links for 2005-11-30

• Will pay Web sites succeed like HBO?
  Why TimesSelect is not like cable TV.
• Media Age Business Tips From U2
  The band is running a corporation, yet the fans don't seem to mind.
• Blogging With a Wooden Tongue
  The generic language of officialdom infiltrates the blogosphere.
• The Source Under Fire
  Here's Your Guide to the Lawsuits, Criminal Charges, and Beefs
• Man runs down purse snatcher with his car
  Police say he had witnessed the man rob his girlfriend at gunpoint.
• Billy Joel
  Oh, the squandered genius!
• Motor Home Used As Strip Club at Bucs Game
  A 40-foot motor home was converted into a strip club on wheels, offering alcohol and lap dances to football fans outside the stadium before kickoff of Sunday's Tampa Bay Buccaneers game, police said.
• The Cross-Pollinators: Jazz Meets Indie-Rock
  An unlikely phenomenon has become a trend: the flirtation of jazz musicians with the world of indie-rock.