http://www.examiner.com/x-1966-Media-Industry-Examiner?cid=exrss-Media-Industry-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:40:41 -0700 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:35:56 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-1966-Media-Industry-Examiner~y2009m7d7-Just-leave-me-alone-Michael-Jackson-and-the-media-feeding-frenzy?cid=exrss-Media-Industry-Examiner Michael Jackson's memorial service today will not end the media's furious feeding frenzy. The music idol is fodder for the gaping mass media maw. The major networks will not let him rest in peace so long as there is a penny to be milked from advertis... TV ratings advertising television visionaries media and democracy censorship broadcasting Internet journalism social media Michael Jackson Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:35:56 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1966-Media-Industry-Examiner~y2009m7d7-Just-leave-me-alone-Michael-Jackson-and-the-media-feeding-frenzy?cid=exrss-Media-Industry-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1966-Media-Industry-Examiner~y2009m4d29-Interactive-TV-inching-forward-in-the-US?cid=exrss-Media-Industry-Examiner When I first began writing about interactive television for media trade magazines back in 1993, the enthusiastic expectation within the cable industry was that interactive TV would be in homes almost overnight.By 1996, fantasies about the "Infor... Digital TV Transition interactive TV cable TV satellite IPTV broadcasting Internet Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:22:48 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1966-Media-Industry-Examiner~y2009m4d29-Interactive-TV-inching-forward-in-the-US?cid=exrss-Media-Industry-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1966-Media-Industry-Examiner~y2009m3d31-Four-proposals-for-global-solutions-to-GhostNetstyle-malware-invasions?cid=exrss-Media-Industry-Examiner The world is still reeling from revelations over the weekend of a malicious software infestation of more than 1200 government and corporate computers in 103 countries. The malware was first detected by the IT staff of the Tibetan Government in E... Internet World Wide Web network security Tue, 31 Mar 2009 10:00:28 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1966-Media-Industry-Examiner~y2009m3d31-Four-proposals-for-global-solutions-to-GhostNetstyle-malware-invasions?cid=exrss-Media-Industry-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1966-Media-Industry-Examiner~y2009m3d17-Former-Rocky-Mountain-News-staffers-announce-the-potential-revival-of-the-Denver-Times?cid=exrss-Media-Industry-Examiner Three Denver-area entrepreneurs have offered to support the launch of a new online replacement for the Rocky Mountain News, starting with about 30 former Rocky staffers, providing the new publication can attract 50,000 paying subscribers by April... advertising newspapers Rocky Mountain News Internet journalism Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:04:32 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1966-Media-Industry-Examiner~y2009m3d17-Former-Rocky-Mountain-News-staffers-announce-the-potential-revival-of-the-Denver-Times?cid=exrss-Media-Industry-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1966-Media-Industry-Examiner~y2009m3d5-CNBC-credibility-blasted-on-The-Daily-Show?cid=exrss-Media-Industry-Examiner Jon Stewart is not happy with CNBC. CNBC financial analyst and anti-mortgage bailout commentor Rick Santelli last Friday cancelled a scheduled appearance on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart. Big mistake. Stewart poked fun at Santelli on his March 4 C... NBC television cable TV TV media and democracy CNBC media credibility Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:29:38 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1966-Media-Industry-Examiner~y2009m3d5-CNBC-credibility-blasted-on-The-Daily-Show?cid=exrss-Media-Industry-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1966-Media-Industry-Examiner~y2009m2d27-A-private-obituary-Rocky-Mountain-News?cid=exrss-Media-Industry-Examiner Slightly less than two months shy of its 150th anniversary, the Pulitzer-prize winning Rocky Mountain News ceased publication with its final edition today, leaving Denver as another U.S. city with only one major daily newspaper. The Rocky printed 33... advertising newspapers Rocky Mountain News Denver Post Examiner.com journalism Denver World Wide Web Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:38:54 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1966-Media-Industry-Examiner~y2009m2d27-A-private-obituary-Rocky-Mountain-News?cid=exrss-Media-Industry-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1966-Media-Industry-Examiner~y2009m2d18-DTV-explained-on-live-talk-show-today?cid=exrss-Media-Industry-Examiner Confused about the transition to digital TV? Don't know where to turn for reliable answers? Thinking about tossing out your old analog TV set and saying to heck with all of il? Rather than despair, listen to my KGNU.org "Metro" radio talk ... Digital TV Transition television TV antennas DTV broadcasting radio World Wide Web Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:17:14 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1966-Media-Industry-Examiner~y2009m2d18-DTV-explained-on-live-talk-show-today?cid=exrss-Media-Industry-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1966-Media-Industry-Examiner~y2009m2d17-Denver-DTV-walkin-help-center-proves-nation-is-not-ready-for-analog-shutoff?cid=exrss-Media-Industry-Examiner Steve Carter (center in blue shirt), Vice President Marketing and Promotions at KUSA-TV in Denver, answers questions from viewers about the DTV transition during a 'Walk-In Help Center" at a Denver church on Monday, February 16. (Photo by Jud... Digital TV Transition television TV antennas DTV broadcasting radio Denver Tue, 17 Feb 2009 05:04:36 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1966-Media-Industry-Examiner~y2009m2d17-Denver-DTV-walkin-help-center-proves-nation-is-not-ready-for-analog-shutoff?cid=exrss-Media-Industry-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1966-Media-Industry-Examiner~y2009m2d9-See-Spike-Feresten-spoof-of-DTV-transition?cid=exrss-Media-Industry-Examiner Congress may have voted to extend the DTV transition from February 17 until June 12, but no amount of extra time may be enough for those who do not "get" digital media.  A case in point is the following hilarious spoof on Talkshow with... Digital TV Transition television TV antennas consumer electronics DTV broadcasting Fox Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:05:05 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1966-Media-Industry-Examiner~y2009m2d9-See-Spike-Feresten-spoof-of-DTV-transition?cid=exrss-Media-Industry-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1966-Media-Industry-Examiner~y2009m2d6-Congress-delays-DTV-transition-to-June-law-will-help-viewers-hurt-broadcasters?cid=exrss-Media-Industry-Examiner The U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday voted 264-158 in favor of postponing the February 17 shutoff of analog TV signals until June 12, 2009. The Senate unanimously passed the measure last week. The delay may be good for viewers, overall, but i... Digital TV Transition television cable TV satellite TV antennas DTV broadcasting Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:48:06 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1966-Media-Industry-Examiner~y2009m2d6-Congress-delays-DTV-transition-to-June-law-will-help-viewers-hurt-broadcasters?cid=exrss-Media-Industry-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1966-Media-Industry-Examiner~y2009m2d6-A-fivestep-action-plan-to-counter-the-Congressional-delay-in-the-DTV-transition?cid=exrss-Media-Industry-Examiner Congress has postponed the DTV transition until June 12, 2009, but Congress has not made any more funds available for the DTV coupon program that ran out of money. The lack of converter box coupons is a primal reason why not enough viewers are ready... Digital TV Transition television broacasting cable TV satellite TV DTV broadcasting Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:32:30 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1966-Media-Industry-Examiner~y2009m2d6-A-fivestep-action-plan-to-counter-the-Congressional-delay-in-the-DTV-transition?cid=exrss-Media-Industry-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1966-Media-Industry-Examiner~y2009m2d4-Please-support-the-great-happy-birthday-facebook-networking-experiment?cid=exrss-Media-Industry-Examiner The largest social media networking website in the world, facebook, turns five years old today. Despite 110 million members, facebook has not become truly profitable. Therefore, as a fifth birthday gift to facebook, I've created "the great happ... advertising Examiner.com Internet facebook social media social network marketing Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:14:53 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1966-Media-Industry-Examiner~y2009m11d18-Please-support-the-great-happy-birthday-facebook-networking-experiment?cid=exrss-Media-Industry-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1966-Media-Industry-Examiner~y2009m2d3-Rethinking-the-journalism-business-model?cid=exrss-Media-Industry-Examiner For more than a century, owning a newspaper has been seen as "a license to print money." So long as a page of advertising paid for a page of editorial, a publication could break even. Everything after that was profit.To be more specific, n... advertising television TV newspapers Rocky Mountain News Examiner.com Internet journalism radio nonprofit journalism Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:34:22 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1966-Media-Industry-Examiner~y2009m2d3-Rethinking-the-journalism-business-model?cid=exrss-Media-Industry-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1966-Media-Industry-Examiner~y2009m1d31-Denver-Journalists-holds-candlelight-vigil-to-help-save-the-Rocky-Mountain-News?cid=exrss-Media-Industry-Examiner Local television news crews turned out this past Thursday night, January 29, to cover a candlelight procession to support the continued existence of the Rocky Mountain News, the oldest daily newspaper in Colorado. The irony and the tragedy of the sit... newspapers Rocky Mountain News Denver Post Examiner.com Internet journalism Sat, 31 Jan 2009 21:18:04 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1966-Media-Industry-Examiner~y2009m1d31-Denver-Journalists-holds-candlelight-vigil-to-help-save-the-Rocky-Mountain-News?cid=exrss-Media-Industry-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1966-Media-Industry-Examiner~y2009m1d31-David-Letterman-makes-amends-for-censoring-comic-Bill-Hicks-in-1993?cid=exrss-Media-Industry-Examiner David Letterman Friday night proved that he's a class act, and the broadcast industry could profit from his example.More than 15 years ago. Letterman and his producer at the time, Robert Morton, chose to cut from "The Late Show" a controver... NBC Jay Leno television CBS TV The Late Show David Letterman censorship The Tonight Show broadcasting Sat, 31 Jan 2009 01:20:11 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1966-Media-Industry-Examiner~y2009m1d31-David-Letterman-makes-amends-for-censoring-comic-Bill-Hicks-in-1993?cid=exrss-Media-Industry-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1966-Media-Industry-Examiner~y2009m1d27-The-impact-of-delaying-the-DTV-transition?cid=exrss-Media-Industry-Examiner The U.S. Senate voted  yesterday to postpone the transition of digital TV until June 12, 2009. The U.S. House is expected to approve the same measure sometime today. Congress is voting not let any TV screens go dark on the long-scheduled Februa... Digital TV Transition television broacasting TV antennas consumer electronics DTV Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:04:06 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1966-Media-Industry-Examiner~y2009m11d11-The-impact-of-delaying-the-DTV-transition?cid=exrss-Media-Industry-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1966-Media-Industry-Examiner~y2009m11d9-Why-800-Sprint-Nextel-layoffs-should-worry-local-broadcast-stations?cid=exrss-Media-Industry-Examiner In this Aug. 7, 2008, AP file photo  by Mark Lennihan, an illuminated Sprint sign is shown at one of the company's stores in New York. Sprint Nextel Corp. is eliminating about 8,000 positions in the first quarter, it was announced Monday, Jan. 2... television broacasting TV NAS relocation microwaves Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:02:40 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1966-Media-Industry-Examiner~y2009m1d26-Why-800-Sprint-Nextel-layoffs-should-worry-local-broadcast-stations?cid=exrss-Media-Industry-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1966-Media-Industry-Examiner~y2009m1d23-Exploring-the-future-of-newspapers?cid=exrss-Media-Industry-Examiner My Wednesday talk show on KGNU this week featured a lively discussion about the future of newspaper journalism and its impact on democracy. While we delved deeply, the hour sped past, so both guests will return this spring. You can listen to an MP3 ... advertising newspapers media and democracy Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:36:20 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1966-Media-Industry-Examiner~y2009m1d23-Exploring-the-future-of-newspapers?cid=exrss-Media-Industry-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1966-Media-Industry-Examiner~y2009m1d22-Broadcasters-facing-triple-whammy-in-transition-to-digital-television?cid=exrss-Media-Industry-Examiner The federal DTV convert box program ran out of money on January 4. There's now a waiting list.With 26 days to go before the February 17 shutoff of analog TV in the U.S., the broadcast industry is looking at a triple whammy. The impact will be mo... Digital TV Transition advertising television broacasting TV antennas consumer electronics Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:03:16 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1966-Media-Industry-Examiner~y2009m1d22-Broadcasters-facing-triple-whammy-in-transition-to-digital-television?cid=exrss-Media-Industry-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1966-Media-Industry-Examiner~y2009m1d6-Converting-to-HDTV-A-viewers-tale-of-woe-part-1-of-3?cid=exrss-Media-Industry-Examiner Zenith Digital TV Tuner converter box  (Model DTT901).To check reception of local HDTV broadcasts, I used an FCC coupon to buy an analog-to-digital converter box. All went well until I started looking for an indoor antenna that could receiv... broacasting antennas Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:06:27 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-1966-Media-Industry-Examiner~y2009m11d3-Converting-to-HDTV-A-viewers-tale-of-woe-part-1-of-3?cid=exrss-Media-Industry-Examiner