As the sun slid down on a recent game day, Ryan Cardinal and Mike Huiras of the Vikings made like superheroes in the TCF Bank Stadium tunnel, adding layers of clothes to go outside and quickly doffing them when they came back in. They don’t play on the field. Instead, they aim their video cameras and microphones at players as they emerge, recording bits of pregame chatter. Cardinal and Huiras capture this footage for the Vikings entertainment network — the team’s mushrooming media operation that’s designed to bring fans closer to the players. “This is guaranteed good audio,” Cardinal said, referring to the upbeat mood leading to kickoff. “They’re not losing by 20 points.” The new U.S. Bank Stadium, opening in seven months, will enable the Vikings to take their off-the-field game to another level. The stadium includes production space with cutting-edge equipment for social media mavens and digital entertainment teams, allowing them … [Read more...] about Minnesota Vikings Media empire grows
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Oliver Stone: ‘Jewish Domination Of The Media’ Propagates Holocaust Myths
MEDIA 07/26/2010 04:34 pm ET Updated May 25, 2011 4.4k Oliver Stone says that Hitler caused more damage to the Russian people than to Jewish people, but that the American focus on the Holocaust stems from the "Jewish domination of the media." Update, Stone apology below The director made the controversial claim in an interview with London's Sunday Times (behind a paywall). "Hitler was a Frankenstein but there was also a Dr Frankenstein," Stone said (via The Telegraph). "German industrialists, the Americans and the British. He had a lot of support... "Hitler did far more damage to the Russians than [to] the Jewish people, 25 or 30 [million killed]." The reason few people know this, according to Stone? "The Jewish domination of the media," he said. "There's a major lobby in the United States. They are hard workers. They stay on top of every comment, the most powerful lobby in Washington. Israel has f***** up United States foreign policy for years." Earlier this year, … [Read more...] about Oliver Stone: ‘Jewish Domination Of The Media’ Propagates Holocaust Myths
Netflix is making “media execs” worried
Whenever “media executives” start expressing fears and worries, it rarely seems to be on your behalf. Ever notice that? It’s never about whether you can afford ticket prices, or whether you don’t want to pay blu-ray prices that suggest they coat the discs with ambergris and saffron, or whether you should be able to have a say in the particular channels you buy. Nope. So: Media executives also worry Netflix could bring on a re-run of what happened in the music business when Apple Inc, maker of the iPod, wound up dictating prices. "Timing really matters," said Strauss Zelnick, chairman Take-Two Interactive at the Reuters Media Summit. Zelnick said studios, to protect profits, must be careful to maintain control over when movies and TV shows are released on DVD or to cable. This is commonly referred to as windowing. "Windowing is just a fancy word for price discrimination," he said. Netflix, with deep pockets and a willingness to pay heavily … [Read more...] about Netflix is making “media execs” worried
Courtney Love legal strategy: “insanity defense for social media”
Careful what you tweet: The trial date in the defamation case against Courtney Love over her outrageous Twitter postings has been postponed three weeks. Lawyers for Love and fashion designer Dawn Simorangkir - who is suing the rocker over a March 2009 tirade of Tweets in which Love called the self-proclaimed "Boudoir Queen" a prostitute and a thief - were in the Los Angeles courtroom of Hon. Debre Weintraub Wednesday morning for the final status conference in the case. Gosh, what did she say exactly? Hollywood Reporter gives us a bit more flavor: Love’s tweets, which instantly landed in the Twitter feeds of her 40,000 or so followers (and countless others via retweets), announced that Simorangkir was a drug-pushing prostitute with a history of assault and battery who lost custody of her own child and capitalized on Love’s fame before stealing from her. “She has received a VAST amount of money from me over 40,000 dollars and I do not make people famous and get … [Read more...] about Courtney Love legal strategy: “insanity defense for social media”
Super Bowl notice goes out to media
Eight members of the Minnesota Super Bowl Bid Committee will make the trip to Atlanta next week for the NFL owners' vote on the location of the 2018 game. Minneapolis, New Orleans and Indianapolis are the three finalists making presentations to the 32 owners at the Ritz-Carlton in Buckhead on Tuesday, May 19. The vote is taking place during the NFL Spring League Meetings. Those listed as attending the event include Mark and Zygi Wilf, the team's owners, as well as Lester Bagley, the team's vice president for public affairs. Also from the committee on the trip: Marilyn Carlson Nelson of Carlson Companies, Richard Davis, president of U.S. Bank, Michele Kelm-Helgen, chair of the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority, Michael Langley, chief executive officer of Greater MSP and Melvin Tennant, president and CEO of Meet Minneapolis, the city's convention bureau. Notably absent is Ecolab's Doug Baker. He is a committee chairman, but apparently had a prior commitment and won't make … [Read more...] about Super Bowl notice goes out to media