The Media Drop

Of interest from my RSS reader on 11/27:

Gothamist shares some details on Star, formerly of Power 105, Hot 97, and a number of other places, apparently getting another radio DJ gig in NYC
Wizbang’s Jim Addison points out that top Democrats plan to honor the picket lines at the upcoming Democratic Presidential debate, set for December […]

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Okay, it’s about time I wrote this post, so here it is. As regular or longtime readers of TMD might have noticed, I’ve been more than last for the last year or two as compared to the demented pace at which I churned through 2004 and 2005 on this blog. It’s gone from being full […]

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During my trip out to the West Coast and back this week, I read Michael Crichton’s Next, a present-day tale that discusses the patenting of genes (forget the Human Genome Project and mapping, this is the next step), gene manipulation with animals and humans, and the chilling effects that come from all of these things. […]

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The Onion had some fun in the last few days with Saturday Night Live, pointing out their lack of super recent compilation DVDs to sell, and deciding to put out a Melanie Hutsell edition. Nice.

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So, I’m testing out the Hulu private beta at the moment, and thought I would share a bit of the fun.
While I still think that the naming is a little bit out there, after the few minutes of playing with it, I definitely can see that they’ve spent a lot of the time on the […]

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Well, if you’re Time Out New York, you have to be happy about this year’s October 4 “Sex” issue, which dropped a 50% increase on the mag’s average weekly sales. But the quote of the issue wasn’t included, it happened later on in the month, when TONY’s EIC Brian Farnham said to a group of […]

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