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More media multi-tasking: Time spent watching TV and simultaneously surfing the Web up 35% in 2009
Company TownMedia multi-taskers spent 35% more time in 2009 watching TV and surfing the Web simultaneously, according the Nielsen Co.... -
The 'Lost' weekend: Saul Bass travels to a mysterious Island
Show TrackerLost vs. Saul Bass from Hexagonall on Vimeo. Do you like "Lost"? Do you also, perhaps, like the 1950s and '60s title credits sequences designed by Saul Bass, he of the angular designs and crazy, bright color schemes? Well, then,...... -
Lakers measure their frustration level after 2-3 trip
Lakers BlogLakers Coach Phil Jackson joked that the team's recent 2-3 trip simply was a product of what he called "March Madness." And thankfully for the Lakers apparently, that month has passed. "We're glad it's April," Jackson said. "We can all be fools." Well... -
Good game, good ratings, even in Los Angeles
The Fabulous ForumMonday night's NCAA men's college basketball national championship game won by Duke over underdog Butler was a hit nationally and locally. In Los Angeles it earned an 11.7 rating and 19 share which is up 65% from 2009 and is...... -
NCAA gets a big audience as window opens to shop for new TV home
Company TownPeople may love to hate Duke. But they also love to watch Duke.Almost 24 million people tuned in to see CBS' coverage of Duke University barely beating underdog Butler for the NCAA college basketball championship Monday night. It was the...... -
Tournament of Nerds at Meltdown and UCB Theatre
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWolverine's adamantium claws or the Terminator's metal endoskeleton? A telepathic Amazon with a magic lasso or a 1970s Ugandan dictator? Freddy Krueger or Gandalf the Grey? Combine the greatest hypothetical battles into a March Madness-style bracket,...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Justice System, Comedy (genre), Entertainment
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Las Vegas, the chameleon city
HAL ROTHMAN, distinguished professor of history at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, is the author of numerous books, among them the "Neon Metropolis: How Las Vegas Started the 21st Century."THE CLOSING of the Stardust Resort and Casino on Wednesday and its transformation into Echelon Place, an upscale mega-property replete with a hotel, condominiums and other amenities, is the latest chapter in the never-ending reinvention of Las Vegas. Like...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, National Basketball Association, New Year's Day, History, Football
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More employers allowing some March Madness at work
Times Staff WriterBrooke Pfautz knows that sales at his mortgage banking firm will probably plunge during the NCAA basketball tournament that begins Thursday. But for the second year in a row, he plans to show the March Madness games on the office big-screen TVs and...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Employers, Football, Entertainment, Employees
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It's also March Madness at the office
Times Staff WriterA Chicago employment consulting firm did the math and figured out that the people who watch the NCAA men's basketball tournament on their computer at work will cost the nation's employers $1.2 billion in productivity. "We here at CBS want to apologize...Tags: Telecommunication Service, Marketing, Entertainment, Productivity, Employees
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Hawkins finds a fit at New Mexico State
Times Staff WriterNew Mexico is the "Land of Enchantment" and one former local player is trying to lead his team to the delight of playing in the NCAA tournament. For Justin Hawkins (Lakewood Mayfair HS), tournament play is nothing new. As a sophomore in 2004-05,...Tags: Philip Anderson, National Basketball Association, California State University, Fresno, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Basketball
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Nothing but Net
NOTE TO EMPLOYERS: Expect workers to show an unusual degree of interest in their computers this week, starting Thursday morning. Your corporate network is likely to slow, and productivity among younger employees may drop to levels normally associated with...Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, College Basketball, Colleges and Universities, Marketing, Entertainment
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Out of 16 books, a champion will emerge
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe fifth annual Tournament of Books at the online magazine the Morning News -- a sort of bookish March Madness -- has begun, and it's had its share of upsets. In the second matchup last week, the literary heavyweight "Netherland" by Joseph O'Neill...Tags: Literature, Arts and Culture
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