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1984 All Over Again: The 2012 Grammy Awards Telecast
I’m going to say this up front: I’m a music snob, and I hate the very idea of the Grammy Awards. If you’re looking for dispassionate analysis, stop reading now.
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What Are You Missing? Jan 29-Feb 11
Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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SAG Awards Drink to Scorsese, Celebrate Union Merger
The Screen Actors Guild Awards are a bit of an oddity among the standard awards shows. They don’t have the glamour of the Oscars–though perhaps they do have a higher concentration of movie stars–and following so closely after the Golden Globes, their revelry appears more in the realm of office party than gala event....
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What Are You Missing? January 15-28
Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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On Radio: “Mirth, Music, and Mayhem”: In Praise of The Best Show on WFMU
Broadcast over Jersey City’s listener-supported radio station WFMU, The Best Show on WFMU with Tom Scharpling is what happens when many of commercial radio’s most noxious elements—bizarre callers, comedy routines, running gags, and irascible hosts—transform and coalesce into a singularly entertaining program perfectly calibrated for cult attraction.
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Red Carpet Tea Leaves & Hollywood Hijinks: Recapping the 2012 Golden Globes
The first in our series on awards shows, Matthew Connolly recaps the Golden Globes and considers the duality of their popular function.
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What Are You Missing? January 1-14
Your #1 source for Lions Gate news returns with ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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On Radio: Radiolab and the Art of the Modern Radio Feature
On Radio is a new Antenna column dedicated to contemporary radio programming and other issues surrounding the medium in all its forms. Here, in the series' first entry, Andrew Bottomley offers a critical appreciation of the radio feature Radiolab.
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Lost and Found Doctor Who: Time-Travelling TV?
The tantalising return of two episodes of early Doctor Who deserves celebration. But perhaps the tempting notion of two cultures or past/present eras of TV deserves a measure of critique.
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What Are You Missing? Nov 27-Dec 10
Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Ready to Chat?
To minimize the impact of the distance between us when we left graduate school, we committed to a weekly one-hour appointment. Though our weekly chats began as a way to maintain our friendship, they quickly became a way for us to continue to reap the benefits of our supportive work relationship and to navigate...
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Late to the Party: Band of Brothers
We resurrect our Late to the Party column with some reflections on HBO's 'Band of Brothers'.
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What Are You Missing? Nov 13-26
Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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NCA in NOLA: A tale of Frenchman Street and Feminism
This years National Communication Association came with a side of jazz and jambalaya. Held in New Orleans, two hotels on canal street were overtaken with communication scholars from all over the country.
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