Bloggers play key role at Denver convention

"DENVER, Colorado (AP) -- The age of mom-and-pop pundit shops has arrived at the Democratic convention. ...

Actor, comedian and exasperated dad Mac dies at 50

"Bernie Mac blended style, authority and a touch of self-aware bluster to make audiences laugh as well as connect with him. For Mac, who died Saturday at age 50, it was a winning mix, delivering him from a poor...

Bollywood gone too far?

"Is the new era of Bollywood films (Indian cinema) now going to far with the way it portrays scenes of an intimate and sexual nature? Many films seem to be veering towards the Hollywood approach of sexual content....

VANOC seeks to influence school programming

More Olympic hijinks..."According to CP, VANOC is moving aggressively to provide "lesson plans" to teachers in grade schools, high schools and universities that focus on the Olympics. The organization has an...

NowPublic named one of the top 10 social networks to watch

It's always nice when people are watching -- especially since the re-design went live."BURLINGAME, Calif. and LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--While there has been a litany of commentary and analysis covering online social networks in the consumer world, there has been a lack...

Europe: Film production is up but audiences fall

"A total of 921 feature films were produced in the 27 member states of the European Union in 2007, according to the European Audiovisual Observatory after a provisional data collection. Indians must be laughing at...

A spry Farrakhan sings Obama's praises

After a recent fight with cancer Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan stepped up in favor of Barack Obama on Sunday, saying the presidential Candidate reminded him of the founder of the muslim religion,...

New York Times to Cut 100 Newsroom Jobs in '08

The New York Times is the latest big media company to announce layoffs which, despite the announcement, has made a successful transition from print media into the online news space, having moved its content to a...

'Cloverfield' Sickens Moviegoers

Despite its devastatingly good weekend at the box office, it was the monster movie's cinematography that really got moviegoers churning."Cloverfield, the blockbuster horror film selling out cinemas across America,...

Brand Swarming

In Ad Age's yearly review of trends they've identified 'Brand Swarming'.  "Marketers will move decidedly in the direction of DDB CEO Chuck Brymer's "swarm theory" -- the notion that people and their opinions...

Online DVD Pay Porn losing Big to free sites

This is the same thing that has happened to the Music Industry the difference is that an awesome band is hard to find but finding amateur porn stars are a dime a dozen.  "DVD sales are in free fall. Audiences...

MTV launches new Arabic service

Hmmmmnnn......respect the culture without diluting the brand. I don't think this will work. MTV is famous for showing half-naked girls strutting their 'wares' and I believe this won't go down well with the Arabian authorities. Good luck to MTV anyway. Long may their head live...

Pakistanis Defy Fatwas to See Hot Film

"Fatwas and Islamist fury have not deterred Pakistani audiences from queuing up in record numbers for "Khuda Kay Liye" ("In the Name of God"), a slickly packaged three-hour-long polemic that is riling the mullahs and has become the Pakistani film industry's biggest...

Microsoft movie downloads will harm DVD sales?

"Concerns surrounding the future of DVD are arising this week following Microsoft’s E3 Business & Media Summit confirmation that its 120GB Xbox 360 Elite videogames console will be hitting European shores on August 24. The Elite’s 120GB hard drive represents a massive...

Cape Town Gets Bookish

You can bring a book to a fine beach... or sip chicory coffee over a new chapter before work or school. "The number of visitors to the Cape Town Book Fair doubled in its second year, the fair organisers said at...

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