The Media Drop

Just got an email this morning from TiVo stating that its “TiVo Rewards” program, the one that gives you points for referring others to TiVo and using a TiVo credit card, is ending as of May 28th.

How many TiVos can you recommend in the next 90 days, huh?

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How did I miss until now that Riki Rachtman was doing mad video for NASCAR?

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Further making me want to shoot myself in the head is the quote Gruber pulled from an article on Techdirt, about TiVo vs. a video-on-demand product.
If you guessed $2.4 billion for the value of Getty Images’ archive, you win!
Romenesko notes the WaPo’s latest style changes. “Gay” is now in, “illegal aliens” are now “illegal immigrants.” […]

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I’d be remiss for not pointing to the fact that Mark Lisanti is leaving Defamer, and on to other pastures. So I’m pouring off a little bit of the, well, what’s this - umm, water from the watercooler - for my dearly departed blogger pal, Mark. Cheers, Mark, and we’ll be keeping an eye on […]

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The Hollywood Reporter’s Nellie Andreeva and Etan Vlessing are talking about how U.S. networks are bringing content to the air that is Canadian in origin. Of course, Americans have been snagging good ideas from other countries for years, just in dribs and drabs (most good game shows, plus NBC’s The Office, to name a few). […]

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