NBC will broadcast the Summer Olympics in Beijing starting Aug. 8 and has announced an unprecedented amount of coverage: 3,600 hours of programming over 17 days. The 2004 Olympics in Athens got 1,200 hours of coverage.
Although big names such as Tom Joyner, Michael Baisden and Steve Harvey enjoy large audiences and thriving careers in radio, African-American voices in community radio are declining. U-Savior Washington and Bob Law talk about the disparity as highlighted in their new documentary, <em>Disappearing Voices</em>.
From YouTube to MySpace to Friendster, young people — and some not-so-young people — are making news that's popping up on the Web only. Andrea Seabrook runs down the latest stories blazing across the viral world of the Web.
Many businesses are using the economic crunch as a marketing tool. But will people spend money if you keep reminding them how tight things are? Seth Stevenson, ad critic for the online magazine <em>Slate</em>, talks about what ads we're watching and what it means.
A court has ordered Google to turn over a database that links users to every video they've watched on the popular Web site YouTube. Jennifer Urban, director of the University of Southern California Intellectual Property and Technology Law Clinic, says the ruling has big implications for online privacy.
As the marathon presidential campaign heads for the autumn stretch, voters should consider going on a media diet, be honest about their own biases and search out sources with views other than their own.
In a bizarre combination of the movies <em>Beverly Hills Cop</em> and <em>Catch Me if You Can,</em> a former cop impersonates a federal agent and starts busting drug users in small-town Missouri. The reporter who broke the story talks about how she got the scoop.
When protesters in southern Morocco clashed with security forces, there was very little coverage from state-run television stations. But amateur video posted on YouTube showed what the official media would not. Young Moroccans say the Web is leaving traditional media behind.
More and more U.S. companies are outsourcing jobs overseas to cut costs, and that includes newspaper groups. Employees in India are doing everything from writing ad copy to copy editing to writing weekend supplements for U.S. and British newspapers.
The United States faces tough competition in individual sports, and athletes from other countries now dominate contests in which Americans once excelled. But then there's swimming champion Michael Phelps, the great U.S. hope in this summer's Olympic Games.
