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We are in an agonizing, infuriating, depressing political crisis -- I don't have to tell you that. How Disney Instills Greed and Consumerism. August 26, 2011 | Like this article?
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Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. The government is contemplating tactics against the UK riots that set dangerous precedents. In Parliament today, prime minister David Cameron said authorities and the industry were looking at "whether it would be right to stop people communicating via these websites and services when we know they are plotting violence, disorder and criminality". 12 Ways Rupert Murdoch's Media Empire Has Made the World Worse.
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Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. This column originally appeared at WhoWhatWhy.com. Rupert Murdoch has had a profound influence on the state of journalism today. Phone hacking fallout: Labour plans tighter media regulation. Journalists guilty of gross malpractice should be struck off a professional register to prevent them working in news, the shadow culture secretary will suggest at the Labour conference on Tuesday.
Ivan Lewis is proposing a "system of independent regulation including proper like-for-like redress which means mistakes and falsehoods on the front page receive apologies and retraction on the front page". He will also warn Rupert Murdoch's News International that Labour will never allow the corporation to use its media influence to exert political power in pursuit of ideological or commercial goals. His remarks represent a further break from Murdoch by Labour. Praising Rupert Murdoch fits like a Gove. Despite recent goings-on the education secretary, Michael Gove, remains a big fan of his former employer Ruper Murdoch.
Photograph: Linda Nylind for the Guardian Speaking of Rupert Murdoch with anything but newfound disgust has become the order of the day in Westminster circles. Not so for Michael Gove. Hall can tell Leveson how Murdoch exercises editorial power. Phil Hall steps up to the Leveson plate.
Photo: David Sillitoe for the Guardian I am delighted that one of the first people to speak at Thursday's first Leveson inquiry seminar will be Phil Hall, editor of the News of the World from September 1995 until May 2000. He was replaced by Rebekah Brooks in circumstances that cast an interesting, and disturbing, light on the power of the News Corp boss, Rupert Murdoch. Hall was editor when, on 21 November 1999, the paper published one of its most sensational exclusives: "Archer quits as News of the World exposes false alibi". It was a truly sensational story, exposing Lord (Jeffrey) Archer, a former Tory MP, as a liar and perjurer in his 1987 libel action against the Daily Star. The story led directly to Archer being convicted, in July 2001, of perjury and perverting the course of justice. One man who surely did not want to see Archer exposed for his crimes was Murdoch.
Amy Goodman: Rotten Eggs and Our Broken Democracy. Rotten Eggs and Our Broken Democracy Posted on Aug 25, 2010 By Amy Goodman What do a half-billion eggs have to do with democracy?
Study: Most companies are not prepared for a social media crisis. OWS Social Media's Role In Social Change. NEW YORK -- A panel on social innovation and social change started with a joke.
A panelist said they should go the full hour without saying the word "Twitter. " But Twitter, along with Facebook, were unavoidable terms that came up repeatedly in the discussion Thursday at an Advertising Week event at 300 Madison Avenue in New York City. The talk started with the Egypt revolution and inevitably turned to Occupy Wall Street, an ongoing event just a few miles away in Lower Manhattan. More than 450,000 Facebook users have joined Occupy Wall Street pages to date (scroll down for graph); Twitter chatter has surged. 10 Predictions For The Future Of Media. Media, advertising, marketing and communications leaders converged for a forum on the ever-debated topic of "the future of media" this morning at New York University's Kimmel Center as part of Advertising Week.
Digital was a common theme in the roundtable discussion moderated by Josh Quittner, editorial director of Flipboard, and presented by MediaPost Communications. Panelists for the fourth annual "Future of Media Forum" included Bob Carrigan (CEO, IDG Communications), Beth Comstick (SVP and Chief Marketing, General Electric), Mike Kelly (CEO, The Weather Channel), Steve Lacy (CEO, Meredith Corporation), Brian Monahan (EVP, Managing Director, IPG Media Lab), and Bob Pittman (Chairman, Clear Channel Media and Entertainment Platforms). Facebook Now Helping Governments Spy On And Arrest Peaceful Activists :