Lady Gaga Gets Into the Social Media Biz With LittleMonsters.com

February 9, 2012 By Tim Kenneally 12 hours ago

"We think we can really change the world," site creator Lady Gaga humbly opines

  

CAA Brings in Jeff Berry as CFO

February 9, 2012 By Brent Lang 14 hours ago

CAA's new CFO Jeff Berry previously worked at Del Monte and Physicians Formula Holdings

  

Lionsgate Q3 Revenue Plummets, Losses Level Off With Empty Film Slate

February 9, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 15 hours ago

Lionsgate actually cut some of its losses, but its earnings missed analyst expectations

  

Grammy Tunes From Katy Perry, Bruce Springsteen, Adele Will All Be Shazam-Enabled

February 9, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 20 hours ago

Just like last Sunday's Super Bowl, this year's Grammy Awards will be Shazamable

  

FBI Probed Steve Jobs Hire -- Found Tales of Drugs, Lying and Genius

February 9, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 20 hours ago

FBI released files of its investigation into Steve Jobs, who was up for a job in the George H. W. Bush administration

  

Funny or Die Casts 'The Artist' Star Jean Dujardin in James Bond, 'Die Hard,' 'Bridesmaids' (Video)

February 9, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 21 hours ago

Jean Dujardin gets cast as the villain in everything from "James Bond: Skyfall" to "Mission Impossible 5" to..."Kazaam 2"

  

Newspaper Web Traffic Keeps Growing -- But Not Fast Enough to Rescue Employees

February 8, 2012 By Brent Lang & Lucas Shaw 1 day ago

Newspaper sites saw viewership jump last quarter, but the Washington Post and the Guardian are the latest companies to offer layoffs or buyouts

  

ESPN Falls to 3rd in Online Sports Site Rankings

February 8, 2012 By Todd Cunningham 1 day ago

Yahoo Sports is most popular and FoxSports.com is next as ESPN shifts its focus to developing its regional and niche sites

  

Newsweek-Daily Beast Shuffles the Editor Decks -- Again (Updated)

February 8, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 day ago

NewsBeast executive editor Jane Spencer goes abroad on sabbatical as Deidre Depke takes her spot

  

Fox Studio, TV Divisions Boost News Corp. Q2 Profits Despite Hacking Investigation

February 8, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 day ago

News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch credits the film division, the cable networks and the TV network. Publishing? Don't ask

  

Univision, ABC Seek to Launch Hispanic News Network by Election 2012

February 8, 2012 By Sharon Waxman & Lucas Shaw 1 day ago

ABC News and the fast-growing Univision both "feel very good" about closing a deal for the 24-hour new news network

  

GigaOm Buys PaidContent

February 8, 2012 By Brent Lang 1 day ago

Tech site buys the assets of ContentNext Media from Guardian News

  

Viacom, Taylor Swift Partner for Global 'The Hunger Games' Launch

February 8, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 day ago

Taylor Swift's new music video for "The Hunger Games" will get a global launch, the first in MTV's history

  

Facebook Under Fire From Pension Fund for All-Male Board

February 8, 2012 By Todd Cunningham 1 day ago

California's massive teachers pension group criticizes lack of women and size of Facebook's board

  

'Jersey Shore,' 'Dora the Explorer' Join Amazon Streaming in New Viacom Deal

February 8, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 1 day ago

Viacom joins CBS, Fox and others on Amazon Instant Video, a surging challenge to Netflix

  

Time Warner Q4 Earnings Up Slightly, Thanks in Part to Harry Potter (Updated)

February 8, 2012 By Tim Molloy & Lucas Shaw 1 day ago

Investments in Harry Potter, HBO and NCAA men's basketball all rewarded Time Warner in 2011

  

Golden Globes Trial: Judge Pushes Settlement

February 7, 2012 By Brent Lang 2 days ago

Judge A. Howard Matz tells Dick Clark Productions and the HFPA to come to an agreement

  

Adah Isaacs Menken: The Original Naked Lady

February 7, 2012 By Michael and Barbara Foster 2 days ago

Before there were Marilyn Monroe, Jean Harlow and Betty Grable, there was Adah Isaacs Menken. The sultry Civil War-era stage actress captured hearts in America and Europe, and did it with very few clothes on

  

Theme Parks, Cable Networks Drive Disney's Q1 Earnings (Updated)

February 7, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 2 days ago

Walt Disney World, ESPN and others boost revenues by just one percent, but income rose by 12 percent

  

Yahoo's Chairman Roy Bostock, 3 Other Board Members to Depart

February 7, 2012 By Lucas Shaw & Brent Lang 2 days ago

Yahoo's Chairman of the Board, Roy Bostock, announced his departure in a letter Tuesday

  

Netflix Won't Release Ratings on 'Lilyhammer,' Ted Sarandos Explains

February 7, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 2 days ago

Netflix content officer Ted Sarandos explains that streaming the series just isn't like watching television

  

Prop 8 Decision: Hollywood (and Newt Gingrich) Responds on Twitter

February 7, 2012 By Brent Lang 2 days ago

Hollywood stars and media luminaries tweet on the gay-marriage ruling

  

Prop 8 Ruling: Judges Invoke Marilyn Monroe, Movies and Jumbotrons

February 7, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein 2 days ago

The opinion that declared California's ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional is filled with pop culture references

  

Bit Torrent Co-Founder Lands $7M for Social TV Company Flingo

February 7, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 2 days ago

Flingo will use the money to expand its social TV platform, hoping to become a part of everyone's "second screen" viewing experience

  

Prop 8 Is Unconstitutional, Court Rules

February 7, 2012 By Peter Voskamp 2 days ago

State appeals court upholds lower court's decision on gay marriage

  

Salon Reaches Record Audience -- 7M Visitors and Counting

February 7, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 2 days ago

The liberal online magazine has been growing traffic, but will revenue follow?

  

U.S. Authorities Looking Into Murdoch Foreign Payments

February 7, 2012 By Reuters 2 days ago

The FBI has found scant evidence of phone hacking, but foreign bribery may fell some of Rupert Murdoch's employees

  

Consumers Like Cloud Technology -- Just Don't Ask Them to Pay

February 6, 2012 By Brent Lang 3 days ago

People are interested in services like UltraViolet and iCloud, but they are still confused about the benefits of digital rights lockers

  

Redbox Buys Rival NCR Corp.'s Kiosks for $100M

February 6, 2012 By Todd Cunningham 3 days ago

Redbox snaps up NCR kiosks on same day parent company Coinstar posts strong 4Q earnings and announces Verizon deal. The stock surges

  

Congressman Darrell Issa Unveils Crowdsourced Anti-Piracy Bill

February 6, 2012 By Peter Voskamp 3 days ago

Congressmen Darrell Issa and Ron Wyden modified the OPEN Act, an anti-piracy bill, based on online suggestions

  

NBC's Richard Engel Launches iPad-Based Series, Tours With Lucifer

February 6, 2012 By Lucas Shaw 3 days ago

NBC's chief foreign correspondent talks about his new series, which will debut on the iPad -- a product he doesn't own

  

Steven Van Zandt: Why I Went 'Gangster-in-the Snow' for Netflix's 'Lilyhammer'

February 6, 2012 By Fred Schruers 3 days ago

Netflix aims to lure subscribers with eight episodes of the very Norwegian "Lilyhammer," available for streaming on Monday