Jan 8th, 2009 · Social networking, user feedback and Tweeting are now common Web experiences. Clay Shirky, author of Here Comes Everybody, isn't surprised. He knows what works online, what doesn't, and why — and he just might know what's next.
Jan 6th, 2009 · Violence continued in the Gaza Strip today as reports surfaced of an Israeli strike on a school that killed more than 30 people. Ahmed Abu Hamda, who is a Gaza resident and a news producer for many news networks, including NPR, says everyone is panicked and trying to stay find a safe place to stay.
Jan 6th, 2009 · When the sitcom Scrubs returns for its eighth and likely final season on Jan. 6, it will be on a new network: ABC. What gives? Switching channels mid-run is actually not as rare as you might think. Taxi, Wonder Woman, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and even Leave It To Beaver did the same.
Jan 1st, 2009 · President-elect Barack Obama won the White House with a helping hand from a host of socially networked supporters. In his article for The Washington Post, Jose Antonio Vargas looks at the challenges that could face our first online social networking president.
Jan 1st, 2009 · Major League Baseball launches its own cable network Thursday. It's being heralded as the biggest network launch in history. Madeleine Brand talks to Maury Brown, president of the Business of Sports Network, about whether the MLB channel can succeed where other professional sports networks have failed.
Dec 15th, 2008 · While President-elect Barack Obama staffs the top rungs of his administration, his team is paying close attention to the Obama campaign's grass roots. Over the weekend, supporters held "Change Is Coming" house parties across the country. Ten thousand house parties were organized on Obama's social networking web site.
Dec 11th, 2008 · This week, NBC announced that comedian Jay Leno would stay at the network past his 2009 contract deadline and host a new primetime show five days a week. Anthony E. Zuiker, co-creator of the CSI franchise, talks about how that will affect the future of scripted television.
Dec 10th, 2008 · NBC announced Tuesday that Jay Leno will move to prime time. "The Tonight Show" host will get a program five nights a week at 10 eastern time. The network is giving up on programming dramas in that time slot. That decision speaks volumes about Leno and NBC.