Media Bitchfest

Congratulations, By The Way

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World News Weekly 12.15.06

In an uncertain world of turmoil and strife, whom can we turn to for a summery of happenings from this, our global village? The answer is Shaun Barnes, his column begins now…

Remember the good old days of the Go Go 90s? When everyone was talking about Russia’s newfound freedom and eccentric billionaires taking $20 million […]

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Have You Seen This Boy?

Pelosi picture on Drudge Report, December 14th

T-1000 from T2: Judgment Day
….just saying

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Turning The Corner

Here, here to niche media.
Former CNN chief Easton Jordan started the terribly named IraqSlogger.com, a resource for Iraq news and media watch. So far, it looks good, but I feel like I need to repost this report:
Iraqis Escape, Get “Lost” Tune Out Reality, Tune in Hit U.S. TV Series
By EASON JORDAN Posted 22 hr. 0 […]

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Worst Lede Of The Week- 12.13.06

Guess which one of these recent Borat ledes is the worst of the week…
A South Carolina man is suing Ristorante Divino, saying managers allowed a “Borat” cameraman to film him in the restaurant’s bathroom.
OR
An American man claims he was “accosted” by the star of the spoof documentary Borat - alias comedian Sacha Baron Cohen - […]

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Well I’ll Be…

Okay, let’s clear up this misconception. “Old media” is never really going to die, it’s never really going to completely go away or be overtaken by younger viral rivals. So is today’s Post story about BM companies Time Warner, Comcast, Fox Interactive and Viacom being in the top 10 for November page views a surprise? […]

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Media Complimentfest: Single Sponser News Shows

Not a lot rattles the bones of big media. They are slow to react to change, usually don’t adapt to trends until it is too late and consistently redefine the term “annoying sense of entitlement.”
However, in this edition of Media Complimentfest we salute NBC for their embracing of the single sponsor ad concept with NBC […]

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Redrum

REDRUM!

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Long Weekend And A Note On Expansion

Today, you will not find any new Bitchfest. No new Shaun Barnes column, he is wrapping up grad school finals. No new drivel of mine, I am busy with the first official week of my NEW job over at iTricks.com. What is iTricks.com? Oh shit, here’s a press release:

iTricks.com to provide 24/7 entertainment news about […]

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Worst Lede Of The Week- 12.6.06

In this edition of WLotW, a heretofore unseen ailment. The scribe should be mindful of literary flourishes sticking out amongst the plainer text. Please, sally forth amongst the offending prose:
NEW YORK (AP) — Andy Rooney has never been shy about his opinions, but now he’s being bedeviled by somebody else’s words being circulated under his […]

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