Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inducts New Members
For the Hall of Fame, this was a year of belated admissions. Along with the Stooges, the hall’s latest performing members are the Swedish pop group ABBA, the reggae songwriter Jimmy Cliff and two English bands, Genesis and the Hollies. All but ABBA, which coalesced in the early 1970s, have careers dating back to the 1960s. ● More from: NYTimes.com
HotTopic: Rock Hall
Iggy Pop and the Stooges, ABBA, Jimmy Cliff and the Hollies were among the latest batch of stars inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in New York ● More from: FeedFeedFeed
I’ve lost interest. ABBA?? No Chicago, no Moody Blues? It might be time to lock the doors . . . especially if they feel compelled to inducted somebody every year. Some years there just isn’t anyone who fits the criteria of being innovative and/or creator of a genre.
HotTopic: Woods
Tiger Woods said he will return to golf next month at the Masters, ending a four-month hiatus brought on by a sex scandal that shattered his image as the gold standard in sports. “The Masters is where I won my first major and I view this tournament with great respect,” Woods said . . . ● More from: FeedFeedFeed
Two thoughts immediately. I am guessing that commercial ad rates for the telecast have increased and TMZ has applied for press credentials. Good luck!
Is your office pool illegal?
At least 40-million Americans are already busy working on their NCAA tournament brackets, but the question remains whether your office pool is legal.
After checking with the state, the answer is still a little murky. ● More from: Seattle News – MyNorthwest.com
Would any state attorney risk their political career by going after NCAA pools?
Fox wins Monday with ‘House’ and ’24′
Daylight savings time walloped the broadcast networks last night, with television usage levels falling 8 percent from the week before as people stayed out to enjoy the later sunset. ● More from: Media Life Magazine
Hmmm . . . kind of old fashion. A small slice of TV watchers don’t feel right watching TV when it’s light outside.
CNN’s Amanpour Tells Colleagues: I’ve Been Offered ABC Job
CNN’s Christiane Amanpour is telling her CNN colleagues that ABC News has offered her the job of “This Week” host and she is telling people that she might take it. As of this moment she is declaring a 50-50 chance that she’s going to accept the offer. ● More from: mediabistro.com: FishbowlDC
I didn’t see coming. I watch “This Week” every Sunday and since George Stephanopoulos’ departure they have been trying out hosts from their own news staff. They didn’t do bad job. Does Amanpour have some star power?
C-Span Puts Its Full Archives on the Web
Researchers, political satirists and partisan mudslingers, take note: C-Span has uploaded virtually every minute of its video archives to the Internet. ● More from: NYTimes.com
Oh boy . . . instant access to that Frankin – O’Reilly dust up.
5 Ways Netflix Could Have Avoided an Ugly User Backlash
A couple weeks ago, Netflix quietly rolled out a redesign of its Web site that included some much-needed improvements in the user interface, such as streamlined movie listings and easier-to-browse categories. But it wasn’t long before things got very, very ugly. In the post announcing the changes, 567 subscribers weighed in, calling the company everything from stupid to deceptive. One person even compared Netflix to a creepy uncle. ● More from: Fast Company
BlackBerry Users Willing to Swap for an iPhone
Almost 40 percent of BlackBerry users would switch camp to an Apple iPhone, a recent study into smartphone brand loyalty shows. Google’s Nexus One is almost as desirable, according to the study by Crowd Science (PDF link), which shows that a third of the BlackBerry users polled were willing to switch their device for the Android-based phone. ● More from: PCWorld
