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  • Blogs

    February 16, 2012

    Mark Cuban Sweatily Expounds on Why He Saved the St. Patrick's Day Parade

    Via.Cuban in his passing out days.​Yesterday we emailed Dallas Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban to ask why he decided to save the Greenville St. Patrick's Day Parade. "I didn't want to see it go away," he wrote back. A great answer. A noble answer, especially since he also cut a $25,000 check to a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 1, 2011

    Following in Pheidippides' Footsteps

    Via.Cuban in his passing out days.​Yesterday we emailed Dallas Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban to ask why he decided to save the Greenville St. Patrick's Day Parade. "I didn't want to see it go away," he wrote back. A great answer. A noble answer, especially since he also cut a $25,000 check to a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2011

    Belo in Fee Dispute With DirecTV, Which is Warning Customers They Could Lose WFAA

    ​Saw this heads-up for the first time last night. As it turns out, according to DirecTV's website, the satellite provider and Belo Corp. are engaged in a tussle over broadcast fees. Belo, which signed its agreement with the carrier in February 2001, says DirecTV isn't paying enough for the rights ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 28, 2011

    On-the-Auction-Block Blockbuster Thinks Amazon, Best Buy, CVS Are Interested

    ​Home Media Magazine directs our attention to this Friday filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York, where Renaissance Tower-based Blockbuster filed for Chapter 11 back in September. As we noted last week, Blockbuster's up for sale now, with Monarch Alternative Capital among the interested parti ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 13, 2011

    Happy New Year, Japan

    ​Home Media Magazine directs our attention to this Friday filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York, where Renaissance Tower-based Blockbuster filed for Chapter 11 back in September. As we noted last week, Blockbuster's up for sale now, with Monarch Alternative Capital among the interested parti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2010

    At Least There's No Need to Put Fireworks on Fair Park's Wish List This Holiday Season

    ​Only a few months ago the city -- really, the Friends of Fair Park -- axed the Fair Park Fourth, because there weren't no money for fireworks. Then, at the last minute, City Hall found the dough in the back pockets of Dr Pepper Snapple Group and Neil and Kenny Goldberg. But that won't be an issue ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2010

    Moroney Responds to News Paywall Report

    ​Soon as I stumbled across that News & Tech piece noting that The Dallas Morning News is set to begin charging for staff-generated online content, I asked the paper's publisher and CEO, Jim Moroney, if that was true. At 9:02 this morning, he responded via e-mail. This is what he wrote, in full ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2010

    Fox Sports Southwest, DISH Network Face Off Over Added Dallas Stars Broadcasts

    ​It may take a while to get a response from DISH Network; a spokesperson tells Unfair Park most of its higher-ups are at the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas. Till we get a response, then, this is Fox Sports Southwest's side of the story.This year, the network upped the number of Dallas Stars ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 3, 2009

    Better Than Fair

    ​It may take a while to get a response from DISH Network; a spokesperson tells Unfair Park most of its higher-ups are at the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas. Till we get a response, then, this is Fox Sports Southwest's side of the story.This year, the network upped the number of Dallas Stars ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 16, 2009

    Sailor Sheryl

    ​It may take a while to get a response from DISH Network; a spokesperson tells Unfair Park most of its higher-ups are at the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas. Till we get a response, then, this is Fox Sports Southwest's side of the story.This year, the network upped the number of Dallas Stars ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2009

    Kind of Blu-Ray: Blockbuster Teams Up with Samsung for Yet More OnDemand Delivery

    Late last year, Blockbuster introduced its first on-demand delivery system: the 2Wire MediaPoint Digital Media Player, about which critics weren't wild but oh well better than nothing and well at least the company's trying. Then came the TiVo deal in March, which did nothing to stop the company's s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2009

    Today In Music News: Prince Is In Pain, Trent Reznor's Done With Twitter, and Monsters of Folk Are Coming...

    Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, June 12, 2009... Prince is apparently refusing to get a double hip replacement because of his religious beliefs. So, instead of having the surgery, he's "popping pain killers and hoping it will all go away." I think that's the same thing my un ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 29, 2009

    Dallas News's Jim Moroney Did Attend Newspapers' So-Called "Secret" Meeting

    The Friends of Unfair Park concerned with the state -- and fate -- of the newspaper business are no doubt aware that in a Chicago suburb yesterday, bigwigs, honchos and major-domos from most of the country's biggest news-gathering organizations huddled together to chat about monetizing online conten ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2008

    Be a Freud, Dallas

    Can't ... help ... myself. But in the comments to the Rorschach test below, "apaulable" wondered, "More importantly, what does the DFW Highway system look like Dr. Freud?" And, frankly, I just couldn't live with the thought of anyone missing out on that gem, courtesy the Web site of the Metrople ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2008

    Our Dallas Dynasty

    Can't ... help ... myself. But in the comments to the Rorschach test below, "apaulable" wondered, "More importantly, what does the DFW Highway system look like Dr. Freud?" And, frankly, I just couldn't live with the thought of anyone missing out on that gem, courtesy the Web site of the Metrople ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2008

    If This Is What Day One of Harry Potter Con at the Anatole Looks Like ...

    Can't ... help ... myself. But in the comments to the Rorschach test below, "apaulable" wondered, "More importantly, what does the DFW Highway system look like Dr. Freud?" And, frankly, I just couldn't live with the thought of anyone missing out on that gem, courtesy the Web site of the Metrople ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 17, 2008

    The Best Kind of Weekend

    Can't ... help ... myself. But in the comments to the Rorschach test below, "apaulable" wondered, "More importantly, what does the DFW Highway system look like Dr. Freud?" And, frankly, I just couldn't live with the thought of anyone missing out on that gem, courtesy the Web site of the Metrople ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 25, 2007

    Boning Up in Fort Worth, Baby

    Can't ... help ... myself. But in the comments to the Rorschach test below, "apaulable" wondered, "More importantly, what does the DFW Highway system look like Dr. Freud?" And, frankly, I just couldn't live with the thought of anyone missing out on that gem, courtesy the Web site of the Metrople ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2007

    Pet Appreciation

    Can't ... help ... myself. But in the comments to the Rorschach test below, "apaulable" wondered, "More importantly, what does the DFW Highway system look like Dr. Freud?" And, frankly, I just couldn't live with the thought of anyone missing out on that gem, courtesy the Web site of the Metrople ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2007

    Dallas-Area Man Loves Him Some Al Gore

    Can't ... help ... myself. But in the comments to the Rorschach test below, "apaulable" wondered, "More importantly, what does the DFW Highway system look like Dr. Freud?" And, frankly, I just couldn't live with the thought of anyone missing out on that gem, courtesy the Web site of the Metrople ... More >>

  • Music

    April 5, 2007

    Backtrackin'

    Things you may have missed the first time

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2006

    Does Every Former NFL Player Wind Up in Real Estate?

    Things you may have missed the first time

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2006

    You Can Ring My Bell

    Things you may have missed the first time

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2006

    Unfair Park, Brought to You By AT&T?

    Things you may have missed the first time

  • Dining

    October 27, 2005

    Just for Kix?

    Hotel dining in Richardson? About what you'd expect.

  • News

    March 3, 2005

    Lemonade

    Mark Cuban, you so smart!

  • Music

    July 15, 2004

    Tree Wave

    Cabana EP+ (Made Up Records)

  • News

    January 15, 2004

    Hello, God?

    Get religion from your long-distance carrier

  • Best of Dallas

    September 26, 2002

    Best Movie Theater

    The Magnolia Theatre

  • News

    April 30, 1998

    Life in the slow lane

    The Information Age meets the technological Stone Age at Dallas schools

  • News

    November 21, 1996

    Cyberbunk

    Kevin Massey is no 'cyberstalker.' But when he tangled with another bullheaded loudmouth on the Internet, their 'flame' war spawned a great publicity stunt.

  • News

    August 10, 1995

    The mouse that roared

    How telecommunications deregulation will help Disney--and other media giants--rule the world

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