In 2009, the American Anthropological Association's Commission on the Engagement of Anthropology with the US Security and Intelligence Communities released its final report concluding, in part, that, " When ethnographic investigation is determined by military missions, not subject to external review, where data collection occurs in the context of war, integrated into the goals of counterinsurgency, and in a potentially coercive environment – all characteristic factors of the HTS concept and its application – it can no longer be considered a legitimate professional exercise of anthropology.

In a March 2009 brief, the American Dental Association said " the available evidence does not support a connection between oral cancer and alcohol-containing mouthrinse ".

* 1894 – Gertrude Baines, American super-centenarian ( d. 2009 )

* 1920 – Jack Cover, American inventor of the Taser gun ( d. 2009 )

* 1986 – Tara Osseck, American model, Miss Missouri 2009

* 1925 – Joe Bowman, American and marksman and boot-maker ( d. 2009 )

* 1921 – Jack Kramer, American tennis player ( d. 2009 )

* 1933 – Dom DeLuise, American actor and comedian ( d. 2009 )

* 1949 – Ray Nettles, American football player ( d. 2009 )

* 1950 – Jim Carroll, American poet and actor ( d. 2009 )

* 1915 – Joan Alexander, American actress ( d. 2009 )

* 1919 – Merce Cunningham, American dancer and choreographer ( d. 2009 )

* 1954 – Mark Fidrych, American baseball player ( d. 2009 )

* 1910 – Lonny Frey, American baseball player ( d. 2009 )

* 1922 – George Kell, American baseball player ( d. 2009 )

* 1913 – Jack Dreyfus, American businessman, founded the Dreyfus Corporation ( d. 2009 )

* 1958 – Michael Jackson, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actor ( The Jackson 5 ) ( d. 2009 )

* 1911 – Lester Rodney, American journalist ( d. 2009 )

* 2009 – Frankie Manning, American dancer and choreographer ( b. 1914 )

* 1975 – Andy Hallett, American actor ( d. 2009 )

* 2009 – Dave Arneson, American game designer, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons ( b. 1947 )

On October 24, 2009, North American company Super Fighter Team released Zaku, an all new, all original horizontal shooter for the Lynx developed by PenguiNet.

Michigan Opera Theatre was the first major American opera company to present the work in 1983, and again in November 2009.

At the San Diego Comic Con in July 2009, IDW announced the upcoming publication of Al Capp's Li ' l Abner: The Complete Dailies and Color Sundays as part of their ongoing Library of American Comics project.

In June 2009, the New Media Consortium recognized Engelbart as an NMC Fellow for his lifetime of achievements.

BearManor Media, 2009

On January 6, 2009, Deicide posted a blog on their official Myspace page saying they had signed a worldwide record deal with Century Media, with Ralph Santolla returning to the band for a European tour.

* Milestone Media ( partnered in 2009 )

When Central Park Media went bankrupt in the year of 2009, the licenses for all Anime 18-related products and movies were transferred to Critical Mass.

On June 24, 2009, ZeniMax Media acquired the company.

On June 24, 2009, it was announced that Id Software had been acquired by ZeniMax Media.

On 27 April 2009, Caron traveled to New York as an honored guest at a tribute to Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe at the Paley Center for Media.

More recent buildings like Frank Gehry's Stata Center ( 2004 ), Steven Holl's Simmons Hall ( 2002 ), Charles Correa's Building 46 ( 2005 ), Fumihiko Maki's Media Lab Extension ( 2009 ) stand out among the Boston area's classical architecture and serve as examples of contemporary campus " starchitecture ".

Courses in Media Studies were started at Touro University Worldwide in 2009.

* ‘ Media Studies: Text, Production and Context ' - Book by Paul Long and Tim Wall from Birmingham City University, Pearson Education, 2009

The company announced its intention to acquire All Media Guide on November 6, 2007 and substantially all the assets of Muze, Inc. on April 15, 2009.

But from 2006 – 2009, the library was distributed by CBS Television Distribution, the television distribution arm of CBS Paramount Television ( now CBS Television Studios ) – the films are now distributed by Trifecta Entertainment & Media on television.

Television rights to Paramount's library, included properties owned outright, and those only for certain media, are currently held on Paramount's behalf by Trifecta Entertainment & Media ( Trifecta had inherited this library from CBS Television Distribution in 2009 ).

In the summer of 2009, The Presidents performed in San Diego at the North Park Music Thing Music & Media Festival which only showcases local bands.

Rampton left the Center for Media and Democracy in October 2009.

During an interview with Music Geek Media in May 2009, Debbi Peterson indicated that the album was in the early stages of production.

* Venezuelanalysis, 31 July 2009, Community Media: The Thriving Voice of the Venezuelan People

*" Topics In Digital Media Fall 2009 " – New York University

London: Eat-Japan / Cross Media, 2009

* A. Bobet, A. Fakhimi, S. Johnson, J. Morris, F. Tonon, and M. Ronald Yeung ( 2009 ) " Numerical Models in Discontinuous Media: Review of Advances for Rock Mechanics Applications ", J. Geotech.

" This Country Must Change: Essays on the Necessity of Revolution in the USA " ( Arissa Media Group, 2009 ) ISBN 978-0-9742884-7-5

Radio and television broadcasting, whose ownership structure had become increasingly concentrated since the 1980 Media Law, is regulated by a new law advanced by President Cristina Kirchner, and signed on November 11, 2009.

Although many of their previous albums, including Pleasure to Kill ( 1986 ), were quite popular in the United States, Kreator did not experience major American commercial success until the 2009 release of their twelfth studio album, Hordes of Chaos, which peaked at number 165 on the Billboard 200 and debuted at No. 16 on the Media Control Charts, the band's highest ever chart position in Germany.