Rounding up the year-end Nielsen ratings for 2010, The New York Times’ Brian Stelter notes that—despite all the alternative media and entertainment choices—viewers actually watched slightly more TV than they did in 2009. The overall balance of the viewing continued to shift more in cable’s favor, but that’s still a growing audience …
I was on vacation last week. But thanks to the magic of publishing—and the magic of working double-time before vacation—I had a story in TIME anyway! I previewed Oprah Winfrey’s just-launched OWN network, which essentially atomizes the themes and content of The Oprah Winfrey Show across a 24-hour cable lineup:
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I’m back from my vacation, in which I managed to do something I never thought I would: escape a blizzard by driving to Michigan. I had little problem keeping up with the snow news while visiting relatives, however, as the New York City whiteout was the lead story throughout local Detroit-area TV news. That’s the great thing about being
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