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- We too left the cable company. I was bummed to lose the DVR more than anything, but every single month Comcast raised our rates. Tired of their bs, we disconnected cable about three months ago and...
- By the way, the kids are great bike riders and gardeners because of the lack of tv. mk
- Dude, we are going on 7.5 years without cable. What's the big deal? I'm not paying to have all the crap come into the house with 1% of it actually good programming. And we don't have...
- Since my original post, Food Network, etc., have joined the Hulu platform.
- To watch cable shows from Food Network, HGTV, Travel and such, go to TidalTV.com. It's great.
Todd Mundt
convergence, public media, productivity, social media
I’ve spent some time digging around Gather.com and the Public Interactive Public Action beta and I’ve come away with somewhat more positive feelings about both.
I think the social networking aspect of these and other sites has less potential for public broadcasters - at lea ... Continue reading »
I think the social networking aspect of these and other sites has less potential for public broadcasters - at lea ... Continue reading »
3 years ago
3 years ago
There's such an exciting frontier ahead of us, both for the public media professionals and the audience, but getting to it seems as though it will take the retirement of a generation to get there. Hopefully that will come to pass before the financial systems for public media collapse (another area that needs radical rethinking, I suspect).
Anyway, thanks for your comments. I've printed this article out as a guide for how to proceed in the online space. I've always felt a commenting system alone would be a less-than-exciting addition to the site. This is the context in which to present it, it seems to me.
3 years ago
I think NPR needs an external source of comment. It's fine to run a letters-to-the-editor online, but there should be an independent source of criticism. My cohorts and I have been complaining of declining NPR quality for years, and I see very little space to discuss it online. In fact I think every media-source people care about ought to have a watchdog. In my case that would also include the LA Times, which has Truthdig.
If there is such a site for NPR I'd like to hear of it. Else I may get frustrated and start one.
3 years ago