The Daily Loper – April 25, 2007

All the Agents and the Superhuman Crew Edition

Todays links of interest:

• Heroes Unveils 20-Year-Old Plot Twist
  There are similarities to "Watchmen" and "The Twilight Zone". This should get Bob totally worked up.
• Murdoch summit reveals scale of newspaper crisis
  Apparently the big boys were taken to the ranch to discuss this, uh, imminent disaster.
• ‘Survivor’ creator proposes political MySpace TV show
  Because the average MySpace user meets the basic age requirements for running for President of the United States…
• Networks’ top shows at a ratings loss
  While we like the daylight savings excuse, it’s more likely that it’s the long breaks for favorite series that contribute. It’s a new world, television execs, let’s try new ways to give the viewers what they want.
• ABC, the Most Cluttered of Them All
  More than a quarter of every hour that ABC programs is filled with something other than content. And you wonder why we love our TiVos?
• Stop using all this bad language, says hip-hop pioneer
  Russell Simmons begins a long, hard task. We wish him luck.
• FCC Seeks To Rein In Violent TV Shows
  Well, they are the final frontier.
• Yahoo plans to drown fans’ fuzzy song lines with legal lyrics site
  "Finally, a free, legal and definitive way to settle a bet with the guy sitting next to you at the bar who is certain the Ramones’ most famous anthem declares ‘I wanna piece of bacon’. It fills a huge gap out there." … hmm, maybe not so much the filling of the gap as filling a missed piece of revenue?
• Media Sales Soar at Amazon
  One of those delightfully vague press releases that requires in-depth analysis. Anyone up for the task of breaking down a quarterly earnings report?