10 Ghost Adventures From DC To NYC

In recognition of the Ghost Adventures Live Broadcast from the Trans-Allegheny Penitentiary on the Travel Channel tonight from 8PM to 3AM, here are the Top 10 spookiest ghost adventures between Washington, D.C. and New York City.  MUAHAHAHAHA!
1.  Washington Square Park, Manhattan, NY:  Washington Square Park is located on the site of a former gallows and [...]

Radiohead to Testify Against RIAA in File-Sharing Case

Something we need to see more of–actual artists standing up for themselves against RIAA’s disingenuous claims that it cares about artists more than it cares about deep-pocketed record labels.  According to Radiohead’s legal team at Harvard Law School led by Charles Nesson, the band will testify against RIAA in RIAA’s lawsuit against Joel Tenenbaum–the Boston [...]

Things McDonald’s Can Teach Us About How to File an FCC Complaint

OK we get it — calling 911 over a McDonald’s incident isn’t an emergency.  But if it’s not an emergency, then why does big media need to devote valuable airtime to reporting on this woman’s call to 911, UNLESS they want to draw some strange, tongue-in-cheek reference to black people and fried chicken?  I won’t [...]

Why the NY Post’s Advertisers are Today’s Racist Lynch Mob

A few weeks ago, I discussed five reasons why the media reform effort is the civil rights movement of our time.  In one example that I gave, I pointed out the similarities between the way Flavor Flav is depicted and the blackface tradition of vaudeville.  Apparently, it’s not the only negative depiction of black people [...]

Netflix is Taking Over

How much do you pay for cable?  Exactly.  Diane Mermigas, over at MediaPost, wrote on the factors that have created a perfect storm that is allowing Netflix to take an increasing share of business from subscription-based services and other traditional content distributors.  Among the circumstances contributing to Netflix’ growth:

Slowing growth of pay t.v.–from 11% in [...]

Trouble in Big-Media Land

Media consolidation didn’t work.  
For all of their lobbying efforts to consolidate 95% of our media experiences to a handful of companies, now look where we are. If it ended there–just with the failure of these companies that have been hell bent, for decades, on silencing smaller players–the situation would be merely abhorrent. [...]

Scientists Find Secret to Happiness in Old Age

 
 
“Nothing bothers grandma. I love her so much.” Why is it that nothing seems to bother grandma? Scientists in the UK have concluded that the brains of the elderly are more equipped at weeding out negative memories than are the brains of younger people:
It is believed that as we get older we [...]

RIAA Kills Yet Another Music Platform

 
Techcrunch just reported that yet another online music sharing service, Mixwit, is going out of business.
In the book Free Culture: How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity, Lawrence Lessig describes big media’s attempts to, not just increase its overall footprint, but to ensure that its content is the only content.  By essentially bribing [...]

Fascinating “Infographics” From Princeton

Here are thousands of pages of U.S. policy and cultural trends digested in compelling, digestible graphics.
More here.

Gore to Take Over Presidency for Remaining 38 Days

I wouldn’t put it past ‘em.  More here.

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