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04 May 2009 21:22

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Culture, U.S.: The Supreme Court doesn’t like wardrobe malfunctions

  • Dear current Supreme Court: You guys suck. The court, which &#^!ing made fleeting obscenities on TV illegal last week, will do the same for accidental nudity. Today, the court passed down a decision forcing a lower court to reconsider its opinion on the infamous Janet Jackson “wardrobe malfunction” fiasco during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show. How can you punish TV networks for things out of their control? Seriously. source
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03 Feb 2009 23:14

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Offbeat: You from Tuscon? You see porn during the Super Bowl? Get paid.

  • 30 seconds of pornography was shown on some Comcast systems in Tuscon, Ariz. with 3 minutes left in the Super Bowl – right when Arizona took the lead
  • $10 credits will be offered to any customer, um, lucky enough to be offended by the alternate programming, which featured full male nudity source
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02 Feb 2009 22:24

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Culture: Super ratings for the Super Bowl; “The Office,” not so hot

  • 95.4 million people, on average watched this year’s telecast, down just 2% from last year’s record 2008 viewing
  • 22 million people stuck around to watch “The Office;” that’s the second-lowest-rated post-Super Bowl show in the last five years source
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01 Feb 2009 17:12

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Culture, Tech: Super Bowl Sunday: Hate football but love commercials?

Check out the commercials here and skip all those guys tackling each other. source
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01 Feb 2009 11:40

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Biz, Culture: NBC’s not feeling the recession when it comes to football

  • $206 million in ad sales for the Super Bowl, a record source
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29 Jan 2009 17:37

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Biz, Music: Pepsi pays too much money for its Super Bowl ads

  • $2.6 million for a will.i.am and Bob Dylan duet (WTF?!) source
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28 Jan 2009 18:49

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Biz, Music: The Smashing Pumpkins’ newest song gets a Super Bowl ride

  • The combination of Hyundai’s exciting new Genesis Coupe matched with music performed by Smashing Pumpkins offers the perfect ‘kick-off’ to Super Bowl advertising.
  • Joel Ewanick • Hyundai Motor America’s vice president for marketing, who we imagine was gritting his teeth when he said this phrase regarding the placement of the Smashing Pumpkins’ “FOL” in one of their Super Bowl commercials. Yo-Yo Ma also gets the placement treatment from Hyundai; Yo-Yo Ma may actually be cooler than Billy Corgan at this point. • source
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27 Jan 2009 10:22

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Culture, Sports: The gender gap: Who watches the Super Bowl?

  • 45.8 million viewers were over 18 and male in 2008. In case you forget, the Giants/Patriots game was the most-watched Super Bowl in history, with over 97 million eyes glued to the tube.
  • 37.7 million viewers were over 18 and female – a percentage of the viewership that’s increased steadily over the last decade. Surprisingly, though, the advertising doesn’t reflect it, according to AdWeek. source
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24 Jan 2009 01:55

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Tech: A few top Mac milestones to note

  • They made the mouse cool At launch, the Mac was the first popular mass-produced computer that didn’t rely on keyboard commands to do everything. It focused on that clicking device that’s been a staple of computers ever since – the mouse. (Though they did hold onto that one-button thing for 24 years too long.)
  • Popularizing GUIs Remember a time where you had to enter commands for a computer at a prompt? Of course you don’t. And if you did, you’re old. It’s because of the Mac that graphical user interfaces are now the way that people deal with computers. They borrowed it from Xerox, sure, but they also made it their own, before Microsoft stole it.
  • First major Super Bowl AdTo launch the computer, Apple went bold, with a Orwellian vision of the future driving their first major commercial – a Ridley Scott-directed masterpiece that ushered in an era where the Super Bowl is just as much about the commercials as it is about who’s winning the dang game. source
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19 Jan 2009 00:54

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Sports: Who’s got the better Vegas odds for the Super Bowl?

  • 6½ points, the spread favoring the Steelers over the Cards source
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