Media

3 Things That Need to Happen Before Big Money Gets Spent on YouTube, Hulu, Yahoo & AOL

April 29, 2013 By Lucas Shaw 2 weeks ago

Hint: it has nothing to do with celebrities.

  

Barry Diller Regrets Newsweek Buy, Has Low Expectations for NewsBeast

April 29, 2013 By Tim Kenneally 2 weeks ago

Publishing a print newsmagazine on its own is a "fool's errand," Barry Diller opines

  

NBA Player Jason Collins Comes Out, Twitter Erupts

April 29, 2013 By Brent Lang 2 weeks ago

Bill Clinton, Kobe Bryant, Spike Lee, NBA react to Jason Collins news

  

Rhythm & Hues Creditors Object to Stalking Horse Bidder Break-Up Fee

April 29, 2013 By Brent Lang 2 weeks ago

A hearing on JS Communication's fee is scheduled for June

  

White House Correspondents Dinner: What the Media Is Saying About 'Nerd Prom'

April 28, 2013 By Ira Teinowitz 2 weeks ago

Media carped that the dinner turned up the celebrity quotient instead of turning it down

  

White House Correspondents Dinner: The Obama & O'Brien Show Draws Laughs, Highlights Gaffes (Video)

April 27, 2013 By Ira Teinowitz 3 weeks ago

The president revisits birther conspiracy theory and takes aim at CNN, while Conan mocks Fox News and "Tonight Show" shuffle

  

Journalist Agnes Taile, Fighting Corruption in Cameroon, Tells of Abduction

April 27, 2013 By Sharon Waxman 3 weeks ago

TheWrap has established a fund to help Taile buy a printing press in Cameroon to increase distribution of her paper

  

Ed Helms, Zach Levi Star in 'Tiny Commando' for Yahoo (Exclusive)

April 26, 2013 By Lucas Shaw 3 weeks ago

It is one of several new web shows Yahoo will unveil on Monday

  

Don't Hate on Zach Braff - Rage Against Kickstarter's Perry Chen

April 26, 2013 By Reginald Nelson 3 weeks ago

Guest blog: I can see it now ... Julie Taymor, in her effort to redeem herself from the “Spider-Man” Broadway disaster, unleash a video pitch for “Logan,” a “Wolverine”-inspired musical cabaret starring Hugh Jackman

  

BitTorrent to Hollywood: We're Not Pirates - We Come in Peace

April 26, 2013 By Brent Lang 3 weeks ago

Because of its vast user-base, some executives think that Hollywood will have no choice but to eventually embrace BitTorrent

  

Harvey Weinstein: Paying Royalties Won't Break Google

April 26, 2013 By Ira Teinowitz 3 weeks ago

Weinstein urged Congress to enact royalty law to protect the creative class from sites that "steal content"

  

Content Costs and Revenue Are Rising for Digital Players (Analysis)

April 25, 2013 By Diane Garrett 3 weeks ago

Analysis: Investments in content are eating into profit as digital heavyweights like Netflix position themselves for the future

  

Fred Amoroso Steps Down as Yahoo Chairman

April 25, 2013 By Reuters 3 weeks ago

Director Maynard Webb Jr. will step into the role on interim basis

  

Amazon Q1 Revenue Surges on Digital Content Sales

April 25, 2013 By Reuters 3 weeks ago

Online retail giant meets Wall Street's expectations with $16.07B in revenues

  

YouTube's First Ever Comedy Week Features Vince Vaughn, Sarah Silverman and Seth Rogen

April 25, 2013 By Tony Maglio 3 weeks ago

The star-studded five days of laughs will begin May 19

  

Mark Wahlberg Ponders Funky Bunch Reunion to Help Boston (Video)

April 25, 2013 By Tim Molloy 3 weeks ago

"Why not?" actor tells TMZ

  

NY Times Revenue Declines; Will Offer Newly Priced Digital Subscriptions

April 25, 2013 By Brent Lang 3 weeks ago

Revenue at paper falls on declining ad rates

  

Politico Takedown of NYT's Jill Abramson: Same Old Sexism? Or a Real B----?

April 24, 2013 By Sharon Waxman 3 weeks ago

These criticisms sound like stereotypical slurs so often leveled against women leaders

  

Are Hollywood Millionaires Ruining Kickstarter? Let's Ask the Internet

April 24, 2013 By Diane Garrett 3 weeks ago

Social media erupted on the news that Zach Braff had launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund his next movie

  

Can Netflix's Stock Surge Last?

April 24, 2013 By Brent Lang 3 weeks ago

Some analysts think that Netflix will have a hard time maintaining the subscribers who joined the service because they were eager to see the Bluths back in action

  

Apple Rebuts Naysayers as Earnings Best Predictions

April 23, 2013 By Lucas Shaw 3 weeks ago

Apple netted $9.5 billion in profits and $43.6 billion in revenue

  

Happy 8th Anniversary, YouTube (Well, the First Video Upload, Anyway)

April 23, 2013 By Rebecca Rosenberg 3 weeks ago

April 23, 2013 marks the eighth anniversary of YouTube's first video, "Me at the Zoo"

  

Hacked AP Tweet of Fake White House Attack Sends Stocks Skidding

April 23, 2013 By Tim Molloy 3 weeks ago

Dow Jones bounces back as AP account suspended

  

News Corp. Settles Lawsuit Over Hacking, Shine Acquisition for $139M

April 22, 2013 By Tim Kenneally 3 weeks ago

Under settlement terms, News Corp. avoids admission of wrongdoing, but agrees to enhancements of its compliance and governance structures

  

Reuters Fires Suspended Social Media Editor for Boston Manhunt Tweets

April 22, 2013 By Ira Teinowitz 3 weeks ago

Matthew Keys caims he was caught up in a Catch-22 situation of Reuters' devising

  

Fox News' Brian Kilmeade Argues Against Political Correctness, Endorses Racial Profiling (Video)

April 22, 2013 By Greg Gilman 3 weeks ago

The "Fox & Friends" co-host asks why authorities aren't monitoring Muslim communities and mosques to prevent acts of terror like last week's Boston bombings