This is why we can't have nice things.

Good (and long) post from Danny Sullivan about the recent newspapers vs. Google debacle. (via Kevin Anderson)

Eight years of Bush administration press pool photography, as selected by the head photo editors of AP, AFP, and Reuters.

Politico on media bias during the election. "As it happens, McCain’s campaign is going quite poorly and Obama’s is going well. Imposing artificial balance on this reality would be a bias of its own."

"Does the truth lie halfway between say, slavery and abolition, or between segregation and civil rights, or between communism and democracy? If you quote Dietrich Bonhoeffer or Winston Churchill, in other words, must you then give equal time and credence to Hitler and Joseph Goebbels? If you write an article that's critical of John McCain, are you then obligated to devote an identical number of words to criticism of Barack Obama, and vice versa?"

I like this Giles Coren chap.

Keith Olbermann gets a new site. If only I could get his show as a podcast.

"Here's something four-year-olds know: Media that's targeted at you but doesn't include you may not be worth sitting still for."

"Rhozet is focused on one goal: to provide universal media transcoding."

Apple patent submission for personalized podcasts. Or, "CREATION, MANAGEMENT AND DELIVERY OF PERSONALIZED MEDIA ITEMS "

After several years of unprecedented Apple successes...being a Mac writer at CES no longer dooms you to third-class status

Escapist talks about the sordid world of game reviews.

NCAA revokes press credntials of journalist for blogging a baseball game.

"Colleagues at my former outlet, PC World magazine, have told me that Editor-in-Chief Harry McCracken quit abruptly today because the company's new CEO, Colin Crawford, tried to kill a story about Apple and Steve Jobs."

"Firefly, formerly mt-daapd, is an open source digital audio server that can stream your music library to iTunes. Linux appears to be the most supported platform, but there is also beta support for Mac OS X, Windows, and even the AppleTV."

The idea behind this is interesting, but the article goes on roughly 5000 words too long.

Oscar clips no longer on YouTube - great job, MPAA.

YouTube has 67 employees; this works out to about $25million per employee, ignoring infrastructure and content rights.

Olbermann interview.

Or, "How Many Times Can Tom Friedman Say 6 Months Over Three And A Half Years?"

An organization of hope.

"the Flickr of illegally downloaded TV"

Jobs has a surprisingly well explained position.

backstage.bbc.co.uk is the BBC's new developer network, providing content feeds for anyone to build with.

Who greenlighted this crap?

Really neat crossbreeding of the NYT and blog citations.

Circus circus circus circus circus circus circus DIGNITY!!!!!!

via Kottke

The most fair and balanced lawsuit ever.

Let's hope they win. via Romenesko