“No matter how much programming improves, however, media savants tend to see the medium living out numbered days. It's feared that the Internet will do to TV what TV did to the movies in the 1950s. But instead of panicking, the networks are finding ways to co-opt the Web.” WayMatterMediaTelevisionTvsInternetFindingsMediumsProgrammingSavantsNumbered Days Author:Tom Shales
“In the realm of pop celebrity, the bar has been lowered so far that there is no bar. People can be famous for being famous, famous for being infamous, famous for having once been famous and, thanks largely to the Internet, famous for not being famous at all.” PeopleWorldHas BeensAmericaModernInternetPopsBarsThanksRealmsModern WorldBeing FamousInfamous Author:Tom Shales