Saturday Quick Reads (May 18)
A few stories you should read Saturday — Billboard Music Awards, Mel Brooks honored, The Voice coaches, Redbox Instant, new shows, multiplatform TV, Chisox open social media lounge, Moneyball player.
Billboard Music Awards 2013
Billboard Music Awards 2013 live, May 19th. View winners, finalists, latest music news, photos, videos & more from the Billboard Music Awards (BBMA) 2013. [continue...]
Mel Brooks, a Portrait in Full
It doesn’t come as surprising or even paradoxical to learn, as we do in this manic, inexhaustibly gripping “American Masters” portrait, that Nazi troops were among the first to appreciate Mel Brooks’s talents.[continue...]
The Voice US: NBC Confirm Original Coaches Will All Return For New Series
Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton, will return as coaches for the fifth season of The Voice US, NBC confirmed today. Original coaches Christina and Cee-Lo are set to return to the show after a season’s hiatus which saw Usher Raymond and Shakira take their place. [continue...]
Redbox Instant is coming to Google TV soon, Roku up next
Redbox Instant by Verizon is going to bring its streaming service to Google TV devices soon: The company demonstrated a prototype of its app at Google I/O Friday, and a representative told me that the app will launch in earnest within the next few weeks. [continue...]
As ‘The Office’ ends, other workplace shows find a big TV audience
When “The Office” crew clocked out Thursday night, the workers had been at the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Co. for nine seasons, or about twice as long as the average job tenure for most Americans. [continue...]
10 New TV Shows to Watch Out For From Upfronts Week
For the TV industry, this was one of the most important weeks of the year thanks to the upfronts, aka the network announcements of the shows to come for the new fall season. While many favorites are on their way back – who doesn’t want another year of Scandal? [continue...]
TV Goes Multiplatform at the Upfronts
GET UPDATES FROM Shawn Amos Can broadcasters convince advertisers to keep paying to reach a smaller, fragmented audience? At the television upfront presentations this week, networks tried to prove they can catch up to consumer habits and deliver viewers, who have more choices than ever for video content. [continue...]
Social media lounge ready to debut at U.S. Cellular Field
Twitter, Facebook and Instagram feeds will be on display, and fans can charge phones in the lounge, which will allow fans to interact and share their thoughts on the Sox. [continue...]
Moneyball’s Forgotten Star: The Odyssey of Daric Barton
Reviled. Unwanted. Stuck in baseball purgatory since 2007, bouncing between the Majors and Triple A. Such is the plight of Oakland Athletic first baseman Daric Barton, whose latest call up from the minors came last week to take an injured Josh Reddick’s spot in the lineup. [continue...]
