Online Sex Trade Flourishing Despite Efforts to Curb It – NYTimes.com

The New York Times quoted CCLP Director of Research and Instruction Mark Latonero about using social media tools to combat the flourishing online human trafficking epidemic. The online sex trade is flourishing despite nationwide campaigns and pressure from government leaders. But California is now leading the country in responding to the rapidly expanding online sex trade. In February, Attorney General Kamala D. Harris convened leaders from nonprofit, law enforcement and technology companies to gather information for an updated report on human trafficking in the state. "This is an opportunity to observe the social behaviors which underlie the trafficking trade, which……

M{2e} @ Annenberg Showcases Jeffrey Klein

CCLP Executive in Residence Jeffrey Klein shares his expertise on news organizations paywall practices with M{2e} @ Annenberg. "If they are going to survive long term, news organizations need to diversify their revenue streams, from advertising and paywalls for niche content, to events, demographic targeting and even direct sales of goods and services." Read more of Klein's insight here. Tweet !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-30447548-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s);……

Pacifica Radio lost over $5 million, termed unsustainable by Director

WASHINGTON – Pacifica Radio has lost $5.5 million since 2005 and has drained its financial reserves, according to Arlene Engelhardt, Executive Director of the Pacifica Foundation. The network's financial performance is unsustainable, according to Engelhardt, writing in a blog post on Friday. "Pacifica's overall listener support dropped 23%–from $13.8 million for fiscal year ending (FYE) September 30, 2006 to $10.6 million for FYE 2010," she wrote. "KPFA's listener support dropped 27%–from $4.0 million for FYE 2005 to $2.9 million FYE 2010." "KPFA, WBAI (in New York) and WPFW (in Washington, D.C.) have been running seriously in the red," she continued…….