COMSTOCK’S LOAD By PETER LAURIA NBC/Universal, for some reason (probably to impress the Cool Kids in the Graphics department) bought this women-oriented web site, iVillage.com.  Eh, nothing horrible about that.  Since EVERY media deal involving ANYTHING on the Internet HAS to include “synergy,” they decided to spin off a TV show and make their owned [...]

Participation on Web 2.0 sites remains weak | Technology | Internet | Reuters I’ve seen that term “Web 2.0″ all over the damn place for the last year or so and I’ve never once seen an explanation of what the hell it means.  So, according to this article, it means websites that allow for visitor [...]

‘Lonelygirl15’ spawns sister series – Los Angeles Times Well, the first thing to say here is that I really doubt that this Lonelygirl15 spin-off will be as popular as the original.  The initial appeal of Lonelygirl15 was that people thought it was REAL.  When they found out it wasn’t, a lot of them were already [...]

Are ‘Brainy’ Toys for Babies a Waste of Money? – Newsweek Business – MSNBC.com Here’s a flash for all the Yuppies in our audience.  Little Justin, Jebediah, Caitlin, whatever the hell name you gave to your unholy offspring, is going to be a genius, of average intelligence or retarded–sorry, fundamentally disabled–depending on his or her [...]

Variety.com – Levin: Mass Media era ending I was all set to jump on the premise of this article.  I thought it was yet another of those “entertainment has to become more interactive” things that sound reasonable until you think it through.  Then I actually read the article.  OK, I was wrong about it. I [...]