New Year's Surprise For TWC Customers: No More Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon... and more...

Thu Jan 01 2009

viacom
New Year's Surprise For TWC Customers: No More Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon...

Viacom is demanding that Time Warner Cable pay more for the right to broadcast its networks, but TWC has refused. Tonight at midnight, 13.3 million subscribers in New York, Los Angeles, Dallas, and Cleveland will feel the effects of the stalemate first hand when Viacom makes good on its threat to pull all of its networks from TWC. Translation: no more "The Daily Show," "Dora the Explorer," "The Colbert Report," "The Hills," etc. But hey, there's always Hulu and BitTorrent, right? MORE >>

POSTED: Wed Dec 31 2008 17:14

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EECB Formatting Made Easy with www.EmailNameFinder.Com

www.EmailNameFinder.com seems to have been made for EECB research; they have grouped basic contact info, as well as corporate email formats (last.firstname@company.com, etc) for many popular and obscure businesses, complementing our own list wonderfully. MORE >>

POSTED: Wed Dec 31 2008 14:00

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clusterfuck
Zunes Everywhere Froze At 2am This Morning

If you're Steve Jobs, you probably dream of stories like this: Zunes all over the world froze up at around 2am this morning and won't reboot, and nobody knows why. MORE >>

POSTED: Wed Dec 31 2008 12:13

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planning
Financial Resolutions for 2009

It's that time of year again. m The Earth has moved 'round the sun once again, and for a month everyone will screw up when writing the date. What are your 2009 Financial Resolutions? MORE >>

POSTED: Wed Dec 31 2008 12:00

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ritz camera
Most Awkward Consumer Trend of 2008: Feedback Bribery

One of the interesting customer service trends of 2008 has been corporate pandering to customers who leave negative feedback on Amazon.com or company sites. Here's a look at the past year in bribery! MORE >>

POSTED: Wed Dec 31 2008 11:00

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kb toys
KB Toys Giftcards Will No Longer Be Taken After Tomorrow

According to an Anonymous insider from KB Toys, all locations of the bankrupt toy store will stop accepting gift cards starting January 1st, 2009. Run, Consumerists! Your Time is short! MORE >>

POSTED: Wed Dec 31 2008 09:00

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