ROGERS MUSICSTORE CANADIAN MUSIC WEEK 2008 - The Rebirth of Music Now in its 26th year, Rogers MusicStore CMW is the single longest running and premiere conference focusing on business of Music, bringing together Sound Recording, New Technology and Broadcast for one spectacular week of events... Combining informative, intensive conferences, cutting edge trade exposition, award shows & Canada’s biggest New Music Festival. By night Toronto's most popular clubs and concert halls throw open their doors to industry insiders and the general public to create an electrifying musicfest of discovery. The talented emerging new bands are music to the ears of A&R reps on the lookout for next year's stars. The Festival spans 4 nights of performances, with over 500 showcasing bands at over 40 live music venues in downtown Toronto.
CNN Future Summit brings together some of the brightest minds of our time to see how science and technology are shaping our future. With a landmark television event this June and weekly stories on this site, we're inviting you to take part in an on-going discussion of the technologies and how they'll change our lives.
AdSense Earnings Down? By Jason Lee Miller - Thu, 01/31/2008 - 3:59pm. Read more... Appears that way for some There's word around the Webmaster World forum that publishers have been experiencing a sharp decline in AdSense earnings over the past month. There's been little consensus, lots of possible explanations, but nothing you might call conclusive. A small poll at Search Engine Roundtable (43 participants as of this writing) shows just over half reporting a decrease in AdSense earnings, the other half reporting that things are on the level or increasing. It's hard to say that's a representative sample with just 40 respondents, but it does match a bit with the reports at Webmaster World: some are losing, some aren't.
Slate is a daily magazine on the Web. Founded in 1996, we are a general-interest publication offering analysis and commentary about politics, news, and culture. Slate's strong editorial voice and witty take on current events have been recognized with numerous awards, including the National Magazine Award for General Excellence Online. The site, which is owned by The Washington Post Company, does not charge for access and is supported by advertising revenues.
Americans Trust Online News More Than TV By Mike Sachoff - Thu, 03/06/2008 - 12:17pm. More than half don’t trust the media When it comes to trusting the press in general 54 percent of Americans say they do not trust them and 46 percent say they do not trust television while 41 percent say the do trust Internet news according to a new poll from HarrisInteractive. Half of Democrats (50%) say they trust television compared to 31 percent of Republicans. Forty-three percent of Democrats say they trust the press in general while just 19 percent of Republicans feel the same. While the trust level for Internet news is higher than other types of media that's not where Americans turn to for political news. Seventy percent tune into to their local television news, followed by 66 percent who watch cable news stations like CNN or FOX. Sixty-five percent of Americans read their local newspapers for political news and 64 percent watch network television news. Thirty-two percent of Americans never visit the Web sites of national newspapers for political news and 30 percent never go to the Web sites of cable news stations when looking for political news.
Idea Earth Launches Site for Easy Mobile Access to FBI Most Wanted Idea Earth, a company specializing in mobile web site development, today announced that users can now access important FBI Most Wanted content at fbimostwanted.mobi on the mobile web.
Google Camera Cars- A camera-toting tipster saw what appeared to be a giant armada of Chevy Cobalt cars in the Google parking lot, getting ready to take pictures of the entire world (or thereabouts) with special 360° cameras. The tipster says he followed a Google camera van as it cruised back to its Mountain View, California, lair yesterday after that van finished a session of picture taking for Google's Streetview navigation site. Exactly what did he see?
News and Media Traffic to Video Sites Up 196 Percent Search engines and gossip blogs are having a growing impact on online news-consumption patterns, according to the just-released Hitwise US News and Media Report, which examines recent trends in online news, writes MarketingVox (via MarketingCharts). Moreover, online news consumption is beginning to fragment, as users rely on a greater number of news sources, expanding usage of nontraditional news sites, according to Hitwise research director LeeAnn Prescott, author of the report.
Megite is the newspaper and social news aggregrator for anyone interested in what's happening right now by intelligently uncovering the most relevant items from auto discovered news ...
Dancewithshadows.com aims to be a refuge for those who wanted to change the world with their pen, and ended up banging out subheadlines on their keyboards to headlines decided by ignoramuses.
Thailand blocks access to YouTube - The Thai government has banned access to the YouTube video-uploading website after it broadcast material critical of the country's king.
Trend Hunter Blocked in China (We've Finally Made it!) According to GreatFireWallofChina.org, Trend Hunter is blocked in the world’s largest communist country! This is a great accomplishment. Thanks to all of the Trend Hunters who helped make it happen with posts about edgy content, free will and ‘revolutionary’ trends.
GreatFireWallofChina.org - the aim of this website is to be a watchdog and keep track of which and how many or how many times sites are censored. Help to keep the censorship transparent. Each blocked website will automatically be added to the great firewall on the homepage.
Oscar Fashion - Sure, there were lots of great looks on the red carpet, particularly by veterans Nicole Kidman and Cate Blanchett. And Maggie Gyllenhaal and Gwyneth Paltrow both worked the red carpet in dresses by edgier designers that lent a modern sense of glamour to the awards; younger stars like Kirsten Dunst and Anne Hathaway (left in Valentino) opted for classic designers. But the one we all really wanted to see -- the actress with the most buzz -- was Jennifer Hudson and her look fizzled. See the Oscar dresses that did work, which stars wore them and then vote on best-dressed.
Breaking the News - Mother Jones - March/April 2007 Issue - It's not the Internet that's killing newspapers. It's the equity-chasing investors and their friends at the FCC who have put outsize profits before a free press. An exclusive look at our shrinking media universe.
Google threw a new product called Goog-411 into Google Labs today - a free telephone based information service that could replace toll 411 calls. About 2.6 billion 411 calls are made in the U.S. each year, and it is a $7 billion/year market. Goog-411 can be accessed by dialing 1-800-GOOG-411. The product is completely automated and there is no way to talk to a human for additional or clarifying information. You tell it your city and state, and then ask for a specific business or business category. I