the buzz log
Hell hath no fury like a geek scorned. The Sci-Fi Channel's decision to change its name to "Syfy" has outraged some of the channel's longtime devotees. Still, the station plans to go ahead with the switch on July 7. Will this rebranding appeal to a broader audience? Or will the "shrewd move" go down as the TV equivalent of "New Coke"? Sound off and leave a comment below.
the buzz log
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what's the buzz?
A subject's buzz score is the percentage of Yahoo! users searching for that subject on a given day, multiplied by a constant to make the number easier to read. Weekly leaders are the subjects with the greatest average buzz score for a given week.
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