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What Are You Missing? May 1-14

May 15, 2011
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What Are You Missing? May 1-14

Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently, plus a programming note.
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Minstrel Show in a Three-Day Stubble of a City

May 4, 2011
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Minstrel Show in a Three-Day Stubble of a City

The second season shapes up to reconnect the city with the world around it: New Orleaneans are confronted with outsider views of the city as becomes clear in Delmond's argument about New Orleans music with fellow jazz lovers and Janette's conversation with her fellow cooks after reading Alan Richman's devastating review.
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What Are You Missing? April 17-30

May 1, 2011
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What Are You Missing? April 17-30

Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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Film Your Troubles Away

April 27, 2011
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Film Your Troubles Away

“Wrap your troubles in dreams,” the sign read.
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The Big Easy Returns to the Small Screen

April 20, 2011
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The Big Easy Returns to the Small Screen

David Simon's Treme returns this Sunday for its second season. Antenna will be following all of the action with a weekly column on the program to be published each Wednesday.
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April Fools’ Day and the Ghosts of Media Past

April 4, 2011
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April Fools’ Day and the Ghosts of Media Past

On April 1, 2011, several websites joked around with media history.
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What Are You Missing? February 13-26

February 27, 2011
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What Are You Missing? February 13-26

Ten (or more) media industry stories you might have missed recently.
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Millennial Address and Narrative Synthesis: Another Look at Pretty Little Liars

February 8, 2011
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Millennial Address and Narrative Synthesis: Another Look at Pretty Little Liars

Does Pretty Little Liars hold the key to millennial narrative construction?
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Egyptian State TV and the Challenge Posed by Reality

February 3, 2011
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Egyptian State TV and the Challenge Posed by Reality

Trying to watch itself, Egyptian state TV has lost its collective mind. They have slid into a self-comforting psychosis. They don’t reject reality as much as they simply create a whole new one.
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Reflections on the Challenger Disaster 25 Years Later

January 28, 2011
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Reflections on the Challenger Disaster 25 Years Later

25 years ago today, one of the most significant tragedy-induced media events of the twentieth century took place: the Challenger Disaster.
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