Noted shutterbug, Cathi Bond, laments that Konica Minolta is getting out of the film camera biz.  Is the era of sexy film cameras over in an age of digital?  Plus, digital tv.  There may be no turning back now.

Konica Minolta

 http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/20/business/worldbusiness/20camera.html

Meanwhile, Nora's hero, Tom Waits, scores some major points against ad agencies who want to use his audio likeness.  In our sampling culture, can anything stem the tide?

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/20/arts/music/20wait.html