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Desus & Mero and Ziwe Are Modernizing The Late-Night Television | The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Greg Endries /SHOWTIME / Greg Endries /SHOWTIME The late-night television scene finally gives flowers to Desus Nice and The Kid Mero after joining Showtime to launch a new show following their split with Viceland a few years ago. Since the move, the hilarious duo gained […]
A Day To Remember | Journal & Topics Media Group
By JANET STEINBERGSpecial to the Journal & Topics Headstones, not stars and crosses, line Arlington National Cemetery. (Photos by Janet Steinberg) Around the end of May, if an elderly friend or relative asks what you are doing for Decoration Day, don’t be alarmed…it is not a sign of early onset […]
Good Times | Journal & Topics Media Group
By JANET STEINBERGSpecial to the Journal & Topics “The fundamental things apply, as time goes by.”Sam, the unforgettable piano player in the classic movie “Casablanca”, made that profound statement as he pounded out the ivories and sang Bogie and Bacall’s tear-jerking song “As Time Goes By”. No matter their physical […]
5 surprising things you should never share on social media, according to a cybersecurity expert
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2 Ways Pinterest Is Growing Its Social Media Platform
Pinterest (NYSE:PINS) is the social platform for inspiration. It lets users collect and interact with visual media, helping them discover ideas, plan projects, or learn new things. For instance, you could use Pinterest to find the latest beauty or home décor trends, plan a vacation or party, build a home […]
GOP pushes bills to allow social media ‘censorship’ lawsuits
Republican state lawmakers are pushing for social media giants to face costly lawsuits for policing content on their websites, taking aim at a federal law that prevents internet companies from being sued for removing posts. GOP politicians in roughly two dozen states have introduced bills that would allow for civil […]
Pamplin Media Group – Putting lending libraries on the map
Rotary members, school staff and students are teaming up to increase the visibility of the small give-a-book/take-a-book libraries in Prineville Prineville’s little lending libraries are now on the map. Thanks to a collection of contributors that has grown organically during the past few years, an online map will soon be […]
Pamplin Media Group – Trying to make learning ‘magical’ in Madras
Teachers in Central Oregon have gotten creative and put extra energy into engaging their students online Part of a series on rural education under the pandemic. Kindergartners at Buff Elementary School in Central Oregon have been taking lots of field trips during distance learning — field trips to the window […]
Teacher engages students through social media
In lieu of physical cards, George H.W. Bush New Tech Odessa Graphic Design teacher Joshua Voyles recently had his students create Holiday Instagram stories. He has more than 100 students in all of his class periods combined. On a recent Wednesday, he had 19 in person and online. Every year, […]
Regulation of social media to protect children is needed now more than ever
As we enter week two of the second national lockdown in England the sense of déjà vu is palpable. And once again the NSPCC is having to highlight the scale of online grooming of children in the UK. We have been here before. Our Wild West Web campaign has been […]
The Understudy tickets from Telegraph Media Group
A SEMI-STAGED REHEARSED READING. Actor Stephen McQueen has just landed a dream West End role. Well, that’s not quite true – what he’s going to be is understudying film star (and 12th Sexiest Man in the World) Josh Harper in the brand new show Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know, […]
Social media that’s anti-social: Giants’ Golden Tate’s wife proves family members can cause locker room tension, too
It’s always been difficult for athletes to avoid controversy on social media. With the world at their fingertips, hundreds have made comments or thrown temper tantrums that have helped them alienate teammates, fans and front offices, who have forced them to make humiliating apologies or run them out of town. […]
Pamplin Media Group – How will Halloween be different in Wilsonville this year?
The holiday shifts as trick-or-treating is deemed a high-risk activity, according to the Oregon Health Authority With festivities like haunted houses and masked youngsters roaming the streets normally fostering a spooky but safe atmosphere for families, Halloween 2020 presents a more serious fear for local residents and organizations — the […]
Kim Kardashian’s private island birthday mocked on social media
Yet, it also had a seemingly unintended consequence of unleashing the Internet’s wrath. For most on social media, her photos of the bash — which pictured plenty of people in her “closest inner circle,” all partying like it was 2019 — were about as out of touch as one could […]
Pamplin Media Group – A different kind of spirit: What will Halloween look like in LO?
Halloween shifts this year as trick-or-treating is deemed a high-risk activity. With festivities like haunted houses and masked youngsters roaming the streets normally fostering a spooky but safe atmosphere for families, Halloween 2020 presents a more serious fear for local residents and organizations — the possibility of spreading COVID-19. In […]
Covid means Zoom, social media and streaming dominate our lives. The mute button is sanity.
Where I currently live, the TV goes on before 7 a.m. each day and stays on until 10 p.m. every night. The awkward staccatos of morning news cascade into an endless cacophony of cable —the dour melodies of WWII documentaries, the tinny early-Western gunfights, the crunch and wail of cop […]
Do social media algorithms erode our ability to make decisions freely? The jury is out
Social media algorithms, artificial intelligence, and our own genetics are among the factors influencing us beyond our awareness. This raises an ancient question: do we have control over our own lives? This article is part of The Conversation’s series on the science of free will. Have you ever watched a […]
New Media and Tech Company ALL TOGETHER NOW Launches Digital Home With Events for Broadway For Biden and More
All Together Now harnesses the power of storytelling and technology to help companies and creators design unforgettable experiences. Co-founders Jessica Ryan and Joe White announced All Together Now, a new media and technology company focused on building tools that empower anyone from anywhere to design live digital experiences and define […]