Brian Williams will be a breaking news reporter for MSNBC.
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In the years after a traumatic news event, we’re prone to confuse things we saw on TV with what we witnessed in person.
Ads that appear in broadsheet newspapers continue to have more appeal than their annoying, online counterparts.
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Many readers can’t tell the difference between native ads and editorial content. So will a web publisher’s credibility take a hit if it ‘goes native’ with its ad strategy?
Walter Frentz photographed Adolf Hitler strolling with German diplomat Walther Hewel in the Berchtesgaden Alps, near the dictator’s mountain home.
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The timing of Hitler’s home renovations coincided with his public makeover as a statesman and diplomat.
Except for Ben Carson, there’s a slate of clean-shaven candidates.
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Beards are in. So why aren’t politicians following suit?
Greenpeace is seeking to use investigative reporters to supplement its advocacy efforts.
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NGO journalists can cover issues that go underreported by cash-strapped newsrooms. But are they more likely to violate journalistic principles?
Is the future now?
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While fashion can be an act of defiance and subversion, it can also exploit the oppressed.
Why are people so drawn to Trump?
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Trump is an ad-man’s dream, a candidate who reflects what the best advertisements possess.
Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson is the top-rated fantasy player on Yahoo’s preseason rankings.
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While season-long fantasy football has been around for years, the rise of daily formats has radically changed how fans watch and root for teams.
People wait in line for Stephen Colbert’s debut on The Late Show.
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In shedding the caricature of a conservative pundit, Colbert can have more substantive conversations with his guests, while still employing his unique brand of satire.
Researchers pored through 70,439 New Yorker cartoons.
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Some might say we’re in the age of the ‘priceless’ child, but The New Yorker certainly doesn’t think so.
Google now has the unenviable task of redoing all iterations of its old logo.
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It’s not necessarily the redesign that matters – it’s when and how you unveil it.
Ohio State football coach Urban Meyer pumps his fist after besting Alabama in the Sugar Bowl this past January.
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For coaches like Ohio State’s Urban Meyer, it’s not just about X’s and O’s.
According to Judge Richard Berman, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell can no longer ‘dispense his own brand of industrial justice.’
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In going after Tom Brady, the NFL went all-in – and now must face a new reality.
Horror director Wes Craven was perhaps best known for his Nightmare on Elm Street and Scream series.
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His tombstone may say Craven, but the director carved a bold and memorable niche in the horror genre.
Oliver Sacks died of cancer this past week.
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Sacks was able to communicate the fascinating workings of the brain in ways that evoked understanding and compassion.
Could these gentlemen be early pioneers of textspeak?
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Long before ‘sup’ and ‘hwu’ there was ‘Hw r u ts mng?’
A sign advertises a Hooters restaurant in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
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The money might be a little better, but the lewd comments and unwanted advances may have a negative impact on the mental health of waitresses.
Superman’s over the hill.
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The flop of the Fantastic Four seems to suggest that viewers are more eager to embrace characters who reflect our inherently flawed humanity.
A Martin & Rossi ad from the 1960s.
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New research shows that the old advertising maxim ‘sex and violence sell’ may be bad for business.
Fans cheer during The International Dota 2 Championships in Seattle, Washington earlier this month.
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The US$17 million prize pool at The International Dota 2 Championships shows how much the industry has grown over the past decade.
The Lower Ninth Ward Living History Museum opened in August 2013.
Fearing their neighborhood’s rich history would be forever lost in the wake of Katrina, residents teamed up with a group of volunteers to create a museum of living history.
The electronic band STS9 is known for having intoxicating light shows accompany their live performances.
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Why do certain songs and colors make us feel a certain way?
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell enters the Manhattan Federal Courthouse for the first Deflategate hearing on August 12.
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In what’s looking more and more like a power grab, the NFL and Goodell may have overplayed their hand.
Fans cheer on the heavy metal band Motörhead.
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Parents and politicians once feared heavy metal music would inspire devil worship, reckless sex and rampant drug use. A new study investigates what became of young metal fans.
English caricaturist Richard Newton’s 1798 cartoon depicts John Bull farting on the face of King George III.
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They’re rude, crude and uncouth. So what makes farts so funny?