Media Bitchfest

Hm, You Don’t Say?

In Steven Levy’s “The Perfect Thing” which is all about the conception and dominance of the iPod, he chornicles the Herculean task Steve Jobs had before him in trying to get the five major music labels on board with the iTunes music store. In short, it took a strong man like Apple to force the […]

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Old Windbags More Interesting In Windows Media Player

There is a cycle to most revolutions. They organize, gain support, storm the establishment and take over. That’s the good part, what people like to talk about, but it is only half of the cycle. Because it is after all that the revolutionaries fight amongst themselves until becoming complacent and adopting many of the traits […]

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You Sold Out

Tom Scocca of the New York Observer has a lengthy screed up today decrying the dangers of YouTube and what it is doing the fabric of our culture. His hypothesis: the ephemeral nature of television is sacrosanct. It used to be, when you caught something extraordinary on the tele, it was lightning in a bottle, […]

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Variation On A Theme

The SFGate.com’s Mark Morford has a column this morning lamenting the ephemeral nature of the newspaper and the goofy question, “Are newspapers dying?” The column is very well written and pretty funny, but it got me thinking about he cult of “the blogosphere” and it’s staked hatred for the dreaded Mainstream Media (or MSM as […]

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Three Stars of the Newscycle: 6.21.06

Today is Hump Day, pronounced with a -ump day. All you other weekdays, please allow today to bump thee.

Stick you stupid fake robots up your asshole Ballmer!
It’s been a year. Knock it off.
Lawyers are dying to represent Saddaam! (Thank you folks, I’ll be here all week)

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New Media Gets Slightly More Accusatory

Who doesn’t love a good evolution every once in a while. While many newspapers are kicking and screaming against the ever ferocious current that is the internet, we always like to salute those who’ve taken their heads out of their asses long enough to realize the valuable tool that sits in front of them. Of […]

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