BBC news relaunch leaves viewers 'feeling sick' Posted: 6 months ago by davethefish
Viewers complained of dizziness and nausea as a £550,000 rebrand of the BBC’s news operation, featuring a swirling red globe, was broadcast for the first time.
(note, that's not the logo)
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Meet Scott -- outside of Plime, the most important person in the news biz Posted: 1 year ago by hisidea
Scott Moore is in charge of news at Yahoo! Broadcast television still reaches more people in a single hour; 6 million viewers at a time will tune in to the CBS Evening News. But over the course of a month, the online portals are providing news to more people.
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TV Ratings: McCain Has Slight Edge on Obama; Could Be Decided by Supreme Court Posted: 1 month ago by ImNotBlue
Mr. McCain’s speech was watched by 38.9 million viewers on the three broadcast networks, three cable news channels, and two Spanish-language channels, according to Nielsen. That figure is slightly ahead of the 38.3 million who watched Mr. Obama last Thursday on those eight channels plus BET and TV One. -NY Times
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Blosker, a very strange social news site [NSFW] Posted: 2 years ago by norequest
Very interesting, very different social news site for strange, funny, scandalous and generally non-boring news.
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The online virtual news Posted: 2 years ago by TheStep
News At Seven automatically gathers news with relevant images, videos and opinions from blogs and combines them into a virtual newscast.
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Play The News Posted: 6 months ago by 2manyusernames
Think the news is boring? Well here is a site that may change your mind. It is a community driven experience – imagine fantasy sports meets the evening news. Roleplaying, prediction of real world events and more are combined into a new fun learning experience.
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Bad News Robot Posted: 3 months ago by bernardblack
No one likes to give bad news. What if there was a better way to give out bad news? What if there was a robot that could tell people things they didn't want to hear?
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Mine Explosion Kills 78, Rescue Efforts Continue Posted: 2 years ago by indierockcafe
As of 3:30 pm PST, Russian officials say 78 bodies of miners have been recovered from the mine site explosion in Siberia, but fear casualities will increase.
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Man With One Leg Kills Sex Offender Dating His Ex-Wife Posted: 1 year ago by indierockcafe
From story:
"He chose a 42-inch katana, a Japanese samurai sword, and went inside to confront Lee Alexander, a 25-year-old ranch hand from Polk County who was convicted in 2000 of a lewd and lascivious act on a person under 16. Less than 15 minutes later, Alexander was dead."
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Odd News from Around the World (compiled from various newswires) Posted: 2 years ago by susiesunshine
Silly & wierd news clips from around the world - Ex. A brothel in Germany hopes to capitalize on the growing number of retirees by offering them a 50 percent discount in the afternoon.
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Onion News Network Posted: 2 years ago by 2manyusernames
The Onion News Network has set the standard for globe-encompassing 24-hour television news since it was founded in December, 1892. The network boasts channels in 171 languages and can be viewed in 4.2 billion households in 811 countries.
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No Bad News: Good News Blog Posted: 2 years ago by kissmenow
"If you’re looking for some good news in these days of hurricanes, insurgency and high oil prices, go to goodnewsblog.com for links to stories that are uplifting but not maudlin." - Newsweek Blog Watch, Sep. 12, 2005
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