Articles by: Michael Geist

Spectrum Auction Delay?

Deirdre McMurdy reports that "industry buzz" on the forthcoming spectrum auction would delay release of the rules to December 2007 with the auction to follow in May 2008.

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August 27, 2007 1 comment News

Canadian Heritage Must Face Up To New Digital Reality

Appeared in the Toronto Star on August 26, 2007 as Time to Rethink Canadian Heritage's Mandate The recent decision to shift Bev Oda out of the Canadian Heritage portfolio was one of the cabinet shuffle's worst kept secrets.  Oda was labeled by many commentators as a weak Minister – the […]

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A Nation of Outlaws

Stephen Mihm in the Boston Globe on "what's happening halfway around the world [in China] may be disturbing, even disgraceful, but it's hardly foreign. A century and a half ago, another fast-growing nation had a reputation for sacrificing standards to its pursuit of profit, and it was the United States."

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August 26, 2007 Comments are Disabled News

Wired on the E-stonia Takedown

Wired features a blow-by-blow account on last spring's e-attack on Estonia.

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August 26, 2007 2 comments News

Off the Record

The Prospect features an insightful article into the economics of the recording industry including the growth of performance revenues and the impact of the CD.

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