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Media studies researcher, Penn State professor, past and future television blogger. Book πŸ“–: SOCIAL TV: MULTI-SCREEN CONTENT AND EPHEMERAL CULTURE Newsletter πŸ“°: TV PLUS

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Talking about stardom in rom-coms this week, and I've decided that this image should be illegal, or put in every city center

21.10.2025 17:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I was trying to find *any* full edition of The Word from The Colbert Report for class this week, and it was excruciatingly hard.

21.10.2025 17:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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University of Nebraska now spends more on administrators and managers than on faculty At first glance, they look like raises. At the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, a music professor’s salary jumped $13,000 in the past decade.

Nearly $500 million on administrator salaries, with another round of serious academic cuts coming soon.

19.10.2025 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Even dumber, there's a solid story with great photos in the first slot...if you click "U.S." The people must know about Bari Weiss's first day, though.

19.10.2025 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Time to check in on how the ol’ Grey Lady covered seven million Americans protesting fascism yesterday… Ah! There it is, 38 headlines and several large ads down the page with a one minute read.

19.10.2025 16:33 β€” πŸ‘ 128    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4

excuse me

17.10.2025 18:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cinema Year Zero: TikTok and the Grammar of Silent Film The forms and formulations of the social-media juggernaut TikTok are rooted in the earliest of all films.

I read this a few years ago! mubi.com/en/notebook/...

09.10.2025 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

woke

07.10.2025 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

heh

06.10.2025 13:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

you know people are just using AI to do that (poorly) now

03.10.2025 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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HYFR

24.09.2025 00:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

TJ McConnell

22.09.2025 17:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Indianapolis is beautiful in January

21.09.2025 20:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

they're trapped in here with me, not the other way around.

19.09.2025 19:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

getting into political arguments on the Bill Simmons subreddit, again

19.09.2025 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Look, it’s not open mic night in America

19.09.2025 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Morning Show makes me believe in dead internet theory

17.09.2025 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

it's that time of the semester

16.09.2025 16:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think Nate Bergatze is pretty funny! This is not his night/setting.

15.09.2025 01:36 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Depends on the context, but somewhere between C and D in most cases.

15.09.2025 01:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

can't believe they'd let her say that awful stuff (go birds) on television

15.09.2025 00:55 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

make them play every week

14.09.2025 20:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

probably never again!

13.09.2025 22:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Meanwhile, at Indiana University

13.09.2025 00:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

they're going to put the water tower up there and you're going to fucking like it

11.09.2025 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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just one more merger bro it'll make the consumer experience better
bro for real this time bro
shareholder value please bro
i promise bro it'll work this time
trust me bro it's for creators bro

11.09.2025 18:26 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm a Sheetz guy, but that's mostly because State College doesn't have Wawa yet. But I'm sure David will make it happen for me. A fair trade-off.

11.09.2025 18:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Exclusive | Paramount Skydance Prepares Ellison-Backed Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery The bid will be for the entire company, including its cable networks and movie studio, according to people familiar with the situation.

*Trade reporter with an overpriced newsletter voice*

Roundabout way to bring Chris Nolan back to WB

11.09.2025 18:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

*Holds finger to ear*

I'm being told that David Ellison has purchased the Big Ten

11.09.2025 18:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is a grim thing I can freely post about without fear of retribution!

11.09.2025 17:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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