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Ricky Gervais Plots 'Alternative' Golden Globe Hosting

Mary Papenfuss — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 02:09:36 CDT

Ricky Gervais won't shut up. Bashed after hosting the last Golden Globe Awards show for his inappropriate comments (which should have come as no surprise to anyone), the irreverent comedian is considering being an underground podcast host next time around. That's the gist of his latest blogs as Golden Globes...

NYC Church Twitters Good Friday Ritual

Nick McMaster — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:27:17 CDT

A New York church is using Twitter to bring observance of Good Friday into the social-networking age, CNET reports. Trinity Wall Street is posting the Passion, 140-character piece by 140-character piece, from a set of accounts representing the characters in the story. The church already encourages the use of video...

In Tough Times, People Dust Off the Library Card

Katherine Thompson — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:29:00 CST

As the economy lightened wallets last year, people in search of jobs and entertainment turned to a long-lost concept called a library, reports the Washington Post, spiking DC-area circulation by 23% in the last half of 2008. And although budget cuts are hitting libraries hard, they're still finding ways to...

No Time For Faith? Try a Podcast

Harry Kimball — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:45:02 CST

Overscheduled Americans are fueling a boom in devotional books and media that mete out bite-sized doses of faith, the Los Angeles Times reports. An editor at a Christian book house calls its One Minute Bible “a ready-made, quick little devotion they can do every day.” But it’s not a substitute...

Online 'Pied Piper' Urges Followers to Ditch Families

Rob Quinn — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 08:38:43 CST

A libertarian web philosopher who counsels converts to cut off contact with their families is being accused of operating a cult, the Toronto Globe & Mail reports. Stefan Molyneux preaches through his Freedomain Radio site that the parent-child relationship is inherently abusive and encourages troubled young people to break away....

College Gets Podcasted

Kevin Spak — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 14:30:02 CST

Want to attend Yale for free? Thanks to Apple, you sort of can. Many colleges, including Yale, Stanford and MIT, now offer free lecture downloads through iTunes U. You won’t get a diploma, but thousands of non-traditional learners don’t mind, the LA Times reports. “They thirst for understanding and knowledge,...

Catch the Brain Wave of the Future

Sophie Goldstein — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:34:00 CDT

With more and more online courses available, it's possible to learn anything, anywhere. Popular Science digs up the best continuing-ed choices : University extension programs: MIT OpenCourseWare Harvard Extension School Stanford Center for Professional Development

Radio Should Pay to Play, Artists Argue

Dustin Lushing — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:26:56 CDT

It's time AM and FM radio broadcasters started paying for the music they play, a group of music industry types has decided. They're lobbying Congress to amend the federal law that has exempted terrestrial radio from paying artists' royalties for nearly a century, Business Week reports.

UK Tunes into Gore TV

Heather McPherson — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 22:25:46 CDT

Al Gore's viewer-driven Current TV Network, rolled out in the U.S. 18 months ago to 40 million homes, hit the UK yesterday in the next phase of its worldwide expansion. The broadcast offers "pods," or short 3 to 8 minute segments, rather than shows, a third of which will...