Gold Medalist Offers Mea Culpa for Halloween Costume
Listen, in case you have never heard this before, the Internet is forever… and it’s not very forgiving. You can be a hero today, but mess up once on Twitter, and you may find yourself apologizing for weeks… if you can manage to salvage your career at all.
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Fox and NYT Team up to Report the News?
If the media consumer marketplace, blogosphere, and social media can be believed, the viewers of Fox and readers of the New York Times practically live in different universes. While millions consume content from both media sources, and many others, diehard fans of either source will insist theirs is the “real” news, and the other source is a major purveyor of “fake” news. Given those cultural assumptions, it was a bit of a surprise for many, recently, when it was announced that The New York Times and 21st Century Fox will be working together to air a weekly news program. The show, aptly called, “The Weekly,” will be produced by The Times and aired by FX and Hulu. According to promotional…
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Armstrong Settles for $5 Million
There was a time when Lance Armstrong was sports royalty, as much of a sponsorship “sure-thing” as there was in sports. Many businesses, including the US Postal Service, bet big on Armstrong and his Livestrong brand based on that certified return.
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