. . . What do superstar VCs watch on YouTube

From my friends over at Beet.tv:

I thought you might enjoy this one. Andy and I saw Roger McNamee yesterday at MIT. We taped his thoughts on the proliferation of video. He also says he enjoys Keith Olbermann clips, and ones of baby pandas in China:

http://www.beet.tv/2006/09/superstar_vc_ro.html

. . . From the excellent I Want Media Daily e-newsletter, Patrick Phillips and team at NYU . . . :-)

Google, Yahoo 'Don't Have to Pay for Journalism'

A change in media business models has been created by the simple fact that it is more effective to sell products and services next to a search box than next to journalism, writes Tom Foremski, a Financial Times reporter-turned-blogger. "How will we pay for professional journalism?"

http://iwantmedia.com/

. . . Also from I Want Media:

U.S. Media 'in Decline Worldwide'

American media are experiencing a decline in world audience market share, according to British media expert Jeremy Tunstall, author of the forthcoming book "The Media Were American." India, China and Japan now have media exports that equal, or exceed, their media imports.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/5967_1808511,001600060016.htm

I wonder how soon US online media companies such as Google, Yahoo, etc will face a similar decline in market audience?

http://iwantmedia.com/

. . . Is OpenDomain.org altruistic or business savvy?

OpenDomain offers free use of domain names to open source software communities.

Ric Johnson, president of OpenDomain.Org. "We don't sell domains nor do we transfer them. Instead, we buy domains so organizations that share our view of responsible open sourcing can use them for free in promoting these open technologies.

However, OpenDomain keeps ownership, which could be a big problem in the future. It should give them away not keep them, so that open source communities can keep control over the future of their own online address.

http://www.opendomain.org/

. . . OpenDNS is launching PhishTank on Monday

PhishTank is a collaborative clearing house for data and information about phishing and malware on the Internet.

. . . We don't need no stinkin' $100 MIT laptops

Especially since we can get a $70 PC. That's what South Korean firm nComputing showed at DEMO.

http://www.ncomputing.com/ncomputing/index.php

. . . Coming up the Society of New Communications Research conference

Inaugural Society for New Communications Research Symposium & Awards Gala, November 1 - 2 at the Colonnade Hotel in Boston, Mass. Be the first to hear the results of our 2006 research initiatives and winning case studies from around the globe. Receive a copy of the first Journal of New Communications Research. Help us determine our 2007 research agenda and hear about developing standards for social media initiatives.

View the entire program and session descriptions here.