A new study says that Lexis, a standard source for seeing what news articles have been published where, misses a significant number of published stories. “Google News revealed that LexisNexis missed more than half of the news stories in major papers,” the researchers concluded. “LexisNexis is blind to a great many news stories because of the wire exclusion and this problem extends to major news outlets.”
Tag: 04.07.09
Australia To Set Up Nationwide Wireless Broadband
“The Australian government announced plans Tuesday to bring the future to the Land Down Under by spending up to $31 billion ($43 billion AUS) over eight years to create a nationwide fiber optic and wireless broadband network.”
Disabled Picket Authors Guild Over Kindle
“Some 200 people with print disabilities–physical impairments that restrict their ability to read print–protested in front of the Authors Guild headquarters in New York today, rallying against the Guild’s attempt to get Amazon to disable the Kindle 2’s text-to-speech function.”
Elastic Plastic Sponge
That’s the title of an enormous sculpture made of plastic tubing, 250 feet long and 25 feet wide, which will appear at California’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival next week. “And no doubt, festival-goers will find this to be one cool sculpture: It’s designed to spray water on passers-by.”
South Park Creators Get Their Dream Souvenir
The US Marines have presented Trey Parker and Matt Stone with an autographed photo of none other than Saddam Hussein. During his captivity, the late dictator was repeatedly shown the animated film South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut, which depicts Saddam as the (abusive) boyfriend of Satan.
Scenes From The Downturn: Nicolas Cage Has To Sell His Castle
“The global recession has forced Hollywood star Nicolas Cage to tighten his purse strings and sell his sumptuous castle in Bavaria in southern Germany.” He had purchased the 16th-century Neidstein castle, with 28 rooms and more than 400 acres of land, only two years ago.
BBC Needs A Dance Champion
“Dance UK director Caroline Miller has criticised the BBC for its lack of dance programming and expertise, claiming that a shortage of shows featuring the work of British companies is having a negative impact on the industry. The head of the lobbying body has called on the Corporation to reinstate a dance expert to its arts commissioning team.”
Plan For New Rambert Dance Co. HQ Back On Track
“Rambert Dance Company can proceed with plans for a new £14 million home near London’s South Bank ‘subject to contractual issues being resolved’, despite a legal wrangle preventing the larger building scheme it is part of from going ahead.”
He Was Just Too Young For That
Matthew Zachary was a promising 21-year-old concert pianist and composer when a brain tumor cost him the use of his left hand. As he battled his cancer over the next 13 years, he created the I’m Too Young for This! Cancer Foundation, so named because his doctors had misdiagnosed him at first for just that reason. This weekend, long symptom-free and with control over his left hand restored, he gives a concert for the first time in more than a decade.
Olivier-Winning Actor Is Sheffield Theatres’ New A.D.
“Sheffield Theatres took its first public step to reopening after a £15.3 million refurbishment project on Wednesday (April 8) by announcing its new artistic director. Daniel Evans, 35, an award-winning actor and director, will take on the position full time in June, to prepare for the complex’s grand reopening in November. Evans has won two Oliver Awards, both for best actor in a musical….”