curated: it’s not only *digital* journalism that the free market kills…
We’ve known for decades that for-profit capitalism and public-serving journalism are incompatible.
Buzzfeed
what would happen if critics simply stopped reviewing bad movies?
There’s serious talk in book circles about the value (or lack thereof) of negative reviews. What if film people started wondering the same thing?
you think the Net is overly corporatized now? just wait…
Net neutrality in the U.S. just got a kick in the teeth from a federal court…
Doctor Who thing: pretty TARDIS paper snowflakes
Happy crafting! Use the safety scissors.
Doctor Who thing: (not so) deadly Dalek corn maze
Daleks of the corn?
the best possible tribute to James Gandolfini?
Tony Soprano’s favorite cafe leaves the star’s seat “reserved.”
interesting stuff I found online (that you might find interesting too)
20th Century Fox is embarrassed by the stars of its film The Heat; Vice thinks women writers are most beautiful when they shut up and die; the madness of George (Lucas); and more.
interesting stuff I found online (that you might find interesting too)
Google predicts movie hits; John McTiernan is wasting away in prison for no good reason; why American journalism sucks; and more…
HBO isn’t dying, so they think they’re winning (on the rampant pirating of Game of Thrones)
I can’t help but recall that thing that Upton Sinclair said about people not understanding something when their salaries depend on their not understanding it…
question of the week: What does the death of Roger Ebert mean for mainstream film criticism?
Ebert’s death is, in the public sphere, a blow not only to his fans but to the very institution of mainstream arts criticism… if such a thing can be said to exist anymore now that he is gone.
