Media Consolidation, Continuing

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There Is No Media Consolidation :: AO

There Is No Media Consolidation :: AO 12/29/2003 04:20 PM
"The truth is that the average American has access to more news sources today than at any time since the beginning of civilization."

Ted Turner on media consolidation

Ted Turner on media consolidation 07/22/2004 09:56 PM
The current issue of the Washington Monthly has a great article by Ted Turner on the evils of media consolidation.

Let media consolidation fight itself

Let media consolidation fight itself 02/16/2004 01:29 PM
Dan Gillmor finds himself reluctantly supporting a Comcast-Disney merger:


Whether Comcast or someone else buys Disney, it will provoke a debate about the implications of media consolidation and the marriage of content and conduit.  If the merger partners say (as they surely will) that they won't discriminate against unaffiliated content and applications, they should have no objection to a public commitment to that effect.  

Telecom/media consolidation: Hold on to
your seat!

Telecom/media consolidation: Hold on to
your seat! 02/12/2004 02:13 PM
Get ready for the next wave of big telecom and media consolidation.  Not just the normal accretion deals, but the potential game changers.  AOL/Time Warner and Comcast/AT&T Broadband were among the highlights the last merger wave. 

Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Vodaphone was considering a bid for Verizon, as a way to take control of Verizon Wireless.  That deal likely won't happen -- expect Vodaphone to unwind its interest in Verizon Wireless in connection with a purchase of AT&T Wireless -- but when a >$150 billion company like Verizon is in play, watch out. 

The next shoe dropped today: Comcast is proposing to acquire Disney.  There is logic to the deal, though it's 1980s logic: combine content and conduit at scale to squeeze more profits from the entertainment bundle.  That's not going to work in the emerging broadband media ecosystem, where platforms, applications, and content are different layers of the stack.  Comcast-Disney would also have the same challenge as AOL-Time Warner: a national content footprint mismatched with a regional broadband infrastructure footprint.  Nonetheless, it's striking that Comcast, so soon after digesting AT&T broadband to become the largest cable operator, is ready to return to the merger trough. 

This won't be the last huge deal proposed in the current wave.  Everyone is in play.

"article written by Ted Turner on the
subject of media consolidation"

"article written by Ted Turner on the
subject of media consolidation" 07/26/2004 04:08 AM

Continuing the MT conversation

Continuing the MT conversation 05/16/2004 07:12 PM
Continuing the discussion about MT licenses, Movable Type clarified and changed some of their terms. Having looked at some of...

Continuing CES coverage

Continuing CES coverage 01/08/2004 08:15 PM
If you're looking for our coverage of this week's Consumer Electronics Show, here's a roundup of related reports, dispatches, and product announcements (though to be...

Continuing ever onward

Continuing ever onward 06/17/2005 03:43 PM
As I go typing up notes and such, I figured I'd write this up as well. A couple of days ago I made vague reference to the large number of continuations $WORK_PROJECT creates when running reports, and its heavy use of them in general. Since it's a pretty good example of places that're worth using continuations, I figured I'd go into some detail. Assume, for a moment, that you've got an interactive application that has a built-in menu system. The user chooses a menu option, a subroutine is called, and at some point control gets dropped back to the...

Mr. Eldred's continuing wars

Mr. Eldred's continuing wars 07/20/2004 07:30 PM
Eric Eldred is in more trouble. As this story reports, he's been trying to give away public domain books away. The park service doesn't like it.

The Continuing Renaissance Of Apple

The Continuing Renaissance Of Apple 09/10/2004 10:58 AM
The IT industry and the PC industry, in particular, needs Apple to succeed. By Robin Bloor, IT-Director.com (via MyAppleMenu)

River search for boy continuing

River search for boy continuing 08/14/2004 04:43 AM
A search resumes for a 15-year-old boy who is feared drowned after being swept away in a river.

The Continuing Decline of E-Mail

The Continuing Decline of E-Mail 01/28/2004 12:27 PM
Once again, a criminal or group of criminals has turned e-mail against us. Wouldn't it be great, though, if we stopped helping. I have a rule that I wish everyone would follow: I don't open any file attachment, unless I have specifically requested it, am expecting it or have gone to some lengths to assure it doesn't contain a harmful payload. Period.

The continuing saga of Minotaur...

The continuing saga of Minotaur... 03/13/2003 10:14 AM
Should I get my hopes up? Bugzilla Bug 173084 Minotaur is getting resurrected again. Here is an updated config patch against the trunk. More to come...hopefully......

The Continuing Fight for Digital Freedom

The Continuing Fight for Digital Freedom 08/27/2004 01:44 PM

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From the EFF EFFector- “Induce Act Update - Turning Up the Heat On August 19th, a federal court agreed with EFF and unanimously ruled that creating file-sharing software doesn’t violate copyright law. This is a huge setback for the entertainment industry’s misguided fight against innovation, but it will also become its rallying cry. Since the courts won’t freeze new technology, copyright holders will focus their energy on convincing Congress to pass the Inducing Infringement of…

Microsoft commits to continuing MVP
event

Microsoft commits to continuing MVP
event 01/04/2005 03:28 PM
SearchVB.com Jan 4 2005 6:40PM GMT

Macs, passion, and continuing the
conversation

Macs, passion, and continuing the
conversation 06/06/2005 12:09 AM
I got mentioned over on a Jupiter Research blog today by Michael Gartenberg: Our Passion, Your whatever :) - Microsoft's Mediocre Marketing. Sadly, he didn't actually link here. The backstory: I wrote this piece in March about how early adopters...

The Continuing Hunt for PATRIOT Act
Abuses

The Continuing Hunt for PATRIOT Act
Abuses 03/14/2005 06:06 PM

Solar Storms Continuing to Reverberate

Solar Storms Continuing to Reverberate 07/09/2004 03:00 AM
The massive solar storms that pummeled the Earth last fall have continued almost to the edge of the solar system, causing disruptions on other planets and other surprising effects.

The continuing saga of IE Security
Issues

The continuing saga of IE Security
Issues 04/09/2004 07:57 PM
I have a simple question. Why can't a company that has 50 billion dollars in reserve cash fix their damn...

California's Continuing Budget Mess

California's Continuing Budget Mess 05/18/2004 11:44 AM

Mercury News (reg req): Future budgets sure to fall short, state analyst says. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan to balance the upcoming budget would exacerbate California's long-term mismatch between spending and income, creating a nearly $8 billion shortfall two years from now, the non-partisan legislative analyst warned Monday. The governor has ``missed an opportunity in good economic times to ensure that we are moving toward fiscal stability,'' said Legislative Analyst Elizabeth Hill.

After campaigning on a promise to make the hard choices and genuinely deal with this problem, Schwarzenegger has done exactly what Gray Davis did before him: Punt. Except that the current governor, unlike Davis, had the clout to actually get something done. He's squandering the opportunity, and California will suffer as a result. The Legislature shares the responsibility for this ongoing debacle, because the lawmakers are the ones who've enacted such ridiculous budgets over the years and now refuse to face up to what they've done. But the one person in Sacramento who could have broken the logjam has declined. A shame.

from the
continuing-disappointment-that-is-the-NY
TIMES department

from the
continuing-disappointment-that-is-the-NY
TIMES department 04/10/2005 08:51 PM
So there's a view about the file-sharing debate held by most people who don't know anything about the debate. It is a view the recording industry likes most people to hold. It is a view far from anything anyone interesting is saying. The view - call it the uninformed stereotype (US) view - goes something like this: that there are just two sides to this debate, those who favor "piracy" and those who don't. Supporters of Grokster are people who favor piracy, and who are against artists. On Thursday, at the NYPL, I had the extraordinarily pleasure of being on stage with Jeff Tweedy and Steven Johnson, for a discussion titled "Who Owns Culture?" The evening started with 15 minutes of me and my "powerpoint" (actually, Keynote), and then a 50 minute discussion with Tweedy and me, moderated by Johnson. There was then time for questions from the audience. It was an extraordinary evening. I had the chance before to talk to Tweedy, so I wasn't surprised. But he was extraordinary — funny, subtle, smart about the issues, and deeply passionate. Suffice it that neither he nor I (as is obvious to anyone on this page) subscribe to, or fit, within the US view. I explicitly denounced "piracy"; Tweedy -- in context -- said nothing to support the view that people should infringe the rights of other artists. David Carr of the New York Times was at the event. He wrote a review. Everyone I've spoken to loved the piece. I think they loved it because it was a piece printed in the Times, and we're a culture that loves attention more than accuracy. The review is filled with quotes from Tweedy, taken out of context, to support the US view. Nothing in the article suggests anything was said at all contrary to the US view. One reading the piece would think, there they go again, those supporters of theft, and haters of artists. I'm not sure why there needs to be a NYTimes, if its role is simply to reinforce what people already think, especially with pieces like this. God forbid the Nation's paper of record should reflect something more subtle or complex than the crudest view of an important debate.

"bl0g readership is continuing to
explode"

"bl0g readership is continuing to
explode" 01/05/2005 04:21 AM

N. Korea Missile Site Movements Said
Continuing

N. Korea Missile Site Movements Said
Continuing 09/25/2004 05:22 PM
Reuters via Wired News Sep 25 2004 7:37PM GMT

continuing congressional confusion on
copyrights (ie, not just (c), or (cc),
or even (ccc) but (cccc))

continuing congressional confusion on
copyrights (ie, not just (c), or (cc),
or even (ccc) but (cccc)) 07/07/2004 02:51 PM
Word has it that the regulators in Washington are enamored of Professor (in the School of Computing) Hollaar's recent paper, So ny Revisited, and that it is in part responsible for Congress' current infatuation with the Induce Act. Professor Hollaar is a smart guy, and his paper is an interesting and well-researched examination of secondary liability in the context of copyright law. But if Congress thinks this justifies the Induce Act, then there is some deep confusion somewhere. I suspect there are two possible sources for this confusion. (1) Hollaar discusses the scope of "inducement" liability in the context of patent law. There are some in Congress who seem to think that the Induce Act "merely" carries the same idea to copyright law. This is just a mistake. The scope of the Induce Act as written is far broader than the scope of inducing patent infringement as interpreted. And if "all" Congress wants to do is extend patent inducement to copyright law, then it should amendment the Induce Act to state precisely that. That would be a vast improvement over the existing proposal -- not enough to justify it in my mind, but it would make the harm it will cause much much less significant. (2) Hollaar discusses the purpose and meaning of the Sony case. While his discussion is technically correct enough (though the idea that copyright is the right to protect a "business model" is really not right at all), imho, the Professor, and in turn, the supporters of the Induce Act, are really missing the point of Sony. As everybody knows, Sony set the rule that when a new technology has the "potential" to support "substantial noninfringing use" of copyrighted material, the maker of the technology would not face secondary liability for copyright infringement. But what no one (in Washington, at least) seems to understand is why Sony set that standard. It was not because the Supreme Court is filled with copyright infringers who wanted to encourage copyright infringement. It was instead because the Supreme Court was filled with judges not eager to engage in the complex balancing required to judge whether a technology creates more benefit than harm. As the Court stated:

Sound policy, as well as history, supports our consistent deference to Congress when major technological innovations alter the market for copyrighted materials. Congress has the constitutional authority and the institutional ability to accommodate fully the varied permutations of competing interests that are inevitably implicated by such new technology.

This is not an opinion about copyright law alone. It is an opinion about separation of powers -- about which branch is best able to do the necessary balancing that copyright law demands, "within the limits of the constitutional grant." Sony says, in effect, when a technology is not simply a technology for violating the law, then it is left to Congress to decide whether and how that technology is to be regulated. Congress, not the courts. Why is that a great idea? Because (isn't this obvious to Republicans?) courts are awful, expensive, and slow institutions for judging the economic effect of new technology. Soviet planners with better lighting. And rather than bury innovators in years of litigation before their innovation gets to market, the Sony rule says: let the innovation go, if there is a potential for a substantial noninfringing use, and if Congress wants to regulate it more, then let Congress weigh the benefits of the technology against its costs. Ignoring this extremely sensible separation of powers principle has already cost Silicon Valley dearly. See, e.g., ReplayTV. ReplayTV is the digital equivalent of the VCR. It does the job more efficiently, and it promised to do some things the VCR couldn't do, too. But under the principle of Sony (innovate first, regulate later), it should plainly have been allowed into the market without intervention by the courts. Yet precisely the opposite happened. Content owners sued ReplayTV. It was dragged into federal litigation for many many months defending its new technology. And before the case could be resolved, the company effectively declared bankruptcy. Is this the future Senators Hatch and Leahy want for all new technologies that impact copyrighted material? Will every Apple be forced to defend its innovation in a federal court? Will federal judges become the arbiters of good technology? Will technology firms be forced to spend more on lawyers than on R&D? Whatever the lobbyists say about this bill, this is the single most important fact that we should not forget: It is a lawyer employment act. It will force technologists into court before they get to enter the market place. It will shift responsibility for striking the balance in copyright law from Congress to unelected federal judges. That's not a bad thing for me, or my kind. I, after all, think the courts have some role here (in setting the limits of copyright), and I, after all, make lawyers for a living. But for an already overregulated Silicon Valley, it is another nail in the coffin by the regulating-obsessed in Washington.

Intel sees strong demand continuing

Intel sees strong demand continuing 06/03/2004 06:50 PM
San Francisco Chronicle Jun 3 2004 10:10PM GMT

Al Qaeda Plot in U.S. Maybe Continuing
-- Reports (Reuters)

Al Qaeda Plot in U.S. Maybe Continuing
-- Reports (Reuters) 08/04/2004 08:39 PM
Reuters - New evidence, including recent contact between an al Qaeda operative and someone in the United States, suggests a plot to attack U.S. financial targets could still be in the works, U.S. networks reported on Wednesday, citing U.S. officials.

Exodus of Coca-Cola executives
continuing

Exodus of Coca-Cola executives
continuing 04/12/2004 06:17 PM

"debt consolidation"

"debt consolidation" 05/30/2004 02:58 AM

debt consolidation

debt consolidation 05/30/2004 11:36 PM

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Consolidation Changes ERP Landscape

Consolidation Changes ERP Landscape 08/02/2004 06:47 AM
The takeover battle between Oracle and PeopleSoft is only one indication of a shifting industry that has companies seeking to provide a complete IT stack.

Dot Consolidation Is Back

Dot Consolidation Is Back 04/19/2004 03:01 AM
In case you hadn't noticed, while the dot com IPO market looks to be heating up again, the busiest activity is actually over in the mergers and acquisitions area where internet companies are looking for consolidation opportunities before the prices of smaller companies get too out of hand again. Of course, there's no guarantee that acquiring companies will do much better than they've done in the past integrating a bunch of disparate companies into a single compelling entity, but people tend to ignore that in the heat of a merger opportunity.

Is Consolidation A Myth?

Is Consolidation A Myth? 12/23/2003 02:45 AM
Thought provoking piece over at Always-On suggesting that al l this fear about consolidation killing off competition is a big myth. While there are plenty of examples of companies buying up each other (and even areas where there are fewer companies within a specific space than before) consumers have more choice than ever before, leading to better products and lower prices. Sure, it may seem like there are big media conglomerates, but there are also plenty of independent websites that give people choice. Sure, there may be fewer small local banks, but there are plenty more banks that have expanded from other areas to serve a large population. Basically, what appears to be happening is that the regional companies are being eaten up, but there's plenty of competition on a global basis. Of course, there are still some exceptions (I'm still limited in my broadband connection choice, for instance), but these might be temporary monopolies, rather than a permanent state of affairs. I'm not sure it's completely true, but I do think some fears about consolidation everywhere are overblown.

Wireless consolidation

Wireless consolidation 04/07/2005 05:52 PM
ZDNet Apr 7 2005 9:48PM GMT

Consolidation solutions

Consolidation solutions 02/16/2004 10:38 PM
Computer Weekly Feb 17 2004 2:16AM GMT

Website: Mujahideen continuing holy
struggle they have pledged to God

Website: Mujahideen continuing holy
struggle they have pledged to God 06/20/2004 04:58 AM
Reuters.com - Sat Jun 19, 11:59 pm GMT

Texas is a barbaric hellhole, Part 2 in
a continuing series

Texas is a barbaric hellhole, Part 2 in
a continuing series 06/17/2005 03:22 PM
Just in case you think I was being a bit intemperate yesterday, it's even worse than you thought: Chicago Tribune: Old South racism lives in Texas town: They picked up Billy Ray Johnson outside a convenience store in this East...

Bill Ingalls: The Right Stuff:
Continuing A NASA Legacy

Bill Ingalls: The Right Stuff:
Continuing A NASA Legacy 04/08/2005 08:13 PM

"The first thing I did was purchase a Macintosh." By Nancy Eaton, Apple

Google to launch free email, continuing
expansion

Google to launch free email, continuing
expansion 04/09/2004 04:01 PM

Leading search engine Google announced the impending launch of Gmail , a free email service. Although it is not yet open to the public, reports indicate that Gmail should offer one gig of memory for each user, more than popular free email services now provide. The cost might be supported by keyword-related ads .

Google is facing rising competition for the search leader role, as Yahoo has relaunched its own , and Microsoft develops a strategy.

Google's offering for today is both more and less momentous.

EMC debuts e-mail consolidation

EMC debuts e-mail consolidation 09/22/2004 11:47 AM
CNET News.com Sep 22 2004 3:28PM GMT
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