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...sensation of state-owned TV in Russia is an 87-year-old dissident with a juicy backstory. A mini-series based on ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYN'S once banned 1968 anti-Soviet novel, First Circle, attracted 15 million viewers a night, beating out even a broadcast of Terminator 3. After being imprisoned by Stalin, exiled to Vermont and triumphantly welcomed home in 1994, the reclusive writer has not always been in the forefront of Russians' hearts. Dismissed as pass, he endured the indignity of seeing his talk show canceled because of low ratings. But the success of the mini-series, for which...
...station IDs recorded by N.W.A.-era Dr. Dre, De La Soul, and other rap icons.” Ironically, Harvard’s foray into hip-hop ended just as the genre reached its cultural zenith. Hip-hop music was no longer prominently featured in WHRB’s broadcast lineup by the mid-90s—the era that saw Tupac Shakur, Notorious B.I.G., and the “Gangsta-Funk” aesthetic attain success as pop music—and “The Dark Side” faded into obscurity. Jacoby speculates that the rapid chart...
There is, however, a higher purpose to all that digital sarcasm. Most salespeople who broadcast the stories of their rude customers hope to shame others into acting better, says retail veteran Norm Feuti, who spent 15 years working as a manager at a host of stores. Instead of blogging or just complaining, Feuti created a comic strip, Retail, now syndicated in 43 newspapers, depicting the staff at the fictional department store Grumbel's. Feuti is an equal-opportunity scold. His strip features not just the customers chatting on their cell phones in the checkout line but also the clerks...
...idea for ?StarTomorrow? was hatched in NBC?s broadcast department seven months ago, when Mottola and the producers of ?The Biggest Loser? pitched the idea as a reality show for the TV network. Gaspin felt the "Idol" genre was already too crowded, but decided-when he started his new job on NBC?s digital end-that it might stand a better chance on the Net. For one thing, it makes economic sense...
Cramer will broadcast live from Notre Dame University, University of Michigan, the Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania, and Columbia University...