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Monday, September 14, 2009

Universal Music Gets Slapped in Court. What Does This Mean for Veoh–and YouTube?

pacinoJust how big a deal was a federal judge’s ruling Monday in the copyright-infringement fight between Veoh and Universal Music Group? Depends on who you ask, of course.

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Monday, July 27, 2009

The New Yorker Reviews the Kindle: “Buy an iPod Touch”

nicholson_baker_-_headshotNovelist Nicholson Baker loves books, but not Jeff Bezos’s device: “Amazon is very good at selling things. It isn’t so good, to date anyway, at making things…fortunately, if you want to read electronic books there’s another way to go. Here’s what you do. Buy an iPod Touch.”

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Monday, December 22, 2008

Web Shoppers Refuse to Bail Out Economy: Holiday Sales Down One Percent

ComScore, the Web analytics company which has been bringing us a weekly installment of grim news about Christmas sales since November, weighs in with its newest update. You may have heard this one before.

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Peter Kafka has been covering media and technology since 1997, when he joined the staff of Forbes magazine. Most recently, he has been the managing editor of the tech and media Web site, Silicon Alley Insider. Read more »

Ethics Statement

Here is a statement of my ethics and coverage policies. It is more than most of you want to know, but, in the age of suspicion of the media, I am laying it all out.

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