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http://www.outfoxed.org/ Clip from the film "Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism". Executive Director Digital Democracy Jeff Chester discusess big media conglomerates and how they dominate debate.
| WGA Files for Arbitration, Claims Producers Aren?t Paying New-Media Residuals (TVWeek) The Writers Guild of America is filing arbitration against the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers for allegedly failing to comply with the new contract negotiated out of the 100-day strike that shut down Hollywood during the winter of 2007-08, the WGA announced today. At the heart of the dispute is new-media residuals, which was what originally sent the WGA to the picket lines in ... |
| WGA: AMPTP Failed to Comply With Contract (Mediaweek) The WGA strike may be over, but according to an arbitration filing by the guild Wednesday, its members have not seen one penny of the new-media residuals agreed upon in their new contract with the members of the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers. |
| Media expert: 'Good story' matters (Poughkeepsie Journal) The modes used to gather and disseminate information may be changing, but the basic values that are needed to make a news story compelling remain the same. |
| Market meltdown blasts showbiz stocks (Reuters via Yahoo! News) In case anyone thought the Hollywood heavyweights were immune to the economic downturn, take a look at their market caps: They've been decimated amid this year's general market sell-off and a sluggish economy. |
| Media magnate Murdoch upbeat about the future of newspapers (Manila Bulletin) SYDNEY, Australia (AP) ? Global media magnate Rupert Murdoch says doomsayers who are predicting the Internet will kill off newspapers are "misguided cynics?? who fail to grasp that the online world is potentially huge new market of information-hungry consumers. |
