Boing Boing points us to the news that Heavy Ink, an online comic book shop, is pushing back against the lawyers for geeky TV personality Olivia Munn, after those lawyers demanded Heavy Ink destroy all copies of an Olivia Munn parody comic book called the Celebrity Showdown Olivia Munn One Shot #1. Of course, since Heavy Ink is just the retailer, it's not responsible for the content itself anyway, so the original letter was somewhat mistargeted, but even so, Heavy Ink makes the argument that...

Months after South Korean troops killed demonstrators in Gwangju, US president Ronald Reagan's aides made a concerted bid not to stress human rights with leader Chun Doo-Hwan, documents...

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Earlier, we had a story about NBC Universal boss Jeff Zucker being caught lying in his Congressional testimony on the Comcast/NBC merger. And a bunch of folks have now been sending in the news of Al Franken blatantly calling Comcast boss Brian Roberts for also being less than honest, specifically about the FCC rules to protect consumers:

"In other words, looking to get approval for this merger, you sat there in my office and told me to my face that these rules would protect consumers but your...

Months after South Korean troops killed demonstrators in Gwangju, US president Ronald Reagan's aides made a concerted bid not to stress human rights with leader Chun Doo-Hwan, documents...

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Recently, Mike posted a concise list of Ten Good Reasons to Buy – one of two essential elements in the Connect with Fans + Reason to Buy strategy that he has been observing and helping to define for some time. These reasons were brainstormed at Midem 2009, so they focus on the music business – but CwF+RtB has potential in all sorts of industries (Techdirt itself employs it).

So, with the New York Times going metered and rejecting a proposed membership model that would have been...

Months after South Korean troops killed demonstrators in Gwangju, US president Ronald Reagan's aides made a concerted bid not to stress human rights with leader Chun Doo-Hwan, documents...

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BusinessWeek - Workplace 911 for the Toughest Problems Today's Managers Face

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TechTarget Inc. on Monday said it finished an internal audit and reduced its third-quarter income by $967,000 to adjust for improper accounting. The company also said its chief financial...

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The telecommunications company FairPoint Communications Inc.'s debt would be cut by nearly two-thirds under its bankruptcy reorganization plan filed Monday. The plan outlined in a filing

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Iranian FM Mottaki tells Al Jazeera "Israel would never dare attack us."

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