Category: media

It wasn’t what the bookies expected.

Way, way too many young women’s bodies get a violent treatment on British shows, says the woman who got her big break on Prime Suspect.

In the final big awards before the Oscars, bookies have tipped the odds toward 12 Years A Slave.

Yes, Netflix has rivals, especially outside of the U.S. – some long-established, some new but with big current-run movie advantages. But which is best?

Check out the hard numbers: “The number of wall posts climbs and climbs—until it tumbles when things become official.”

“The deal could impact satellite TV, television programmers like ESPN and Fox, online video providers like Netflix and YouTube, and the massive networks at the very heart of the internet.”

“Gone are hundreds of once-independent broadcast outlets. In their stead is a truncated list of nationwide, homogenized, and de-journalized empires that respond more to quarterly reports than to the information needs of citizens.”

“So the cable industry, if it can consolidate, gets access to the most important pipe coming into people’s homes (after power and water) and the fewer cable companies there are, the more unified the rate structure might appear.”

“The term ‘restorative experiences’ was coined by University of Michigan psychologist Stephen Kaplan. He wanted to understand why walks in the park, or even looking at a picture of a landscape, can recharge your mental batteries.”

The new revelation “follows a wave of damning revelations about the influence of super-wealthy political interests over public broadcasting. Thanks to collusion with PBS executives, those monied interests are increasingly permitted to launder their ideological and self-serving messages through the seeming objectivity of public television.”