Media

Can Vanilla Ice, Chris Hardwick Take the Streamys From Trainwreck to the Mainstream?

February 15, 2013 By Lucas Shaw 13 weeks ago

A popular awards show could help elevate the online video industry's profile, but is the timing right?

  

Rhythm & Hues Sued by Fired Employees

February 15, 2013 By Brent Lang 13 weeks ago

Anthony Barcelo is filing suit on behalf of 250 laid-off employees, asking for unpaid wages and benefits

  

What’s the Future for Entertainment Weekly Under a Time Inc. Spin-Off?

February 15, 2013 By Sharon Waxman 13 weeks ago

Entertainment Weekly is expected to be part of a deal to spin off Time Inc.'s package of female-oriented titles to the Meredith Corporation

  

Tabloids' Photos of Oscar Pistorious' Slain Girlfriend Outrage Readers

February 15, 2013 By Alexander C. Kaufman 13 weeks ago

The Sun, the New York Post and the New York Daily News all printed front page swimsuit photos of slain model Reeva Steenkamp 

  

Fraud Added to Huffington Post Theft-of-Idea Suit; Judge Denies Dismissal

February 15, 2013 By Alexander C. Kaufman 13 weeks ago

A New York judge refused for a second time Arianna Huffington and Ken Lerer's request to dismiss a lawsuit claiming that the media moguls stole the idea for the Huffington Post

  

L.A. Times Cutting TV Listings in Print (Updated)

February 15, 2013 By Alexander C. Kaufman 13 weeks ago

The Los Angeles Times' TV listings will appear only online starting Tuesday, Feb. 26

  

15 Celebrities Worth Following on Instagram (Photos)

February 14, 2013 By Greg Gilman & Rebecca Rosenberg 13 weeks ago

From Rainn Wilson playing "American Gothic," to Jamie Oliver playing with food to Katie Couric playing with a royal friend

  

SAG-AFTRA and Advertisers Meet, Agree to News Blackout

February 14, 2013 By Todd Cunningham 13 weeks ago

After first day of bargaining on a new commercials contract, SAG-AFTRA and advertisers say they won't talk about the negotiations 

  

CBS Q4 Earnings Miss Expectations, Still Set Records

February 14, 2013 By Lucas Shaw 13 weeks ago

CBS set a new company record for annual revenue, as cable networks like Showtime provided a boost

  

Is Microsoft Prepping a Surface Mini?

February 14, 2013 By Alexander C. Kaufman 13 weeks ago

Microsoft may be gunning to compete with Apple's iPad mini

  

TiVo Partners with Flingo, Adding Apps from Showtime, TMZ

February 14, 2013 By Lucas Shaw 13 weeks ago

Having partnered with most Smart TV manufacturers, Flingo continues to expand into the set-top box market

  

Journalism Group Regrets Paying Jonah Lehrer $20,000

February 14, 2013 By Alexander C. Kaufman 13 weeks ago

The disgraced journalist was paid to speak at a Knight Foundation seminar

  

Ex-New Republic Owner Says It 'Abandoned' Liberal Tradition, 'Embraced Leftist Outlook'

February 14, 2013 By Alexander C. Kaufman 13 weeks ago

Martin Peretz, who sold the New Republic to Facebook scion Chris Hughes, says his once-esteemed magazine has embraced full-blown partisanship

  

Time Warner Magazine Sale to Meredith Could Be a $2.9B Deal

February 14, 2013 By Alexander C. Kaufman 13 weeks ago

Meredith Corporation is the publisher of Better Homes and Gardens and Ladies' Home Journal

  

In Touch Tabloid Publisher – Mired in Tom Cruise Lawsuit – Trades in Nazis, Porn and Sometimes Both (Exclusive)

February 14, 2013 By Andrew Gumbel 13 weeks ago

A Wrap investigation into Bauer Media Group finds a web of subsidiaries that publish titles appealing to neo-Nazis -- including Nazi-themed porn

  

Discovery Communications Quarterly Profit Misses Wall St. Projections

February 14, 2013 By Reuters 13 weeks ago

Net income declines to $224 million

  

Freddie Wong Shatters Kickstarter Film Record, Plans to Make ‘Harry Potter’ of Web Video

February 13, 2013 By Lucas Shaw 13 weeks ago

Freddie Wong and his co-creators have raised more than $800,000 for the second season of "Video Game High School"

  

Ken Tucker Leaving Entertainment Weekly

February 13, 2013 By Alexander C. Kaufman 13 weeks ago

Ken Tucker is the second longtime critic to exit the magazine

  

Ken Jeong, 'Halo,' Red Bull Take Early Streamy Awards (Exclusive)

February 13, 2013 By Lucas Shaw 13 weeks ago

The Streamy Awards, which honor the year's best in online video, will take place Sunday in Hollywood

  

Sarah Palin Jabs Washington Post Over Fake Al Jazeera Story

February 12, 2013 By Alexander C. Kaufman 14 weeks ago

Washington Post blogger Suzy Parker was fooled by a satirical Daily Currant story

  

Why Netflix Has ‘No Motivation’ to Release Ratings for 'House of Cards'

February 12, 2013 By Lucas Shaw 14 weeks ago

Netflix Chief Creative Officer Ted Sarandos suggested Netflix won't release viewership numbers for some time (if ever)

  

Christopher Dorner: KCBS Pranked by Caller Posing as Fish and Game Official (Updated)

February 12, 2013 By Alexander C. Kaufman 14 weeks ago

A caller to the station claimed to be a Fish and Game Commission spokesman

  

Comcast to Buy Remaining 49 Percent of NBCUniversal

February 12, 2013 By Lucas Shaw & Tim Molloy 14 weeks ago

NBCU buying space it uses at one of America's most famous addresses

  

Anonymous Hacker Group to Target State of the Union Address?

February 12, 2013 By Alexander C. Kaufman 14 weeks ago

Apparent message from Anonymous posted on site used to announce other campaigns

  

Jonah Lehrer: My Lies, Plagiarism 'Caused Deep Pain'

February 12, 2013 By Alexander C. Kaufman 14 weeks ago

The former New Yorker and Wired writer addresses his journalistic transgressions at a Knight Foundation seminar

  

Intel to Launch Web TV Service by Year's End

February 12, 2013 By Lucas Shaw 14 weeks ago

Intel will make its own box to carry the service, which will have live TV and on demand services