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curated: it’s not only *digital* journalism that the free market kills…

Mon, Feb 04, 2019
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We’ve known for decades that for-profit capitalism and public-serving journalism are incompatible.

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what would happen if critics simply stopped reviewing bad movies?

Mon, Feb 17, 2014
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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?

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you think the Net is overly corporatized now? just wait…

Wed, Jan 15, 2014
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Net neutrality in the U.S. just got a kick in the teeth from a federal court…

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Doctor Who thing: pretty TARDIS paper snowflakes

Mon, Dec 09, 2013
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Happy crafting! Use the safety scissors.

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Doctor Who thing: (not so) deadly Dalek corn maze

Wed, Jul 17, 2013
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Daleks of the corn?

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the best possible tribute to James Gandolfini?

Thu, Jun 20, 2013
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Tony Soprano’s favorite cafe leaves the star’s seat “reserved.”

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interesting stuff I found online (that you might find interesting too)

Thu, Jun 20, 2013
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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.

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interesting stuff I found online (that you might find interesting too)

Fri, Jun 07, 2013
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Google predicts movie hits; John McTiernan is wasting away in prison for no good reason; why American journalism sucks; and more…

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HBO isn’t dying, so they think they’re winning (on the rampant pirating of Game of Thrones)

Mon, Apr 08, 2013
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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…

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question of the week: What does the death of Roger Ebert mean for mainstream film criticism?

Mon, Apr 08, 2013
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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.

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