Not long ago, having a successful podcast was akin to the things that go bump in the night: there’s usually nothing there except some feeble imagining. Obviously, the game has changed. Marc Maron has been a working comedian for over 20 years; he had consistent roadwork, appearances on Conan and Letterman, but nothing that really […]
On Saturday a group of polite, modestly dressed adults gathered in the Colorado Room of the Garden Hilton where they stood around chatting. A man looked out the rain streaked window and commented on how fast the city has changed. Aside from one woman with pink hair, it looked and felt like every other professional […]
If you’ve ever doubted the power of social media, then you’ve never spent a night on 6th Street during SXSW. The actual street can go from completely empty to a crazy packed dance party within seconds, all thanks to Twitter and Facebook. Decentralized Dance Party is a rogue organization that lives by its partying manifesto: […]
Joss Whedon is the mastermind behind Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, Serenity, and Dr. Horrible’s Sing-a-long Blog (NPH’s finest work). His brand spanking new movie Cabin in the Woods debuted at SXSW yesterday at the Paramount. In an interview on Saturday he said it’s one of the most unbridled projects he’s ever had the […]
Big Bird has taken over the news. Gary Knell, Vivian Schiller’s replacement as president and CEO of NPR, was promoted in December from his position with the Sesame Workshop. Having launched numerous non-profit children’s education programs through the Sesame Workshop, Knell is no stranger to taking a long-standing public staple and breathing new life into […]
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The Integrated Media Association will be holding their 10th annual conference in conjunction with SXSWi this March 7 and 8. The iMA is an organization created in the late 1990s (officially incorporated in 2004) as a common landing ground for public media operations around the nation. The main goals of iMA are to enable public […]