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Monday February 3, 2008

More Americans Turning To Internet For News

According to an Online survey of approximately 2,000 people polled, We Media/Zogby Interactive found that about 70 percent of Americans believe traditional journalism is out of touch, with nearly 50 percent looking to the Internet to get their news. Just last year 40 percent of those polled used the Internet to get news information. Less than one third use television to get their news, while 11 percent turn to radio and 10 percent to newspapers.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080301/tc_nm/internet_news_dc;_ylt=AmKHJbixsjh6zgVXWWnyEtT6VbIF

William Morris Agency, AT&T, Venture Capital Firms Partner

An unlikely group, involving The William Morris Talent Agency, AT&T, and venture capital firms Accel Partners and Venrock have formed a consortium aimed at funding Southern Californian start-up companies involved in wireless Web applications and digital media. The group will aim to invest in companies interested in creating online content and technology in areas including broadband, wireless, gaming, advertising, entertainment and emerging media platforms. Overlooking the joint fund will be angel investor Richard Wolpert, former Chief Strategy Officer at RealNetworks and former head of Disney's online unit.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/03/business/media/03morris.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSN0332766620080303
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-venture3mar03,1,4263408.story
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080303005186&newsLang=en

Virginia Supreme Court Upholds Spammer's Conviction

In a victory in the ongoing battle against spamming, a Virginia Supreme Court ruled that Virginia’s anti-spamming law does not violate free-speech rights, noting that misleading commercial speech is not entitled to First Amendment protection. The ruling upholds a nine year prison sentence and first felony conviction for spamming given to Jeremy Jaynes, considered one of the top 10 spammers in 2003. Jaynes is accused of using several computers to send 53,000 e-mails over three days in July 2003, exceeding the law's felony threshold of 10,000 a day. His operation reportedly generated as much as $750,00 a month.

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2008-02-29-spammer-conviction_N.htm
http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20080301/BUSINESS/4875468/1006
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080302-first-spam-felony-conviction-upheld-no-free-speech-to-spam.html

[edited by: Vanessa_Zamora at 11:52 pm (utc) on Mar. 3, 2008]