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The military and the media
If one is to serve the state as a thinking military officer, one must serve the state as it is, not the fantasy state of America’s highest ideals and ambitions.What with marines selling their stories, the problem the media has criticizing serving soldiers, or exercising the type of disinterested realism (call it impartiality or objectivity)…
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Arab media
Larry Pintak, former CBS News correspondent and now Director of Journalism at the American University in Cairo, has started an online journal called Arab Media and Society – it’s full of interesting stuff, including this interview with Hosam El Sokkari, head of the Beeb’s new Arabic TV channel.
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Viacom vs YouTube…kicked off by the Beeb deal?
Was the BBC deal with YouTube the straw that broke the camel’s back? Probably not, but if more corporations had followed the Beeb down the ad-share route it would have started to chip away at Viacom‘s position. If you read the full text of Viacom’s suit here, you can see the exact nature of their…
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In the red corner, Viacom…
The gloves come off in the content wars. NEW YORK (Reuters) – Media conglomerate Viacom Inc. said on Tuesday it filed a $1 billion lawsuit against Google Inc. and its Internet video sharing site YouTube over unauthorized use of its copyrighted entertainment. Book your seat ringside.