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The advent of satellite radio, high def radio, and internet radio means what for listeners, producers, and broadcasters? By Esau Kessler
May 1
“ What’s different this time? The network seems to be taking a page from agile software development, the philosophy that products should be released early and iterated often. The shows are live (cheap) and/or adaptations of existing shows (easy), all produced in six- or 10- or 13-episode pilot runs instead of as permanent offerings. Listeners and local program directors are invited to help shape the sound of the programs, making it something of a public beta. Agile, social, cheap: The new way NPR is trying to make radio » Nieman Journalism Lab (via onaissues)

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April 18
thedailywhat: RIP: Dick Clark, at 82: Dick Clark, the longtime New Year’s Eve fixture, music industry maverick, TV host, and producer of American Bandstand, died today of a heart attack at 82. Clark suffered a major stroke in 2004 but returned to the airwaves to host seven more New Year’s Rockin’ Eves. According to the Museum of Broadcast Communications, Dick Clark Productionshas turned out more than 7,500 hours of television programming, including more than 30 series and 250 specials, as well as more than 20 movies for theatre and TV. His success landed him Emmys, Grammys, induction in the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Clark had long been known for his departing catchphrase, “For now, Dick Clark… so long,” delivered with a military salute, and for his youthful appearance that earned him the moniker “America’s Oldest Teenager.”“If you want to stay young looking,” he once said, “pick your parents very carefully.” Clark is survived by his third wife, Keri Wigton, and three children. [abc]

thedailywhat:

RIP: Dick Clark, at 82: Dick Clark, the longtime New Year’s Eve fixture, music industry maverick, TV host, and producer of American Bandstand, died today of a heart attack at 82. Clark suffered a major stroke in 2004 but returned to the airwaves to host seven more New Year’s Rockin’ Eves.

According to the Museum of Broadcast Communications, Dick Clark Productionshas turned out more than 7,500 hours of television programming, including more than 30 series and 250 specials, as well as more than 20 movies for theatre and TV. His success landed him Emmys, Grammys, induction in the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Clark had long been known for his departing catchphrase, “For now, Dick Clark… so long,” delivered with a military salute, and for his youthful appearance that earned him the moniker “America’s Oldest Teenager.”
“If you want to stay young looking,” he once said, “pick your parents very carefully.”

Clark is survived by his third wife, Keri Wigton, and three children.

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February 27
slantback: “If women do something like uptalk or vocal fry, it’s immediately interpreted as insecure, emotional or even stupid,” said Carmen Fought, a professor of linguistics at Pitzer College in Claremont, Calif. “The truth is this: Young women take linguistic features and use them as power tools for building relationships.” The idea that young women serve as incubators of vocal trends for the culture at large has longstanding roots in linguistics. As Paris is to fashion, the thinking goes, so are young women to linguistic innovation. “It’s generally pretty well known that if you identify a sound change in progress, then young people will be leading old people,” said Mark Liberman, a linguist at the University of Pennsylvania, “and women tend to be maybe half a generation ahead of males on average.” (via Young Women Often Trendsetters in Vocal Patterns - NYTimes.com)

slantback:

“If women do something like uptalk or vocal fry, it’s immediately interpreted as insecure, emotional or even stupid,” said Carmen Fought, a professor of linguistics at Pitzer College in Claremont, Calif. “The truth is this: Young women take linguistic features and use them as power tools for building relationships.”

The idea that young women serve as incubators of vocal trends for the culture at large has longstanding roots in linguistics. As Paris is to fashion, the thinking goes, so are young women to linguistic innovation.

“It’s generally pretty well known that if you identify a sound change in progress, then young people will be leading old people,” said Mark Liberman, a linguist at the University of Pennsylvania, “and women tend to be maybe half a generation ahead of males on average.” (via Young Women Often Trendsetters in Vocal Patterns - NYTimes.com)

February 25
bbook: Best thing ever.

bbook:

Best thing ever.

January 30
nprfreshair: lilacp: keys to home on Flickr. Happy 7th birthday wishes to The Current!

nprfreshair:

lilacp:

keys to home on Flickr.

Happy 7th birthday wishes to The Current!

January 20
(via thrillist) Old-school radios that play new-school MP3s So when can my iPod play local radio stations?

(via thrillist) Old-school radios that play new-school MP3s

So when can my iPod play local radio stations?

January 19
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