links for 2005-11-17

Fred Wilson mentions on his blog that plenty of people are telling him that radio is dead.  He has some interesting data from JD Power on what consumers think about satellite and HD radio in their cars. My own view?  Satellite threatens FM much more than AM.  Those who still listen to AM often do…

The Washington Post today covers the latest discussion about how to regulate political bloggers (if at all).  It seems that everyone is in agreement that most  should not be subject to FEC regulation, but there remains one sticky area yet to address: bloggers paid by campaigns. Most are familiar with the "paid for by …"…

Youtube paying for content, radio and the Viacom Lawsuit…the net result (tags: youtube payingusers) PodTech Interview on TechStars (tags: startups funding event) The real-world view of Web 2.0 (tags: stats) A Boston Newspaper Prints What the Local Bloggers Write – New York Times (tags: media outlook) Real Time – WSJ.com article on Belgian newspaper lawsuit…

CNN’s replacement for the venerable Inside Politics will include a tip of the hat to the online world, with podcasts and blogs part of the coverage.  Let’s just hope they incorporate it in a less cheesy way than the current IP blog segment.  CNN reports on its own format change: "The Situation Room" will be…

Scripps bought Shopzilla recently.  This article addresses some of the synergies for the companies: “Scripps officials say they’re happy with Shopzilla as a standalone business, but both sides clearly are excited about the possibilities of joining the two categories.  By the end of this year, they said, you could see a link to Shopzilla on…

BL Ochman reports: MoveOn.org, which was seeking 500,000 signatures on a petition against proposed Congress’ cancellation of funding to NPR and PBS, has now reached almost a million signatures.