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Fox TV Stations to Stream Net’s Programs

Fox Entertainment has announced that its 22 owned-and-operated TV stations will air popula...

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Audiences, Critics Disagree on Summer’s Superhero Movies

The Hollywood Reporter observes that audiences and critics differed greatly on the merits ...

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The (Temporary) Democratization of the Media, Through Technological Change

It's all too common for writers and analysts to characterize the internet as reponsible fo...

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Depp, Burton to Make “Sweeney Todd” Film

Actor Johnny Depp and writer-director Tim Burton will combine their eccentric talents on a...

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More Broadcast TV Moves Online: CBS Enters Market

CBS TV will begin offering free, streaming, next-day video of primetime shows online this ...

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“Cracked” Magazine Returns

 One of the more successful Mad magazine imitators (in terms of longevity), Cracked, ...

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Film Critics Under Fire

An article in today's Los Angeles Times observes that the reputation of the American film ...

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Theft or Canny Marketing Ploy: You Decide

Forthcoming TV programs are increasingly appearing on peer-to-peer networks, evidently wit...

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Thomas Kinkade Moves In

The Thomas Kinkade company reports that a new development in Columbia, Missouri, will feat...

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Dixie Chicks Abandon Dixie, and Vice Versa

There is a mad variety of entertainment choices available to the average American today, a...

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NYC Fringe Festival

The New York International Fringe Festival opens today in the city that never sleeps, kick...

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Pirates a Huge Hit, Critics Wrong Again

Here's another interesting bit of news from Disney: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's C...

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Disney Profits Soar As Company Goes Back to Roots

Profits at the Walt Disney Company have soared as the studio has been moving back into fam...

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Three Moons over ABC Family’s New Direction

The current catch phrase for the ABC Family Channel is "A New Kind of Family"&md...

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Fringe Phenomena in the Omniculture

Another hugely successful "fringe" phenomenon (see my Lollapalooza post immediat...

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Lollapalooza in the Omniculture

The Lollapalooza festival of "alternative" music is drawing huge crowds in Chica...

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MyNetworkTV

The people behind MyNetworkTV are characterizing their forthcoming national network as som...

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MTV Turns 25, World Continues Turning

MTV turned 25 this week, and your intrepid correspondent has contributed a few thoughts to...

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Mr. Moto Returns

Although 20th Century Fox is not exactly shouting it from the housetops, The Mr. Moto Coll...

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Another File-Sharing Network Bites the Dust

Sharman Networks Ltd, the makers and distributors of the hugely popular file-sharing netwo...

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Microsoft Tries a Different Plan for TV on the Web

Computer software giant Microsoft is about to bring free, commercial television to the Web...

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Mass-Marketing Good Taste

The Reebok shoe company has announced that it has signed young actress Scarlett Johansson ...

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Disney Returns to the Family

The Walt Disney Company is returning to its roots as a purveyor of family-oriented enterta...