Harvard University
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Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation (officially The President and Fellows of Harvard College) chartered in the country. Harvard's history, influence, and wealth have made it one of the most prestigious universities in the world.Harvard was named after its first benefactor, John Harvard. Although it was never formally affiliated with a church, the college primarily trained Congregationalist and Unitarian clergy. Harvard's curriculum and students became increasingly secular throughout the eighteenth century and by the nineteenth century had emerged as the central cultural establishment among Boston elites.
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A proposed Texas law would promote correcting incorrect news, online and off
Editor’s note: Our friends at Harvard’s Digital Media Law Project — recently renamed from the Citizen Media Law Project — noted a bill in Texas that could have significant implications for what happens when false information is published online — whether by a news organization or by a private citizen. We thought you’d be interested, so we’re republishing it here.
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Harvard Hacked Staff Staff E-Mails
The searches were to root out leaks to the news media in a cheating scandal, and the staff members were not told until months later.
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Harvard Hacked Staff E-Mails
The administration searched staff e-mails to try to root out the source of leaks to the news media in a cheating scandal, and the staff members were not told until months later.
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Daily Must Reads, February 14, 2013
1. Blogonomics: Honesty is the best policy when soliciting donations on the web (Reuters) 2. 'House of Cards' and the joys of addiction viewing (The Verge) 3. Instagram asks court to throw out class action lawsuit over policy changes (memeburn) 4. Harvard professor: Digital may have disrupted media first, but education is next (GigaOm) 5.
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Media Decoder Blog: The Breakfast Meeting: Courting Future Cable Subscribers, a Newspaper Reality Show, and a Saucy Ad Campaign
Two Harvard graduates are trying to reconcile students' viewing habits with the desire of cable companies and programmers to be paid for wireless content; NBC is looking for newsmen and newswomen to star in a planned reality show; and WBEZ, the Chicago public radio station, is hoping that Chicagoans will help create a new generation of listeners.
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The Breakfast Meeting: Courting Future Cable Subscribers, a Newspaper Reality Show, and a Saucy Ad Campaign
Two Harvard graduates are trying to reconcile students' viewing habits with the desire of cable companies and programmers to be paid for wireless content; NBC is looking for newsmen and newswomen to star in a planned reality show; and WBEZ, the Chicago public radio station, is hoping that Chicagoans will help create a new generation of listeners.
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Tivli Puts Streaming TV on Campus
Tivli tries to reconcile students’ viewing habits, which increasingly involve mobile devices, with the desire of companies to be paid for wireless content.
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Huey, Luce, and the news
At year-end, Time Inc. editor in chief John Huey quietly announced plans to head to a fellowship at Harvard after an 11-year run (six in the top job) on the Mount Olympus of magazine journalism. On his way up, he ran Fortune, coauthored Sam Walton’s autobiography, and held various jobs at The Wall.
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Will Facebook ever grow up?
Despite Facebook's Harvard-dorm-room roots, the company's M. O. is more stubbornly childish than post-collegiate. Think of Facebook as a self-absorbed, petulant brat, one that doesn't understand how to play well with others -- users, investors, partners, competitors. Original Story:.
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Free Harvard class teaches non-lawyers about copyright
Would you like to invoke the authority of Harvard the next time you debate authors’ rights or file-sharing? You might have your chance thanks to a new 12-week copyright course that seeks to mimic the experience of a Harvard law school class.
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