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Consumer Watchdog, a non-profit organization whose mission is to fight on the behalf of "American consumers and taxpayers" has launch a blog called Inside Google where they intend to keep in check some of the privacy issues that the search engine giant has been encountering recently. From a few of the articles that I have read on the site, Inside Google clearly believes that the folks at Google need to be more open about the way they do business, specifically in the way their search algorithm is calculated to bring back query results.Consumer Watchdog, a non-profit organization whose mission is to fight on the behalf... more
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Millions of digitised pages of ancient newspapers can now be trawled for names and places
If only the appropriately named Miss Nettie J Honeyball could see the England women's football team now. Nettie, a tough-looking cookie in knickerbockers and a Wee Willie Winkie hat, pioneered the entry of women into the beautiful game during Victorian times.
You'd know that if you read your 19th-century newspapers, which you now can if you subscribe to the British Library website as it digitises millions of pages of newsprint. You can read stories from long-defunct publications that chronicled Britain as it learned news of Waterloo and the abolition of slavery, and responded to the emergence of railways and the introduction of electric lighting.Millions of digitised pages of ancient newspapers can now be trawled for names and... more
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Conventional wisdom has it that newspapers are dying because of the rise of the Internet and the death of print media. But there may be a different explanation. They're failing to report. The Iraq war is exhibit A. On GRITtv Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! and John MacArthur, the publisher of Harper's, discuss why the media landscape is shifting.
You can see the full interview at www.GRITtv.org.Conventional wisdom has it that newspapers are dying because of the rise of the... more
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There is no getting around the fact that these are tough times for newspapers. The Tribune Company recently filed for bankruptcy and a number of other papers are rumored to be on the selling block. Others have announced cuts in staff and distribution. The Detroit Free Press recently made the decision to limit home delivery to Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays, the heaviest advertising days and the most popular papers for readers. But it’s not only print that is suffering. For the first time in 25 years National Public Radio is laying off staff to repair a $23 million deficit. The company will eliminate 7% of its workforce and drop two of its programs, “Day to Day” and “News & Notes.” At the same time, web based media and independent media are taking up the slack.
But why are the big media failing?
Today on GRITtv we speak with Amy Goodman, the host of Democracy Now!, John McCarther, the Publisher of Harper’s Magazine, and Brian Unger an original contributor to the Daily Show who provides regular commentary for NPR.
It's not just the end of an era: The rise of the web and the death of print. It is in a sense the end of truth. In the run up to the Iraq war the media served as a mouthpiece for the administration's lies. Now the public are looking elsewhere.There is no getting around the fact that these are tough times for newspapers. The... more
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Just one of the things Conor talks about in this week's media roundup. Also, A-Rod's divorce, Obama's nuts, and Ringo's wish.Just one of the things Conor talks about in this week's media roundup. Also,... more
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