Facebook’s new user profiles: ‘Timelines’.
Slate: Questions for Louis C.K.
“When it gets quiet, I get a little empty.”
Salman Rushdie, Booker-Prizewinning Novelist, To Write Sci-Fi Drama For Television
Author says TV drama series have taken the place of novels citing The Wire, The Sopranos and Mad Men as an inspiration
Tina Fey On Tracy Morgan
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“Stand-up comics may have the right to ‘work out’ their material in its ugliest and rawest form in front of an audience, but the violent imagery of Tracy’s rant was disturbing to me at a time when homophobic hate crimes continue to be a life-threatening issue for the GLBT Community. It also…
NYU Journalism Professor on Pro-Am Journalism: I’d give us a C-minus
“Pro journalism has never been optimized for high participation. But participatory media hasn’t been optimized for quality journalism, either. That right there is the work we need to do.”
Bob Costas is going to be busy: NBC Wins TV Rights to 4 Olympics for $4.38 Billion
“NBC extended its Olympic reign until 2020 as Comcast, its parent company, agreed Tuesday to acquire the rights to the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia; the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro; and the next two Olympics, in unspecified cities. NBC bid $4.38 billion for United States broadcast rights for the four Olympics.”
The Confessions of Keith Olbermann
“Now with a bigger paycheck but a smaller network, the stand-up-to-management bad boy unloads for the first time about MSNBC, Jeff Zucker, why he’s not talking to Rachel Maddow and his plan for Countdown 2.0 on Current TV.”
Glenn Beck Goes New Media As He Moves His Show Online--For A Price.
“I think we might be a little early,” Mr. Beck said of his plan for the Internet network, called GBTV, which will cost $5 to $10. “But I’d rather be ahead of the pack than part of it.”
