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No matter how many times reporters and pundits made the claim, a detailed analysis of Nielsen ratings numbers clearly indicates that in the two weeks after the White House in mid-October sparked a media controversy by claiming Rupert Murdoch’s channel was not a legitimate news organization, Fox News’ ratings did not soar or go “through the roof.” In fact, not only did Fox News’ overall ratings not soar, they experienced no significant increase at all. Instead, in the two weeks following the initial verbal jousts with the White House, Fox News’ total day ratings virtually flatlined.

No matter how many times reporters and pundits made the claim, a detailed analysis of Nielsen ratings numbers clearly indicates that in the two weeks after the White House in mid-October sparked a media controversy by claiming Rupert Murdoch’s channel was not a legitimate news organization, Fox News’ ratings did not soar or go “through the roof.” In fact, not only did Fox News’ overall ratings not soar, they experienced no significant increase at all. Instead, in the two weeks following the initial verbal jousts with the White House, Fox News’ total day ratings virtually flatlined.

—Media Matters for America says that FOX News’ recent “ratings boon” is a myth.

The idea, said Chris Homeister, senior vice president for entertainment at Best Buy, is to let consumers pay once for a DVD and then eventually be able to play it on any device: television, Blu-ray disc player, personal computer, handheld media player or smartphone.

The idea, said Chris Homeister, senior vice president for entertainment at Best Buy, is to let consumers pay once for a DVD and then eventually be able to play it on any device: television, Blu-ray disc player, personal computer, handheld media player or smartphone.

—Oh, I’m sure that’ll work great, as Best Buy prepares for a world where people don’t buy things on shiny discs. I’m sure the magical DRM fairy dust that they’ve concocted will be both effective and completely interoperable on all of these platforms. Perhaps Best Buy can deliver these movies right to my door via their army of unicorns.

I think something I joke about with Adam is his, and You Look Nice Today’s fanbase, is largely composed of a particular kind of person who really cares about fonts.

I think something I joke about with Adam is his, and You Look Nice Today’s fanbase, is largely composed of a particular kind of person who really cares about fonts.

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Jesse Thorn, on the type of people who need a little help dressing like a grownup.

As someone who cares about both fonts and looking dapper, I’m pretty excited about Put This On