The latest numbers from the Newspaper Association of America show that newspaper advertising revenue is plummeting as attention and ad dollars move online. The numbers are downright ugly: Total advertising expenditures at newspaper companies were $10.9 billion for the third quarter of 2007, a 7.4 percent decrease from the same period a year earlier. Spending […]

BrightSpot.tv, a Internet television startup that promised to pay viewers when they watched advertisements, has shut its doors. A notice on the site explains the situation: Dear BrightSpot.tv Member BrightSpot Media would like to thank all of our valued members for participating on BrightSpot.tv and taking advantage of the partnerships that we had established. We […]

This is so funny that I though I should blog about it, and maybe Twitter about it, and then maybe mention it in the podcast, and tell my Facebook friends….. via Cinnamon Pants

Nine Inch Nails has been planning for a long time to try an interesting experiment with their latest album, Y34RZ3R0R3MIX3D. The release features fourteen tracks from the group’s Year Zero album, remixed by a select group of Trent Reznor’s heroes, friends, and strangers. Along with the release, NIN is including remixable Ableton Live files, separated […]

Remember Spiralfrog, the much-hyped free-music service that offers DRM-laden tracks incompatible with most people‚Äôs portable media players? Here’s our summary of Spiralfrog from when the service went live: The site lets you download tracks with Windows Media DRM. They can be used on some Windows computers and with compatible media players. Users need to register […]

The New York Times’ Freakonomics has an interesting interview with musician & podcaster Jonathan Coulton, who became an Internet superstar as a result of his Thing A Week music podcast (podcast feed). Last week, we asked for your questions for singer/songwriter/Internet celeb Jonathan Coulton. Thanks to all of you (including John Hodgman, or at least […]

According to PCWeek’s Trustworthy Tech, iPhone owners passionately love their devices. In its first year on the survey, the Apple iPhone scored a stunning 9.1 out of 10, beating the ratings that every other phone, from every carrier, in nearly every category, has received in the three years they’ve been including cell phones. The iPhone’s […]

Wonder why the Amazon Kindle is getting so much attention from top bloggers today? A lot of people are scratching their heads on this, wondering why so many a-list blogs are jazzed about an expensive, ugly device that lets you buy expensive DRM’d content. A device that’s kind of like a first-generation Zune for ebooks. […]

Zinio, a digital publishing and distribution platform for magazines and books, has introduced Zinio Mobile Newsstand for the iPhone and iPod Touch, a new way to read magazines for free on your mobile device. “Apple’s newest devices were natural for the launch of the Zinio Mobile Newsstand,” said Rich Maggiotto, Zineo CEO. “Users will benefit […]

NCH Swift Sound‘s free WavePad audio editing software is now available for Mac OSX as well as for Windows. It’s a wav and mp3 editor, but also supports vox, gsm, real audio, au, aif, flac, ogg and other formats. WavePad is designed to let you make and edit music, voice and other audio recordings. When […]