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Tag Archives: Media

Podcasting Breaks Onto the Airwaves

Viacom’s radio unit Infinity Broadcasting announced that beginning May 16, their San Francisco AM radio outlet KYCY will become KYOURADIO, the programming of which will consist of podcasts sent in by the public. Joel Hollander, Infinity’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, said Wednesday, “There is a profound shift underway in …

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American Idol: Reports From Home

In film clips on last night’s show, the six American Idol finalists got all gushy about their hometowns and families, and their families returned the favor. What are the local papers saying about their American Idol finalists? My bud Michael Heaton of the Cleveland Plain Dealer did a survey of …

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Friday femmes fatales No 5

Where are all the female bloggers?” HERE, in my weekly “top ten.” Why “femmes fatales”? Because these are killer posts, selected for great ideas and great writing, general interest, and variety. First and most importantly I have to point to Uncommon Misconceptions must-read testimony about her decision to have a …

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Pew Poll: Public Conflicted Over Media and Regulation

Still flapping like roused chickens after the Janet Jackson Super Bowl exposure of over a year ago, the American public is up in arms over sex, violence and indecency in entertainment, but is extremely conflicted over what to do about it, according to the results of a new poll released …

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“Martha Stewart Living Radio” Coming to Sirius

America’s favorite felon is headed to Sirius satellite radio in a four-year deal, joining a wildly diverse group including Howard Stern (2006), former senator Bill Bradley, Eminem, and Major League Baseball. Martha Stewart Living Radio, scheduled to start some time after her house arrest ends in August, will be a …

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Michael Jackson Trial: One Compressed Nutshell

Every mainstream media story on the Michael Jackson trial (and any other ongoing story, for that matter) has to at least take into account the possibility that the reader hasn’t been following the arc of the greater story (doesn’t know the ins and outs, can’t tell the players without a …

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Bono-Led Anti-AIDS Campaign Receives TV Support

With Bono (who else?) at the forefront, the ONE organization announced that the ABC and MTV Networks networks will support ONE’s efforts against poverty and AIDS by donating air time for the world premiere of a new public service announcement starring the unlikely combination of Pat Robertson, the Most Rev. …

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Jackson (Michael) to Jackson (Jesse)

Michael Jackson was interviewed by Jesse Jackson yesterday, Easter morning, on his syndicated radio show “Keep Hope Alive with the Rev. Jesse Jackson.” The reverend and the pop star have known each other for 36 years since the Jackson Five performed at Operation Push’s first Black Expo Chicago in 1969. …

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New Study: The On-Demand Media Consumer

Penetrating, fascinating, revealing and coruscating study from Edison Media Research and Arbitron, “Internet & Multimedia 2005: The On-Demand Media Consumer.” Summary of Findings 1. Americans are changing the way they access video programming. Video programming is no longer the exclusive domain of broadcast television, and network schedules no longer completely …

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