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...increased emphasis on broadening TV's scope beyond the box itself. Comcast is a cable company, interested in "finding new ways to sell viewers media," according to TIME's James Poniewozik. That means an increased emphasis on online media (NBC owns a share in the Web streaming service Hulu) and the network's cable channels. By most indications, Comcast doesn't plan to tinker with the network's programming. For those hoping Baldwin and company will continue to crack jokes at their new corporate overlords' expense, that's good news indeed...
...edition was released Dec. 1, and this year Twitter was the big winner. The social-networking site was the fastest-rising search query, beating out Web rivals Facebook (No. 3) and Hulu (No. 4) for the top spot. But absent the cybertrifecta, the 2009 list is predictably grim. In a year that saw the "Summer of Death," Michael Jackson was the second fastest-rising term, and Natasha Richardson (No. 8) and Farrah Fawcett (No. 9) made the top 10. The only celebrity who's still among us that managed to crack the list? Lady Gaga, who catapulted to fame this...
...compensate writers for content on the web. That's just ridiculous. It's a time of change for the industry, for all industries, every single industry is being affected by the web. Network television is already technically free, so when they have sites like Hulu that are figuring out a way to still have ad revenue, I think it's really smart. You can't fight it. You have to think outside the box and find a new way to deal with it. I'm not sure they have...
...they are simple to follow, they can be enjoyed by a wide demographic and age range, and - most important - they have no shelf life. There are winners and losers, and spoilers abound the next day. So you watch them that night, as they happen - not on DVR or Hulu - or you might as well not watch them at all. And that means you watch them with commercials, without which network TV becomes a charitable enterprise...