Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Piracy is a serious issue. Live-streaming apps like Periscope and Meerkat have plenty of sticky societal implications. These are two indisputable facts! Let’s not make the mistake, though, of assuming that they overlap. This week, HBO confirmed that it sent takedown notices to Periscope, the Twitter-owned emporium of bored iPhone owners showing off their cats…
Begin: WordPress Article Content Twitter is doing whatever it can to help its live video streaming acquisition Periscope beat independent competitor Meerkat. Multiple sources tell TechCrunch that Twitter has been contacting celebrities who use Meerkat, trying to convince them Meerkat is dying and that they should use Periscope instead.Sources also say Twitter has been in touch with media companies…
And so continues one of the most confusing relationships of my adult life: that between myself and Fox News’ Megyn Kelly. Once again Kelly brought out her “sensible adult” side during an interview with Rand Paul, taking him (as well as other male journalists) to task for sexism. You’ll recall Rand Paul’s dickhead interview with…
The Great American News Anchor is no different from the Great and Powerful Oz.<br /><br /> How is it possible that the inane institution of the anchorman has endured for more than 60 years? Some two months into Brian Williams’s six-month banishment from NBC for making stuff up, it’s not known whether he will ever…
SHARING BUTTONS CONTENT OF THE POST GhostofAlyeska says he was “simply curious who Fox News’ science reporters are. I wanted to know what kind of scientific backgrounds they might have.” Here’s what he found: NPR’s science correspondents include: Shankar Vedantam, who has been honored by the American Public Health Association, is the author of The…
Tayser Abuhamdeh doesn’t have what most people would call an exciting job. He works behind the counter at a deli in Brooklyn, a small shop that does a brisk business in snacks, coffee, and cigarettes. In June of last year, on a whim and mostly out of boredom, Abuhamdeh mounted his phone next to the…
Have you ever sat down to binge-watch your favorite box set, with the nagging feeling that you don’t have enough popcorn to make it through to the finale? If only there was a way to mainline the X-Files all at once—every episode playing simultaneously, on a single screen, a kind of dark magic that could…
It’s no secret that the media industry has been high on the list of businesses that have been disrupted by the Internet and is struggling to find a new footing. For a few years, things appeared to be settling down a bit, as the music, written word, and video businesses seemed to be on promising digital…
Last Updated Feb 11, 2015 10:41 PM EST NEW YORK — Bob Simon, the longtime “60 Minutes” correspondent and legendary CBS News foreign reporter died suddenly tonight in a car accident in New York City. The award-winning newsman was 73. “It’s a terrible loss for all of us at CBS News,” 60 Minutes Executive Producer…
Anne Lamott 17 hrs · Brian Williams is our new Old Testament goat. It’s like being the new It Girl, although of course, not quite as festive. And I’m caught up in it, too. It’s hard to turn away, and a part of me, the dark part of me with bad self esteem, is cheered….