Don Irvine

CNN Beats Fox, On the Internet

CNN the onetime cable news ratings king may find some solace in the fact that they are soundly beating their nemesis Fox News on the internet. From Mediaweek

Newspapers Lose More Ground to the Internet

Newspapers lost more ground to the internet and television as a source of information according to the latest study from the Digital Future Project. From E & P:

Newspapers continue to be seen as less important at their primary job — being sources of information – according to the latest edition of the nine-year-old Digital Future Project from the USC Annenberg School for Communications and Journalism.

Politically Correct Donations Only

The Washington Post reported Last Saturday that the Smithsonian Institution has put on hold a $5 million donation from the American Petroleum Institute over objections from two of the museum complex's Board of Regents including U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) about accepting money from the oil industry for a project on the world's oceans.