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My daughter just turned 3 – she watches Monsters, Inc. at least four times a week. She identifies with Boo, loves the big hairly Sully and the round mono-optical Mike, and she decries the treachery of the orotund, crab-like Mr. Waternoose every time he banishes the heroes to Tibet. What …

The Leichtman Research Group finds: that as of the end of the third quarter of 2002 the leading cable and DSL providers in the United States have a total of over 15.6 million high-speed Internet subscribers. During the quarter the major US cable and DSL providers added a combined 1.68 …

Last month we mentioned that a wad of Elvis Presley’s hair was going on up for auction. It sold for $115,000 the Chicago Tribune reports: An unidentified collector of Elvis Presley memorabilia agreed early Saturday to pay $115,000 for a small jar filled with what is purported to be the …

Our good friend and fellow Blogcritic N.Z. Bear has a new group blog focusing on politics and policy called The Weblog Action Center. Categories of posts include Leaders, “Fighting the good fight, or a well-intentioned fool? The trick is telling the difference”; Issues, “From pending legislation to global threats. Pick …

We got a sneak preview last week on the Future of Music Coalition report on the the consolidation of commercial radio. The report came out yesterday, and honorary Blogcritic Brad Hill has penetrating commentary on his site, Digital Songstream (always worth a visit): Study: Effects of Radio Consolidation The Future …

Streaming limits use of digital music files, giving labels control. Brad King writes in Wired: “Labels want to maintain as much control as humanly possible, and with streaming they can keep people coming back for more,” said GartnerG2 analyst P.J. McNealy. “But the labels want to protect their content and …

This little film about the dirty truth behind filmmaking should be a huge hit. I would watch reality TV if it worked like this.

This is both highly amusing and instructive – of what I’m not exactly sure – but anyway, back in September Steve Silver wrote a hilariously well-sustained deadpan analysis of Weezer’s “Keep Fishin'” video wherein Muppets interact with the band, and the drummer is set upon in a sexually predatory manner …

The … truth … will … be … revealed … November 22 … on … the SCI FI Channel. The cable channel sent a team of archeologists to Roswell, New Mexico, site of the most enduring UFO controversy, to see what they could see: In an effort to verify once …

Egytian satellite TV channel talks sex and nation’s youth reveal they don’t know their lingam from their yoni. The government disapproves either way: A risque mix of sex and politics has got a ground-breaking Egyptian satellite TV channel into hot water with the government. Dream TV has been asked to …