Monday, September 16, 2002

Quod erat demo Gillmor: In just about every way, the biggest players are trying to limit our choices. The implications are grim for innovation and for speech itself. Wall St. Journal: Next month, America Online, a unit of AOL Time Warner Inc., will begin offering for the first time a completely retooled version of its online service that is specifically designed to run on broadband Internet connections. The new version of the service has players for full-motion video and compact-disc-quality music built into it, so users won't have to click on a separate "media player." Gillmor: Today, a few corporate giants increasingly dominate the creation and delivery of news and entertainment. Give them the right to consolidate further, and average Americans will have fewer choices than ever. Wall St. Journal: It also will have more so-called appointment viewing, with televisionlike shows such as "Broadband Rocks," which will feature behind-the-scenes footage from rock concerts every Friday afternoon. 4:16:57 PM

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