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    Lessons You Learn at a 'Future of the Media' Party

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    Image of MrInBetween MrInBetween
    04/22/09

    In reply to Lessons You Learn at a 'Future of the Media' Party
    I regret to say that I know nearly everyone in that photo. Some are even my friends. And I am even sadder to report that none of them have the first fucking clue about how to save the dying media biz.


    I shall now jump head-first into a bottle of Australian shiraz.

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    04/22/09

    In reply to Lessons You Learn at a 'Future of the Media' Party
    Engaging in this type of discussion is beneficial but it's only beneficial if there weren't just predictions being made about the future of the media. Yes, the newspaper are going bankrupt and the radio industry is slowly fading, but what can we do during this time of media transformation? How will the media itself change? Does the future hold a different representation of minorities or those who are not part of the dominant culture? I think that discussions about the media and how it will change are important, but after all has been said, something needs to be done or a plan should be created as we enter into a new media structure. Although we don't exactly know where the media is headed, we need to have an idea of how we want it to change.
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    04/22/09

    @Ryan Young: I have an idea of how I want It to change! The Media, all of them, meaning The Medias, plural, need to pay writers so we can eke out a comfortable upper class existence somewhere besides in Dreamland! I think the ref to the 'large few' who formerly eked it out were people like screenwriters, who had the sense to form a guild and demand a minimum for their work back in, what, 1933, and hasn't 1933 looked really familiar again lately? It should.
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    04/22/09

    @krismry: As much as i'd love to hoist a gallon-sized martini to that notion of paying writers well so we can live in Dreamland (although i prefer Fantasyland myself, but to each his own), i hate to point out to you that media is in fact already a plural noun.
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    04/22/09

    @Ryan Young: Who exactly are you? I assume you're one of these "new media figures" because it took you about 150 words to re-state the original problem in a way that makes it sound like you're trying to say something.
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    04/23/09

    @krismry: union scale mid level reporters at big city papers used to make low 6 figures
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    04/23/09

    @Hydroceph: Fantasyland is good too. I am happy you pointed that media is data is family are audience are depend on whether you speak english or american. xoxo
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    04/23/09

    @if_i_only_had_a_heart: yow! that's wonderful! you should see what they make everywhere else! nothing.
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    04/22/09

    In reply to Lessons You Learn at a 'Future of the Media' Party
    That's Denton's forehead on the right, right?
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    Image of ValborgMelbo ValborgMelbo
    04/22/09

    In reply to Lessons You Learn at a 'Future of the Media' Party
    Looking at the pic this appears to be a gay party. Is it mostly men and a few hags who are interested in this? Wait, wait... don't tell me... It's the Andrew Sullivan thang?
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    04/22/09

    @ValborgMelbo: I've said it before and I'll say it again. Andrew Sullivan, yuuuummmmm!
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    04/22/09

    @RheaPollstry: we really are the same person, you and i, aren't we? You're scaring me.
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    04/23/09

    @ValborgMelbo: pasty unattractive white men mostly
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    Image of Carol Gardens Carol Gardens
    02/13/09

    In reply to 30 Rock McFlurries Towards Product Placement Hell
    By the way, the Junior Mints episode in Seinfeld was a case of coming up with a funny idea first then asking permission to use the name of the real candy. They were not paid to do it. (Don't know if ALL Seinfeld product mentions were unpaid). That's not the same thing as a deal being made first, money changing hands, and then the writers are told that they MUST write a storyline that will highlight the product.
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    02/13/09

    In reply to 30 Rock McFlurries Towards Product Placement Hell
    I hate product placement in scripted tv (I can semi-tolerate it in semi-scripted tv) and no amount of guilt-tripping or get-over-it-ism is going to make me change my mind!
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    02/13/09

    In reply to 30 Rock McFlurries Towards Product Placement Hell
    i am completely for product placement, it always used to drive me crazy when folks on a sitcom would be eating somethin like "Tasty Pufs" for breakfast or getting a job at "Mega Burger" or etc... in the real world people consume and talk about brand-name products all the time, i want people on TV to do the same thing. + they might as well get paid for it, TV's a business not high art. + McFlurries are indeed delicious.
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    Image of onehotmess onehotmess
    02/13/09

    @dippinkind: AHH! I totally agree with you. That shit pisses me off so bad. Uh, are we soulmates??
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    Image of IAmChuckBass IAmChuckBass
    02/13/09

    In reply to 30 Rock McFlurries Towards Product Placement Hell
    But have you ever microwaved a doughnut?
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    Image of Fuzzy_duffel_bag Fuzzy_duffel_bag
    02/13/09

    @IAmChuckBass: I have not, but I'm going to now.
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    02/13/09

    In reply to 30 Rock McFlurries Towards Product Placement Hell
    I am absolutely McFurious about this.
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    Image of City_Dater City_Dater
    02/13/09

    In reply to 30 Rock McFlurries Towards Product Placement Hell
    Working the phrase "do you want fries with that?" into a sketch is a lot less painless than saying it 1,000 times a day while wearing a paper hat. Since when has making entertainment that people consume at home for free been loaded with integrity? Um, since never.
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    Image of IceCreamIsAwesome IceCreamIsAwesome
    02/13/09

    In reply to 30 Rock McFlurries Towards Product Placement Hell
    Um yeah it's been years since I ate at mcdonalds (I don't like their french fries) but after watching 30 Rock I may or may not have jumped in my car and bought an oreo mcflurry. . . I'm so ashamed of myself right now
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    02/13/09

    In reply to 30 Rock McFlurries Towards Product Placement Hell
    Salma stole from the collection plate! Some Catholic- the Patron Saint of Judgemental Statues is v displeased.


    "Don't tell me you're one of those pick-and-choose Catholics who only goes to Church every Sunday". Best line o the night.


    Great to see Tammy Littlenut, too.

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    Image of Wendy_Kroy Wendy_Kroy
    02/13/09

    In reply to 30 Rock McFlurries Towards Product Placement Hell
    I forgave them the McFlurries bit when they threw a shout-out to Malice into the conessional scene.
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    Image of Wendy_Kroy Wendy_Kroy
    02/13/09

    @Wendy_Kroy: ConFessional, dammit.
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    Image of britneyspearstears britneyspearstears
    02/13/09

    @Wendy_Kroy: How epic was that? I started clapping and shouting!
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    Image of bytememehard bytememehard
    02/13/09

    In reply to 30 Rock McFlurries Towards Product Placement Hell
    They can turn the whole show into a 30 minute commercial, as long as they keep placing lots of John Hamm. He's character on 30 Rock is much sexier than Don Draper, and that's saying something.
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    02/13/09

    @bytememehard: His, not He's
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    Image of downwithdebbie downwithdebbie
    02/13/09

    @bytememehard: He was talking with The Sports Guy-bill simmons-on his podcast and said he was only on for 3 episodes-so only one left!
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    Image of bytememehard bytememehard
    02/13/09

    @downwithdebbie: say it ain't so
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    Image of lalaland13 lalaland13
    02/13/09

    In reply to 30 Rock McFlurries Towards Product Placement Hell
    The McFlurries aren't bad, but the loaded frostys from Wendy's are like crack. At least the cookie dough ones, because they really load it down with cookie dough and chocolate flakes.


    It wasn't my favorite promo, but it could have been worse. At least it wasn't Subway.

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