“The circumstances are different … but the parallels are uncanny – a charismatic, promising Democratic politician undone by his libido, and his smart, accomplished wife keeping it together. What can Weiner and Abedin learn from the Florricks about how to handle the aftermath of a public disgrace?”
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In Egypt, This Year’s Ramadan Soap Operas Star Conservative Islamists
“Moltaheen – ‘people with beards’ – are all over TV this Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting, which Egyptians mark by staying up through the night and watching multi-episode soap operas. … These programs were filmed when Morsi still held power, and they appear to be the cultural establishment’s collective protests against extremism.”
Google Accounts For An Astonishing Percentage Of North American Internet Traffic
“That’s a far larger slice of than previously thought, and it means that with so many consumer devices connecting to Google each day, it’s bigger than Facebook, Netflix, and Instagram combined. It also explains why Google is building data centers as fast as it possibly can.”
Local San Francisco TV Station Tries To Use Copyright Law To Erase Embarrassing Broadcast From The Internet
“It has been issuing takedown notices to YouTube for videos showing its anchor literally reading fake names of pilots involved in the recent airline crash at San Francisco International Airport.”
UK Movies Account For 15 Percent Of Worldwide Box Office
“The figure was almost 2% down on 2011’s 17.2% share.”
Now Even Spike Lee Has Turned To Crowdfunding
“The Brooklyn filmmaker on Monday unveiled his bid to raise $1.25 million over the next month using the fundraising site Kickstarter. Lee offered few details on the film, but said it would be about ‘the addiction of blood’.”
Japan’s Communist Party Introduces Cartoon Mascots
“Japan’s newest Communists are a motley bunch. There is Ikuko Kosodate, a mother of 10 with fierce-looking eyebrows and a baby strapped to her back. … There is Master Poken, a strict disciplinarian. And then there is Yoko, a ‘mysterious’ 25-year-old job hopper who ‘always wears sunglasses and a trench coat, and is rumored to hide a whip inside her coat’.”
Bollywood Falls Out Of Love With The Swiss Alps
You didn’t know Bollywood had been in love with the Swiss Alps? Oh goodness, yes: swoony love duets depicting couples cavorting through blooming Alpine meadows had become de rigueur. But not so much anymore – and that’s not only because it’s finally gotten safer to film in Kashmir.
How Pay-TV Providers Are Striking Back Against Streamers
“For years television has battled doomsayers who predict that Netflix and other online-video services will prompt consumers to abandon pay-TV. But few households have done so, because the distributors and programme-makers have been adept at making it hard for them to get popular new shows quickly without being signed up for pay-TV.”
The Beginning Of The End Of Bully TV Stations?
As CBS battles Time Warner and threatens blackouts for 3 million customers in New York, start-up streaming service Aereo may step into the ring.