Tag: THE OFFICE

NBC's marketing team is either full of geniuses or really, really lazy. The network's new affinity program, called Fan It, asks MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare and myNBC users to promote and discuss the network's shows in exchange for NBC merchandise, store discounts, "virtual goods" and early previews of new episodes. We don't really like the term "affinity program," because it's ...

Ricky Gervais has admitted on his blog that he's part of the 60-percent of Twitter members who quit within a month of signing up. The 'Extras' funny guy opened an account in December to appease his bosses during the Golden Globes, who were hoping he'd Tweet while hosting the awards this Sunday. But after a few weeks of inane banter, he stopped, deciding that Twitter was "pointless." "I just ...

Everybody remembers the old saying, "A picture's worth a thousand words." Well, Ryan Howard (the fictional character played by B.J. Novak in 'The Office') won't let that stand. According to his artist's statement on his recently launched photoblog, Ryan wants to "strive for more" with his photos. He calls his new project "Thousand and One Words" and shoots each photo in black-and-white. Yes, it's ...

You might remember that last summer NBC announced that it would be pulling its shows off iTunes because it wanted to saddle its videos with more restrictive Digital Rights Management (DRM) and be able to jack up its prices. Regardless of its motives, fans of NBC, Sci-Fi Channel, or Bravo shows who also had iPods and iPhones were out of luck. But five months after the official end of the iTunes ...