"network" Articles & Blogs:
An Annotated Guide to Every Harvard Crimson Article Mentioned in The Social Network
| Photo by Elaine Chan and Priscilla Chan.The Social Network, Aaron Sorkin’s romp through the infancy of Facebook, did quite well at the box office this weekend, taking in $23 million and handily beating its prime competition, a film about owls whose titl...[Read on] |
What Happened to Oxygen?
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Or I guess the better question is why did Oxygen never happen?
When Oxygen was born in 1998 I was psyched. The founders were stellar: Geraldine Laybourne, Marcy Carsey, Tom Werner, Caryn Mandabach as well as Oprah. What could be better?
Well I have t...[Read on] |
The Social Network: Actually Sexist, or an Unwelcome Reflection of Our Times?
| In terms of digital cocktail conversation about success, gender, and the way we live now, The Social Network is the gift that just keeps on giving. Aaron Sorkin finally felt compelled to emerge from the lonely screenwriter’s citadel (his office) and res...[Read on] |
Choosing Sides in the Fox-Cablevision Controversy
| The standoff between media conglomerate News Corporation and cable provider Cablevision continues: For the third day in a row, millions of would-be television watchers in New York City and its suburbs were without access to the Fox network, which is owned...[Read on] |
Saving Grace to end its run next summer
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Saving Grace is ending its run after after only three seasons. Honestly, I am surprised. From what I read, TNT still wanted the show but its production company FOX TV studios declined the pickup based on money.
Strange. Canceling a show with an Emm...[Read on] |
Have cable’s women screwed the networks?
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Here’s a thought. Do you think that the networks are going to be able to keep up with cable in regards to women led shows? Think about it. The women who lead the cable shows like Damages, In Plain Sight, The Closer, Weeds, Nurse Jackie and Saving ...[Read on] |
Tipsy Tuesday: Best Drink I Ever Had
| The Food Network is a glorious channel. Mostly consisting of hours of reruns and a not very searchable website (I has pet peeves), they do churn out some gems. I mean, it’s a long list! The newest one is Best I Ever Drank — although it’s just an epi...[Read on] |
Girls and the Social Network
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Remember that moment in your Facebook life when Dad joined up? (I know you’re on there, Frank Magee, but I’m not ready to talk about it.) What about your 14-year-old cousin (when did she start wearing eye...[Read on] |
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo is Rooney Mara
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Here she is folks, here she is world, here’s Lisbeth (borrowing from Sondheim’s Rose’s Turn)
Don’t know anything about her except that she’s the sister of Kate Mara (who’s an actress too), grew up in a family that owned the Pittsburgh Ste...[Read on] |
Don’t Forget- Tomorrow is SWAN (Support Women Artists Now) Day
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Tomorrow, March 27, is third SWAN (Support Women Artists Now) day across the country and the world. It’s really easy to participate in your community.
Here’s why the day was created:
SWAN Day/Support Women Artists Now Day is a new international h...[Read on] |
GOP Women Take a Page from Palin's Facebook
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TAMPA, Fla. (WOMENSENEWS)--Since resigning as governor of Alaska in July, Sarah Palin has avoided the legacy (newspapers and network news) media. But she's managed to remain front-page news through Facebook, the social networking site she used to associat...[Read on] |
Female Athletes: Here comes everybody
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Clay Shirkey's book: Here Comes Everybody. Photo credit: Aworkinglibrary.com
This blog post is part of my ongoing weekly series discussing the role of social media and female athletics. My latest reading is Here Comes Everybody by Clay Shirkey. This...[Read on] |
Fall TV lineup brings the funny & the drama
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The cool air is starting to roll in again and our evening activities are starting to move back inside during the evenings. This means that fall TV is making its return and Chickspeak is excited about all the new prime time possibilities available to us.
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No Wonder Woman Reboot Coming
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I was excited over the potential to see a rebooted version of Wonder Women. If Battlestar Galactica, a cheesy show, can be remade into a major league great show, how can we not do some justice to Wonder Woman.
But it looks like I won’t be able ...[Read on] |
Environmentalist Alexandra Cousteau Discusses the Oil Spill
| Alexandra Cousteau. With the Gulf oil spill now in its 56th day, VF Daily discussed the disaster’s ramifications with someone who has a deep connection to the health of our oceans: Alexandra Cousteau, the 34-year-old granddaughter of underwater pioneer ...[Read on] |
Sarah Palin’s Alaska Is Avowedly Apolitical
| Last night, in New York City’s Time Warner Center, TLC feted the forthcoming premiere of Sarah Palin’s Alaska. Based on a preview of the show’s social media campaign, it was evident that the network-approved narrative surrounding the series has alre...[Read on] |
Brands look to parents watching TV with their kids
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Marketers are ready to pounces on moms! More moms are watching children's programing -- with -- their children. And...marketers see an opening.
Nickelodeon, Disney and Time Warner's Cartoon Network are the big beneficiaries, but smal...[Read on] |
The Most Powerful Women in Hollywood
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In conjunction with its Women in Entertainment breakfast, The Hollywood Reporter has published its annual list of the most powerful women in Hollywood. My thoughts are that the list is pretty much the same from last year especially in the top 10 with a c...[Read on] |
'Glee’s' Lea Michele tackles “America the Beautiful” at Super Bowl XLV
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Access Hollywood has confirmed that Lea Michele, the 24-year-old Broadway ingenue-turned-breakout star of “Glee,” will be singing “America the Beautiful” prior to the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers showdown in Super Bowl XLV.
Pas...[Read on] |
Happy National Girls and Women in Sports Day!
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Today, I’m celebrating National Girls and Women in Sports Day by actually playing. I’ve got a rec game scheduled for tonight at 7pm, and play with a community of women who live in NYC and have played competitive basketball at some point in their lives...[Read on] |
TV is So White- DUH
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Shonda Rhimes
The NY Times had a piece yesterday about how TV is still so white. It was titled No Smooth Ride on TV Networks’ Road to Diversity. It actually should have been titled No Smooth Ride for Men on TV Network Road to Diversity.
They piece t...[Read on] |
WomenTalkSports.com welcomes you to the “Twitter Lounge”
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Women Talk Sports Twitter Lounge
As many of you know, I am one of the co-founders of WomenTalkSports.com, so I am a bit biased when I write this post. However, our site has grown tremendously, and our new Twitter Lounge resource is so good that I felt ...[Read on] |
Is Hallmark the new Lifetime but for older women?
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I never used to watch anything on the Hallmark Channel. But lately it seems that they are doing some interesting movies of the week like the kind that used to be on network TV. I’m not saying that these are high drama or always even that good, but m...[Read on] |
Tobacco Companies Target Women, Say Foes
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Antismoking groups are taking on tobacco industry for targeting womenPost | 02/26/2009 4:15 pm
The tobacco industry has never been known for subtlety — and that’s no less true in their marketing toward women, say antismoking groups.
The ...[Read on] |
HBO developing show for Laura Dern
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HBO seems to be on a great track. Based on her Golden Globe winning and Emmy nominated performance as Katherine Harris in Recount, HBO wanted to get into the series business with Dern. But she wanted to wait for the right vehicle
Enter Mike White (Ye...[Read on] |
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