At 11:59 tonight, about half the TV stations in the Tampa Bay area will unplug their traditional analog broadcasts and send only new and improved digital TV signals. ...more

February 17, 2009

As 2008 comes to a close, dark days loom ahead for the television industry. The whole country has been in a blue funk for months. Layoffs. Foreclosures. Bankruptcies. Bailouts. The bad news just keeps piling up. ...more

December 15, 2008

The big switch to digital TV has prison officials scrambling to retain access to one of the most important peacekeeping tools in prisons across the nation: broadcast television. ...more

September 5, 2008

A new study that slams broadcast television for glorifying kinky sex and ignoring good, old-fashioned marital sex (and presumably unkinky) is really an indictment of public tastes. ...more

August 7, 2008

When media and technology tycoons convene this week in idyllic southern Idaho for five days of deal making and outdoor recreation, the mountain air will carry more than a whiff of uncertainty as most arrive with their businesses in various states of disarray. ...more

July 9, 2008

George Carlin, the Grammy Award-winning standup comedian and actor who was hailed for his irreverent social commentary, poignant observations of the absurdities of everyday life and language, and groundbreaking routines such as "Seven Words You Can Never Use on Television," died in Los Angeles on Sunday, said his publicist, Jeff Abraham. ...more

June 24, 2008

In the shabby living room of a Chicago apartment, a frustrated young chauffeur dreams of owning a business and buying pearls for his wife. His fiery sister, a college student, dreams of becoming a doctor. His weary mother dreams of a nice home for them all, and his pregnant wife dreams of just holding on until their poverty eases. ...more

February 21, 2008

it shows Rudy Giuliani losing the lead to Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney. ...more

December 15, 2007

In many towns and cities, the newspaper is an endangered species. At least 300 daily papers have stopped publishing over the past 30 years. Those newspapers that have survived are struggling financially. Newspaper circulation has declined steadily for more than 10 years. Average daily circulation is down 2.6 percent in the last six months alone. ...more

November 15, 2007