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Weekend Tech Scan: PlayOn and PlayLater offer TV and films, no TV set needed

Posted Sat, Dec 31, 2 a.m.

With PlayOn and PlayLater installed on your computer, you can watch and record scads of TV shows and movies, then watch them on your smartphone or tablet anywhere.  And yes, it's legal.

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Dewey beats Stassen: Republicans hold a real debate

Posted Tue, Dec 27, 2 a.m.

When you consider the recent GOP debates, IT seems like a dream. Two serious Republican candidates squared off over a vital issue of liberty and security. The whole world was listening, and Oregon determined the outcome of the national party race.

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Weekend tech scan: Google TV's flagship system may be dead, but it's still a great deal

Posted Sat, Dec 17, 2 a.m.

Google finally gets its Google TV software right - making the prematurely terminated Logitech Revue one of technology's liveliest corpses.

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Midweek Tech Scan: Broadband for Seattle?

Posted Wed, Nov 16, 12:55 p.m.

Mayor McGinn and the UW promote more broadband coverage; Microsoft holds its annual stockholders confab; and thePlatform explains what the heck it does.

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In public radio ethics, it's who you are that counts

Posted Tue, Nov 15, 2 a.m.

NPR and its affiliates fire freelancers and dump a music show because of Occupy Wall Street connections. But it treated star host Scott Simon very differently when he took a controversial stand out here.

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Ruling on trooper's death: more suspense in unprecedented case

Posted Fri, Oct 21, 6 p.m.

The mother of Trooper Ronda Reynolds faces another delay in the long effort to get her daughter's death treated as a murder.

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UW, Seahawks get a little disrespect

Posted Thu, Oct 20, 4 p.m.

The local football teams may be on a bit of a roll. But you couldn't tell it from the betting lines this week.

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The GOP debate in Vegas: a lemon

Posted Tue, Oct 18, 8:27 p.m.

The basic situation for the candidates remained static after this poorly managed debate on CNN. But it was revealing of some personality traits.

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The Amanda Knox obsession: all about us

Posted Tue, Oct 18, noon

The public and media obsession speaks to a problem in our narcissistic culture. We could wrestle with our issues about violence in a healthier way through serious art.

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Presumptuous prohibitionist: Ken Burns ignores drugs

Posted Thu, Oct 6, 2 a.m.

Public TV's documentary historian refuses to see the connections between yesteryear's prohibition and today's drug war. It's particularly strange for someone who otherwise sees so much about race in America.

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How Sam Reed bent his sword against KIRO-TV

Posted Fri, Sep 30, 2 a.m.

The retiring secretary of state, a model of public candor, found that media don't always like accountability when it is turned toward them.

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Bill Moyers: Americans are caught in a dire position

Posted Wed, Sep 14, 2 a.m.

The veteran public broadcaster and author talks about Republicans, Obama, journalism, and the faltering prospects for Americans in a society ever more dominated by wealth: "Look, this is serious. America is practically self-destructing."

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The Needle, the flag, and the moon

Posted Sun, Sep 11, 4:14 p.m.

A moving, pre-dawn ceremony on top of the Space Needle pays tribute to the sacrifices of 9/11.

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C.R. Douglas' two new hats

Posted Mon, Aug 29, 2 a.m.

The host of The Seattle Channel's civic programs has joined KCPQ-13 as a news analyst and will do quarterly shows for KCTS-TV.

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Murdoch's testimony: a human drama

Posted Wed, Jul 20, 2 a.m.

There is great wealth involved, but the storm surrounding Rupert Murdoch's media empire is basically a tale of people. For someone who has known Murdoch, there is cause for sympathy.

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Rupert Murdoch has tainted journalism here, too

Posted Sun, Jul 10, 3:36 p.m.

The tabloid king has used properties like the "Wall Street Journal" in the U.S. and the "Sunday Times" in London to give himself a veneer of respectability and real political power.

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The Governor's race: Tough times, solid candidates

Posted Wed, Jul 6, 2 a.m.

Rob McKenna and Jay Inlsee bring skill, broad knowledge, and smarts to a gubernatorial campaign that will hinge on independent voters  both appeal to.

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The missing presence in M's press box

Posted Mon, Jun 13, 12:30 p.m.

A veteran broadcaster was the press-box favorite, and he influenced sports and public life in Tacoma and Pierce County.

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Challenger disaster and local media memory

Posted Fri, Jan 28, 2 a.m.

It was 25 years ago that KIRO Newsradio staff looked in surprise at the troubling scene of the space shuttle launch that was unfolding on a screen.

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Arizona shootings: Speech is free but not cheap

Posted Mon, Jan 10, 2 a.m.

Sarah Palin and the Tea Party would do better to acknowledge responsibility for their rhetoric, which was so heated that it might have led to consequences.

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Broadcasting Blog posts

Lowe's welcomes Muslims in its stores, but not on reality TV

Posted Mon, Dec 19, 2 a.m. 2011

The home improvement chain flails around after falling for a Muslim-bashing boycott. Meanwhile, look who's shopping in its Rainier Valley store.

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KING-FM: Making the cut as a non-profit?

Posted Thu, Dec 1, 10 p.m. 2011

It's been six months since big changes in Seattle's classical music station. Time to ask some questions.

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Midday Scan: Geezers rule, initiatives lie, salmon ail, and Rooney rants

Posted Mon, Nov 7, 10 a.m. 2011

Warning: the following survey contains material not suitable for the elderly.

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KCTS-generated film paints Seattle music scene vividly

Posted Wed, Oct 19, 2 a.m. 2011

"Something in the Water" will give PBS audiences a glimpse into what keeps creative music coming from Seattle.

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No more J.P. Patches: local TV is over, too

Posted Thu, Sep 15, 5 p.m. 2011

Chris Wedes's retirement makes something else official: Local TV has no meaningful hold anymore.

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Updated: The Seattle Channel picks its replacement for C.R. Douglas

Posted Thu, Sep 1, 10:52 a.m. 2011

Brian Callanan is moving over from KCPQ, the Fox affiliate in Seattle television and a rising force in local TV news.

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Crosscut Tout: 'The Glee Project'

Posted Thu, Jun 23, 2:15 p.m. 2011

Forget "American Idol." This reality show about teenage kids trying out for the top-rated "Glee" series is as good as it gets.

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KUOW Ices Cliff Mass

Posted Fri, May 20, 1:19 p.m. 2011

Sunshine finally arrived in the skies over Seattle, but storm clouds darkened the public-radio airwaves this week. The forecast is unclear for the future of popular meteorologist/blogger/radio personality Cliff Mass.

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Google's eye on the (Apple) prize

Posted Wed, May 11, 4 p.m. 2011

New cloud music storage, more competition with notebook computers, streaming movies and more are highlights of Google's annual developer get-together.

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How a Seattle legend discovered new 'Today' anchor Curry in Oregon

Posted Wed, May 11, 2 a.m. 2011

Years ago, King Broadcasting's president was down in Ashland to see some Shakespeare and noticed a Medford reporter. His story sometimes varied, to include a mention of her working part time as a waitress.

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Murdoch's News Corp. is settling with Jude Law and others on phone hacking cases The company is also admitting that management knew of the practice of tapping into people's private phone messages, something the Murdochs had long denied. Attorneys for the victims, who number in the hundreds, said, "News Group has agreed to compensation being assessed on the basis that senior employees and directors of NGN knew about the wrongdoing and sought to conceal it by deliberately deceiving investigators and destroying evidence."

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David Horsey: How to get Rush Limbaugh really mad Hint: Could anything be worse than giving President Obama credit for doing the right thing?

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Back at it: Bill Moyers has another TV show But this time it's being distributed by American Public Television, not PBS, which is moving away from public affairs but renewing, as Moyers noted, "Antiques Roadshow" just as more Americans slip into poverty.

Cutting the cord: many reasons and three ways to go cable-free First way: "It's like a dirty secret. Most of the television we watch is available free, over the air and in high definition [with] a simple antenna." And then there's streaming....

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'Portlandia': How the city and two people made the TV series The hit show and the two friends behind it (one from Redmond )present "a heightened version of the city’s twee urbanity: a company sells artisanal light bulbs, a hotel offers a manual typewriter to every guest, and a big local event is the Allergy Pride Parade. The mayor, played by Kyle MacLachlan, becomes an object of scandal when he’s “outed” as the bass guitarist in a middle-of-the-road reggae band."

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