links for 2007-04-25

“… [we’ll see] more media producers openly embrace fan practices, encouraging us to take media in our own hands, and do our part to insure the long term viability of media we like. Indeed, our new mantra is that if it doesn’t spread, it’s dead.”

“Tony Blair became the first British Prime Minister to answer questions from users of internet video sharing site YouTube, as part of his governing Labour Party’s move to attract younger voters.”

In the face of massive debt (losing c. $200-400,000 a year), Queensland University of Technology is closing their school of Humanities and will no longer off a BA program. The Creative Industries, however, flourish…