Saturday, October 6, 2007

weekly media roundup

After months of speculation, WQXR FM (96.3) in New York City is now heard over the internet with iTunes software through a default setting within the Radio icon section.

The Saint Paul Pioneer Press reports that Macintosh computers are becoming a growing trend among college campuses across the Twin Cities area.

The popular ABC TV show, "Desperate Housewives," has come under fire by the Philippine government and Filipino americans, regarding a racial comment about Filipino medical doctors by one of the shows characters that was supposed to be funny.

WCCO TV, a CBS affiliated station in Minneapolis, is now number one in the local news ratings, according to a report by the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.

U.S. conservative talk radio host, Rush Limbaugh, has become under intense criticism by Democratic party leaders in Washington D.C. and media critics for making a insensitive remark about U.S. Solders in Iraq, who were protesting the Bush's Administration military policy in Iraq, in which he describe them as "phony solders," reported by Media Matters for America.

A civil grand jury in Duluth, Minnesota, had prosecuted a thirty year old woman from Brainard to pay $220,000 in damages to the Recording Industry of America for uploading copyrighted music onto her computer; the case however is considered on the grounds of appeal, according to the Duluth-News Tribune.

Several NOAA Weather radio receivers from Oregon Scientific are recalled by the U.S. Consumer and Products safety commission over possible fire hazards.

Andrew Zimmerman, a Minneapolis-based chef, is quitting his programming stint on FM 107.1, according to the Saint Paul Pioneer Press.