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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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question of the day: How much should the federal government censor American broadcast television?

Fri, Jan 13, 2012
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Is it a moot point, since broadcast TV is clearly on its way out, or at least on its way to being much less culturally influential?

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Facebook smears Google; Disney trademarks “Seal Team 6”; men made ‘Bridesmaids’ suck; more: leftover links

Sun, May 15, 2011
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Plus: Johnny Depp can’t see his own 3D POTC movie; Woody Allen sorta down on his own movies; why did Mel Gibson’s The Beaver flop?

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question of the day: What’s the worst we can expect from the FCC-approved takeover of NBC Universal by Comcast?

Wed, Jan 19, 2011
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Senator Al Franken calls it “an awful development for those of us who care about media consolidation”…

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who is Ebert protege Ignatiy Vishnevetsky?; Hollywood hates Netflix; the FCC delivers smackdowns to broadcasting’s old guard; more: leftover links

Sun, Jan 09, 2011
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Plus: celebs run afoul of Twitter; is True Grit going to the Oscars?; Hurley’s lotto numbers come up (almost); more…

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labor troubles on ‘The Hobbit’; Twitter effect doesn’t exist; terror nerds and outspoken bombshells; more: leftover links

Sun, Sep 26, 2010
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Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post…

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Chilean mine disaster: the movie; Justin Bieber goes to Hollywood; Muppets online; more: leftover links

Sat, Sep 18, 2010
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Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post…

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wtf: Google is being evil

Thu, Aug 05, 2010
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Good-bye Net neutrality. Hello entrenched corporate dominance of the Internet…

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Bret Easton Ellis, sexist pig; that hot chick in ‘Prince of Persia’ is like so fat; Joss Whedon Comic Con doc!; more

Sat, May 22, 2010
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Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post. And inevitably, I end the week with most of that material unused. But … more…

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Polanski speaks (but doesn’t apologize); sexist iPad ads?; Mr. Rogers is evil, says Fox News; more: leftover links

Sun, May 09, 2010
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Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post. And inevitably, I end the week with most of that material unused. But … more…

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