"The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive." T Jefferson

Danny Sullivan on "An OPEC for News"

Seeded on Mon Nov 23, 2009 4:03 AM EST (Search Engine Land)

It's back, the prospect that Microsoft might try to make Rupert Murdoch happy by offering a "get listed with Bing" exclusive deal. Later, I'll revisit the topic in a coordinated fashion.

technology, google, microsoft, search, news-corp, murdoch, bing

Search Wars: Murdoch and Bing Talk Exclusive

Mon Nov 23, 2009 3:58 AM EST

Google holds 71% of the search market; Bing, 10% (chart).

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technology, google, microsoft, free, fox, search, myspace, news-corp, murdoch, bing

What Lies Behind Murdoch's Move to Block Google?

Seeded on Mon Nov 9, 2009 9:27 PM EST (The Atlantic)

TheAtlantic round-up of responses to Rupert Murdoch interview with Sky News Australia.

technology, news, journalism, copyright, rupert-murdoch, news-corp, murdoch, business-models, digital-journalism, future-of-news

Murdoch On Google and Pay-To-View

Mon Nov 9, 2009 5:55 AM EST

In an interview with SkyNews Australia, Rupert Murdoch continued to insist that Google (and other search engines) are "stealing" his content and that newspapers should never have "given away" their content for free. And he hinted that News Corp.

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technology, google, search, copyright, rupert-murdoch, news-corp, murdoch, pay-to-view, newspapes

Reporting on $60 Billion In Medicare Fraud

Seeded on Mon Nov 9, 2009 4:17 AM EST (Romenesko)

Recently, WFOR-TV, the CBS-owned station in Miami, and CBS "60 Minutes" went undercover to see how easy it is for patients, doctors, pharmacists and others steal an estimated $60 billion from Medicare each year. Reporter Stephen Stock explains how in a Q&A with Poynter.

us-news, fraud, health-care-reform, medicare, medicare-fraud, hcr

Public Outing: An Argument For The Public Option

Seeded on Mon Nov 9, 2009 1:06 AM EST (Seattle PI )

Jack Lewis is a vet and a friend. His is an impassioned and reasoned argument for a robust "public option" in health care reform.

us-news, health-care, health-care-reform, public-option, hcr

Use Caution With New Twitter RT Link

Sat Nov 7, 2009 11:07 PM EST

For those of you who are in the Twitter "retweet" beta test, I have a word of advice: proceed cautiously.

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technology, twitter, change, innovation, retweet

Obama Administration Colludes With Entertainment Titans

Tue Nov 3, 2009 6:18 PM EST

Back in March, Declan McCullagh reported that the Obama Administration cloaked its draft section of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) under "national security" wrappers -- for the general public.

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technology, obama, copyright, treaty, executive-order, acta

Google, The Platform

Tue Nov 3, 2009 2:36 PM EST

Listening to Google CEO Eric Schmidt talk about the importance of a "new platform" while noting that "enterprise-focused" engineers are a small percentage of the company's engineering team, I flashed back to 1984.

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technology, apple, google, microsoft, trends, mobile-computing, enterprise-computing

Google Redefines Disruption: The "Less Than Free" Business Model

Seeded on Sun Nov 1, 2009 9:28 PM EST ()

Bill Gurley analyzes the week's news about Google's free turn-by-turn map application on Android phones. Back-story as well as what happened to the stock of the two mapping titans on Thursday. Major disruption from Google. Again.

technology, google, gps, maps, garmin, disruption, tom-tom, disruptive-technology

How Goldman Sachs Bet On A Housing Market Crash

Seeded on Sun Nov 1, 2009 7:22 PM EST (McClatchy DC)

From McClatchy DC: McClatchy's inquiry found that Goldman Sachs:

us-news, finance, treasury, paulson, housing-crisis, financial-meltdown, mcclatchy, goldman, goldman-sacs

Can Someone Explain This Math?

Sun Oct 25, 2009 12:09 AM EDT

Goldman Sachs bonus pool estimated at $725,000 per employee This week, business reporters told us that Goldman Sachs 2009 third quarter profits swelled, compared with 2008, to an estimated $3.19 billion.

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business, wall-street, finance, greed, goldman-sachs, goldman

The Full List Of Every Cash For Clunkers Trade-In

Seeded on Wed Sep 30, 2009 7:55 PM EDT (jalopnik.com)

It's an amazing list - unfortunately image scans. Read the comments to get an idea of the gems that were trashed, many not eligible for the program. One assumes the dealer will "eat" those rebates?

politics, obama-administration, national-debt, cash-for-clunkers, c4c

Science And Sports: Conflicts In Genetics

Wed Sep 9, 2009 2:49 PM EDT

You probably didn't hear much about Caster Semenya until her "makeover" this week, unless you are a hard-core sports fan.

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sports, sex, society, genetics, gender, caster-semenya

The Economist Tests New Distribution Model

Fri Sep 4, 2009 1:06 PM EDT

In England and New York City, The Economist is testing a program where customers can order a copy of the magazine by 9 pm on Thursday and have it delivered to their home before 6 am on Friday.

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India 'terminates' Moon mission

Seeded on Tue Sep 1, 2009 12:41 PM EDT (BBC News)

India's space agency has abandoned its inaugural Moon mission a day after scientists lost communication with the orbiting Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft.

science, india, space, moon, exploration

Is The Economy Looking Up?

Fri Aug 28, 2009 4:43 AM EDT

Three indicators suggest the answer may be yes. First, orders for durable goods jumped 4.5 percent from June to July, the largest gain in two years.

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politics, economy, housing, recovery, consumer-confidence

Milestones In Politics For American Women

Thu Aug 27, 2009 10:44 PM EDT

It's a day late, but I hope not a dollar short! Since 1789, only 2 percent of members of Congress have been women. From 1922-2006, only 33 women have served in the Senate: 20 Democrats and 13 Republicans.

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politics, women, milestones, elected-politics

AT&T, Apple And Getting To Ubiquitous Open Networks

Thu Aug 27, 2009 10:02 PM EDT

I've not paid a lot of attention to the fury over Apple, AT&T and GoogleVoice, but this AT&T "about face" from FreePress made me sit up and take notice:

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technology, at, wifi

Clunker Q&A by Jeff Jacoby

Seeded on Thu Aug 27, 2009 4:52 AM EDT (Boston Globe)

Tongue in cheek (fictitious) question-and-answer column focusing on Cash for Clunkers program and economics. I did not realize that polls show that 54 percent of Americans opposed the program. You'll laugh more if you are among that 54 percent.

politics, obama, economy, cash-for-clunkers

C4C: GM, Chrysler Losers

Thu Aug 27, 2009 4:10 AM EDT

Domestic automakers General Motors and Chrysler -- the two in the biggest world of hurt, financially -- had disappointing results in the Cash For Clunkers program.

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politics, obama, economy, stimulus, cash-for-clunkers

Happy Birthday, 19th Amendment

Wed Aug 26, 2009 10:17 PM EDT

If you've ever doubted than a black man would be elected president of the U.S. before a white woman assumed that office, just look at the history of voting in America.

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politics, american-history, suffrage, the-us-constitution

Cash For Clunkers Benefits Few, Stimulates Truck Sales

Tue Aug 18, 2009 2:21 PM EDT

First, the math. Have you seen any article that puts in context how many consumers are the beneficiaries of the Cash For Clunkers program? I haven't. And I know that most of us feel our eyes glaze over when we think about billions.

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politics, economics, cash-for-clunkers, the-economy

Print, beware! Publishers are "on the road" to pure digital

Seeded on Fri Aug 14, 2009 3:29 AM EDT (Ars Technica)

The American Chemical Society found that most subscribers to its academic journals no longer want the print version, and the group's VP of Web strategy says it's only a matter of time before print fades away completely.

business, books, publishing, ebook, journals

Cash For Clunkers Insanity

Wed Aug 12, 2009 3:36 PM EDT

I know that I'm late to the 'cash for clunkers' debate/discussion, but this is insane: We give a guy $4500 of taxpayer money to trade a truck getting 15 mpg for one getting 17 mpg?

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politics, congress, environment, detroit, obama-administration, cash-for-clunkers, mpg, stupid-policies

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About Kathy Gill

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Kathy Gill is a writer, educator and political junkie who has worked inside government -- at the state and federal level -- as well as outside governm …

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