Posts Tagged ‘ internet ’

Analog Video and Derisive Laughter

November 12, 2010
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Analog Video and Derisive Laughter

What's so funny about old videotape?
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What Are You Missing? Oct 24-Nov 6

November 7, 2010
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What Are You Missing? Oct 24-Nov 6

Ten (or more) media industry stories you might have missed recently.
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Net Neutrality

October 27, 2010
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Net Neutrality

Despite its reputation as a wonky and bewildering issue, net neutrality actually boils down to a pretty simple principle of openness and nondiscrimination. It’s important to point out, then, that a lot of those who are talking about “net neutrality” these days aren’t actually talking about this.
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Converse Rubber Tracks: What’s a Shoe Company Doing With a Recording Studio?

October 22, 2010
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Converse Rubber Tracks: What’s a Shoe Company Doing With a Recording Studio?

Are lifestyle brands the new record labels? A new recording studio owned by Converse is offering musicians the opportunity to record their music for free, further reducing the need for artists to work with traditional record labels. There are, of course, some strings attached.
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What Are You Missing? Sept 12-25

September 26, 2010
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What Are You Missing? Sept 12-25

Ten (or more) media industry stories you might have missed recently.
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What Are You Missing? August 15-28

August 29, 2010
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What Are You Missing? August 15-28

Ten (or more) media industry stories you might have missed recently.
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What Are You Missing? August 1-August 14

August 15, 2010
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What Are You Missing? August 1-August 14

And...we’re back. Ten (or more) media industry stories you might have missed recently.
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The World Waits Anxiously for its Cup to Runneth Over

June 17, 2010
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The World Waits Anxiously for its Cup to Runneth Over

The controversy over the vuvuzelas is a reflection of the larger story here - that there are more ways than ever before to follow and participate in this first World Cup of the social media era.
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Greetings from National Broadband Plan, Ohio!

May 15, 2010
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Greetings from National Broadband Plan, Ohio!

What the FCC, which received lackluster response to its announcement that it wanted to bring 100-megabit broadband to American homes, can learn from Google.
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Nielsen’s One-Stop Shop for Media Audiences

May 14, 2010
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Nielsen’s One-Stop Shop for Media Audiences

Nielsen's planned return to being publicly traded is the latest significant change for a company that has become much more than the primary source of television ratings, but rather has evolved into the primary arbiter of media audiences of virtually all types.
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It’s a Bird! It’s GaGa! It’s…Miley?

May 7, 2010
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It’s a Bird! It’s GaGa! It’s…Miley?

Music videos are alive and well on the internet, and Miley Cyrus' latest - for her new single,"Can't Be Tamed" - represents a significant rhetorical moment in her star persona (and Disney's pockets).
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Getting Beyond the Thunderdome: David Brooks’ Fantastical “Riders on the Storm”

April 27, 2010
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Getting Beyond the Thunderdome: David Brooks’ Fantastical “Riders on the Storm”

Are people more open to new ideas when they get their daily news through the Internet or do they tend to use today's historically unparalleled access to support what they already think?
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My Deaf Family, My New Web Series?

April 10, 2010
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My Deaf Family, My New Web Series?

Oscar-winning deaf actress Marlee Matlin is producing a new reality show, My Deaf Family. It follows the Firl family - father Leslie and mother Bridgetta are both deaf, and they have four children, two of whom are hearing and two of whom are deaf
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