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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...there you are, sitting in your favorite armchair, smugly clicking the remote for your TiVo, sure that you've outrun those pesky advertisers. But have you? Despite all the ways Americans try to skip over ads and get to the good part, "we live in a world defined by more commercial messages, not fewer," proclaims Walker, the New York Times Magazine Consumed columnist and author of this fascinating new book. What's worse, he argues, most of us are unwitting participants in our own personal Truman Show. "We can talk all we want about being brandproof, but our behavior tells...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business Books | 5/22/2008 | See Source »

...Simpsons, I had to suffer through a minute of commercials before I got to see the show. On Hulu, while I had to update my copy of Macromedia Flash, there were less than 20 seconds of ads in the first 8 minutes. And unlike digital video recorders such as TiVo, which cost hundreds of dollars and require time to set up and schedule recordings, Hulu has no setup and no cost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hulu: The Next Step in TV on the Web | 3/10/2008 | See Source »

...REAL WINNERS Democratic media consultants, who pocket a percentage of each ad buy. And the makers of TiVo, which lets viewers skip commercials...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Page | 1/3/2008 | See Source »

...Call's Carson Daly, who will host NBC's New Year's Eve broadcast, spoke to TIME's Rebecca Winters Keegan to explain why he became the first late-night host to return to TV during the writers' strike. He also argues that the Times Square ball-drop is TiVo-proof and talks about what happens now that user-generated content is "sort of over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Last Call's Carson Daly | 12/24/2007 | See Source »

...Winehouse Her six nominations (second overall to West) are the only real indicator that the Grammy people have some taste. It's not just that Back to Black is a great album; it's original and daring - words not usually associated with Grammy. Be sure to set your TiVo, just in case Winehouse somehow toddles past security and makes an appearance at the Feb. 10 ceremony at Los Angeles' Staples Center...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 2007 Grammy's Winners and Losers | 12/6/2007 | See Source »

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