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ASA Finds Ad Does Not Promote Bullying

Posted on January 29, 2009
The Advertising Standards Authority has rejected complaints that a "Beat that Quote" advertisement promotes workplace harassment. Online financial comparison service BeatThatQuote.com's TV ad opened with a fully dressed office supervisor and hairy, shirtless male employees seeking better internet deals than...

Tommy Sheridan Faces Perjury Charges Over News of the World Lawsuit

Posted on January 29, 2009
Former socialist MP Tommy Sheridan and his wife are facing charges that they perjured themselves during a 2006 defamation lawsuit against News of the World. The paper had alleged that Mr. Sheridan had had affairs and participated in orgies. He...

Press Complaints Commission Investigates Sun Story on "Terror Target"

Posted on January 29, 2009
The Press Complaints Commission is investigating a Sun story that claimed that Sir Alan Sugar, host of the British version of The Apprentice, and other prominent Jews, are "terror targets" of Islamic militants. Claims have now emerged that the story....

BBC Director General To Meet With Staff Concerning Gaza Appeal Broadcast

Posted on January 29, 2009
BBC Director General Mark Thompson will meet with members of network staff concerning the decision not to air the Gaza appeal. Other networks are airing it, and the National Union of Journalists is in support of broadcasting it.

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Landis Sues Jackson Over "Thriller"

Posted on January 29, 2009
John Landis (An American Werewolf in London, The Twilight Zone) is suing pop star Michael Jackson over profits Mr. Landis alleges he is due as his share of the video "Thriller." Mr. Landis says he hasn't received profits from the...

Injury On Set of "Harry Potter" Film

Posted on January 29, 2009
An accident on the set of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" has left one man, believed to be a member of the stunt crew, injured. He was admitted to a local hospital. Read more here.

Digital Britain: An Interim Report

Posted on January 29, 2009
The plan for Britain is a move toward wired homes with full broadband, according to a newly released report prepared for Parliament. Here's a link to the full report, which covers such issues as public broadcasting, internet piracy, mobile services,....

SAG, AMPTP Will Meet Next Week

Posted on January 29, 2009
From the Hollywood Reporter: the Screen Actors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers are meeting early next week to try to bring their long-running dispute to an end. The two groups will negotiate at the AMPTP...

Public Sector Blogging

Posted on January 28, 2009
Paul M. Secunda, Marquette University Law School, has published "Blogging While (Publicly) Employed: Some First Amendment Implications," in volume 47 of the University of Louisville Law Review (2009). Here is the abstract. While private-sector employees do not have First Amendment...

Stan Lee, Originator of "Spiderman," Sued Over Profits

Posted on January 28, 2009
Shareholders in Stan Lee's company are suing him over profits they think are due from film and book sales. Mr. Lee is the originator of "Spiderman;" he sued Marvel Comics in 2002 (Lee v. Marvel Comics, 386 F. Supp. 2d...

Some BBC Employees May Strike

Posted on January 28, 2009
BBC World Service employees working in its South Asian section may strike over possible job cutbacks, says the National Union of Journalists. A vote may come soon.

Economist Not Distributed In Thailand

Posted on January 28, 2009
The publisher of the leading financial magazine The Economist decided not to distribute it in Thailand for the second time in two months because of concerns that material included in the current issue might run afoul of the country's lese-majeste...

Why The RIAA Has Changed Its Strategy

Posted on January 28, 2009
Tracy Mitrano explains why she thinks the RIAA has dropped all those piracy lawsuits against college students. It's not just because the association is nice.

House Prepares To Vote On Digital Switchover Delay

Posted on January 28, 2009
From MSNBC.com: here's more on the likely delay in the digital switchover.

Yo Espero Ahora Mucho Dinero

Posted on January 27, 2009
That little Taco Bell chihuahua is worth millions--$42 millions--to Joseph Shields and Thomas Rinks, of the Wrench agency, who dreamed up the idea in a phenomenally successful marketing campaign for Taco Bell some years ago. But the chain took the...

Allen Out at SAG

Posted on January 27, 2009
The Hollywood Reporter reports that SAG executive director Doug Allen is out at the union, suggesting that the possibility of a strike now is virtually over. THR says "moderate forces" used little known procedural rules to force Mr. Allen out....

Obama Issues Executive Order On Presidential Records

Posted on January 27, 2009
Here's the text of the President's Executive Order on Presidential Records, issued Jan. 21, 2009. Executive Order -- Presidential Records By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America,...

Acting Chair Copps Speaks To FCC Staff

Posted on January 27, 2009
Here are FCC Commissioner Michael Copps's remarks to FCC staff as he accepts the position of Acting Chair. Thank you for joining me today here in the Commission meeting room or, for many, joining me virtually via closed circuit throughout...

Confuse a Viewer Starts Now

Posted on January 27, 2009
The Senate, under urging from the Obama administration, has voted to put off the national broadcast switchover to digital until June 12, despite warnings that viewers will be very confused. The House votes on similar legislation today. The Nielsen Company...

NY Times, Gatehouse Media Reach Settlement Over Copyright Infringement Allegations

Posted on January 26, 2009
The AP announced that Gatehouse Media and the New York Times have settled a copyright infringement lawsuit, just before the two were to argue in court over the Boston Globe's use of Gatehouse Media's material on the Globe's "Wicked Local"...

More On the Assassination of Stanislav Markelov

Posted on January 26, 2009
Here's a piece from NPR on the death of human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov.

Nigerian Filmmaker's Family Threatened

Posted on January 26, 2009
A mob broke into the home of filmmaker Hamisu Lamido, who is serving a sentence for releasing a film that had not been licensed by the appropriate Nigerian film agency, and threatened the safety of Mr. Lamido's wife and children....

Jonathan Ross Returns To BBC TV

Posted on January 24, 2009
Jonathan Ross is back on the air, several months after that controversial radio show episode in which he and colleague Russell Brand made comments about "Fawlty Towers" actor Andrew Sachs's granddaughter and phone calls to Mr. Sachs that cost Mr....

British Networks Split On Gaza Funds Appeal

Posted on January 24, 2009
Unlike the BBC, three other networks will show a charity appeal for funds to alleviate suffering in Gaza. ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 will run the appeal. The BBC cited two reasons not to run the appeal: that aid...

Former N.O. Broadcaster Gets Life For Murder of Wife

Posted on January 23, 2009
Former New Orleans broadcaster Vincent Marinello, convicted of murdering his wife, has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. His attorney has filed an appeal. Mrs. Marinello was shot August 31, 2006 in Lafayette, Louisiana, and taken off life...

Michael Copps Appointed Acting Head of FCC

Posted on January 23, 2009
Here's Acting FCC Chair Michael Copps' statement regarding his appointment. I am honored to be designated today as Acting Chairman of the FCC. I thank President Obama for his confidence in me and for this opportunity to serve. I know...

Google Suggests Changes In UK Copyright Regime

Posted on January 23, 2009
Google is pushing for reform of the UK copyright regime that would allow flexibility similar to that available through "fair use" measures in the United States, according to Richard Sargeant, Google's UK public policy manager. Such changes, Google higher-ups think...

No God? That's a Matter of Opinion--ASA

Posted on January 22, 2009
A number of British religious organizations, including Christian Voice, as well as members of the public, filed complaints with the Advertising Standards Authority, that the British Humanist Association's ad campaign "There's Probably No God" which has been running on those...

Georgian Orthodox Church Objects To "Top Ten" List That Includes Saints

Posted on January 22, 2009
Georgians (country, not state) are arguing over their favorite personalities as staffers of the show Top Ten Best Georgians are including saints in the list, based on a popular vote, and the Georgian Orthodox Church is objecting. A similar vote...

A New Model For Media Policy

Posted on January 22, 2009
Maurice E. Stucke, University of Tennessee School of Law, and Allen P. Grunes, Brownstein, Hyatt, Farber, & Schreck, have published "Toward a Better Competition Policy for the Media: The Challenge of Developing Antitrust Policies that Support the Media Sector's Unique...

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