Production Designer Bruno Rubeo Dies at 65

Production Designer Bruno Rubeo Dies at 65

Mike Barnes
Oscar nominee worked on “Platoon,” “Driving Miss Daisy” and “The Devil’s Advocate.”

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No More FM Music

We Won’t Rock You

I was 24 when I first lost my job as a radio DJ. I was 30 when it happened again. In both cases, my employers changed the stations’ formats, abandoning “alternative rock” for gospel (at Philadelphia’s Y100) and news (at Q101 in Chicago). Just this year, another Philadelphia station, WYSP, as well as New York’s WRXP and WVRX in Washington, D.C., have shifted from rock music to talk radio formats. This is just the most recent round of deaths—over the last few years, major rock stations like New York’s K-Rock, Indie 103.1 in Los Angeles, and WBCN in Boston have gone silent. These stations haven’t been disappearing because the format’s a money loser. It’s because a handful of executives have decided that rock radio doesn’t belong on the FM dial.

Groups Urge Supreme Court to Halt FCC Broadcast Censorship

Groups Urge Supreme Court to Halt FCC Broadcast Censorship

Five groups with varying philosophies are urging the Supreme Court to stop the Federal Communications Commission from enforcing decency standards, saying parents should shoulder the burden. The FCC?s decency regulations are not enforced between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., and only affect broadcast networks, not cable or internet programming.

Apple's Cloud-Based Music Service Now Live On iTunes

Apple's Cloud-Based Music Service Now Live On iTunes

iTunes 10.5.1 is now available, and with it comes iTunes Match, Apple's cloud-based music subscription service.

For $25 a year, Match drops any track you purchase from iTunes directly into Apple's iCloud. Songs are saved to the cloud automatically, so there's no need to download the song from iTunes separately on each of your iDevices.

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The Real Chimp Sounds Behind Rise of the Planet of the Apes

The Real Chimp Sounds Behind <em>Rise of the Planet of the Apes</em>

Chimpanzees and humans last shared a common ancestor about 6 million years ago. We've both come a long way since, and it's not scientifically fair to hear in chimpanzees an echo of our own voice, or vice versa. But it's hard not to.

The Art of Pixar Documents 25 Years of Brilliance

"The Art of Pixar" Documents 25 Years of Brilliance

In its first 25 years, Pixar Animation Studios has reinvigorated animated movies, creating memorable characters that in many ways seem more real than the human actors in some live-action films. The new book The Art of Pixar offers an inside look at the studio's creative process.

Jeff Bezos Owns the Web in More Ways Than You Think

Jeff Bezos Owns the Web in More Ways Than You Think

Amazon's founder talks with Steven Levy about the new Kindle Fire, cloud computing, social media, cultural pioneering and sending people into space.