Throughout its history, WWE has consistently turned a blind eye to its competition, but can TNA force it to break this principle, and create a second Monday Night War?
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Posts Tagged ‘ television ’
WWE’s Blind Eye Principle and the Prospects for a Second Monday Night War
What Are You Missing? March 1-13
Ten (or more) media industry stories you might have missed recently
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5 Thoughts On: The Marriage Ref
"I think we're wasting a lot of valuable network time here." --Alec Baldwin
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What Are You Missing? February 14-28
Ten (or more) media industry stories you might have missed recently
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Watching Twitter on TV
The most exciting development in television technology showcased at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show was not 3DTV, but web-connected, widget-equipped television sets.
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In Praise of Dwangela
Where Pam and Jim (a couple whose sweetness is wonderfully conveyed by the fused appellation “Jam”) are associated with mild and often toothless critiques of the corporate regime, pulling pranks and expressing symbolic (and frequently non-verbal) opposition to or incredulity about the absurdities of corporate life, Dwangela perform a more substantive critical function.
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Network Branding, Convergence, and Hasbro/Discovery’s New Kids Channel
What's in a name? Hasbro and Discovery begin branding efforts for their new joint venture cable network debuting later this year.
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What Are You Missing? February 1-13
Ten (or more) media industry stories you might have missed recently
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5 Thoughts on Teen Mom
Does it matter if Teen Mom, a documentary-style MTV series that completed its first season last week, provides an inaccurate picture of teen parenting in the U.S.?
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What Does It Mean To Care About The Grammys?
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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The Role of the Media in Times of Crisis
The US television coverage of Haiti has me thinking about the role of media in a humanitarian crisis.
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Why Palin Going to Fox News Makes No Sense
While Palin's contract with Fox News seems natural and inevitable, television is actually her worst medium.
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The NBC Late-Night Train Wreck
What NBC failed to understand in the Leno/O'Brien debacle is what it itself had created--late-night audiences.
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