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“Media and the 2012 Elections”
The second Inauguration Ceremony of President Barack Obama on January 21 caps a long reelection campaign. For this cycle, I had the unique opportunity to incorporate the week-by-week political activity into a fall course at the University of Illinois at … Continue reading
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TV museum rolls out the red carpet
On June 13, 2012, in downtown Chicago, Betty White, Hugh Downs, and John Mahoney joined Founder-CEO Bruce DuMont cutting the ribbon and officially opening the doors to the new home of the Museum of Broadcast Communications. It was Bruce DuMont’s dream … Continue reading
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The “House” series ends in a satisfying puzzle
The House series finale was near-perfect for that particular series, fully true to the structure and theme of the show. It was the quintessential House puzzle, right down to the wordplay in the episode title, “Everybody Dies.”
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Blockbuster is leaving the building
“Just sales, no rentals.” Starting this past January, that’s how customers were greeted as they entered my South Side Chicago neighborhood Blockbuster store. Video rental was out as the store began its “moving sale.” So proclaimed the banners outside, though this … Continue reading
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Rupert Murdoch Tweets!
In stories within twenty-four hours of each other, two media icons from different media circles dealt with the subject of social media. On the international stage, the BBC reported on Rupert Murdoch’s first days on Twitter (@rupertmurdoch), where in less … Continue reading
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Once More, With Feeling (Fall 2011 TV): Ringer
The same week Buffy the Vampire Slayer launched its ninth season (albeit in comic book form), Sarah Michelle Geller returned to series television nearly a decade after her title role in that program ended. First episode sampling of Ringer, Geller’s … Continue reading
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December 7 and September 11 Bookends
Soon after the September 11 attacks, a billboard message appeared along the entire length of an industrial building outside wall not far from my neighborhood, visible along the rapid transit line from downtown Chicago to Midway airport. Bookended by flags … Continue reading
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Bohrman Beams To Current TV
It was like a moment from “Star Wars.” On Election Night 2008, CNN beamed a “hologram” reporter from its Chicago set-up at the Barack Obama celebration in Grant Park back to its news coverage set. “Stepping into” the studio picture, correspondent … Continue reading
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Will Lost one day have a Seinfeld-Curb moment?
Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse “crashed” a Lost-one-year-later panel at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con (see this Entertainment Weekly story). Their mission? To once again deal with those pesky unanswered Lost final season questions. (By sheer coincidence, Lindelof also has a … Continue reading
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What do we need and want from our local media?
Does local media even matter in an interconnected world? Looking at the Chicago media landscape (where there is now no local newspaper daily TV critic/reviewer), WBEZ blogger Justin Kaufmann asked bluntly: What do local audiences want from local media? http://tiny.cc/729b9 This … Continue reading
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Walter "Wally" Podrazik 