A 45 MILLION archive containing correspondence by Charles Darwin, Lord Byron, Benjamin Disraeli, Sir Walter Scott and David Livingstone is to go on display in the Capital. Among the exhibits from the John Murray Archive to go on show at the National Library of Scotland will be the letter in which Darwin pitched the idea for his book On the Origin of Species, introducing the world to his theory of evolution. Other highlights include a mud-spattered drawing from David Livingstone’s last...
Is New Media Killing TV Viewership?
July 25th, 2007
From the «www.economist.com»:
DESPITE an increase in entertainment choices, watching television remains as popular as ever, according to the OECDs Communications Outlook 2007. In 15 of the 18 countries for which data were collected, broadcast-TV viewing increased from 1997 to 2005. Only in Spain, New Zealand and South Korea did people watch less. America takes the couch-potato crown, with households goggling at the box for an eye-straining average of 8 hours and 11 minutes every day. The nearest rival, Turkey, only manages an average of five hours a day.
It would also be interesting to know how many people are online while they watch TV. Its hard to get people to pay attention when their is so much media coming at them.
« Existing Home Sales Fall in June; Prices Up
WASHINGTON—Sales of existing homes fell for a fourth straight month in June as all sections of the country showed weakness. The reported that sales of existing homes dropped by 3.8 percent in June to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.75 million units, the slowest sales pace in 4 1/2 years. The median price of a new home edged up slightly to $230,300 in June, a small 0.1 percent increase from the sales price a year ago. That was the first year-over-year price increase in 11 months...