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Fox Helps You Help It...

Mon Apr 18, 2005 at 1:39 PM

To save its award-winning Arrested Development TV series, as reported in The New York Times. It's a strange turning of the tables--normally it's in our hands to try and save our favorite TV shows from getting the ax by petitioning to ...READ»

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Dear Mr. Lindstrom...

BY Kevin OhannessianMon Mar 28, 2005 at 10:26 AM

Mr. Lindstrom's blog entry last Friday sparked my interest. I spent a few minutes this weekend considering the problem. Though I loathe limits to free speech, he brings up a good point. Just as certain commercials are banned on ...READ»

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Blockbuster Battle to Begin!

BY Kevin OhannessianFri Mar 25, 2005 at 11:57 AM

It seems Blockbuster Inc. backed off from acquiring its competitor Hollywood Video. Instead, Hollywood (number two in home rentals) will merge with Movie Gallery (number three). Their combined company will be a greater rival for ...READ»

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Sirius Competition

BY Kevin OhannessianWed Feb 23, 2005 at 5:06 PM

It seems the rivalry continues. Sirius has acquired the rights to NASCAR. We are getting quite a game of leap frog between XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio. It is strange that the partnership doesn't start until 2007. ...READ»

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They're Trying, Linda, They're Trying

BY David LidskyWed Feb 16, 2005 at 2:44 PM

My esteemed colleague Linda Tischler just blogged about the massive, temporary art installation the Gates, justly lauding its refreshing lack of commercialism. I just happened by the Time Warner Center, the massive, unfortunately ...READ»

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Some Thoughts on the Gates (Sorry, Bill. Not You.)

BY Linda TischlerWed Feb 16, 2005 at 2:12 PM

Strolling through Central Park (with 700,000 other arts lovers) last weekend, I was struck by the realization that Christos's latest project, The Gates, was utterly free of commercialism. No corporate logos. No hawkers pushing ...READ»

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Incredible Pixar

BY Kevin OhannessianFri Feb 11, 2005 at 10:42 AM

Yesterday, Pixar reported better earnings than what was expected. It is no surprise with the success of Finding Nemo and The Incredibles. What is a surprise is that Pixar is willing to wait for Disney to choose a new CEO before ...READ»

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Toys for Tyros

BY Heath RowFri Jan 7, 2005 at 5:29 PM

Now this is some real Friday fun: business man action figures! Happy Worker's GeekMan, BossMan, and MoneyMan. The figures come complete with laptops, coffee cups, cell phones, and brief cases -- and look suspiciously like some of the ...READ»

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Happy 2005!

Mon Jan 3, 2005 at 4:59 PM

I don't know about you, but my head is still pounding from the infamous night of debauchery, which unfolded this New Year's Eve. My headache arose not from the drinking, but more from the exorbitant amount of time spent planning the ...READ»

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The Jerk School of Business

BY Linda TischlerFri Dec 10, 2004 at 4:34 PM

Who besides me is totallly outraged over last night's episode of "The Apprentice"? What's the primary lesson we've learned this season at the Trump School of Business? That while you can work hard, be well-educated, be enterprising ...READ»

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Product Placement... and Purchasing

BY Heath RowWed Dec 8, 2004 at 10:51 AM

NBC is going to start selling products seen on popular TV shows such as "Will and Grace" and "Las Vegas" online. Partnering with San Francisco-based Delivery Agent, which already has an alliance with ABC, the network is taking the ...READ»

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Welcome to the Real World

Wed Dec 1, 2004 at 1:18 PM

Imagine that you've spent the last five years in cultural exile, and you've never seen an episode of a reality TV series. Why, you would be... me. Until last week, that is, when I finally decided to immerse myself in the medium. ...READ»

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Bono: No, No

Wed Dec 1, 2004 at 11:44 AM

Well, good for Bono. His band, U2, has a new album out--and even though it got ripped off and distributed illegally on the Web two weeks before release, it looks like it will do just fine. As will the hot new, $349 U2 Apple iPod ...READ»

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The Flutie Effect

Tue Nov 23, 2004 at 12:51 PM

20 years ago today, an undersized quarterback named Doug Flutie improbably threw a 48-yard touchdown pass in the waning seconds to beat Miami in what is arguably the best play in college football history. (A BC grad myself, that play ...READ»

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The "Trimultaneous" Release

Mon Nov 22, 2004 at 1:55 PM

Straight to video. There's no worse insult in Hollywood. But not to Neverland Films. The independent film company released the feel-good holiday flick "Noel" in select theaters on Nov. 12th. The following week, Amazon started ...READ»

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Filming the Firm

BY Heath RowWed Nov 10, 2004 at 12:59 PM

This past weekend, I watched The Big Kahuna with my parents, and I'm thinking about the business of movies -- and the movies of business. Fast Company has considered leadership lessons from movies, and films such as The Corporation ...READ»

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Damn Yankees

Thu Oct 21, 2004 at 12:35 PM

Well, it happened. The rivalry that Michael mentioned has played itself out. The Boston Red Sox, the team with the second-highest payroll ($130 million), beat the New York Yankees, the team with the highest payroll ($180 million). ...READ»

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More on Trump and His Female Troubles

BY Jennifer ReingoldThu Sep 30, 2004 at 4:20 PM

Has Jeff Probst been sneaking into Manhattan aboard Trump's private jet (make that Mark Burnett's--Trump's is probably with the repo man) to help out the folks over at The Apprentice? It certainly seems that way after last night's ...READ»

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Trump's Female Troubles

Thu Sep 30, 2004 at 1:15 PM

What's up with the women (or, more precisely, iron-clawed harpies) on The Apprentice this season? Carolyn Kepcher, Donald's token ice queen (who by all accounts is a lovely person outside the boardroom), had it right when she lost ...READ»

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They Might Be Geniuses

Tue Aug 10, 2004 at 4:20 PM

It's no secret that They Might Be Giants have been doing fun and interesting things for more than--what?--two decades. They continue to scale the heights of retro wonder. Dial 718-387-6962 to get the duo's old-school Dial-A-Song ...READ»

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Changing the Channel at MTV

Mon Jul 26, 2004 at 11:07 AM

MTV is arguably one of the biggest influences on teens these days, with cult hits like "Newlyweds" and the long-running staples like "The Real World" gracing the airwaves 24/7. The recent naming of Judy McGrath as chair of MTV ...READ»

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Trump'd II

BY Heath RowTue Apr 13, 2004 at 10:28 AM

The Daily News reports that the Donald has doubled down in terms of his salary for the Apprentice. Previously earning $50,000 per episode, Trump will now thump a full $100,000 each program. It seems to me that Trump's appearance on ...READ»

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Near-Sighted (Tele)Vision

BY Heath RowFri Mar 26, 2004 at 11:09 AM

Paul Allen sold TechTV to Comcast Corp. yesterday for below $300 million. Allen took a loss on the station, which he unsuccessfully tried to fold into his own cable network, Charter Communications. But rather than continue to build ...READ»

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Corporate Cartoons

BY Heath RowWed Mar 24, 2004 at 12:56 PM

Inspired by David Rees' Get Your War On clip-art comic strip, Frank Patrick is experimenting with making comic strips using PowerPoint. He even offers a template so Web readers can create their own corporate clip-art comic strips. If ...READ»

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That's Rich II

BY Heath RowTue Mar 2, 2004 at 6:05 PM

An interesting comparison to Forbes' recent roundup of billionaires is Rolling Stone's 2004 Rock Rich List this week. The top 10: The Rolling Stones, $84.1 million Bruce Springsteen, $81.7 million The Eagles, $62.9 ...READ»

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