The Daily Loper – March 17, 2008
Posted by Lopy in The Daily Loper on Mar 17, 2008
I’m A Free-Born Man of The U.S.A. Edition
Todays links of interest:
- Web Has Unexpected Effect on Journalism
Rather than opening up to new journalistic voices, more consolidation, in the form of syndicating the same content from a few sources, has emerged. We must change this. - Discovery patents e-book invention
Call us crazy, but somehow this doesn’t feel innovative nor original. Actually, it feels more like the Patent Office has stopped trying. - 1,700 Bands, Rocking as the CD Industry Reels
We quote: "In an era of plummeting CD sales and short shelf lives even for current hit makers, the festival is full of people seeking ways to route their careers around what?s left of the major recording companies." - Federal Funding for Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) is Cut
So much for "no child left behind"… - Cheney says Iraq changes "phenomenal, dramatic"
Cheney cites the impending addition of a Baghdad franchise to the National League Central Division as one of the major improvements. We’ll know how much progress they’ve really made when we see their middle relief.
