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The Big Book of Pop Culture
Join indie-guru Hal Niedzviecki on a how-to journey to creating pop culture. In upbeat, spirited writing, Niedzviecki first leads readers through a quick history of entertainment, including its early origins, to the present day, when corporate powers largely determine what we read, hear and view. More.

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Facebook in a Crowd
One day this past summer, I logged on to Facebook and realized that I was very close to having 700 online “friends.” Not bad, I thought to myself, absurdly proud of how many cyberpals, connections, acquaintances and even strangers I’d managed to sign up. But the number made me uneasy as well. I had just fallen out with a friend I’d spent a lot of time with. I’d disconnected with a few other...More.

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Are Entertainment "News" Shows Taking Over Canadian TV?

by Hal Niedzviecki It’s mid-morning Thursday in the sprawling e-Talk Daily newsroom. Staff gather around a monitor to watch just arrived footage that will become the evening’s lead story: Ashlee Simpson acting late night disorderly in a downtown Toronto McDonald’s. Visiting the city to promote her new album, the singer doesn’t need the extra press: in previous days, she was featured o... More.

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Hal's New Blog
March 24, 2008 - Everywhere
Okay, so I've started a new blog. For the next year or so I'll be blogging about Peep Culture as part of a book I'm writing and a documentary I'm helping to develop. The basic premise of the project is: Peep Culture: How We Learned to Love Watching Ourselves and Our Neighbours. To find out more and follow my adventures, check it out at www.peephal.com/blog More.