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Infotainment is a popular moniker given to television programming where the lines between reality and entertainment have become increasingly blurred. On the one hand, on so-called "reality" programs like Survivor and American Idol,  ordinary people compete in extraordinary situations for big prizes. This might be labeled infotainment. More often, however, …

Walter Cronkite, who died at the age 92 on July 17, 2009, was perhaps the greatest newsman of his generation. Some mourn his passing as perhaps representing the symbolic passing of traditional journalism itself. During his three decades (1962 – 1981) as anchor of the CBS Evening News, it was …

A branded item that's a little bit new, a little bit different, is also a little bit worth tweeting about.

Bruno is one of the many alter-egos of Borat creator Sacha Baron Cohen, and the subject of Cohen's second straight hit comedy film (following 2006's Borat). Bruno (the movie) was released in the summer of 2009. In the film, Bruno is an over-the-top Austrian gay fashionista who comes to the …

Rick Rubin is arguably the most sought after, and successful record producer in the world. His production credits read like a who's who of the music business, including such wildly diverse artists as the Beastie Boys, the Dixie Chicks, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Johnny Cash, Neil Diamond, and Metallica. …

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New site Twittorati shows what top bloggers are tweeting about, and how these trends compare to blogosphere trends.

The Jayhawks were a band that seemed to have nearly everything going for them. Based out of Minneapolis, and around the vocal and songwriting team of Mark Olson and Gary Louris, The Jayhawks are one of those classic cases of coulda' been, woulda' been, and shoulda' been. They wrote picture …

Using Twitter, Moonfruit has come up with one of the most brilliant marketing schemes I’ve seen in a long time.

Whether due to bad economic times, corporate politics, or other factors, most of us in the workplace have either been, or will be at some point, on the receiving end of the dreaded future endeavors letter. Conceived as a somewhat kinder, gentler way of saying you've just been canned, a …