Media
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Obit: J.G. Ballard, Wrote ‘Empire of the Sun’
British writer J.G. Ballard, a novelist whose work was turned into films by such directors as Steven Spielberg and David Cronenberg, died Sunday, his agent said. He was 78. Ballard had been suffering from prostate cancer diagnosed in 2006. It was not immediately clear where he died. He was best known for the autobiographical novel…
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Driving Under the Influence of Celebrity
Just as I was starting to feel comfortable trusting Miley Cyrus to act her age, and not suspecting that any of the Jonas Brothers would take a public misstep, I was thrown for a furious loop when I saw a photo (courtesy of TMZ) and a video (PerezHilton.com) of 16-year-old Nick Jonas driving 16-year-old Miley…
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YouTube Creates Channel for Movies, TV Shows
Video will be hosted by studios, who will retain control, collect traffic and ad revenue and avoid copyright problems.
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Neil Stiles, What’s the Plan?
It’s the morning after the day of the long knives at Variety, Part II, and I find myself thinking about the interview publisher Neil Stiles’ gave TheWrap yesterday, and another that editor Tim Gray gave TheWrap last week. Here’s the takeaway: Stiles has no plan for staunching the flow of revenue out of the newsprint…
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Variety.com Launches Redesign
In the middle of the afternoon on Wednesday, the trade put up a new version of its website. Here’s how it looks …
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Variety Struggles to Meet the Future
More layoffs at Variety; trade to charge for some online content.
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Larry King Ups the Kutcher Ante … on YouTube
UPDATED: The Los Angeles Times’ David Sarno has the strange story behind the @cnnbrk, CNN Twitter account that is nearing a million followers: CNN just acquired ownership of the account from 25-year-old London Web developer James Cox, who’d been running it since January 2007 with CNN’s permission and oversight. UPDATED: Larry King has made a humorous YouTube…
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Lindsay Lohan’s eHarmony Hook-Up Ad
Recently separated from Samantha Ronson, Lohan puts a parody call out for a new connection on Funny or Die.
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This Time, Spector Guilty in Clarkson Murder
The first jury, in 2007, deadlocked 10-2, favoring conviction.
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Turmoil at L.A. Times Over H’wood Advertorials
Catfight on Spring St.: Editor John Arthur calls NBC ad “horrible.” Advertising’s Lynne Segall says editorial “approved.”
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L.A. Times Executive Editor John Arthur: ‘Southland’ Ad Was ‘Horrible’
John Arthur, executive editor of the Los Angeles Times, talked to TheWrap about his concern over two advertisements that have stirred conflict within the newspaper. What was your reaction to the “Southland” ad? It was unfortunate. The reaction from the staff and others demonstrated that it was a mistake. You were on vacation for…
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Marty Kaplan on L.A. Times Advertorial, ‘On the Razor’s Edge’
USC Annenberg School for Communications’ Marty Kaplan weighs in on the L.A. Times’ controversial creation of ads posing as news.
