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Buzz, Viewers Diverge

in Media on November 17, 2011 at 5:30 am PT

A new television show that generates a lot of online buzz before it airs won’t necessarily draw a host of viewers, according to a new study, which found little or no correlation between the amount of such buzz and the size of the audience that ultimately tunes in.

Farrah Fawcett Also Remembered on the Web

in News on June 26, 2009 at 1:22 am PT

While she had almost nothing to do with the Internet, the Web still has a lot to do with Farrah Fawcett, especially today after the iconic Hollywood actress and model died after a long and well-documented battle with cancer. Still, the massive online reaction to a more sudden and unexpected celebrity death yesterday–pop legend Michael Jackson, who was 50–pretty much drowned out Fawcett’s passing at 62 years old. That’s too bad, since she was a genuine cultural phenom–and here is an online video to remind us of that.
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Online Video: The "Terminator Salvation" Trailer

in News on December 18, 2008 at 5:16 am PT

BoomTown is a freakish fan of cybernetic organisms–living tissue over a metal endoskeleton, duh!–and thus feels compelled to include this, the latest trailer from the upcoming fourth movie in the “Terminator” series, called “Terminator Salvation.” The franchise is everywhere these days, including a television series I am also obsessed with, called “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.” But the big Skynet guns are trained on the movie blockbuster, which will be out next summer. Oh, they’ll be back alright.