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April 08, 2008 Breaking News
B-boy dancer Frosty Freeze dies at 44 (CBC)
Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:29:06 PDT
Wayne Frost, a hip-hop pioneer known as Frosty Freeze, who contributed his acrobatic performance in the 1983 movie Flashdance, died Thursday. He was 44.
Official US study denies Saddam had links with al-Qaida
Thu, 13 Mar 2008 04:34:19 PDT
Incidentally, the 5th estate on CBC Newsworld has a show coming up on all the lies the Bush govt told leading up to the Iraq war. A US military study officially acknowledged for the first time yesterday that Saddam Hussein had no direct ties to al-Qaida, undercutting the Bush administration's central case for war with Iraq. The study, based on more than 600,000 documents recovered after US and UK troops toppled Saddam in 2003, concluded there was "no 'smoking gun' direct connection] betwe
CBC’s oft-used source for political experts —the Huffington Post —in new hate du jour
Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:15:20 PDT
CBC’s oft-used source for political experts —the Huffington Post —in new hate du jour Here’s a bit of a post from the infamous Huffington Post web site, the web site which the state-owned CBC seems to use as a go-to place to secure folks to act as guest political experts for their Newsworld news channel. They ask questions of the Huffington Post experts in order to fully inform Canadians, CBC-style. Canadians, bereft of news otherwise, could, the CBC may well think, benefit from this kind of
Mugabe has 'unleashed a war' (Kitchener/Waterloo Record)
Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:47:38 PDT
HARARE, ZIMBABWE (Apr 4, 2008) -- Intruders ransacked offices of the main opposition party and police detained foreign journalists yesterday in an ominous sign that President Robert Mugabe might turn to intimidation and violence in trying to stave off an electoral threat to his 28-year rule.
iPhone News Updated: iPhone is already the top mobile browse
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:51:35 PDT
It's been on the market for just six months, and already the iPhone (plus its Wi-Fi-only variant, the iPod Touch) is the most used mobile browser for Internet access in the U.S., according to Irish researcher StatCounter. At No. 2 is the Symbian OS used in Nokia's devices. Globally, the two positions are reversed.
AP News Alert - The Associated Press
CBC to boost newsgathering in Alberta, but drops Calgary Newsworld programming
Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:39:49 PDT
The CBC will dramatically increase resources devoted to covering local and national news in Alberta generally and Calgary and Edmonton in particular. Saying it’s moving to fulfill a commitment to local newsgathering announced nationally last year, CBC News will be doubling the number of newsgathering resources in Alberta by adding approximately 25 new assignments for television journalists based in Calgary and Edmonton to focus on local and national stories originating in Alberta. At the same
The Vietnam War
Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:32:44 PDT
The Vietnam War April 8th, 2008 No Comments » Digital History enhances history teaching and research through primary sources, an online textbook, extensive reference resources, and interactive materials. Source: www.digitalhistory.uh.edu VIETNAM VETERANS HOME PAGE The building of this Page is an ongoing, distributed, collaborative enterprise supported by Vietnam War Veterans and Friends of Source: grunt.space.swri.edu Unknown Soldier of the Vietnam War Vietnam Unknown At Arlington National
Radio vs. The Internet
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:00:01 PDT
By Jerry Del Colliano The new USC Annenberg Digital Future study is out and it's worth consulting for a snapshot of where traditional vs. new media stands. It provides some insight as to how the audience is changing. Some in traditional media think that radio can be fixed (just about every consolidator says so) and that even newspapers can be revived (Tribune Company's pitch). But as you'll see, competing in the digital world is far more complicated. This is from the latest USC Annenberg Digi
Epcot of PR
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:41:12 PDT
If any one non-tech company is the poster-child for the utlization of social media, it's Disney. That was clear listening to Duncan Wardle, head of Global PR for Disney Parks at the second keynote of the Bulldog Media Relations Summit today. Wardle said it is clear the future of PR will follow 4 trends: Digitization Convergence Media Snacking Social Media Wardle also agrees with many others in the forecast for video domination - in other words, going from mainstream to multistream. Disney h
Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:29:06 PDT
Wayne Frost, a hip-hop pioneer known as Frosty Freeze, who contributed his acrobatic performance in the 1983 movie Flashdance, died Thursday. He was 44.
Official US study denies Saddam had links with al-Qaida
Thu, 13 Mar 2008 04:34:19 PDT
Incidentally, the 5th estate on CBC Newsworld has a show coming up on all the lies the Bush govt told leading up to the Iraq war. A US military study officially acknowledged for the first time yesterday that Saddam Hussein had no direct ties to al-Qaida, undercutting the Bush administration's central case for war with Iraq. The study, based on more than 600,000 documents recovered after US and UK troops toppled Saddam in 2003, concluded there was "no 'smoking gun' direct connection] betwe
CBC’s oft-used source for political experts —the Huffington Post —in new hate du jour
Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:15:20 PDT
CBC’s oft-used source for political experts —the Huffington Post —in new hate du jour Here’s a bit of a post from the infamous Huffington Post web site, the web site which the state-owned CBC seems to use as a go-to place to secure folks to act as guest political experts for their Newsworld news channel. They ask questions of the Huffington Post experts in order to fully inform Canadians, CBC-style. Canadians, bereft of news otherwise, could, the CBC may well think, benefit from this kind of
Mugabe has 'unleashed a war' (Kitchener/Waterloo Record)
Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:47:38 PDT
HARARE, ZIMBABWE (Apr 4, 2008) -- Intruders ransacked offices of the main opposition party and police detained foreign journalists yesterday in an ominous sign that President Robert Mugabe might turn to intimidation and violence in trying to stave off an electoral threat to his 28-year rule.
iPhone News Updated: iPhone is already the top mobile browse
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:51:35 PDT
It's been on the market for just six months, and already the iPhone (plus its Wi-Fi-only variant, the iPod Touch) is the most used mobile browser for Internet access in the U.S., according to Irish researcher StatCounter. At No. 2 is the Symbian OS used in Nokia's devices. Globally, the two positions are reversed.
AP News Alert - The Associated Press
AP News Alert The Associated Press - 12 hours ago NEW YORK (AP) — The Washington Post has won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for public service for a series of stories exposing the mistreatment of veterans at ... |
CBC to boost newsgathering in Alberta, but drops Calgary Newsworld programming
Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:39:49 PDT
The CBC will dramatically increase resources devoted to covering local and national news in Alberta generally and Calgary and Edmonton in particular. Saying it’s moving to fulfill a commitment to local newsgathering announced nationally last year, CBC News will be doubling the number of newsgathering resources in Alberta by adding approximately 25 new assignments for television journalists based in Calgary and Edmonton to focus on local and national stories originating in Alberta. At the same
The Vietnam War
Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:32:44 PDT
The Vietnam War April 8th, 2008 No Comments » Digital History enhances history teaching and research through primary sources, an online textbook, extensive reference resources, and interactive materials. Source: www.digitalhistory.uh.edu VIETNAM VETERANS HOME PAGE The building of this Page is an ongoing, distributed, collaborative enterprise supported by Vietnam War Veterans and Friends of Source: grunt.space.swri.edu Unknown Soldier of the Vietnam War Vietnam Unknown At Arlington National
Radio vs. The Internet
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:00:01 PDT
By Jerry Del Colliano The new USC Annenberg Digital Future study is out and it's worth consulting for a snapshot of where traditional vs. new media stands. It provides some insight as to how the audience is changing. Some in traditional media think that radio can be fixed (just about every consolidator says so) and that even newspapers can be revived (Tribune Company's pitch). But as you'll see, competing in the digital world is far more complicated. This is from the latest USC Annenberg Digi
Epcot of PR
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:41:12 PDT
If any one non-tech company is the poster-child for the utlization of social media, it's Disney. That was clear listening to Duncan Wardle, head of Global PR for Disney Parks at the second keynote of the Bulldog Media Relations Summit today. Wardle said it is clear the future of PR will follow 4 trends: Digitization Convergence Media Snacking Social Media Wardle also agrees with many others in the forecast for video domination - in other words, going from mainstream to multistream. Disney h
