Family groups are already quick to applaud ICANN for rejecting the .XXX top-level domain for adult and pornographic websites.
“This is a victory for the American public and our supporters who by the thousands contacted the Commerce Department and ICANN to voice opposition to a XXX domain,” said Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council. [...]
If the first four episodes are any indication of what’s to come, The Discovery Channel’s Planet Earth is set to be one of the best nature documentaries ever made.
The 11-part series takes viewers to places they simply can not go and let’s us see things we otherwise will never witness. From rare leopards to trees [...]
Our friend at the Miami New Times, Isaiah Thompson, surely enjoyed himself March 13 on the road from Key West to Key Largo.
The recently endowed fellow for the alternative weekly newspaper resides in Miami, but accepted an invitation from the MWW Group, representing Volkswagen, to stay in a luxury hotel in town for a lifestyle [...]
Emily Clare Maurand was a woman of many talents. She was an excellent illustrator, gifted actress and noted filmmaker bound for the Academy of Art in San Francisco for graduate studies in the fall.
Sadly and suddenly, Emily died on Tuesday, February 13 at her home in Hamilton, Mass. She was 25.
The daughter of David and [...]
This is a Blast Magazine preview piece.
By Alyssa Gugliotti, Blast Magazine Staff
On Wednesday, November 29, 2006 The Boston Park Plaza Hotel and Towers opened its doors to host the 2006 Boston Choice Awards. The Greater Boston Concierge Association nominated individuals and organizations that exemplified excellence in the hospitality, tourism and entertainment industries. The public was [...]
CNBC has unleashed a new website.
The new CNBC.com is the perfect complement to CNBC’s live cable television coverage leveraging the resources of its global organization. CNBC.com offers dynamic, actionable data, video and reporting of business and financial news to ensure investors get the information they need 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
In a [...]
It looks as if the Boston Globe will not be sold after all.
Fox 25 (Boston) reported the Times Company “spurned” an offer from local investors to buy the broadsheet, which is valued at nearly $600 million.
Times Co. Chief Executive Janet Robinson wrote in a letter dated Nov. 17 that the Globe remains an important asset [...]
A desensitized public, operating the press purely as a business and intrusion of privacy and grief are three strikes against modern journalism.
I believe there are ways of dealing with and reducing all three issues.
Firstly, no doubt exists that the public is desensitized to drama, gore and overall bad news. Much of this is not caused [...]
Money is the driving power in media. Fox is driven by money but their drive is more visible because they stand alone on the right side of the spectrum. This article is less about the documentary, Outfoxed, than a commentary about modern media and politics.
Bear with me as I’ve written a ton of soft features [...]
Bacardi announced a series of concerts to take place in 2007. The announcement came during the Bacardi Global Gathering, Labor Day Weekend in Las Vegas at the Palms Casino.
The celebrity studded event featured Papa Roach, Tommy Lee and Tiesto. The first in this series of events was held in Miami in March and brought in [...]
