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Just a few days ago, The New Yorker magazine released ''The Complete New Yorker," a $100, eight-DVD set that allows you to read, and print a copy of, every article that has ever appeared in the magazine. To get an idea of how the TCNY might work on your computer, a free demo is available at thenewyorkerstore.com. So I was wondering: What gives them the right to do this? It's not possible that...

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The average American is a ravenous media junkie, consuming up to nine hours a day of television, web time or cellphone minutes, according to new research which raises fresh questions about how technology is revolutionising society. From iPods filling commuters' ears, the screens scrolling headlines in the elevator at work to proliferating on-the-move tools like cellphones and...

Major Internet sites are vying to become more like traditional media companies, setting up online clearinghouses for books, television, music and more in a bid to lure viewers. Today Lycos Inc., an early Internet search engine, plans to launch a technology to allow its U.S. users to self-publish video content on its site. Yesterday, Yahoo Inc. said it would spearhead the Open Content Alliance, a...

WASHINGTON -- New York Times reporter Judith Miller said Tuesday that if the federal prosecutor who sent her to jail doesn't bring criminal charges in his probe of the Bush administration, she will wonder why she spent nearly three months behind bars. "If he brings indictments, if he has a very serious case, then I might have to say perhaps his zealousness with respect to this mission was...

NEW YORK (CNN) -- New York Times reporter Judith Miller said Tuesday that she hopes the results of a probe into the leak of a CIA agent's identity will justify the nearly three months she spent in jail for refusing to identify her source. "If [special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald] has a very serious case, then I might have to say that perhaps his zealousness with respect to this mission was...

WASHINGTON – Army officials this week issued new warnings to soldiers about posting personal stories from combat zones on the Internet and taking photos at overseas bases, saying those actions could jeopardize troops’ security. The list of prohibited activities includes taking photos of Defense Department facilities, posting any official Defense Department information and releasing information...

THE INTERNET hasn't made everyone happy. There's spam, pornography, shady businesses and political dissent. A 40-nation U.N. study group thinks it has found another sore point: the nonprofit agency that sets the domain-naming rules and numbered computer addresses used for e-mails and Web sites. The problem? This nearly-invisible agency -- the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers --...

Asian and Pacific journalists now have until October 26 to apply for a fellowship program that would send them to learn and travel with U.S. colleagues in Hawaii, India and Pakistan. The next Jefferson Fellowships are scheduled for February 5 to 26, organized by the Honolulu-based East-West Center. The program brings journalists from Asia, the Pacific and the U.S. together to learn about issues...

Over the past years, the digital technology and Internet has become a major arena for broadcast media. Web-based television broadcasting is proving an attractive field for traditional electronic media and for communication in various sectors. Panos South Asia (PSA) is organising a 7-day South Asian regional — TV, Digital Technology and Online Broadcasting Training Workshop’ for media practitioners...

Journalists have a key role to play in fighting corruption, drugs and other problems that afflict the world of sports. That’s a major premise of an upcoming conference on coverage and oversight of sports. Sports journalists from around the world will gather with executives and experts at Play the Game 2005, scheduled for November 6 to 10 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The theme is "Governance in Sport...