links for 2008-06-20

• MediaPost Publications – Nielsen To Debut Out-Of-Home Viewing Data – 06/19/2008
  “The system offers the tantalizing prospect of measuring viewing in bars, hotels and workout gyms–something networks have argued they don’t receive credit for from advertisers. “
  (tags: Nielsen TV ratings)
• Web Worker Daily » Archive It’s a Record for Firefox 3 with 8M Downloads «
  Mozilla announced that Firefox 3 was downloaded 8 million times on its first 24 hours, setting a world record for the most software downloads over that period.
  (tags: mozilla firefox3 firefox Web browsers software Internet online tools)
• AP pulls a Metallica – Los Angeles Times
  “The AP has an obvious interest in preventing its work from being used for free by outlets that compete with its paying customers, including the Los Angeles Times. But it seems to misunderstand how the Internet has changed the way people find and discuss
  (tags: AP blogs bloggers blogging news media newspapers)
• Journalism 2.0: What’s the next step for news wires? | Fast Company
  “Seems to me like the AP is looking to be two very different things at once – equally part of both the Old and New Media.”
  (tags: AP blogs blogging bloggers news media newspapers)
• Study: Teens Would Rather Hit Web, TV Than Read
  “Today’s youth would rather go online, play videogames or watch TV than read magazines or books. According to new data released Thursday (June 19) from research firm Youth Trends, the percentage of teens (ages 13 to 17) and ‘tweens (ages 8 to 12) who read
  (tags: data internet magazines marketing media online research television tv web teens)