Scott's : News Sites: May 1, 2008

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May 01, 2008 News and Trends

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Thu, 01 May 2008 08:30:56 PDT
The European News Interactivity Index : Journalism.co.uk editors blog (tags: design news newspapers) LinkedIn: We’re Selling Ads For $75 CPM - Silicon Alley Insider Kevin Eyres, LinkedIn’s managing director for Europe, told IDG the social network for careerists is earning $75 CPMs (cost paid per thousand viewers) for advertising in the US and $50 CPMs in the U.K. Prime reason: the site’s average user is 41 and makes (tags: linkedin advertising) i-ievel reveals details of £45.5m deal | Medi

Ow!

Thu, 01 May 2008 08:31:57 PDT
In case anyone was wondering, the hysterical soon-to-be divorced man's wife has not called to confirm that I did not send her husbad a salacious email. Color me shocked! In other news, I've discovered that I'm both too stiff and too flexible after *mumble mumble* years away from yoga. Yes, indeed. My thighs and core? Horribly inflexible. Today they feel splinter-y. My hips and neck? Still might as well be connected to my trunk using rubber bands, despite the fact that I have done yoga in *mu

It’s Your Call: Stop Murdoch Today

Thu, 01 May 2008 08:32:08 PDT
It’s Your Call: Stop Murdoch Today Posted May 1st, 2008 by jstearns It’s your call. The action of a quarter-million citizens like you pushed the Senate Commerce Committee to unanimously pass the congressional veto that would overturn the FCC’s big media handout. Now the resolution (S.J. Res. 28) is headed for a full Senate vote. Your call today could make all the difference. Picking up the phone is the most effective way to influence your member of Congress. Your Senator could cast the d

QUOTABLES: May 1, 2008

Thu, 01 May 2008 08:32:11 PDT
The Quote for May. 1, 2008 is... Difficulty level: 4 What movie is this quote from? This may sound like gibberish to you, but I think I'm in a tragedy. Wanna Cheat? Highlight below for the character that said it. Harold Crick The answer will be revealed tomorrow, May 2nd The answer to Yesterday's quote is below. If you missed the last quote and would like to try it before looking at the answer click here. The Apr. 30th Quote was from... Clueless Difficulty level: 3 Cher said, "Until mank

A Great Sports Story

Thu, 01 May 2008 08:33:13 PDT
There are occasional reminders that the sports section is not a daily wasteland of steroid users and whining overpaid athletes. This women's softball story from Washington is on its way to iconic status. Here is George Vecsey of the Times: A Sporting Gesture Touches ’Em All By GEORGE VECSEY Something remarkable happened in a college softball game last Saturday in Ellensburg, Wash. At least, I am conditioned to think it was remarkable, since it involved an act of sportsmanship, with two p

Sexual Predator on the Loose, Two Victims Assaulted

Thu, 01 May 2008 08:33:20 PDT
Los Angeles: Los Angeles Police Department have released a sketch of a man who attempted to sexually assault two young girls in separate incidents. The first assault occurred on April 30, 2008, at around 7:30 a.m., when a Latino man approached an 8-year-old girl walking in the 600 block of Burlington Avenue. The man lured the girl into a secluded area of an apartment building located at 625 South Burlington Avenue and attempted to sexually assault her. On February 29, 2008, at 9:00 a.m., th

CBC news cutting staff in Calgary - Calgary Herald

CBC news cutting staff in Calgary
Calgary Herald, Canada - Apr 4, 2008
While there were no layoff notices given out on Thursday, 32 Newsworld employees were told their individual jobs are being eliminated, said Don Orchard, ...

Is too. Is not - Edmonton Sun

Is too. Is not
Edmonton Sun, Canada - Apr 2, 2008
... he was chosen to lead the Liberals (ie met up with the caravan of slushie Ottawa reporters in a hotel bar at 1 am and watched the rest on Newsworld), ...

I wonder if they will thank me? - Western Standard- Shotgun Blog

I wonder if they will thank me?
Western Standard- Shotgun Blog, Canada - Apr 24, 2008
By contrast, I have been in the media on an almost daily basis: in the National Post, in the Globe and Mail, on Newsworld, on Newsnet, on Global TV and on ...

This doc hip hops to the top of the world - Winnipeg Sun

This doc hip hops to the top of the world
Winnipeg Sun, Canada - Apr 18, 2008
On Sunday CBC Newsworld has the BBC documentary Massacre at Virginia Tech. It recalls the horrible shooting spree by Seung-Hui Cho on April 16, 2007, ...

TV tonight: Five worth watching - Toronto Star

TV tonight: Five worth watching
Toronto Star, Canada - Apr 20, 2008
... his shooting rampage in Blacksburg, Va., The Passionate Eye has the premiere of Jonathon Hacker's film Massacre at Virginia Tech (CBC Newsworld at 10). ...