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Katzenberg: 3D Suffering Because Movies "Suck"
DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg reconfirmed his belief in 3D movies, adding that it hasn’t lived up to its potential because it’s being used...
NAB Study Says FCC Plan Will Kill TV Stations
The National Association of Broadcasters released a study Monday predicting dire consequences if the Federal Communications Commission acts on its plan to reclaim 40...
Gov't Gets Cloud Advice
The TechAmerica Foundation today released recommendations from the Commission on the Leadership Opportunity in U.S. Deployment of the Cloud (CLOUD2), which are intended...
File Sharing Not Evil: EMI's Ex-president, Digital Music
Douglas Merrill grabbed considerable attention for saying that sharing music files might not be a bad thing. This sentiment has been voiced before, but not by someone who had been chief operating officer of New Music and president of Digital Business at EMI Music. Merrill also was chief information officer and vice president of engineering at Google, and now he's CEO of ZestCast, so he's not an easily dismissed firebrand demanding that information wants to be free.
Radio Apps Incite War of Words
The National Association of Broadcasters is very displeased with a new report that found FM radio on mobile phones is not a popular feature....
RIM RIP by 2013?
Research in Motion will no longer be an independent company by the end of the first quarter of 2013, according to Eric Jackson, manager...
ISP Chief Denounces Copyright Law
Allan Freeth, chief executive of TelstraClear, has spoken out against his country's Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Act 2011, which comes into effect Sept....
New Law Means Police Won't Need Warrants for ISP Access
Canada's ruling Conservative party is considering a new law — Bill C-52 — that gives law enforcement authorities greater access to ISP and geolocation...
Google's Schmidt: "No Laws Can Preserve Markets That Have Been Passed...
“History shows that in the face of new technology, those who adapt their business models don’t just survive, they prosper. Technology advances, and no...
The CMJ 'Sick 50'
CMJ Music Marathon starts tomorrow in New York City, and once again music industry maven Fiona Bloom has agreed to sift through the hundreds of performing artists to select 50 of the best gigs for any Digital Media Wire reader who wants to sample a cross-section of the most diverse, original and exciting entertainment CMJ 2011 has to offer.
