Media News Roundup

USB ports replace cigarette lighters in Hyundai cars
As if we needed any more proof that mobile media devices are addictive! iPhones are more important than cigarettes!
FAA backs letting people use mobile media during take-off and landing
And they are also going to still require that people stop talking on their cell phones while in the air. So airplane mode is still with us. This seems like a big win to me!
Technothriller author Tom Clancy dies at age 66
Gave us Hunt for Red October, Red Storm Rising, and Clear and Present Danger. And a lot of books that weren’t nearly as good….
The most expensive and the cheapest cable channels
Great roundup from NPR’s Planet Money blog:#1 ESPN costs the most at $5.54 per subscriber (That’s Disney, folks); #2 is TNT with all of its sports is $1.33, and #3 is The Disney Channel at $1.15 per. Other channels include Fox News at $0.94, CNN at $0.60, and $0.06 for the Hallmark Channel.