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...scribes' side of the story in blogs and Youtube videos. Daily Show writer Jason Ross delivers an update from the New York City picket lines in the Comedy Central show's signature faux news style, conceding the producers' point that it's hard to measure the value of online content: "Online, intrinsic worth is measured in things like number of tears shed over Britney Spears by a heartbreakingly gay teenager," Ross says, before he is interrupted with a note that Viacom, which owns Comedy Central, is suing Youtube for $1 billion for using its content online. After a news clip...
...Frito-Lay, after realizing that its factories burn enormous amounts of energy, plans to take its Casa Grande, Ariz., facility off the power grid. Scheduled for 2010, the new design is capable of reducing electricity and water consumption 90%. Parent corporation PepsiCo's CEO says the company will be content to reach even 50% of the program's potential. Here's the plan...
...have a former Pac-10 safety (Matt Coombs) who is content playing special teams and nickelback—roles he handles so well that he ranks ahead of every defensive lineman in tackles...
...show's success has not been without controversy. In 2003, the southern African country Malawi briefly banned Big Brother over what it called explicit sexual content that could corrupt the nation's youth. Uganda is still a deeply conservative nation, with laws banning homosexuality and abortion. Yet Ugandans are fascinated despite themselves by a Western-style show that showcases Africans engaged in commonly frowned-upon vices. Editorials appear weekly in local newspapers analyzing the latest sordid development...
...visits to the pub. To underscore the video’s intended rough edges, the band uses a less polished version of the song than appears on the album. The video is not destined for MTV, as it effectively thumbs its nose at the mainstream in both form and content. As frontman Alex Turner sings in the song’s final lines, “Assuming all things are equal / Who’d want to be men of the people / When there’s people like you?” Despite the band’s rejection...