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...knows the impact of a provocative title. So the actor and filmmaker who renamed himself ALBERT BROOKS can't be surprised that his next project is raising some eyebrows even before it's finished. In Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World, which Brooks wrote and is directing, the Broadcast News funnyman plays a comic sent abroad by the U.S. State Department to discover what makes Muslims laugh. Sony Pictures Entertainment passed on distributing the comedy, fearing the title was insensitive, and Brooks fans are debating its offensiveness online. Brooks is keeping mum about the film, due out next year...
Unlike traditional radio, podcasting needs no studio, broadcast tower or hushed quiet. Best of all, there's no Federal Communications Commission regulation. Hosts can say what they like for as long as they like. Profanity works too. The Daily Source Code, although not quite "daily," is taped on the fly with a small recorder and a mike while Curry soaks up the scene wherever he happens to be--sitting in bed with his wife, piloting a helicopter or fixed-wing airplane (he has licenses for both) or taking a midnight stroll...
...Vodka, one of the earliest companies to grasp podcasting's promotional value, recently launched a multimillion-dollar marketing campaign to reach trendsetting consumers. Vox-supported podcasts air on Infinity Broadcasting's KYOU Radio, the first all-podcasting station in San Francisco. Each week it features 25 regularly scheduled podcasts, some with commercial sponsors. Station manager Stephen Page has a "podbank" filled with more than 3,200 programs--all created by listeners, like Worldbeat Radio from Paris, a blues show from Iowa, and Guy Bauer, a 30-minute variety show. About 15 new podcasts arrive daily, he says. Launched...
China is under no obligation to allow foreign broadcasters to operate, and by tightening regulations across the board, President Hu Jintao has shown his wariness about opening China's living rooms to Western culture. Multinational media companies are salivating over the $3.4 billion in TV advertising carried on networks in China last year, only 6% of which went to foreign firms, according to Vivek Couto, a Hong Kong--based media consultant. But government restrictions limit some News Corp. channels to the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, luxury hotels, top government offices and approved apartment buildings. (Time Warner, owner of TIME...
...republic's famously autocratic leader?he has named the months of January and April after himself and his mother?said the decree was necessary to stem the tide of foreign influence in Turkmenistan. This follows his similar outlawing of opera and ballet in 2001 (currently, much of the music broadcast on Turkmenistan's airwaves are Niyazov's own words set to music). "Don't kill our talents by lip synching," he warned his cabinet. "Create our new culture...