Ten (or more) media industry stories you might have missed recently.
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Tags: 3D, Africa, awards, Bollywood, Cannes, copyright, Facebook, file sharing, film festivals, Hollywood, indie cinema, MPAA, music downloads, music industry, online gaming, privacy, television, Twitter, video games, YouTube
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Ten (or more) media industry stories you might have missed recently.
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Tags: Apple, Blockbuster, comic books, copyright, documentary, DRM, DVD, Facebook, FCC, file sharing, indie cinema, marketing strategies, music, music downloads, music video, privacy, Redbox, regulation, social media, television, Twitter, video games
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As the Republican Party careens off into the netherworld of nuttery crafted by right wingnuts, we must ask ourselves what role users of new media play in helping craft their appeal. Do they deserve the attention we afford them through our own actions employing new media/social media?
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Tags: blogs, conservatives, Facebook, Fox News, new media, politics, Republican Party, social media, Tea Party movement, Twitter
Posted in Current Events, Internet, Perspectives, Politics | 1 Comment »
Ten (or more) media industry stories you might have missed recently.
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Tags: digital music, downfall meme, DVDs, Facebook, independent film, Kickstarter, News for TV Majors, Paramount, piracy, Pirate Bay, Roger Ebert, Spotify, Twitter, video games, YouTube
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Ten (or more) media industry stories you might have missed recently
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Tags: 3D, Blockbuster, Bollywood, box office, copyright, DVD, Facebook, failures, Google, independent, journalism, Miramax, movies, music, Netflix, piracy, porn, Redbox, social media, television, transmedia, Twitter, video games, YouTube
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Ten (or more) media industry stories you might have missed recently
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Tags: Academy Awards, Conan O'Brien, distribution, DVD, Facebook, feminism, film criticism, film festivals, indie cinema, internet, Iranian cinema, music video, television, Twitter, Variety
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Celebrity Doppelgänger Week on Facebook and the upcoming issue of Vanity Fair have raised questions about the lack of racial and ethnic diversity in Hollywood and US celebrity culture and remind us that visibility still matters.
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Tags: Facebook, race/ethnicity
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Clearly, people are once again watching the telecast, even if one cannot be certain that most viewers ‘care’ about the popular artists and their music in the same way that they did in days gone by.
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Tags: Facebook, industry, internet, music, ratings, television, Twitter
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While Palin's contract with Fox News seems natural and inevitable, television is actually her worst medium.
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Tags: Facebook, Fox News, politics, sarah palin, television, Twitter
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New Oxford American Dictionary, it's over. No more status updates, no more shared photos - you're unfriended.
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Tags: digital media, Facebook, internet
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