Stephanie: January 2010

1.) 5 Sources Found From the Library Database Related to Media Industries:

1. Digital Publishing: "Thoughts on the Future of Publishing": Source: Business Source Complete (Ebscohost)
http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=7&hid=6&sid=357630ac-ea7a-4e97-b8f2-46d682d76d37%40sessionmgr4&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=a9h&AN=45553772

The article discusses the changes in the newspaper industry which amid the transition to digital publishing. As a result of the economic situation newspapers are changing from printing the news to making it digital.

2. "Children's Media Policy." Source: Business Source Complete (EBSCOhost) :
http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=14&hid=6&sid=357630ac-ea7a-4e97-b8f2-46d682d76d37%40sessionmgr4&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=a9h&AN=31703745

The article addresses the need "to balance media industries contributions to the health development of America's children against the consequences of excessive and age-inappropriate media exposure."

3. Cable: Source: ProQuest:"Bills for Time Warner, DirectTV Customers to Increase":
http://lib -ezproxy .tamu .edu:2048/login ?url=http://proquest .umi .com/pqdweb ?did=1939175771 &sid=2&Fmt=3 &clientId=2945 &RQT=309 &VName=PQD

4. Video Games: "Popular Demand." Business Source Complete
http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=20&hid=6&sid=357630ac-ea7a-4e97-b8f2-46d682d76d37%40sessionmgr4&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=a9h&AN=47678714

The Article "Popular Demand" discusses the success of Nintendo's game's which took off in the early 1980's. Since then the company has released several game systems that have become very popular. Including the best seller the Wii, which has moved Ninetendo into the fitness market.

5.Telephony: Source: CSA ILLUMINA / ProQuest: "Service Delivery Platform Implementing IP Multimedia Subsystem":
http://csaweb107v.csa.com/ids70/view_record.php?id=3&recnum=1&log=from_res&SID=2tvkqr0201381e1umr8g0esus7&mark_id=search%3A3%3A0%2C0%2C10

2.) 5 sources found from the Library Database related to Media Policy:

1. "Media Regulations" Source: Business Source Complete:
http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=3&hid=6&sid=d72e93b8-747a-4547-bf74-7aa9bcb9ef9d%40sessionmgr11&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=a9h&AN=47736338

The article discusses the U.S. mass media regulations. The media regulations are affecting television stations, radio stations, and newspapers as of January 2010.

2."FCC taps Web Exec To Study State of Media" Source: Business Source Complete:
http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=14&hid=6&sid=d72e93b8-747a-4547-bf74-7aa9bcb9ef9d%40sessionmgr11&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=a9h&AN=45062042

The article discusses the "U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has appointed journalist and internet industry financier Steven Waldman to conduct a review of the agency's mass media policy." Waldman will study the effects technological innovations and the recession on mass media and journalism and will then make policy recommendations.

3."Should Your Library Have a Social Media Policy?" Source: ERIC Processing and Reference Facility:
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/

In the article discusses whether a library should have media policy. The article explains why there should be a social media policy, and what the policy should include.

4."The politics of media policy: how political?" Source: Business Source Complete:
http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=17&hid=6&sid=d72e93b8-747a-4547-bf74-7aa9bcb9ef9d%40sessionmgr11&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=a9h&AN=44219100

The article discusses the understanding of major media policy issues in a new digital era.

5."Dynamics of power in contemporary media policy-making." Source: Business Source Complete:
http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=18&hid=6&sid=d72e93b8-747a-4547-bf74-7aa9bcb9ef9d%40sessionmgr11&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=a9h&AN=23407314

In this article "Dynamics of Power in Contemporary Media Policy Media," discusses the organization and the regulation of the media industries. In the global media environment there has been a considerable change that has shifted the balance of power between public and private interest in the policy making process.

3.) 5 websites with media industry news pages not housed in the library database:

1. "Will An Apple tablet Heat up E-Book War?" Source: www.NPR.org
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1020

In this article, the apple company's latest product which is expected to be a tablet size computer, which will have Amazons' Kindle or Sony's reader. Which could change the way book and newspaper industry view digital publishing.

2."New York Times' To Charge For Web Access In 2011". Source: NPR.org
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1020

In the Article, New York Times is now going to be charging their readers for full access to it's web site. Aimed at drawing more revenue online without advertisers driving away.

3. "Haitians Find Lifeline In Local Radio Station". Source: NPR.org
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122948825

In this article, radio signal in Haiti, 90.5, has been aired around the clock since the earthquake on January 12. Helping listeners post missing persons ads, survival tips and other useful information for those living in Haiti among the destruction.

4. "The Rise And Fall Of The Music Industry" Source: NPR.org
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99312293

The article discusses the rise of the record industry and its digital age collapse.

5. "Media Industry In A Free Fall" Source: NPR.org
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98521172

The article discusses how the internet has transformed the way we now get our information, which hurt print, television and radio revenue. Traditional media outlets were struggling before the financial collapse of our economy, "now the media industry is in a free fall."

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