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( ) Big Zell Dis

Russert Blogs: Maureen Orth notes that "Elvis's death in 1977 rated two paragraphs in People Magazine." But, if memory serves, that's not entirely because the culture of celebrity wasn't well-developed back then (Orth's point). It's because in 1977 Elvis was not such a big deal. ... P.S.: Why isn't Orth blogging for HuffPo? Memo to Arianna: She seems like a natural fit. Memo to Orth: It's not bloggy to let a few little disagreements get in the way of mutually beneficial traffic-sharing. Enmity is so print. The Web's win-win! ... There, I've brought them together.... 12:56 A.M.

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Wednesday, August 22, 2007

New Orwell on Offense: Andrew Sullivan excoriates pundits who exhibited "spectacular misjudgment about the war in Iraq," something that he says "should consign the author to irrelevance." Fair enough.** [But Sullivan excludes anyone who "explicitly explained why he was wrong and apologized," and Sullivan has apologized, abjectly--ed. More>>
( ) Kindle that reading glow

E-books made their debut about a decade ago, with confident predictions that paper pages would soon be considered quaint. Imagine a device called a "reader," about the size of a Danielle Steele novel, which could hold up to 20 volumes. The text was downloaded from the publisher to a personal computer, and then to the reading device, where one could adjust the font size and glare to one's individual need or taste. The industry was abuzz: No less a luminary than Stephen King published an e-novel, to great fanfare. "In 10 years," I heard one e-publisher say, while hoisting a traditional volume, "what need will anyone have for this?"

Hubris has its cost, and e-publishing lost that round. And the next, and the next, as the future never did seem to arrive. Last year's Sony Reader debuted in time for Christmas (how many debuts did that make?) and failed to revolutionize the reading habits of America. More>>
( ) Need to know

Music companies The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, the industry body, announced that digital music sales rose by 40 per cent last year and called on internet service providers to take action to counter illegal filesharing. It added that record companies’ revenue from digital sales reached $2.9 billion (£1.48 billion) but the growth is still failing to cover losses from the collapse of CD sales.

News Corporation, parent company of The Times, will not drop subscription charges to The Wall Street Journal website, Rupert Murdoch, its chief executive, said, although more material will be made available free. Subscription rates – $79 for internet access - may also be raised, he added.

Natural resources

Lonmin, the world’s third-biggest platinum producer, cut full-year sales targets to 860,000 ounces of platinum, after a production short-fall in the first quarter and a revised estimate of the effect of the Easter break in March, but forecast a strong operational performance in the second half. More>>

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