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Murdoch Calls Google, Yahoo Copyright Thieves
Rupert Murdoch, the owner of News Corp. and The Wall Street Journal, says Google and Yahoo are giant copyright scofflaws that steal the news. “The question is, should we be allowing Google to steal all our copyright ... not steal, but take," Murdoch says. “Not just them, but Yahoo." But whether search-engine news aggregation is theft ...
Kay Davis, Voice of Ellington Orchestra, 1944-50
We have just posted the first EVER video story on Kay Davis, who was the voice of the Duke Ellington Orchestra from 1944 to 1950. This story is a bit of a look back from a fascinating perspective. Please help get the word out about a woman who was a huge part of the Golden Era ...
Internet's Role in Cable TV Debated
The cable TV industry, confronted with the rapidly rising popularity of watching TV shows online, is grappling with how to prevent the Internet from undermining its business. Hot Internet sites Hulu, YouTube and CBS-owned TV.com have become favorite ways for viewers to watch episodes of television shows. It wasn't too long ago that the idea of ...
Biggest Tech Bombshell: Google Buying Twitter?
Google and Twitter, sitting in a tree T-A-L-K-I-N-G Google's buying Twitter? Dang! I'd make a “Stop the presses" joke if the presses weren't already stopping of their own accord. On his mega-megaphone TechCrunch blog, Michael Arrington reported Thursday night that “Google is in late stage negotiations to acquire Twitter," citing two people ...
The Future of Music: The Celestial Jukebox
The killer app for musicany song, at any timeis almost here. The only question is whether or not we'll label everybody who wants to tune in to it a “criminal." The ultimate goal for music technology, “the celestial jukebox," is going to be reached very soon. That term has been floating around for a decade or ...
YouTube Stops Music in Germany
BERLIN -- The music has stopped for German users of YouTube due to a payment spat with Teutonic royalty collections org Gema. YouTube is blocking music videos belonging to the largest music labels after negotiations broke down this week. The portal baulked at Gema's demand of EUR12 (16) per play. Gema, which reps 60,000 German composers, ...
David R. Adler on Jazz and Political Protest
Be sure to read David R. Adler's new Z Word essay: Jazz and Protest: A Reappraisal As one of New York’s most active jazz critics, David is uniquely placed to tackle some of the contemporary interpretations of the notion of jazz as “freedom music,” particularly from such problematic characters as Amiri Baraka and Gilad ...
Neil Young Debuts 'Fork in the Road' Tonight on Myspace
Neil Young - Cough Up the Bucks Well, tonight's the night: At the stroke of midnight, Neil Young will premiere his new album, Fork in the Road, on MySpace. Fans of Young's guitar salvos can stream the entire album for free before it goes on shelves April 7. The video for the single “Cough Up the ...
Google Starts Music Service in China with WMG, Sony and Universal
In conjunction with Chinese music site Top100.cn, Google has launched an online music service in China. Users can download and save free songs from Warner Music Group, Sony, Universal Music Group and 140 independent labels Google's moves counters Baidu.com, which has more than double the search market share in China . The ...
Skype to Launch for iPhone, Blackberry
Skype, the Internet telephone unit of eBay Inc, is planning to launch its service for iPhone users on Tuesday and for BlackBerry in May as part of its effort to expand beyond desktop computers. Skype has been pushing to make its service work on the most popular advanced phones with an aim to expending its more ...
