QUOTES by American journalist Edward R. Murrow  (1908-1965)

“A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.”  “We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.”  “We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty.  When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it.”  “The speed of communications is wondrous to behold.  It is also true that speed can multiply the distribution of information that we know to be untrue.”  https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/178884.Edward_R_Murrow

QUOTES by Arnold Eric Sevareid (1912-1992) one of a group of elite war correspondents hired by pioneering CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow, and thus dubbed "Murrow's Boys".  "I have never quite grasped the worry about the power of the press.  After all, it speaks with a thousand voices, in constant dissonance."  "The most distinguished hallmark of the American society is and always has been change."  "Next to power without honor, the most dangerous thing in the world is power without humor."  http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/e/eric_sevareid.html  Eric Sevareid Farewell  Nov.  30, 1977  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHGHm8iPeUY  3:57

A U.S. district court judge has once again taken a look at three publishers’ case against Georgia State University’s e-reserve and ruled that, in 41 of 48 cases, no copyright infringement took place.  The ruling at https://www.docdroid.net/doPcJWE/dkt-no-510-order-dated-2016-03-31.pdf.html, a 220-page walk-through that applies the four-part fair-use test to each of the 48 cases, is seen by copyright experts as a complicated decision that won’t be of much help to universities in determining fair use, as it relies on revenue data not normally available.  Still, observers described it as a win for proponents of fair use and another loss for the publishers.  http://www.bespacific.com/district-court-rules-favor-library-e-reserve-publishers/

Publisher, editor, and award-winning children’s book author James Cross Giblin died on April 10, 2016.  He was 82.  Giblin was born in Cleveland in 1933 and grew up in Ohio.  He studied at Northwestern University before transferring to Western Reserve University (now Case Western Reserve University) in Ohio, receiving his B.A. in 1954.  Giblin received an M.F.A. in creative writing in 1955 from Columbia University.  As a child he took an early interest in reading, and in drawing comic strips, which he has said was greatly encouraged by his mother.  This passion persisted and he worked on school newspapers throughout junior high and high school and began to pursue playwriting in college.  He stayed in New York City after earning his degree at Columbia to do so, but when that career path didn’t go as planned, he took at job at Criterion Books in 1959, and soon turned an eye toward specializing in the children’s book field.  In the early to mid-1960s Giblin was an associate editor at Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, then moved to Seabury Press in 1967 and became editor-in-chief, spearheading the development of the children’s book line there, later called Clarion Books.  When Houghton Mifflin bought Clarion in the late 1970s, Giblin moved to the company as Clarion’s publisher.  In 1980 Giblin saw his first children’s book published, The Scarecrow Book (Crown), written with collaborator Dale Ferguson.  Giblin went on to write more than 20 books for young readers, mainly nonfiction, historical nonfiction, and biographies.  Shannon Maughan  http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/69940-obituary-james-cross-giblin.html

Feminist and author Gloria Steinem and Hollywood producer Brian Glazer are among this year's winners of the Books for a Better Life Award.  The New York City-Southern New York Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society presented the awards April 18, 2016.  The awards honour "self-improvement" authors and help raise money for programs and services helping people with MS.  Steinem was commended for her memoir "My Life On the Road" and Glazer for "A Curious Mind," co-authored with Charles Fishman. Glazer's credits range from the Oscar-winning "A Beautiful Mind" to "Splash" and "Apollo 13."  Others receiving awards included Ann Ogden Gaffney for "Cook for Your Life: Delicious, Nourishing Recipes for Before, During, and After Cancer Treatment," Sarah Hepola for "Blackout" and Megan Feldman Bettencourt for "Triumph of the Heart."  http://www.pentictonherald.ca/entertainment/national_entertainment/article_fca985dd-c70e-5bd1-b719-9e568d4055c6.html

Product placement is a form of advertising--usually not involving ads--in which branded products and services are noticeable within a drama production with large audiences.  Product placements (also called embedded marketing)  are presented in way that will generate positive feelings towards the advertised brand and are implemented, mentioned, or discussed through the program.  http://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/product-placement.asp

April 19, 2016  In an unusual step for an American corporation, Ben & Jerry’s heavily promoted the arrest of the company’s senior management on social media and in a press release that explained:  “why Ben and Jerry just got arrested”.  “It all comes down to a simple idea that we believe in whole-heartedly:  if you care about something, you have to be willing to risk it all--your reputation, your values, your business--for the greater good,” the release said.  Jerry Greenfield and Ben Cohen were arrested while participating in the Democracy Spring protests, a two-week series of demonstrations beginning on April 11, 2016 at the US Capitol.  The demonstrations are not affiliated with any presidential candidate, but are calling on politicians at all levels of government “to commit to fight for reform to save our democracy and ensure political equality”.  The co-founders were released in time to host a Monday night event at George Washington University, where they gave students free ice cream and spoke to them about politics, including their support for Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders, who inspired a limited edition Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavor:  Bernie’s Yearning.  Ben & Jerry’s social media accounts have been dominated by coverage of the protests, which have been called Democracy Spring and Democracy Awakening, and some of the company’s board members and employees joined the co-founders at demonstrations on the Capitol steps.  Amanda Holpuch 

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/19/ben-and-jerry-arrested-us-capitol-democracy-spring-protests   Is this a form of product placement?  

On April 21, 2016, Cheerios sent out a tweet with the a simple “Rest in peace” message against a purple backdrop, with a Cheerio to punctuate the i, and #prince.  http://fortune.com/2016/04/21/cheerios-tweet-prince/  Is this product placement? 

Prince sold more than 100 million records, won seven Grammys and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004.  Here’s a look at the lengthy career of the ambitious musician, who died at 57.  John Woo, Robin Stein and Yousur Al-Hou  April 21, 2016

 http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/22/arts/music/prince-dead.html  See also https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/magic-memories-princes-warmth-and-wit-shone-in-private/2016/04/22/13518e9a-0882-11e6-bfed-ef65dff5970d_story.html and http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/22/entertainment/prince-last-days/

46 Environmental Victories Since the First Earth Day by Brian Clark Howard  http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/04/160422-earth-day-46-facts-environment/

http://librariansmuse.blogspot.com  Issue 1459  April 22, 2016  On this date in 1970, the first Earth Day was celebrated.  On this date in 1977, Optical fiber was first used to carry live telephone traffic.