• A very Salon-y piece about why the current “golden age” of television is a dangerous distraction (salon.com) Open a window on social media during prime time, and you’ll find young journalists talking about TV under Twitter avatars of themselves in MSNBC makeup. Fifteen years ago, these people might have attended media reform congresses discussing how…
• Hey, Wall Street, Twitter’s not dead — you just don’t get it. Will Oremus explains why Twitter is more like YouTube than Facebook. “Twitter is not a social network. … It’s better described as a social media platform, with the emphasis on ‘media platform.’ And media platforms should not be judged by the same metrics as social…
Judgmental Maps allows readers to submit annotated maps of cities. It’s the type of thing that has potential to veer into some unfortunate racial stereotyping, but you also get some spot-on jabs, like listing NYC’s Penn Station as “Worst Train Station Ever.” (judgmentalmaps.com) Kareem Abdul-Jabbar speaks out about the public’s slow response to Donald Sterling’s history of…
“Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems: How Hip-Hop Failed Black America, Part II.” This is part two in a series of essays by Questlove examining the state of Hip-Hop. Read part one here. (vulture.com) Lucasfilm announces Star Wars: Episode VII cast. Wait, where’s Lando? (comicbookresources.com) “Before Gonzo: Hunter S. Thompson’s Early, Underrated Journalism Career” (theatlantic.com) VIDEO: The Ducktales theme song…
Craig Ferguson has announced that he and CBS are “consciously uncoupling at the end of 2014. The future of the host of CBS’ Late Late Show has been in question since the network announced Stephen Colbert would take over for David Letterman at 11:30. Ferguson’s departure leaves an opportunity for the Tiffany Network to to fill…
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