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Five years of product pimping on Colorado & Company

Westword | Westword | Posted 11.10.2009 | Home


An October 2004 Message column focused on Colorado & Company, a Channel 9 offering in which businesses paid for the privilege of being trea...

Twitter Tuesday: Old media on new media

Westword | Westword | Posted 11.08.2009 | Home


Back again with more great Twits to follow for your burgeoning Twitter feed. As always, follow us at @denverwestword, @cafewestword, @westw...

This Film is an Idiot's Version of Naomi Klein's Masterpiece

Johann Hari | Posted 10.22.2009 | World


Johann Hari

Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine is one of the most important political books of the past decade. But Michael Winterbottom's "adaptation" for film is garbled and mumbled to the point of meaninglessness.

"Big Brother" Canceled In Britain After 11 Seasons

AP | Posted 09.26.2009 | Media


LONDON — Britain doesn't love "Big Brother" the way it used to. Television station Channel 4 says it is canceling the show that sparked a natio...

Media Literacy 101: Cloak-and-Dagger News

Susan Moeller | Posted 07.19.2009 | World


Susan Moeller

It's not just Iran. Getting news out of countries in the throes of political turmoil has always been dicey. And getting the news out has often meant using the most recent technology to thwart the authorities.

Iranian Santa

Yoav Sivan | Posted 01.31.2009 | World


Yoav Sivan

In a controversial move, Channel 4 invited the Iranian president to deliver an alternative Christmas speech, to be aired shortly after the Queen's.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad To Deliver UK Christmas Broadcast

AP | DAVID STRINGER | Posted 01.24.2009 | Media


LONDON — Iran's president is offering season's greetings to Christians in a British TV address and suggests that if Jesus were alive, he would o...

Iran's President To Make UK Christmas Broadcast

AP | DAVID STRINGER | Posted 01.24.2009 | World


LONDON — Iran's president is offering season's greetings to Christians in a British TV address and suggests that if Jesus were alive, he would o...