Producers at Lowcountry CW (Comcast channel 14) are so pleased with the turn-out for its public service program, Teen Life: Unfiltered, that the station is considering doing it again on a quarterly basis.
On Dec. 2, the Lowcountry CW and News 2 (WCBD, Charleston’s NBC affiliate) presented at Seacoast Church a program to address issues facing […]
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Lowcountry Bloggers, a local community blog site, boasts a whopping 377 writers, commentators, and speechifiers on its Big Blogroll. If it’s not the biggest site of its kind in the area, it’s close. It used to be a part of The Post and Courier’s web domain. Since August it’s earned its independence and, organizers says, […]
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A former editor at The Post and Courier has helped launch a new online-only publication. Ann Thrash, a features editor the daily newspaper before taking a buy-out in September, launched Charleston Currents on Nov. 3 with publisher Andy Brack, a former press secretary for U.S. Senator Fritz Hollings. Charleston Currents is an “e-newsletter,” Thrash says, […]
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From the Agence France-Presse . . .
The Hollywood director that made the film “300″ has agreed to help Electronic Arts create three video games.
Electronic Arts announced Monday that Zack Snyder will be the creative leader of an EA game-making team in Los Angeles at the same studio where movie-making legend Steven Spielberg is working with […]
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Jesus, I hope not.
Today, The Post and Courier debuted its new women-focused section.
Yes, it’s called Moxie.
The page looks pretty much like every other lifestyle page the newspaper put out. Only it has stories about women. Like women in politics. I suppose that’s interesting.
A trend among newspapers lately has been how to reach female readers. The […]
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From today’s New York Times . . .
Terrance C. Z. Egger, the newspaper’s publisher — who is also on the orchestra’s board — did not return a call seeking comment.
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The Associated Press reports today that hackers got into the personal Yahoo! e-mail account of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
The hackers posted some of the Alaska Governor’s e-mail and two family photos to the internet.
The John McCain campaign is calling this a “shocking invasion” of privacy. I’m calling it funny.
We report. You decide.
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The News Factor Network reports today on a new study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project that found that 76 percent of teenage gamers play with others online at least some of the time, with 65 percent playing with others in the same room. The study, released yesterday, also found that gamers aren’t […]
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Major labels to offer free music streaming
“Just a few years ago, a Web site giving away virtually every notable song ever recorded would have had music business executives speed-dialing their lawyers. But in the next two weeks, a battered music industry, facing slumping CD sales and a bleak future, will help to introduce just […]
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The spoken word artists, author, and designer has been tapped as the editor of The Post and Courier’s weekly entertainment insert.
Amaker made the news public on his Facebook page.
He wrote that he has “full control over the content and the design. I can run anything, and I can hire people to do freelance work for […]
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