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What Are You Missing? March 4-17

March 18, 2012
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What Are You Missing? March 4-17

Ten (or more) media industry news items you might have missed recently.
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On Radio: The Practice of Podcasting

March 9, 2012
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On Radio: The Practice of Podcasting

And this is what still remains exciting about podcasting: the format has prompted a reconsideration of what we can expect from radio.
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Award Winning: The 84th Annual Academy Awards

February 28, 2012
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Award Winning: The 84th Annual Academy Awards

This year posed a strongly economic undercurrent to the Oscar's traditional nostalgia.
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Compulsory Ultrasound Audiences and Feminism

February 27, 2012
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Compulsory Ultrasound Audiences and Feminism

Republican and anti-choice ultrasound bills and laws have justifiably come under fire for being physically invasive, but what they say about women as audiences and as citizens is every bit as disturbing.
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When Finding Feminism Means Creating Your Own Space

February 25, 2012
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When Finding Feminism Means Creating Your Own Space

Finding the feminism in media studies can sometimes mean finding feminism in ourselves and enacting our own agency to make change, no matter how small it may seem.
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Finding Feminist Media Studies

February 16, 2012
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Finding Feminist Media Studies

Feminism is not just an approach one might take. It's kind of the point.
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1984 All Over Again: The 2012 Grammy Awards Telecast

February 15, 2012
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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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SAG Awards Drink to Scorsese, Celebrate Union Merger

January 30, 2012
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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

January 29, 2012
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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

January 23, 2012
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On Radio: “Mirth, Music, and Mayhem”: In Praise of <i>The Best Show</i> 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

January 17, 2012
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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

January 15, 2012
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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

January 11, 2012
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On Radio: <i>Radiolab</i> 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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