Kathleen Miles: If Koch Brothers Buy LA Times, Half of Staff May Quit

Whichever owner wins out, change is coming, and LA readers and journalists need to be paying attention. The LA Times largely decides what is LA news.   Original post on huffingtonpost.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Milky Way: Stéphane Guisard’s zoomable photo of the Milky Way’s center.

So, whatcha doing today? Forget I asked, because after you click on this link, your day will be gone. Poof! Vanished, since you will find yourself buried in a magnificent, massive of the center of the Milky Way galaxy. And when I say massive, I mean it’s friggin’ HUGE: 24,000 x 14,000…   Original post on slate.com    Comments on reddit.com   

RIAA Revenue Dwindles As Labels Cut Back – TorrentFreak

The latest RIAA tax filing shows that the revenue generated by the anti-piracy group has reached a new low. In just two years the membership dues from music labels have been cut in half and have now sunk to below $30 million a year. While the group has 72 employees, payouts to the top two executives including CEO Cary Sherman amount to more than $3 million, some 25% of the total wage bill.   Original post on torrentfreak.com    Comments on reddit.com   

German renewables output hits record high in H1 – Reuters

BERLIN, July 26 (Reuters) – Germany produced 67.9 billionkilowatt hours of renewable energy in the first half of 2012, arecord high and an increase of 19.5 percent from the same periodlast year, industry   Original post on reuters.com    Comments on reddit.com   

VIDEO: London mayor mocks Mitt Romney in front of 1000s, plus UK Daily Mail tweets: “Worse than Sarah Palin. Total car crash.” – The Political Carnival

The Political Carnival is a fast paced Progressive political site that combines humor with dead serious, inanity with politics (synonymous?), snark galore, and sprinkles in idiosyncratic posts with breaking news. We aggregate stories from multiple sources, provide original content, have fun with visuals, and always appreciate reader input. We get some of our best tips from you!   Original post on thepoliticalcarnival.net    Comments on reddit.com   

Google to pay $0 to Oracle for their lawsuit – Denver Computers – Examiner.com

In a hearing in the US District Court today, it was determined that Google will pay a net total of nothing for Oracle’s patent claims against them. In fact, Goo   Original post on examiner.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Netflix, Hulu drive U.S. consumers to cut cable cord – Digital Media – CNET News

Researcher finds that 1 million U.S.-based customers cut the cord last year, but that’s just a fraction of the more than 100 million cable or satellite subscribers. Read this blog post by Don Reisinger on Digital Media.   Original post on cnet.com    Comments on reddit.com