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Media Industries Required Reading

Part I:The growth of the network media economy,1984-2010

Part 2:Media and Internet concentration in Canada,1984-2010

Winners,losers and opportunities lost in the CRTC vertical-integration ruling

Media Industries Readings

More required reading for my Media Industries students:

The ACTA Fight Returns:What Is at Stake and What You Can Do

CRTC Investigation Finds Rogers Violated Net Neutrality Rules

Time Warner Cable reports higher profits,dividend

Don’t ease telecom foreign investment rules,NDP warns

Required reading for my Media Industries class (Winter 2012):

Don’t ease telecom foreign investment rules,NDP warns

TV Everywhere Could Create $12 Billion in Annual Revenue for TV Industry

Copyright and the Right

Required reading for Media Industries students,Winter 2012

Jesse Kline on copyright reform and the case of the illicit t-shirts

Copyright and the Right Copied in full from the blog of Michael Geist  (ironic —yes)

Last night’s Republican presidential candidate debate featured a question on SOPA,leading all four remaining candidates to register their

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Why Canadians Should Participate in the SOPA/PIPA Protest

Required reading for my Media Industries students (Winter 2011)

Why Canadians Should Participate in the SOPA/PIPA Protest

More on SOPA

The following is required reading for my Winter 2012 Media Industries students:

In Fight Over Piracy Bills,New Economy Rises Against Old (New York Times)

Terence Corcoran:No oil meets no copyright

With Twitter,Blackouts and Demonstrations,Web Flexes Its Muscle

Eastman Kodak Files for Bankruptcy

Online Piracy and Political Overreach

Political support for SOPA fades

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Wikipedia,Reddit going dark to protest anti-piracy bill

Required reading for my Media Industries class (Winter 2012):

Wikipedia,Reddit going dark to protest anti-piracy bill

Media Ethics Issues

When Truth Survives Free Speech

A great article in the NYTs about a douchebag of a blogger.

The Hot Lesbian –Mass Media Darling OR Cultural Nuisance

Star Trek Barbie

Model lighting design and cheesy music by Dr. Strangelove . . .