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Textbook company looking to integrate texts on Blackboard

Wired Magazine reported today that Flat World Knowledge, an open-source textbook publisher, will integrate its books into Learning Management Systems such as Blackboard and ANGEL.

MySpace turns over 90,000 names of convicted sex offenders

The New York Times reports that MySpace gave two attorney generals the names of 90,000 sex offenders the company banned from the site. The amount was 40,000 more than MySpace acknowledged previously.

MySpace’s disclosure follows a report by the Internet Safety Technical Task Force, a panel created by 49 attorneys general, that said the issue is overblown. It concluded the problem of bullying among children, both online and offline, was far more serious than sexual solicitation of minors by adults online.

Facebook is also working with the two attorney generals.

TV's New Age of Opportunity

Here's a little something different than the gloom and doom state of the industry that we've been hearing. Dare I say it's almost optimistic... This is from a speech given at NATPE last week. There's also a link to the full speech if you'd care to read all of it.

News Corp to cut jobs in London, New York

The Financial Times reports that the media company (which owns the Wall Street Journal and other newspapers) is cutting back staff.

WSJ: Michigan See Itself in the Movies

The Wall Street Journal reports that Michigan will use an old General Motors factory as a movie production facility, which will eventually employ 3,600 people. There are plenty of old GM factories in Indiana...maybe we should do the same thing.

Phantom 2

This is a little old, and not directly related to media but I felt it was worth posting.

Broadway may be many things today (vapid, derivative, unoriginal), but now it's about to be something new: sequel laden.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28426152/