Updated: 2010-03-10 00:06:49
Online media revenue in the Middle East and North Africa is expected to spike to US$600 million by 2015, from less than $100 million last year, research from global consulting firm Booz and Company shows, The National reported today. Mobile revenues are also increasing, expected to reach $2.7 billion.According to the report, 70 percent of audiences in MENA countries said they spend two hours or more on the Internet each day, while 36 percent said they spend two or more hours watching TV.
Updated: 2010-03-09 23:04:43
There has been a lot of talk in the media and on Twitter over the past week about protests, rallies and other events to stop the Government’s mandatory Internet filter from ever becoming law. Electronic Frontiers Australia remains sceptical of the value and impact of those sorts of events. Rather, the most effective strategy is to apply pressure on our elected representatives, so that they know Australians are opposed to the filter and this issue will cost them votes, as well as the media, so that they give this issue the mainstream media coverage it deserves.
Accordingly, the Take Action page on [...]
Updated: 2010-03-09 22:21:26
The New York Times has a piece today (3/9/10) with the headline "Experts Urge Keeping Two Options for Terror Trials"--meaning both regular trials under the criminal justice system as well as newly established military tribunals. But who are these "experts," exactly? Well, they're "national security officials who served in the Bush administration"--though later on, "national [...]
Updated: 2010-03-09 21:51:50
If you're a politics buff, you probably remember the way National Journal's ratings were used in the 2004 and 2008 elections to establish that the Democratic candidate was the "most liberal voting record in the Senate"--first John Kerry (Extra! Update, 6/04), then Barack Obama (CounterSpin, 3/28/08). FAIR pointed out the flawed methodology that the magazine [...]
Updated: 2010-03-09 20:41:47
Sometimes the words journalists choose are revealing. Take the lead of a story in the Washington Post today (3/9/10) about congressional debate on the Afghanistan War:
Liberals in the House, who have spent much of the past year complaining that other congressional Democrats and the White House are insufficiently progressive, will get a chance this week [...]
Updated: 2010-03-09 06:19:41
Two UK regional papers, Bristol's Western Daily Press and
Plymouth's Western Morning News, announced they will merge editors and senior
editorial roles, BBC
News reported.The two papers will remain unique, but have only one
editor-in-chief. Production will be shared between Plymouth and Bristol, but the
reporting teams will remain independent, The
Herald reported.
Updated: 2010-03-04 23:03:08
Updated: 2010-03-01 05:19:23
At 10:00am Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday I will be testifying in my first Senate hearing. Each witness gets five minutes to make an oral statement, followed by Q&A. We were also invited to provide longer written testimony for the...
