Sunday, June 03, 2007

Everybody Talks About the Weather; All of a Sudden, It’s Controversial. The Weather Channel has seen its primary subject turn into a hot-button issue because of the topic of climate change. By MARIA ASPAN. [NYT > Business] 9:58:41 PM    comment []

Advertising: Publishers Creating Their Own In-House Ad Agencies. The president of the Condé Nast Media Group has developed an agencylike business within the ad sales unit. By LOUISE STORY. [NYT > Business] 9:54:42 PM    comment []

Democrats debate in N.H. [MSNBC.com: Top MSNBC Headlines] 9:50:08 PM    comment []

McCain Wants Ballmer For His Cabinet. While many people jumped all over presidential hopeful John McCain's wrong-headed view on network neutrality, few noticed his infuriating love for Microsoft. "[T]he 70 year old presidential hopeful also said that he would ask Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to serve on his cabinet to deal with technology issues if elected. He did not however say what position Ballmer might be hired in, but did joke that he might consider him for a diplomatic position, such as ambassador to China." Read more of this story at Slashdot. [Slashdot] 9:49:18 PM    comment []

Online Reputation Is Hard To Do. Symblized writes "A new article from InformationWeek argues that not only does the Web need ways to verify identity, it also needs better ways to measure reputation . The article uses Digg, Wikipedia, and eBay as examples and muses whether their models could be applied more widely. There's also a profile of Opinity, a company that tried to introduce a reputation system and didn't make it. Choice quote from a source in the article: 'The idea of a transferable, semantic reputation is identity nirvana.'" Read more of this story at Slashdot. [Slashdot] 9:41:30 PM    comment []

US-India nuclear deal talks fail. India fail to bridge differences with the US over a proposed deal on nuclear co-operation after three days of talks. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] 8:29:02 AM    comment []

Clemens to Miss Series Against Chicago. A groin injury will keep Roger Clemens off the field for at least the Yankees’ series against the White Sox. Kei Igawa is expected to start in his place. By TYLER KEPNER. [NYT > Sports] 8:26:14 AM    comment []