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From @SharkGoddess, What would you want to do for a living if you hadn't made it as an actor? I was an engineering major in college & I'm kinda crazy about the social web so I'd probably B doing something in that realm. ironic...
Under the plans from both the House and Senate, these new, government-run, Web-accessible marketplaces for private insurance (along with possibly a public or co-op alternative) could, theoretically at least, make reviewing and purchasing a new health plan as transparent and easy as entering your zip code and clicking your mouse. Certain broad aspects of the exchange concept are widely accepted: the exchanges would put individuals into large risk pools, allowing them to buy health insurance at a significantly lower cost; federal subsidies for individuals too poor to afford insurance on their own would be doled...
...when News Corp. chairman and managing director Rupert Murdoch announced that he was going to start charging for online news content by July 2010. At last, they exulted, somebody was jumping in and demanding that consumers pay for a product that has been given away for nothing on the Web. And even better, that somebody was not them...
...blew out most of the advertising that the news industry relies on. As newspaper after magazine folds or seeks a buyer, pro-payment advocates are affirming ever more urgently that content is expensive to produce and they can't afford to keep giving it away on the Web. The free agents counter that Web publishing is based on getting traffic - the so-called link economy - and pay walls stop that dead. Customers also claim they won't pay. (See how to save your town's newspaper...
Despite the fact that, in Web time, July 2010 is an eternity from now, Murdoch clearly felt the need to do something quick. He made the announcement while discussing News Corp.'s dire year-end results: his empire took a stinging $203 million loss in the fourth quarter, and operating income was down 30% for the year. All in all, the company swung from a $5.34 billion profit the year before to a $3.38 billion loss in the fiscal year that just ended. Murdoch cares little for Wall Street, but he knows his investors need to have confidence that...