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Google Co-Founder Makes Pitch For Unused Airwaves Access

Posted by MediaChannel on 23 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, Ownership, Policy, Google

By Fawn Johnson, Dow Jones
Google Co-Founder Larry Page made an unprecedented appeal to policy makers for access to unused television airwaves.

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EU warns Google in advance of European Street View debut

Posted by ars technica on 16 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, New Media, Google

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By Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica
The European Union feels strongly that Google Street View - as implemented now in the US - would be a violation of EU privacy laws.

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Media Content, Concentration And Pluralism In Europe In The Digital Age

Posted by EUobserver on 02 May 2008 | Tagged as: News, New Media, Google, Internet

By EUObserver
In January of this year, a professor at the University of Brighton made headlines for banning her students from using Google and Wikipedia, and she’s not alone.

Popularity: 1% [?]

Nearly 40 Percent Of Europeans Are Internet-Idiots

Posted by Expatica on 23 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: News, Europe, Google

By Expatica
EU study reveals that 40 percent of European citizens do not know how to google or send emails.

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Google Revives Push To Get Free Airwaves

Posted by LA Times on 25 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News, FCC, Television, Google

By Jim Puzzanghera, LA Times
The search giant has its eye on the ‘white spaces’ between TV broadcast channels.

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A Company Promises The Deepest Data Mining Yet

Posted by NY Times on 20 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News, Ethics, Media Freedom, New Media, Google, Clear Channel, Books, privacy, Human Rights, Internet

By Louise Story, NY Times
The company, called Phorm, has created a tool that can track every single online action of a given consumer, based on data from that person’s Internet service provider.

Popularity: 1% [?]

Google Closes Deal For DoubleClick

Posted by LA Times on 12 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News, Google

By Jim Puzzanghera and Jessica Guynn, LA Times
Google Inc. got its groove back. The Internet search giant’s stock jumped more than 6% as it closed its long-awaited $3.1-billion purchase of online advertising firm DoubleClick Inc.

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Spitzer News Sends Internet Users Into Search Overdrive

Posted by Buzzwatch on 11 Mar 2008 | Tagged as: News, Google

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By Tom Weber, Buzzwatch
One measure of interest in reports that New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer has been linked to a prostitution ring is the extent to which people are searching for information on the Internet.

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Opening Bell

Posted by Columbia Journalism Review on 27 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: News, Economics, Journalism, Newspapers, Google, Wall Street Journal, Media Analysis

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By Ryan Chittum, Columbia Journalism Review
In CJR’s guide to the business press: Grim tidings on housing; WP says a veto threatened on bailouts; 50 bank failures? etc. etc.

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Google News Goes Local, Finally

Posted by Web Worker Daily on 08 Feb 2008 | Tagged as: News, New Media, Google, yahoo

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By Jason Harris, Web Worker Daily
In a move that is sure to strike fear in the heart of local news providers such as your newspaper or TV affiliate, Google News has added the ability to see local news based on your location.

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Writers’ Strike Boosts YouTube Traffic

Posted by Guardian Unlimited on 11 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: News, CBS, New Media, Television, Google, YouTube, Cable, Pop Culture, Writer's Strike

By Mark Sweney, Guardian Unlimited
Video-sharing websites such as YouTube have seen increases in popularity as the writers’ strike has led to TV shows being pulled and a glut of re-runs hitting the schedules.

Popularity: 1% [?]

Facebook Fuels Interest in US Elections

Posted by Guardian Unlimited on 08 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: News, 08 Election, Google, ABC News, facebook

By Mark Sweney, Guardian Ulimited
Facebook’s tie-up with ABC News has helped fuel a massive surge in TV viewing of the pre-primary New Hampshire debates held at the weekend.

Popularity: 1% [?]

The Search Party

Posted by New Yorker on 08 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: News, Ownership, USDemocrats, Bush, Politics, Technology, New Media, Policy, Activism, Google, Business, privacy

By Ken Auletta, New Yorker
Google squares off with its Capitol Hill critics…

Popularity: 2% [?]

FTC Approves Google Deal Despite Privacy Concerns

Posted by LA Times on 21 Dec 2007 | Tagged as: News, Ownership, New Media, FCC, Advertising, Google, Business, Licensing

By Jim Puzzanghera and Joseph Menn, LA Times
In approving Google Inc.’s $3.1-billion purchase of DoubleClick Inc., federal regulators determined that there was plenty of competition in the fast-growing Internet advertising world.

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The Battle For Control Of The Internet

Posted by Times Online on 13 Nov 2007 | Tagged as: News, Ownership, FCC, Google, Licensing

By Jonathan Weber, Times Online
Web content may be resistant to regulation, but the architecture of the internet is a battleground for lobbyists and lawmakers

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