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Shortly after the release of Iron Man on Blu-ray on October 1, people started complaining of defective discs; the problem turned out to be that all the Blu-ray players downloading additional content brought down Paramount's BD-Live servers, causing delays while loading the disc. Which really makes you wonder what will happen when they decide to shut down this service in a couple of years.

Voters stand to lose out if the Supreme Court treats political spending by businesses and other big-money players as protected speech.

In the latest example of finding media innovation where you'd least expect it, CBS is embedding a video player in a print ad in Entertainment Weekly that will serve up a buffet of its fall TV lineup.

The internet responds to crises in various ways. "Miniclip" has created a "stop swine flu" game in which the player catches sneezes with a tissue. After the Hudson river save, a game reenacting that was created.

ESPN Radio broadcast a podcast called "Roque" on Friday August 27th under the genre of sports. Roque, a variation of lawn croquet, took the place of croquet in the 3rd Olympics and is now extinct but for the small town of Angelica, NY. Played in the town since at least the 1800's, the game is played on a sport-specific pitch in the middle of town where a tournament is held every summer to keep the game alive. Women are not encouraged to play as a leftover tradition from when the sport was first played. "In the 1904 Olympics when Roque was on the program for the only time, so was tug-of-war," said Jeremy Schaap of ESPN.

NPR-Talk of the Nation. January 31, 2011. Genre: Talk Show/ World News. Bill Gates goes onto the show to discuss the issue of polio, a disease that was thought to have been completely eliminated by vaccination. According to Bill Gates there are many countries including India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Nigeria where polio is still an epidemic. It is his goal to eliminate this disease once and for all throughout the world. Bill Gates has invested over 400 million dollars in this process.

ESPN Radio- Sports Show. Date Broadcasted: February 2, 2011. Genre: Sports.Rick Sutcliffe and Sean McDonough host ESPN Radio, made to update sports lovers on current college basketball, NBA, College Football, and MLB scores. Any important news on the field or off, ESPN is there to let you know.