman's family $16 million. (Sacramento Bee)
Editors see financial gains in cutting frequency of daily newspapers. (Associated Press)
In France, newspapers are offering free subscriptions to young readers. (New York Times)
Companies big and small monitor Twitter to see what customers want, and so does Twitter itself. (New York Times)
George Stephanopoulos should replace Diane Sawyer on ABC's Good Morning America. (Inside TV)
Protesters demonstrate against BBC invitation to far right leader. (New York Times)
The tyranny of e-mail. (New York Times)
In Venewzuela, Michael Moore irks supporters of Hugo Chavez. (New York Times)
CNN is last in cable news ratings. (New York Times)
Using a cellphone number to pay for virtual goods. (New York Times)
Helping grandpa to the tech world. (New York Times)
How Sanjay Jha overhauled Motorola's culture. (New York Times)
Twitter is no threat at all to Facebook, says analyst. (New York Times)
Mapquest updates its maps - but is it too late? (New York Times)
Mobile Web's explosive growth. (New York Times)
Zappos.com gets personal, but not too personal. (New York Times)
Sprint Nextel's 3rd quarter loss grows. (Associated Press) href=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/technology/companies/30sprint.html?ref=business> (New York Times)
Time is expected to eliminate more jobs. (New York Times)
WTAQ-AM 1360 Green Bay, Wisconsin talk show host Jerry Bader is suspended over remakrs he made about why Wisconsin's lieutenant governor dropped out of the race for governor. (Associated Press)
A bullet hits Lou Dobbs' New jersey home with his wifde nearby. (Associated Press)
The city of Baltimore gioves a financial break to the struggling Baltimore Jewish Times. (Baltimore Sun)
Cablevision is raising its rates 4% (Associated Press)
Chrysler is offering cable TV in the automobile. (Associated Press)
The venture capital confidence level in the Silicon Valley is flat. (San Jose Mercury News)
The Fox News Channel and the White House are talking. (Associated Press)
Family Guy: for Microsoft, incest and the Nazi holocaust are not funny. (San Francisco Chronicle)
The future for Internet radio looks bright. (Report Linker)
Chicago real estate magnate Sam Zell says the tribune Co. will exit chapter 11 bankruptcy next year. (Los Angeles Business)
Hebrew, Hindi and other scripots get Web address nod. (Associated Press)
Report: cyberattacks are traced to North Korea. (Associated Press)
A Web marketer has been ordered to pay Facebook $711 million in damages. (Associated Press)
The Motorola Droid: the early reviews are in. (PC World)
Amazon hopes to simplify Web shopping - with words. (Associated Press)
The Internet marks 40 years. (PC World)
Network engineers question the need for net neutrality rules. (IDG News Service)
A Web site in China lets people ogle luxury goods. (Associated Press)
Maine banking regulators warn customers about Internet scam. (Associated Press)
Esquire looks to energize porint with 3-D animation. (Associated Press)
Google's new music search is just so-so. (PC World)
Twitter warns of a new phishing attack. (IDG News Service)
Facebook unveils a development roadmap. (PC World)
A cat photo Web site leads to serious Web empire. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Yahoo sets out to gain analysts' repsect. (Associated Press)
In Denmark, the newspaper cartoonist who drew pictures of Muhammad and received widspread threats of terror, rermains defiant in the face of new threats. (Associated Press)
In Sacramento, a mother of three died after drinking too much water in a radio station contest sponsored by KDND 107.9. Now, a jury has decided KDND owner Entercom should pay the woman's family $16 million. (Sacramento Bee)
Editors see financial gains in cutting frequency of daily newspapers. (Associated Press)
In France, newspapers are offering free subscriptions to young readers. (New York Times)
Companies big and small monitor Twitter to see what customers want, and so does Twitter itself. (New York Times)
George Stephanopoulos should replace Diane Sawyer on ABC's Good Morning America. (Inside TV)
Protesters demonstrate against BBC invitation to far right leader. (New York Times)
The tyranny of e-mail. (New York Times)
In Venewzuela, Michael Moore irks supporters of Hugo Chavez. (New York Times)
CNN is last in cable news ratings. (New York Times)
Using a cellphone number to pay for virtual goods. (New York Times)
Helping grandpa to the tech world. (New York Times)
How Sanjay Jha overhauled Motorola's culture. (New York Times)
Twitter is no threat at all to Facebook, says analyst. (New York Times)
Mapquest updates its maps - but is it too late? (New York Times)
Mobile Web's explosive growth. (New York Times)
Zappos.com gets personal, but not too personal. (New York Times)
Sprint Nextel's 3rd quarter loss grows. (Associated Press) href=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/30/technology/companies/30sprint.html?ref=business> (New York Times)
Time is expected to eliminate more jobs. (New York Times)
WTAQ-AM 1360 Green Bay, Wisconsin talk show host Jerry Bader is suspended over remakrs he made about why Wisconsin's lieutenant governor dropped out of the race for governor. (Associated Press)
A bullet hits Lou Dobbs' New jersey home with his wifde nearby. (Associated Press)
The city of Baltimore gioves a financial break to the struggling Baltimore Jewish Times. (Baltimore Sun)
Cablevision is raising its rates 4% (Associated Press)
Chrysler is offering cable TV in the automobile. (Associated Press)
The venture capital confidence level in the Silicon Valley is flat. (San Jose Mercury News)
The Fox News Channel and the White House are talking. (Associated Press)
Family Guy: for Microsoft, incest and the Nazi holocaust are not funny. (San Francisco Chronicle)
The future for Internet radio looks bright. (Report Linker)
Chicago real estate magnate Sam Zell says the tribune Co. will exit chapter 11 bankruptcy next year. (Los Angeles Business)
Hebrew, Hindi and other scripots get Web address nod. (Associated Press)
Report: cyberattacks are traced to North Korea. (Associated Press)
A Web marketer has been ordered to pay Facebook $711 million in damages. (Associated Press)
The Motorola Droid: the early reviews are in. (PC World)
Amazon hopes to simplify Web shopping - with words. (Associated Press)
The Internet marks 40 years. (PC World)
Network engineers question the need for net neutrality rules. (IDG News Service)
A Web site in China lets people ogle luxury goods. (Associated Press)
Maine banking regulators warn customers about Internet scam. (Associated Press)
Esquire looks to energize porint with 3-D animation. (Associated Press)
Google's new music search is just so-so. (PC World)
Twitter warns of a new phishing attack. (IDG News Service)
Facebook unveils a development roadmap. (PC World)
A cat photo Web site leads to serious Web empire. (San Francisco Chronicle)
