Paramount was squeezed into agreeing to this settlement. Controlling shareholder Shari Redstone was desperate for the Skydance merger to be completed even though 1st Amendment experts warned that any settlement consistuted a bribe of a public official and may be illegal. Further, it sets a dangerious precedent for media outlets interviewing public officials. Los Angeles Times | Letters [...]

Randall Roberts’ commentary on how the “deep listening” concert experience has been severely eroded because of technology, short attention spans and narcissistic behavior is sad but absolutely true [“Please Hold Those Tweets and Vids,” Jan. 12]. Gone are the days when the whole idea of going to a show was to get a sense of how the artist was going to re-create the [...]

There are several risks inherent in participatory journalism, especially when you get touchy-feely with a nut jog like Manson. If I was Hedegaard, I'd proceed directly to counseling, or call a priest or an exorcist - the devil has no doubt penetrated your soul, brother. Rolling Stone Magazine | Correspondence

danapointtimes.com — It’s a dark and dirty job, but somebody’s got to do it. I’m talking about the 30 plus scuba divers who participated in Saturday’s Dana Point Harbor Cleanup. And with prizes on the line, those divers pulled out a ton of stuff, including marine parts, building and plumbing materials, electronics, fishing gear, crates, bottles, laptops—even Old Glory. Poor girl, she wasn’t [...]