Forget Arrested Development; maybe streaming-video services can become an alternative to regular TV by going after your children.
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Q&A: Keith Phipps Talks About Pitchfork’s New Movie Site, The Dissolve
The ex-editor of The Onion’s AV Club is launching a site for film fans
Fox’s Megyn Kelly Alpha-Dogs Working-Mom Critic Erick Erickson
Whatever Erick Erickson thinks he knows about the animal kingdom, he’s got a lot to learn about dominant females among the species of Fox.
YouTube Bets Big on Laughs with Its First-Ever “Comedy Week”
The online video giant will feature comedy programming all week—but can a website create sitcom-viewing habits?
Barbara Walters: A Career in Pictures
Looking back at the long and storied career of a TV-journalism icon
Disney Withdraws Attempt to Trademark the Name of a Holiday
Pixar wanted to lay claim to the phrase ‘Dia de los Muertos’
Coming to a Theater Near You: Radio Shows
NPR’s quiz show ‘Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!’ gets in on the latest trend in radio: visuals
It’s Not TV, It’s Amazon; What Do the Site’s New Pilots Offer That the Networks Don’t?
Like big networks and premium channels, streaming programmers need a brand. So far, Amazon’s involves raw, cable-style laughs and something for the kids.
Two Cheers for CNN
Things haven’t been pretty at CNN lately, but Anthony Bourdain and Jake Tapper suggest two ways the network can get interesting without getting dumb.
Boston Manhunt: Scrambling, Waiting, and Digging for Meaning on a Surreal Media Day
Somehow, in years of post-9/11 terrorist fiction, no one had created a narrative for the American-immigrant, high-school-athlete, Eminem-quoting mass-terrorism suspect.
Un-Arrested Development: On Boston Bomber, Media Outlets Walk Back a Big Story, Again
After last summer’s SCOTUS screw-up, CNN didn’t make the same embarrassing mistake. It—and a few others—made a brand-new embarrassing mistake.
Bloody Visions: What Would the Boston Bombing Look Like in the Google Glass Era?
Some critics complain about graphic images while authorities plead to the public for more video, showing how the surveillance culture can be both scourge and savior.
Accidental Racist: How Bad Punditry Makes Bad Music
The Brad Paisley / LL Cool J song is like every “To be sure, both sides are guilty…” paragraph from a political story, set to a whiny soundtrack.