10 Years After Its Premiere, 'The Wire' Feels Dated, and That's a Good Thing
The HBO show is a valuable artifact from the post-9/11, pre-social media revolution era.… More »
John Hendel is a writer based in Washington, DC, and a former producer at The Atlantic.
The HBO show is a valuable artifact from the post-9/11, pre-social media revolution era.… More »
Is the iconic 19th-century Parisian wanderer alive and well on the Internet? Look no further than the depths of Tumblr, YouTube, and Wikipedia for your answer.… More »
Today the EU announced a data protection overhaul that'll revolutionize 27 countries within two years. U.S. Internet titans, prepare for radical transparency. Media, rest easy.… More »
At the end of the show's first season, the big question remains unanswered… More »
The AMC show has all sorts of problems, but a stand-out last episode could make us forget all about them… More »
A first-timer visits the iconic rock festival and finds that despite the dirt, sweat, and crowds, spirits were high… More »
Two of the Western world's biggest transnational institutions may soon fall into a complex, ideological struggle: a right to free and open Internet vs. a right to be forgotten… More »
This week's episode turns away from the murder investigation to focus exclusively on two of the show's characters. Does it work?… More »
Several television writers have turned against the new AMC show, but some of their criticisms miss the point… More »
The highbrow Soviet director's movies seem like a strange fit for the video site best known its cute kitten clips. But the experiment just might work.… More »
Around for a century, Linotype machines were made obsolete in the 1970s by changing technologies -- but they have not been forgotten… More »
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