BTG005 Are Movie Studios Killing Podcasting?

SALINGER UPDATE

Publishers Weekly article

Associated Press story

(I’m now pondering the difference between an article and a story.)

PODCASTING

Movie studios are posting single clips as podcasts. The worst offenders:

• Underworld — 1 MP3, last updated in April
• Street Fighter — 1 MP3, late updated in late June*
• Fired Up — 1 MP3, last updated in late May
• Just Not That Into You — 1 MP3, last updated early May
• Harry Potter — 1 MP3, last updated in late June*
• Angle of Death — Award for worst offender! TWO feeds, each with 1 file.

I’ll concede it’s possible that the feeds with one file posted recently could send out more stuff in the future.

BARTLEBY

American Heritage Guide to Contemporary Usage and Style at Google Books

Common Errors in English Usage — Paul Brians’ website

AMAZON FREAK OUT

Industry Begins Debate Over Removal of Kindle Titles — Publishers Weekly

Some eBooks are More Equal Than Others — David Pogue in the NTY

TWITTERVERSE AND TWITTERATI MAKE IT INTO THE COLLINS DICTIONARY

Collins Dictionary Site

Collins Dictionary Review

Mashable’s story about words being added to the Collins Dictionary

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS HISTORICAL THESAURUS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Slate’s Culture Gabfest podcast talking about the Urban Dictionary (scroll down to the July 8 episode)

GRAMMAR GIRL IN CHINESE

Buy the book in simple Chinese. (Since I can’t read this page, I can’t vouch for it personally, but someone who speaks Chinese sent me the link, so I presume it is legit.)

TRADEMARKING TWEET

Article from PCmag.com

URBAN DICTIONARY

The Slate Culture Podcast’s on the merits and drawbacks of the Urban Dictionary site, and where I learned that Oxford University Press is getting ready to release their Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary.

FREE?

Publishers Weekly article

GODADDY

Use the code POD115 for 10% off.