Sirius to come standard in nearly all Fords
Ford of Canada has announced that within one year, Sirius satellite receivers will be a factory-standard feature in nearly its vehicles sold in Canada.
Newspapers embracing citizen journalists
Ryerson Review of Journalism has a great article about how newspapers are turning to citizen journalists to cover local news. As always, RRJ is doing some excellent work. It’s well worth it to subscribe to the dead-tree edition. $20 for three years!
Private radio still wants regulatory changes
The Canadian Association of Broadcasters says while it welcomes decisions the CRTC made on its Commercial Radio Policy, is says “it remains to be seen whether the new policy will provide the regulatory flexibility necessary to compete with the new waves of competitors from the unregulated parallel system of audio providers.” Ah yes. All that competition from new media. I guess they missed this story.
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Ok, yes, I read that about Sirius, but did you read this article that says “Some 70% of next year’s U.S. car models will have built-in iPod connectors. And earlier this month, six major airlines announced they, too, would install iPod connectors and chargers at every passenger seat.” That’s right, bring on the radio-on-demand revolution my friends!
Read all about it at Canada.com:
http://www.canada.com/components/print.aspx?id=8ac770c3-4b51-400b-b62e-156545b5edca
I love the Ryerson Review of Journalism. Very complete and informative articles. Keep an eye out fot the next summer issue, The Hour will be in it.
Just because sirius will be in all Fords will not make me buy a Ford… sorry Ford. Good try though.