Category: media

The highly anticipated “12 Years A Slave” takes top honors.

“What with their over-inflated budgets, film-makers in Hollywood seem to have forgotten an ancient truth: it’s the no-frills finales that really chill. Kicking a dog or telling a child there’s no Santa Claus – now that’s bad.”

“NPR said it is projecting an operating deficit of $6.1 million during its upcoming fiscal year, based on revenues of $178.1 million. With roughly 840 employees, that would mean a reduction of 80 to 84 people.”

“Amid a sea of serious Oscar releases, intellectual documentaries and edgy indies at this year’s film festival here, the standout films commanding the highest prices wound up being a handful of comedies and an upbeat musical.’

“But each show also has a virtual ‘clock,’ a set template, from which the show almost never varies. Every show that broadcasts – or aspires to broadcast – in the public radio system has a clock. [Here] is the All Things Considered broadcast clock, which NPR and stations across the country refer to on a daily basis.”

The report found that infringement was a “minor activity” during this period, with 17% of internet users consuming at least one item of “infringing content”. The report said this equated to around a third of all consumers of online content.

It would probably look like this.

“Everything remotely like a swear word is tracked on every show by every cable network. But the rules around language are constantly tested and redefined, says NPR’s pop-culture blogger, Linda Holmes.”

“It is apparently TIFF policy that cellphones not be used during a film, but enforcement is generally more lax during what are called press and industry screenings.”

“There is growing discontent among religious figures and in the media in Nigeria – which has one of the most influential entertainment industries in Africa – with content from some of the country’s most popular artists frequently banned by censors.”