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Apr 2, 2007 7:51 AM CDT

Google Stares Down Viacom, Copyright

How do the boys keep YouTube from turning into Napster?

(Newser) - With Viacom incubating "the biggest copyright lawsuit in history" against YouTube, the video-sharing site is beginning to smell a bit like Napster. Which leads Clive Thompson to ponder in New York why the Google boys decided to acquire YouTube—and its looming crisis—last year. And why, once they...

War Games Should Include Media, Civilians

Mar 27, 2007 1:45 PM CDT

War Games Should Include Media, Civilians

"I yearn for the days when 'Battleship' reflected real war"

(Newser) - Modern warfare calls for modern war games, and that means the players can't be just armies and navies, but also civilians, the media, and the international community. Gary Anderson, the Marines' first director of war gaming, writes that victory in post-Cold War combat is no longer determined by battlefield fighters,...

Playwright Finds Times Arrogant on Al Gore

Mar 26, 2007 10:18 AM CDT

Playwright Finds Times Arrogant on Al Gore

Do we have to read about the VP's weight in every dispatch?

(Newser) - Al Gore is having an astonishing political second act, leading the charge to save the planet, but the supercilious writers at the New York Times can't resist condescending to him, observes playwright Jon Robin Baitz, doing a little reverse reviewing in his blog. TheTimes, he argues, displays its "...

Heather Mills Dances into America's
Good Graces

Mar 21, 2007 12:35 PM CDT

Heather Mills Dances into America's Good Graces

(Newser) - Heather Mills, amputee victim and Beatle ex-wife, tried to foxtrot her way into the hearts of Americans last night on Dancing with the Stars. Much maligned by the British press since her acrimonious split with Paul McCartney last May, Mills, whom LInda Stasi calls "the most loathed amputee since...

News Wars

Mar 19, 2007 5:11 PM CDT

News Wars

PBS takes on the future of news

(Newser) - From “infosnacking” to “hyperlocal” news, there is a whole new terminology describing the evolution of news, particularly the move to online news. The PBS show Frontline has developed a four-part series that examines the ‘News Wars’ taking place all around us.

Libby's PR Flop

Mar 18, 2007 8:43 PM CDT

Libby's PR Flop

Scooter Libby: Guilty, Guilty, Guilty, Guilty

(Newser) - Michael Wolff attends the trial of Scooter Libby, concluding that Cheney's factotum was hung, drawn, and quartered because he failed to do well what Republicans have always (until now) done well: PR.

Viacom Sues Google

Mar 14, 2007 8:55 PM CDT

Viacom Sues Google

(Newser) - Viacom filed a $1 billion lawsuit against Google yesterday for what it says is gross copyright infringement on YouTube, the company's newest acquisition. Google has promised to work with companies to remove copyrighted material, but Viacom complains that illegally posted clips of its programs like "The Daily Show" have...

Why Can't
the Media
Cheer Up?

Mar 6, 2007 11:04 AM CST

Why Can't the Media Cheer Up?

First Lady talks to Larry King about the war, and a dour media

(Newser) - Her mission was to talk about women and heart disease. But Laura Bush couldn't help telling Larry King how she really felt about the media portrayal of her husband's war in Iraq. "Many parts of Iraq are stable now," the First Lady told King. "But, of course,...