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#thefuture
Everything Bad About the Web Was Once Said About Television
This 1945 pamphlet on the "Future of Television" is awesome. But who would have thought we'd be having the same tired discussion 65 years later? The table of contents is a template for every contemporary new media debate: More » -
#media
The Great Newspaper Firewall Is Coming. And?
Newsday is going to start charging for its awful website. One columnist there quit over it. The New York Times says it will make a decision on charging for its (good) website "within weeks." Then what happens? More » -
#shameless
Naked Self Promotion: How Hilary Rowland Saves Africa
Hilary Rowland is more than a model, starfucker and internet entrepreneur; she says she cares about Africans too. And we believe her, if only because her charitable endeavors give Rowland the chance to promote herself half-naked, as is her wont. More » -
#edelman
Huge PR Firm Has Bunch of
Here is just the latest example of how a large PR agency can be a huge, huge, huge, hustle, staffed by hustlers, who will charge you too much money to do dumb, simple things, on the internet. Edelman! More »KidsDigital PR Strategists -
#theinternet
A World without the Internet
Cracked.com has imagined a terrifying post-internet hellscape: Twitter via carrier pigeon, LOLcats on Broadway and the resurgence of porn shops. OK, so it's not all bad. Via Anna Jane Grossman. -
#media
Can an Online Fan Base Save the New York Times? No.
After the New York Times announced that it's cutting 100 more newsroom jobs, guess what happened, virally? Many commenters begged to be allowed to pay for the paper's online content! Is this the NYT's salvation? Ha, no. More » -
#fameballs
Meghan McCain Swears She'll Quit Twitter If You Can't Deal With Her Boobs
Meghan McCain says she plans to "get the fuck off Twitter" since so many users of the microblogging service are hating on a maverick picture she posted of her maverick cleavage. Oh, please. She's a fameball. She's going nowhere. More » -
#thecinema
Oliver Stone Hates the Internet, Likes the Internet's Money
Terra Networks paid Oliver Stone an estimated $75,000 to speak in Manhattan last night. The Spanish internet company probably did not expect the director to call internet users philistines and internet video "jerking off in front of a camera." More » -
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#magic
Newspaper Lady to Explain Internet, In Book
This "The Internet" thing is nice, but we often think: What it really needs is a self-proclaimed arbiter of its cultural relevance to undertake the preposterouslyimpossibleambitious task of explaining the entire internet. In a book. Hello, Virginia Heffernan! More » -
#theellies
Fancy Magazine Awards Open to Riff-Raff
Even as the magazine industry has crumbled in the Great Magazine Die-Off, publishers have always been able to assure themselves: "At least we're the only ones who can win National Magazine Awards." ¡No mas! Now, even we're eligible. More » -
#theinternet
Seeking Swedish Lesbians, Chinese Men Bring Internet To Its Knees
Chinese men are very, very interested in finding out more about a mythical secret of town Swedish lesbian lumberjacks have reportedly "crippled" the nation's data networks with a flood of search requests. And they're inundating the poor Swedes, as well. More » -
#theinternet
Did Your Email Get Hacked? Maybe.
The bad news is that 30,000 Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo, and other email accounts have had all their login info posted online, by hackers. The good news is, it's their own dumb fault. More » -
#wtf
The Wisconsin Tourism Federation finally renamed itself, so when bored in Milwaukee, don't ask WTF.
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#theinternet
Certified Genius Once Considered Random Internet 'Asshole'
Another reason to be careful who you call an idiot on the internet: he might be hailed as a genius someday, making you look like the real fool. More » -
#bloggers
Who Is NYTPicker? Don't Ask the New York Times
Just over an hour ago, the New York Times "revealed" the identity of NYTPicker, the anonymous blogger who made good sport of critiquing its namesake newspaper. Now the paper has beat a hasty, somewhat embarrassing retreat. More » -
#law
Everybody Wants Google to Rat Someone Out
That which we feared most hath come to pass: Mean, anonymous people are being forcefully purged from the internet, with lawsuits. First the skankblogger affair, and now it's happening again! Uh, sort of. More » -
#google
After All That Drama, Google China Loses Leader
Poor Google! The company's Chinese expansion hasn't been easy: they've been shamed for giving into government censors and continue to play second-fiddle to a state-supported competitor. And now they've lost their regional leader. What will become of the company? More » -
#theinternet
The Internet Faces Frightening, Market Driven Future (But Shouldn't)
Happy Birthday, Internet! This September marks the 40th anniversary of our virtual god, and, as happens with the marching of time, it faces some changes. The scope and impact of those potential changes remains to be seen, but they're scary! More » -
#niceandboring
The Sinister March of Net Niceness
Wikipedia, once an internet free-for-all, has announced it will now screen changes to certain articles. The New York Times' ethics columnist, meanwhile, is joining the eternal backlash against anonymous blogging. Two steps toward a nice, peaceful, boring and neutered internet.
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#memes
Stuff (Demographic Group) (Feeling) Meme Almost Entirely Used Up
"Stuff White People Like." It seemed so innocent for those first few hours. Now the whole format has been squeezed dry and used up like an old bottle of shampoo. Which is Something Hipsters Hate. More »
