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...scandals over rigged competitions reflect the industry's search for new sources of income as its traditional wellsprings - subsidies and advertising revenues - threaten to run dry. There's another reason for falling standards, says Stuart: the huge popularity of reality TV - cheap to produce and capable of provoking the kind of controversy that still hooks big audiences. Controversy is, of course, hard to control. Channel 4's last run of Celebrity Big Brother sparked riots in India after Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty was subjected to racial abuse from fellow contestants. Earlier this year, The Verdict, a BBC reality show, brought...
...Microsoft has not had a lot of success with their online plays," notes Shahid Khan, a business strategy consultant at IBB Consulting in Princeton, N.J. Their search engine, Windows Live, is a distant third to Google and Yahoo, in both ad revenue and users. They've lost out to Google on key strategic deals to buy both YouTube and online ad company DoubleClick. And while sales of the new operating system, Windows Vista, have been brisk, reviews have been decidedly mixed...
...made was in keeping Google out," says analyst Rob Enderle. Not only will Microsoft garner more revenues by serving up ads for Facebook (the exact revenue split has not been disclosed, but is probably about 20% going to Microsoft) but it also has a great shot at getting its search engine built into Facebook...
...Coupland seems dangerously close to falling from his observer’s perch.In attempting to expand his literary palette into the genre of modern tragedy, Coupland has created a Frankenstein-esque fusion of his illustrious satirical past and his shaky dramatic future. Coupland writes his characters into a perpetual search for commiseration, for stability, and for an escape from the human shells around them that serve as a constant reminder of their own mortality. In his fitter form, Coupland would make short, humorous work of this as well, but he hesitates to mock what is clearly a personal issue...
...last time there was a College dean search, then-Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby drew criticism for consulting few students before he chose Benedict H. Gross ’71. Now, in the search for Gross’s successor, Dean of the Faculty Michael D. Smith seems to be taking a more inclusive approach as he meets with an undergraduate advisory committee. The 31-member undergraduate committee—made up of representatives appointed from each of the Houses, the freshman class, and the Undergraduate Council—spoke with Smith over dinner...