14 Sep 2004
MGM studios 'sold to Sony'

With this purchase, Sony will control nearly half of the motion pictures ever made. Does anyone still doubt the increasing concentration in the media biz?

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Hollywood's last major independent, is set to accept a Sony offer worth $5bn.

(link) [BBC News | World | UK Edition]

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Aural Heaven: IPod and Analog

Speaking as a digital audio "expert", I will have to admit that analog does sound better - but not because it reproduces sound more accurately. Just the opposite:

... that the quality of CDs and today's speakers are so good, they simply reveal the limitations of poor recordings, especially older music.

By contrast, antique radios hide defects nicely with their vague but warm sounds.

In high-tech Japan, an antiques dealer pioneers a new way to listen to digital music -- by piping the tunes through tube radios. Nobuyuki Hayashi reports from Tokyo.

(link) [Wired News]

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