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How MSNBC Can Rule Cable News

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 10.04.2008 | Media

Read More: Msnbc, Tim Russert Replacement, Reality TV, Meet the Press, Cable, Talking Heads, Prison Shows, Rachel Maddow, Cable Tv, Msnbc News, TV News, Keith Olbermann, Cable News, Nbc, Media News

If I were to walk the mile from where I live to the studio and take the reins, I would at least threaten to cut out the tongue of any TV host who dares interrupt anyone else.

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Press 1 for a Comcastically Good Time

Mark Bazer | Posted 08.22.2008 | Living

Read More: Comcast, Cable, Customer Service, Internet Service, Verizon, Living News

Thank you for calling Comcast. For quality and training purposes, your call may be monitored or recorded. If you use the "F-word" more than twice, we ...

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Summer Of Cable, Part II: Record Viewership Again In Summer 2008

Hollywood Reporter | Kimberly Nordyke | Posted 08.21.2008 | Media

Read More: Cable Tv Ratings, Cable Tv, Cable, Media News

It's been another good summer for cable. Summer 2008 may not have generated as many ratings headlines for cable as last year, when Disney Channel's "...

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Mortgage Crisis Causes DISH Network To Fall Off The Roof

Shelly Palmer | Posted 08.11.2008 | Business

Read More: Television, Verizon, Satellite TV, Cable, DISH Network, Business News

DISH may have a great deal of trouble attracting high end users who are more likely to need broadband service and are less likely be interested in DISH because of the lack of HD programming.

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Interview with Nancy Miller, Creator and Executive Producer of Saving Grace

Melissa Silverstein | Posted 07.14.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Television, Cable, Saving Grace, Writing, Sexism, Holly Hunter, Women Writers, Gender, Entertainment News

Nancy Miller: "There are few shows about the friendships between women because it's mostly men who buy the shows that air. I just don't think they realize how much fun the dramatic relationships between women can be."

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Internet Users Stop Comcast, Net Neutrality Win on the Horizon

Timothy Karr | Posted 07.11.2008 | Media

Read More: Internet, Fcc, Comcast, Cable, Kevin Martin, SavetheInternet.Com, Net Neutrality, Media News

Against every ounce of conventional wisdom in Washington, everyday citizens and consumer advocates have taken on a major corporation and won a major victory.

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Putting Cable News Under a Microscope

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.13.2008 | Media

Read More: Primaries, Politics, Obama, Cable, Media, Clinton, Election, Cable News, Media News

It took one straight week of non-stop political commentary for me to finally realize how cable news had not only driven me crazy, but just how much it was negatively impacting politics as well.

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Comcast, Sprint, Google May Fund WiMax

AP | DEBORAH YAO | Posted 03.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Time Warner Cable, Time Warner, Comcast, Comcast Corp, Cell Phones, Cable Operators, Mobile Phones, Clearwire Corp, Wireless Web Connections, Clearwire, Cable, Wireless Speeds, WiMax Technology, Wimax, Wireless Connections, Business News

PHILADELPHIA — Major cable, telecom and Internet companies are in preliminary, but serious, talks to create a national wireless network that wou...

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Does Big Media's One-Two Punch Knock Out the Internet?

Jonathan Rintels | Posted 03.16.2008 | Media

Read More: Telecom, Fcc, Cable, Television, Federal Communications Commission, Tv, Broadcasting, Save the Net, Net Neutrality, Networkneutrality, Media News

Last week's opening of Hulu and the MPAA's vehement denunciation of net neutrality are intimately related, a double-barreled shot aimed at the heart of the open Internet.

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Friday Talking Points [20] -- Populism 101

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.22.2008 | Politics

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No awards this week A few quick thoughts this week before we get to the talking points. First, I will not be awarding the Most Impressive Democrat Of...

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