Monthly Archives: May 2006

Ambassador Quincy

By Andy Sternberg | Published: 30 May 2006
Quincy Jones visited China for the first time in his storied career last week. The big story in the press is that Jones offered to compose a theme for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The real news, however, is what’s worth a skim. On May 26, Jones delivered a compelling speech at Beijing University in which he [...]
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Pew: Nearly 50 Million Create Own Web Content

By Andy Sternberg | Published: 30 May 2006
Another great study released by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. The Technology & Media Use report discloses that while “adoption of high-speed internet at home grew twice as fast in the year prior to March 2006 than in the same time frame from 2004 to 2005,” nearly 50 million Americans have posted their own [...]
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Independent: kids, porn & Guantanamo

By Andy Sternberg | Published: 28 May 2006
Some of the best reporting in recent years has appeared in the Sunday pages on the mothership isle on the other side of the Atlantic. The Independent (on Sunday) takes aim and fires away with "The children of Guantanamo." A true story purporting to "reveal" that "60 of the detainees of the US camp were [...]
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