links for 2006-11-18

Ross Levinsohn has resigned as president of FIM and will be succeeded by Peter Levinsohn, president of digital media for the Fox Entertainment Group.

Journalists at the WSJ are the latest to rebel against the growing list of new media tasks they are having to do.

“If newspapers simply reproduce, in the digital world, the same crusty, ill-informed bundle of prejudices they express in print, they will fail.”

(Ugh. You spend a Friday at some awards thing, and what happens? You get scooped, that’s what.) The Mirror will launch a searchable PDF archive in January. Great stuff.

Seamus McCauley looks at the Craigslist decision and asks: “Is liability for what goes on online tipping ever more from the media owner to the user?”

Blogger Josh Wolf, who is in a US prison for contempt after refusing to turn over a tape he shot at a demonstration, could remain jailed until July. “If that happens, Mr. Wolf, who has served 88 days, will be the longest-incarcerated journalist in recent

David Cohn at NewAssignmet.net looks at why MySpace founders Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe were right to be included in the PG “New Establishment” list.

Universal Music has sued MySpace for copyright infringement. “The foundation of MySpace is its so-called user-generated content,” the suit states, adding this is “user-stolen intellectual property of others, and MySpace is a willing partner in that

“It’s time for Silicon Valley to accept the same laws that govern the rest of American business, says Fortune’s Adam Lashinsky.”

Footage from cameras located in Tesco in Barrow is now on view to the public on YouTube following a security breach.