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Fading to black -- Hollywood's cuckoo clocks and Blockbuster stores
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsYou know the old saying, "Even a stopped clock is right twice a day." Not in Hollywood. The city's $86,000 electronic clocks on the water tower at I-95 and Sheridan Street are completely kaput again, the latest in a never-ending......Tags: Sumner Redstone, H. Wayne Huizenga, Margate, Tamarac, Netflix Inc.
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"South Park": You Boys in Trouble Now
The TV ZoneWho among you saw the "South Park" season premiere on Wednesday night? You, you, you and you? Good: Can we discuss? Here's a question that is posed only at the risk of sounding idiotic - insofar as the answer......Tags: George Lucas, Paramount, Steven Spielberg, Indiana Jones (fictional character)
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BET, Lil Wayne Get Rapped Over "Every Girl"
The TV ZoneOh man, THIS is what happens when I don't watch an awards show in its glorious entirety: A controversy breaks out and I gotta catch up hours later. First, Don Lemon of CNN has an interview with Joe Jackson......Tags: Music, Columbia University, YouTube, CNN (tv network), Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks
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The many faces of business-casual
Good news for facial-hair enthusiasts. After six decades of flagrant beardscrimination, Walt Disney Co. has lifted its ban on employee goatees and other face fuzz.
It's a bold move by a notoriously conservative company. As Walt Disney himself once did...Tags: Chicago Tribune Columnists, The Walt Disney Co., Rex Huppke
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Give cable TV subscribers more freedom of choice
President Obama has nominated venture capitalist Tom Wheeler, a former lobbyist for the cable and the wireless industries, to serve as head of the Federal Communications Commission. "Tom knows this stuff inside and out," Obama said. If that's true, I...
Tags: Television Industry, DirecTV Group Inc., Media Industry, PBS (tv network), ESPN (tv network)
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Moving, slowly, toward a la carte cable
The cable company Cablevision says it's just looking out for consumers in its lawsuit against Viacom, owner of MTV and Nickelodeon, over bundled programming packages that drive monthly bills higher. And the company is correct — to a point. ------...
Tags: Consumers, Television Industry, MSNBC (tv network), Comedy Central (tv network), DirecTV Group Inc.
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WMS Industries places a bet on online gambling
While Illinois officials remain mired in debate over all forms of gambling, WMS Industries is predicting that casinos will soon become ubiquitous — via your computer and cellphone, at least. The Waukegan-based slot machine maker last month received...
Tags: Media Industry, Chicago Tribune Columnists, Earnings, E-Commerce Industry, Midway Games Inc.
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Web companies need to step up on protecting kids' privacy
Mary SanchezEverybody can agree that the privacy of children needs to be protected when they use the Internet. Young children invite trouble by logging on, posting pictures of themselves, giving out their cellphone numbers, birthdays, home addresses and other...Tags: Mary Sanchez, Google Inc., Demi Lovato, Selena Gomez, Microsoft Corporation
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Robert B. Reich: Free enterprise on trial -- who bears the risks?
American VoicesAs Newt Gingrich lashes out at "liberal elites," Mitt Romney is casting the 2012 campaign as "free enterprise on trial" -- and Romney defines free enterprise as achieving success through "risk-taking." U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donahue,...Tags: Citigroup Incorporated, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Jamie Dimon, 401K
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Finally, a chance to picket (in a virtual way)
There were certain experiences I knowingly sacrificed by enrolling at Stanford: joining a secret society, going to a national football championship game, having sex. I also assumed that in exchange for a white-collar job, I'd never get to go on strike....Tags: Folk (genre), Labor Disputes, Woody Guthrie, Unions, Dancing
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Given options, Tribune could rewrite script
Even those of us who haven't seen the new Vince Vaughn-Jennifer Aniston movie "The Break Up" have found it impossible to avoid hearing about it. Apparently they play a mismatched couple who own Chicago property together. With their romance on the rocks,...Tags: Gannett Company, Inc., Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Sales, Time Warner Inc., Tribune Tower
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Bold strategy to shape Tribune chief's legacy
With his silver-flecked hair and neatly trimmed mustache, Tribune Co. Chairman, President and CEO Dennis FitzSimons has the look of media maverick Ted Turner. We're about to find out if he has Turner's vision. These are tough times for all traditional...Tags: Television Industry, Newspaper and Magazine, Ted Turner, Tribune Tower, National Government
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