The Daily Loper - June 19, 2006
Today’s links of interest:
- Apple plants seeds for pic downloads
Naturally, the studios are balking at the one-price-fits-all model — these are the same executive who avoid grocery stores to prevent sighting bargain bin "hits". - Netflix thinks inside the box
Netflix coming to a set-top near you. Also, downloading and streaming teleivsion is good. - Now she has their attention
Of course, sometimes when people post videos of themselves on YouTube acting like idiots, good things happen. As they damn well should in 21st Century America. Otherwise the RIAA wins. - Fitfully Blending Papers and TV
The Tribune Company finds that synergy ain’t all it’s cracked up to be. - Zen and the Art of Classified Advertising
What’s wrong with Craigslist? It’s not squeezing every last dolllar out of its community — is this how we run a business in this country? - Growing Wikipedia Revises Its ‘Anyone Can Edit’ Policy
Ah, if only we could count on human beings to act civilized, then we, too, could have a utopian Wikipedia. - Hearing Red
Cardinals fans are not happy about the move down the dial to a less powerful radio station — and the question of how we’ll listen to baseball in the future remains wide open. What is a flagship station when you aren’t flying the flag? - Radio Stations, Arbitron Clash Over How to Tally Listeners
Man, it’s rough when your customers don’t want your product. At a time when accuracy is more critical than ever Arbitron’s new technology isn’t winning friends. - Are you a member of the Slate club?
Slate remains a not-very-well-kept secret — and turns 10. - Moving Ahead, Rather Throws Sad Look Back
Dan Rather breaks up with CBS, hooks up with Mark Cuban. There’s a movie in there. - Tool’s Hidden Track
This is pretty extreme. To hear the hidden track on Tool’s 10,000 days album you’ll need to rip three songs and mix the tracks using an audio editing program. Man, it’s like they’re just begging the RIAA to sue their fans. - Apple’s mean-spirited ad campaign
Great deconstruction of those "I’m a Mac / I’m a PC" ads. Glad I’m not the only one who scratched his head at the miscasting of the eminently likable John Hodgman as the villan. - Verizon Strikes Deal to Carry Public TV Stations
Presumably this means you’ll get your Sesame Street anywhere you are, but one never knows. - That ain’t cool
Article number 67 in the ongoing "death of the newspaper critic" series. In this episode, it’s all Harry Knowles’ fault. - This exciting cable expansion
Niche cable comes to Jamaica! - ‘Star Trek’ Fans, Deprived of a Show, Recreate the Franchise on Digital Video
Not all Klingons are trained actors…
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