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  • September 2008

    • Fans Make Racket Over Too-Loud Music

      Wall Street Journal  |  Sep 25, 08 4:20 PM CDT

      Fans Make Racket Over Too-Loud Music

      (Newser) - Some fans have a surprising problem with Death Magnetic , the new Metallica album, the Wall Street Journal reports: It’s too loud. Since the advent of the compact disc, musicians have pushed mastering engineers to make albums as loud as possible. As a result, a new CD like Death Magnetic is four to eight times louder, at the same stereo volume, than a 15-year-old disc. More »

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      music  • sound  • production  • heavy metal  • engineers  • Metallica

  • August 2008

    • Oil Costs Crimp Globalization

      New York Times  |  Aug 3, 08 5:03 AM CDT

      Oil Costs Crimp Globalization

      (Newser) - The soaring cost of oil is taking a toll on globalization, pushing companies to save on transportation by producing materials closer to home, the New York Times reports. The search for cheap production had been key for many firms—but now oil prices, as well as stricter import rules and environmental concerns, are pushing some to go more local. More »

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      oil  • oil prices  • globalization  • manufacturing  • production

  • June 2008

    • Forget the Rebound; 'This Thing's Going Down'

      Washington Post  |  Jun 27, 08 8:43 AM CDT

      Forget the Rebound; 'This Thing's Going Down'

      (Newser) - A cycle has emerged in the economic mood of recent months: a round of bad news sends markets into a tailspin, then things appear to improve, complete with predictions that the worst is behind us, only to fall apart again, writes Steven Pearlstein in the Washington Post. It’s time now to realize that “this thing’s going down, fast and hard,” Pearlstein concludes, and it won't turn around any time soon.  "We're caught in one of those vicious, downward spirals that, once it gets going, is very hard to pull out of." More »

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      recession  • economy  • US dollar  • real estate values  • production  • consumption

    • Italian Churches Ban Da Vinci Code Prequel

      ANSA (Italy)  |  Jun 16, 08 5:55 PM CDT

      Italian Churches Ban Da Vinci Code Prequel

      (Newser) - The diocese of Rome is branching out into film criticism and banning a DaVinci Code prequel from shooting in two of the city's churches because the first movie was “harmful to religious feeling,” the ANSA news agency reports. Like the original, Angels & Demons is directed by Ron Howard from Dan Brown’s adaptation of his novel. More »

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      film  • Catholicism  • church  • production  • Da Vinci Code

  • May 2008

    • Ugly Betty Moving to Big Apple

      ABC News  |  May 12, 08 5:55 PM CDT

      Ugly Betty Moving to Big Apple

      (Newser) - Ugly Betty , long set in New York, will now be shot there too, ABC News reports. The series is moving production to the Big Apple because of the financial incentives of a new state film tax credit. The expanded tax, announced last month by Gov. David Paterson, raises the percentage of eligible production costs from 10% up to 30%. More »

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      television  • New York  • David Paterson  • Ugly Betty  • production  • tax credit  • TV industry

  • December 2007

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