Billboard Factors in YouTube to Formula for Hot 100 List
February, 21, 2013 5:40 pm | Comments On #Billboard, billboard hot 100, Media, music, Nielsen, YouTubeVideo hasn't killed radio, but it's certainly moving into its territory now that the Billboard Hot 100, magazine's top singles chart, has begun factoring YouTube plays of songs into its formula for rankings.
Tracked by the ratings service Nielsen, the top songs chart was previously ranked by digital download and physical singles sales, radio airplay, online audio streaming and online radio streaming.
The new system began this week, giving way to viral video phenomena like Baauer's "Harlem Shake" and PSY's "Gangnam Style" to bubble to the top, regardless of radio-play.
"The very definition of what it means to have a hit is ever-changing these days,” Bill Werde,...
Read MoreLGBT Groups Praise AP's 'Husband/Wife' Stylebook Change
February, 21, 2013 2:07 pm | Comments On #AP, ap stylebook, Associated Press, Gay, husband/wife, LGBT, MediaThe Associated Press added a new entry to its stylebook on Thursday advising reporters to use "husband" or "wife" when referring to same-sex marriages.
The change came after criticism from gay and lesbian groups who said same-sex couples should be treated no differently from heterosexuals. In an internal memo earlier this month, AP urged its journalists to use "couples" or "partners" when referencing civil unions and same-sex marriages.
The change will likely reverberate throughout the news media's coverage of same-sex partners, because so many news organizations follow the style of the AP, the world's largest news organization. The AP Stylebook advises reporters on everything from state-by-state abbreviations to avoiding words with racist connotations.
"Regardless of sexual orientation, 'husband' or...
Read More'Killing Jesus': Move Over, New Testament - Bill O'Reilly Has a Fresh Take on the Death of Christ
February, 21, 2013 7:50 am | Comments On #Bill O'Reilly, Fox News, killing jesus, killing kennedy, killing lincoln, MediaIt turns out Bill O'Reilly's books about the deaths of Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy were just a warm-up to his ultimate tale of martyrdom: the killing of Jesus Christ.
The Fox News host's "Killing Jesus: A History" will be published on Sept. 24, Henry Holt and Co. announced Wednesday.
Also read: 'Killing Lincoln,' Based on Bill O'Reilly Book, Gets Air Date From Nat Geo
O'Reilly will write the book with Martin Dugard, the co-author of his previous releases, "Killing Lincoln" and "Killing Kennedy."
The announcement follows the same pattern as a recent sketch on "Saturday Night Live," which suggested that since he's taken on World War II and slavery,...
Read MoreSony Pushes for Social in PlayStation 4 (Video)
February, 20, 2013 4:08 pm | Comments On #Media, playstation, playstation 4, SONYSony's unveiled its new videogame console, the PlayStation 4, on Wednesday, touting its game streaming platform and social features.
The new console pairs with a controller featuring a touch pad, a share button and a light bar.
"Today marks a moment of truth and a bold step forward for PlayStation as a company," Andrew House, president and Group CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment, said as he took the stage at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. "Today we will give you a glimpse into the future of play."
The event was streamed live online.
The DualShock controller also features a camera, X86 CPU and 8 gigabytes of unified system memory.
“The architecture we chose is like PC in many ways," Mark Cerny, the PS4's lead system architect, said.
Gaikai, a game streaming service acquired last year by Sony...
Read MoreN.Y. Times Co. to Sell Boston Globe
February, 20, 2013 1:13 pm | Comments On #Boston Globe, Media, New York Times Co., NY TimesThe New York Times Company plans to sell the Boston Globe, the Times announced on Wednesday.
The Globe, which the Times bought in 1993 for $1.1 billion, has been on the chopping block before as the Times Co. has suffered declining revenues as the result of a downturn in print advertising.
The company is working with Evercore Partners as an adviser for the possible sale. It was not immediately clear how much the Globe and related properties would now command in a sale.
“Our plan to sell the New England Media Group demonstrates our commitment to concentrate our strategic focus and investment on The New York Times brand and its journalism,” Mark Thompson, the Times Co. CEO, said in a statement....
Read MoreConrad Black Denied Bid to Void Guilty Verdict in Fraud Case (Report)
February, 20, 2013 11:53 am | Comments On #conrad black, fraud, hollinger international, MediaConrad Black, the former Hollinger International chairman convicted of fraud and obstruction of justice in 2007, has been denied a request to void that guilty verdict after he claimed his trial was unfair because government action prevented him from hiring the defense lawyers he wanted, Bloomberg reported.
Black said that when federal agents seized about $9 million in proceeds from the sale of a Manhattan apartment, they left him without enough cash to hire Brendan V. Sullivan and Gregory Craig, then both of the Washington, D.C.-based Williams & Connolly LLP, Bloomberg said.
Both lawyers have high-profile connections in the capital -- Craig worked as a White House counsel to President Obama, Sullivan defended U.S. Marine Col...
Read MoreReporter: Breitbart.com Took My Hagel-Hamas Joke Seriously
February, 20, 2013 9:55 am | Comments On #chuck hagel, friends of hamas, Media, New York Daily News, nydnNew York Daily News reporter Dan Friedman's said an offhand joke he made about connections between Chuck Hagel and Hamas was taken seriously by conservative news outlets, which then accused the Secretary of Defense nominee of a cover-up.
In an op-ed in the Daily News, the reporter said he called a Republican congressional aide to ask about any controversial groups from which Hagel might have received speaking fees. He made up a couple of fake organizations, he said, as a joke.
"Hagel was in hot water for alleged hostility to Israel," Friedman wrote. "So, I asked my source, had Hagel given a speech to, say, the 'Junior League of Hezbollah, in France'? And: What about 'Friends of Hamas'?"
He then...
Read MoreYahoo Revamped: Now With Facebook-Like Newsfeed
February, 20, 2013 8:54 am | Comments On #marissa mayer, Media, Today Show, YahooYahoo rolled out a new look for its homepage on Wednesday, giving users a more Facebook-like experience with a bottomless newsfeed of videos, pictures and stories.
CEO Marissa Mayer said on NBC's "Today" that the company would introduce more changes over the next week and tweek the design in the coming months.
The revamp marks the most obvious change to one of the world's most- popular websites since Mayer took over in July. Yahoo, founded in 1994, has struggled to continue to appear new and innovative compared to rivals like Facebook, Twitter and Google.
"We wanted it to be familiar but also wanted it to embrace some of the modern paradigms of the web,"...
Read MoreApple Suffers Hacking Attack
February, 20, 2013 7:49 am | Comments On #appl, Apple, Hackers, hacking, MediaApple admitted its systems were infiltrated by hackers Tuesday. However, the company said no customer data was compromised.
The iPhone maker said in a statement that some employees visited a developer site that installed malware on their Mac computers.
"We identified a small number of systems within Apple that were infected and isolated them from our network. There is no evidence that any data left Apple," the company said in a statement to TheWrap.
Also read: Facebook Hacked in 'Sophisticated Attack'
It remains unclear when the hack occurred. However, the company...
Read MoreCrime Writer Patricia Cornwell Wins $50.9M Lawsuit
February, 19, 2013 3:59 pm | Comments On #crime writer, kay scarpetta, lawsuit, Media, Patricia CornwellAuthor Patricia Cornwell was awarded $50.9 million on Tuesday in a federal lawsuit against her former financial manager, according to court documents obtained by TheWrap.
Cornwell, whose best-selling series of crime novels stars the medical examiner Kay Scarpetta, sued Anchin, Block & Anchin LLP and its former principal, Evan Snapper, in 2009 for negligence and breach of contract.
A U.S. district court jury in Massachusetts on Tuesday ruled unanimously that the financial firm cost Cornwell and her company millions of dollars in losses and unaccounted revenue.
Lawyers for the New York firm said no money was missing from Cornwell's accounts and blamed losses on the economic recession and on what they considered the author's extravagant lifestyle, which included a $40,000 per month apartment in New York City and expensive cars and helicopters.
But...
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