[Nettime-bold] Media Channel Update

[Robert Atkins <robertatkins@earthlink.net>]

MAY 9, 2001, NEW FEATURES:

WHEATPASTE AND WEBSPACE: DYKE ACTION MACHINE
The anti-tech Webwork "Gynadome" is Dyke Action Machine!'s latest
campaign to jam lesbian images into public space.  Robert Atkins reports.
http://www.mediachannel.org/arts/perspectives/dam/index.html

JOURNALISM AND POWER: WATCHDOG OR ACCOMPLICE?
Frank Vogl warns the World Bank (and all of us) that corrupt media
ownership is endangering development.
http://www.mediachannel.org/views/oped/vogl.shtml

NEWS DISSECTOR: MOGUL POLS
Two media moguls, Silvio Berlusconi in Italy and Michael Bloomberg
in New York, are running for political office. Danny Schechter says
media and politics are converging.
http://www.mediachannel.org/views/dissector/mogul-pols.shtml

DAILY MEDIA NEWS
Breaking news stories about the media internationally,
from mainstream and alternative sources.
http://www.mediachannel.org/news/today/

**FROM OUR AFFILIATES**

THE PEOPLE'S MEDIA 
There may be hope for media yet! "Making Waves" reveals 50 projects
that enable poor people to "seize control of their own life stories."
http://www.mediachannel.org/front.shtml#waves

WALL STREET VERSUS THE NEWS
Alarms are sounding about the profit pressures facing U.S.
newspapers. Journalists and their bosses are invited to speak
out - on the record - about the impact of newsroom cutbacks.
http://www.mediachannel.org/front.shtml#profits

ONE WORLD MEDIA GOVERNMENT
The datastreams of our increasingly digital world are threatened by a
secret takeover. Jeremy Rifkin warns of "a radical plan to wrest control
of the entire spectrum from governments around the world."
http://www.mediachannel.org/front.shtml#spectrum

MEDIA READER
The best media about the media.
MediaChannel's international, biweekly, multimedia magazine
* Balkan Broadcasting
* The Napster Lesson Plan
* New York's Ethnic Press
And much, much more... Plus: Streaming audio and video
http://www.mediachannel.org/news/mediareader

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NEW MEDIACHANNEL E-BOOK!

"MEDIAOCRACY 2000: HAIL TO THE THIEF"
How the Media Stole the US Presidential Election
Edited by Danny Schechter, MediaChannel
and Roland Schatz, MediaTenor.
http://www.electronpress.com/excerpts/hailexc.htm

Hard-hitting analysis of the role of the U.S. media during the 2000
presidential election. Featuring commentary and reporting by
MediaChannel affiliates with an original introduction by Danny
Schechter. Forward by Crocker Snow, editor of the World Paper.

Sales of this book will benefit MediaChannel.org.

167 pages. 
German Edition published by Innovatio, January 2001
U.S. edition published by Electron Press, May 2001
http://www.electronpress.com/excerpts/hailexc.htm
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MediaChannel welcomes our new affiliates:
* Space Man Behave * Info-Ong * Link Media, Inc.
* WETV Foundation * Communications Consortium Media Center
http://www.mediachannel.org/


THE MEDIACHANNEL POLICY CENTER
In a time of rapid and sweeping change, media policies matter.
MediaChannel previews a new gateway to media policy
information, discussion, resources and organizations worldwide.
http://www.mediachannel.org/policycenter

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MEDIACHANNEL EVENT:

A discussion with Walter Cronkite and Dr. Benjamin Barber:
Media and Democracy: The Future of Journalism and the
Threat to the First Amendment

Thursday, May 24, 2001, 6 p.m.
First Amendment Center, 580 Madison Avenue (56th and 57th streets)
New York, NY. 

More events, action alerts and other notices on the BULLETIN BOARD
http://www.mediachannel.org/bulletinboard

MEDIACHANNEL'S BULLETIN BOARD AND MARKETPLACE
jobs*events*action alerts*services*equipment*programming & more
http://www.mediachannel.org/bulletinboard
http://www.mediachannel.org/market
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THE GLOBAL OWNERSHIP CHART
Thanks to the merger boom, media power is more concentrated than ever.
A new online chart presents the global media overlords in vivid color.
http://www.mediachannel.org/ownership

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GLOBAL NEWS INDEX
*Bookmark This!* 
Find newspapers and news sites worldwide with quick links to
over 600 news sources sorted by region and country.
http://www.mediachannel.org/links/links-frameset.html

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MEDIACHANNEL SEEKS INTERNS!
MediaChannel is seeking interns with a background in media studies,
media activism, or with Web publishing, programming, and multimedia
skills.
Contact catherine@mediachannel.org
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THE JOURNALISTS' TOOLKIT
http://www.mediachannel.org/getinvolved/journo
THE ESSENTIAL BOOKMARK FOR ANY JOURNALIST
Research tools, interview tips, Web writing guides and more!
http://www.mediachannel.org/getinvolved/journo

WEBMASTERS: YOU CAN ADD THIS ICON:
http://www.mediachannel.org/images/jtoolkit-mediachannel.gif
TO LINK TO THE TOOLKIT

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AS THE MEDIA WATCH THE WORLD, WE WATCH THE MEDIA.

MediaChannel is a not-for-profit project of OneWorld and The Global
Center, and is produced by Globalvision New Media.

MediaChannel.org ( http://www.mediachannel.org ) is the first Web
portal dedicated to international media issues, and the premiere Internet
source for analysis and information about the media. Driven by content
from a network of more than 660 international media
organizations and contributors.

MediaChannel explores areas such as freedom of expression, citizen
access to media, trends in media ownership, media arts and the
intersection of media and politics.

Support for MediaChannel.org has come from the Rockefeller Foundation,
The Open Society Institute, the Arca Foundation, the Reebok Human
Rights Foundation, the Puffin Foundation, the ABB group
and individual donors.

MediaChannel.org relies on grants and donations to continue its work.
If you want to help, please make a tax-deductible donation to the
Global Center, 1600 Broadway, Suite 700, New York, NY 10019.


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