AOL Takes Over Third Screen

I don’t know anything about numerology, but this seems like an odd coincidence: as announced on The Third World blog, Third Screen Media has been acquired by AOL, the company of three letters.

User Generated Content Popular Online

User-generated content remains popular as 49 percent of online users have actively created or consumed material posted by others in the last month. That is according to a study from JupiterReseach titled "User-Generated Content: Strategies for Media Sites". The study found that users under the age of 25 are notably active participants with three-quarters of 18 to 25 year olds reading or writing user-generated content…

Murdoch Would Bolster WSJ’s Digital Presence

The letter has it all - bold print, bullet points, and italics.  It’s 1,200 words long.  And it’s signed by billionaire Rupert Murdoch.  That’s right - Murdoch’s most recent communication regarding a Dow Jones takeover has been published by The Wall Street Journal, a Dow Jones property. Which may not have been what the billionaire intended.  “We are disappointed, as I imagine you are, that…

Attorney General Shows Interest In Copyright Law

I have to wonder if Alberto Gonzales has been watching “Wag the Dog”; the attorney general lacks the power to start a military conflict, but he has put forth a proposal that attacks various forms of copyright infringement.  Some onlookers see this as little more than an attempt to divert attention from Gonzales’s own problems.