January 2009
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Digital TV: Senate Postpones TV Shutdown to June... →
Michael Jackson's 'Thriller' Planned for the Stage
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: January 26, 2009
Filed at 1:31 p.m. ET
NEW YORK (AP) — ”Thriller” a Broadway musical?
Producer James L. Nederlander says he has acquired the rights for a stage version of Michael Jackson’s iconic music-video spoof of horror films. The show will include songs from two of the pop king’s best-selling albums,...
PJ HARVEY & JOHN PARISH ANNOUNCE UK & EUROPEAN...
(I hope this means that they are coming here. I’ve seen PJ, my love, six times, but not with Parish and i am really looking forward to this album. Anyone wanna take a trip to Norway?)
PJ Harvey and John Parish will embark on a UK and European tour this April and May. The tour is in support of their second collaborative album ‘A Woman A Man Walked By’ which will be released...
bodega list →
Is this site really necessary? Can’t you just walk to the corner and see if there is a store there?
President Obama Wears Bullet-Resistant Suit at... →
geezush:
(via Wired)
“While no one from the U.S. Secret Service have yet to mention any details about the garment’s structure, some are speculating it may have come from the line by Colombian designer Miguel Caballero. As we noted last year, Caballero is well known for his super tough but flexible and business appropriate clothing such as the $7,500 polo shirt that can stop a shot from a 9-mm...
PLANE CRASHES INTO HUDSON: Flight #
If you are curious, the flight number is US Airways flight 1549.
PLANE CRASHES INTO HUDSON: UPDATE
http://nytimes.com/ has a slideshow of pics up now. (See? I’m nice. They took down MY link in their comment section! If you come back here, i will give you candy!)
PLANE CRASHES INTO HUDSON: PASSENGER UPDATE
Seems everyone got out safely.
PLANE CRASHES INTO HUDSON: UPDATE
Any more info? Leave it in the comments. I’ll be more than happy to give you credit.
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PLANE CRASHES INTO HUDSON: UPDATE
So far, it seems to be the birds’ fault.
PLANE CRASHES INTO HUDSON: UPDATE
Firetrucks are speeding past my midtown offices, but not many of them. They must be going from somewhere else.
Breaking News 3:46 PM ET: U.S. Airways Flight...
MTV Movies Blog » Jaden Smith’s ‘Karate Kid’... →
The Karate Kid is the greatest movie ever made. They need to leave that shit alone!
William McGonagall - worst poet of all time? →
Let’s Invent an iTunes for News
The Media Equation
By DAVID CARR
Published: January 11, 2009
Last Tuesday, iTunes, Apple’s ubiquitous online music store that sold more than 2.4 billion tracks last year alone, changed its own tune, announcing that songs would no longer be sold with copying restrictions and that they would be available at various prices.
The digerati crowed over the collapse of the hated digital rights...
Obama's pants →
Can America’s paper of record survive the death of...
by Michael Hirschorn
End Times
Virtually all the predictions about the death of old media have assumed a comfortingly long time frame for the end of print—the moment when, amid a panoply of flashing lights, press conferences, and elegiac reminiscences, the newspaper presses stop rolling and news goes entirely digital. Most of these scenarios assume a gradual crossing-over, almost like the...
front page
Display Ads on the Front Page
The New York Times announced today that it has begun offering ad placements on its front page below the fold. CBS was the first to appear with a campaign that debuted today.
“This high impact placement represents an exciting new opportunity for our advertisers to reach our educated, affluent and influential readers across the country,” said Denise Warren, senior...