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Posted Sat, Dec 31, 2 a.m.
By Skip Ferderber
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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Posted Tue, Dec 27, 2 a.m.
By Floyd McKay
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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Posted Sat, Dec 17, 2 a.m.
By Skip Ferderber
Google finally gets its Google TV software right - making the prematurely terminated Logitech Revue one of technology's liveliest corpses.
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Posted Wed, Nov 16, 12:55 p.m.
By Skip Ferderber
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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Posted Tue, Nov 15, 2 a.m.
By Eric Scigliano
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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Posted Fri, Oct 21, 6 p.m.
By Floyd McKay
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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Posted Thu, Oct 20, 4 p.m.
By Mike Henderson
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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Posted Tue, Oct 18, 8:27 p.m.
By Ted Van Dyk
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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Posted Tue, Oct 18, noon
By Carol Poole
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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Posted Thu, Oct 6, 2 a.m.
By Eric Scigliano
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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Posted Fri, Sep 30, 2 a.m.
By John Hamer
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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Posted Wed, Sep 14, 2 a.m.
By Robin Lindley
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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Posted Sun, Sep 11, 4:14 p.m.
By Knute Berger
A moving, pre-dawn ceremony on top of the Space Needle pays tribute to the sacrifices of 9/11.
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Posted Mon, Aug 29, 2 a.m.
By Feliks Banel
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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Posted Wed, Jul 20, 2 a.m.
By Ted Van Dyk
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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Posted Sun, Jul 10, 3:36 p.m.
By Floyd McKay
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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Posted Wed, Jul 6, 2 a.m.
By Knute Berger
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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Posted Mon, Jun 13, 12:30 p.m.
By Mike Henderson
A veteran broadcaster was the press-box favorite, and he influenced sports and public life in Tacoma and Pierce County.
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Posted Fri, Jan 28, 2 a.m.
By Feliks Banel
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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Posted Mon, Jan 10, 2 a.m.
By Anthony B. Robinson
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
Posted Mon, Dec 19, 2 a.m.
2011
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Eric Scigliano
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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Posted Thu, Dec 1, 10 p.m.
2011
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Feliks Banel
It's been six months since big changes in Seattle's classical music station. Time to ask some questions.
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Posted Mon, Nov 7, 10 a.m.
2011
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Pete Jackson
Warning: the following survey contains material not suitable for the elderly.
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Posted Wed, Oct 19, 2 a.m.
2011
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Feliks Banel
"Something in the Water" will give PBS audiences a glimpse into what keeps creative music coming from Seattle.
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Posted Thu, Sep 15, 5 p.m.
2011
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Feliks Banel
Chris Wedes's retirement makes something else official: Local TV has no meaningful hold anymore.
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Posted Thu, Sep 1, 10:52 a.m.
2011
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David Brewster
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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Posted Thu, Jun 23, 2:15 p.m.
2011
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Skip Ferderber
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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Posted Fri, May 20, 1:19 p.m.
2011
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Feliks Banel
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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Posted Wed, May 11, 4 p.m.
2011
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Skip Ferderber
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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Posted Wed, May 11, 2 a.m.
2011
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Floyd McKay
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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