January 31, 2001
O'Reilly Network: Legally and Technically, Hollywood Is Assaulting Some Basic Rights.
Q&A with Lawrence Lessig. But now the real danger is that the recording industry has succeeded in its objective, which as Hillary Rosen (president and CEO of the RIAA) said, is to guarantee that no venture capitalist invests money in new modes of distribution unless Hollywood signs off.
Editor & Publisher: Mixing Old and New Media.
Steve Outing. Newspaper publishers may be tempted to focus solely on their print products now that the "threat of the Internet" is gone. That could be a fatal mistake. The modern news organization clearly can no longer afford to focus solely on its legacy platform — whether print, TV, or radio.
Industry Standard: Ahead of His Times.
He is on a mission charted by Arthur Sulzberger Jr., the New York Times Co.'s chairman, who personally offered Oreskes the job. The new Net executive is charged with finding ways to funnel the reporting skills and content that fuel the world's most respected newspaper into a variety of media.
Publish: The Making of MSNBC.com.
Q&A with Merrill Brown and John Nicol. That’s perhaps part of the point we make about convergence–I think technology is part of editorial. It allows us to present stories as interactive, more compelling, more personalized. There’s not a real division, I don’t think, within our company between technology and editorial...
Inside: Revenue-Challenged Salon Cuts Losses As a Break-Even Summer Beckons.
Journalistic kudos did little to protect Salon.com from being hammered by the online advertising downturn last quarter, as the media Web site suffered a 25 percent decline in revenue. But as austerity measures began to kick in, Salon was able to cut (slightly) its steep losses...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram: CNN removing walls between old, new media.
In a few months, or at least by this time next year, CNN Interactive, as we know it, will cease to exist. The reorganization announced Wednesday dictated that all CNN employees be multiskilled reporters who can report for television, write for the Web site and lay down radio tracks.
USA Today: Nortel unveils Web tracking technology.
The Canadian company said Tuesday its new line of "Personal Content" network software will make it easier to customize online services to individual preferences and needs, but some consumer advocates attacked it as a potential invasion of privacy.
Wired News: Nortel Netware Sets Off Alarms.
Nortel Networks said Wednesday that its new technology for Internet service providers would enable them to secretly track customers' online movements, but that they would be unwise to do so.
Computerworld: Judge gives OK for Toysmart to destroy its customer list.
In what should be the final chapter in the demise of the online retailer, Kenner Thursday approved a plan filed earlier this month by the Buena Vista Internet Group. The agreement called for Buena Vista to pay Toysmart $50,000 to destroy the list.
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