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Will the fallout ever end for the Brits with the Murdoch/News Corp. scandals? That would be a big no. Latest word is that British Culture Minister Jeremy Hunt is going end his political career for...
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After a month or so summer break, Living in a Media world is back with some fresh Questions Worth Asking (Maybe) Will there be an all-female group of Expendables in the third outing? Please, please,...
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Does the New York Times have a pervasive progressive world view? Outgoing public editor thinks so. Exec editor, not so much…. (via Mediaite) Where did the Internet come from? A bit more on the...
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Should we long for the good old days of the Alien and Sedition Acts? A look at how our understanding of the First Amendment has changed over the years. (Lawyers, Guns & Money) What does free...
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Do journalists ever leave a great story unreported? Ted Koppel knew about the story the movie Argo is based on as it happened and didn’t report it because he didn’t want the people involved to be...
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Questions Worth Asking – James Bond Edition
Is Skyfall the best James Bond movie so far? Rotten Tomatoes gives it 91 percent fresh critic rating, but some people think it veres a little too close to some recent action thrillers. Which leads to...
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What if a student pretended to have a Mexican accent for an entire semester of a speech class, and then revealed his real San Diego accent on the last day of class? What kind of stories spread the...
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How did LucasFilm (Disney) exec Kathleen Kennedy get JJ Abrams to agree to direct Star Wars VII? That question is answered, along with a great look at how Kennedy went from being a PA to one of the...
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And we’re back after a pause for getting fun things like taxes done. Is Nike getting what they want from the Tiger Woods “Winning” ad? (Ad Rants) How does the the 2013 movie box office compare to...
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How did Die Hard director John McTiernan end up in prison? It’s not a pretty story. How does the JJ Abrams Star Trek Reboot compare to what Nicholas Meyer did to the original movie series? Smart...
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Why would a big name director like Spike Lee choose to fund a movie using Kickstarter? Well, let’s let him answer that question: If you had a button that would let you turn off all news about the...
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Who has America’s oldest college newspaper? At least eight different papers claim the title. Of course, each paper uses its own standard to determine the “oldest.” (Thanks to College Media Matters...
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How are News Corp. and the Fox Group doing post corporate split? Better than expected. Bigger is increasingly not necessarily better. Is there more than one standard of beauty out there?...
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Is Blockbuster Dead or Canadian? Mostly dead, at least when it comes to physical media. Who knew it was still even alive? (Don’t remember the great category Dead or Canadian from MTV’s old game show...
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How does the New York Times get past Chinese censorship? Setting up new publications in China is part of the story. How can national journalists avoid getting punked by a fake Georgia congressman on...
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What do midwestern tabloid newspapers put on their covers when they are tired of snow and cold? Why, puppies, of course!!! Is America facing a Velveeta shortage heading into the NFL playoff season?...
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Why did James Bond switch from a 25 Barretta to a Walther PPK? Because the man who would inspire Ian Flemming to create Q said that Bond wouldn’t live very long with a girly gun like the Barretta....
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What are the six types of Twitter communities? And which are the most toxic? Would you be surprised if it were the political ones? Nah, me neither. This is from The Fix blog at the WaPo, but you can...
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Is it ok for high school students to “<3 Boobies”? Yes. The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from a Pennsylvania school district that wanted to stop two young women from...
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Is public relations simply talking to people, placing press releases and blocking access to executives? In fact, none of those are at the core of modern PR, according to PR mogul Richard Edelman....
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