Agency trying to restore marketing sanity
"StopTheAdness" is a project from Baltimore-based Carton Donofrio Partners that starts with the premise that advertising has reached a saturation point and is therefore...
“Idol” producers want Stern to replace Cowell?
Could Howard Stern replace Simon Cowell on the judging panel at Fox’s “American Idol”? The New York Post reports that Idol’s producers have made a pitch to the “King of All Media.”
Gen2Media launches online video platform
Gen2Media, a video technology company offering an Online Video Platform, video production and online video advertising, announced the launch of the publisher version of...
Sillerman resort seized by lenders
The Wall Street Journal reported that lenders holding a $180 million mortgage on a luxury resort project in the Caribbean island of Anguilla have...
Consumer confidence takes a spill
RBC CASH Index., a regular measure of consumer attitudes towards the economy, took a plunge, dropping from January’s reading of 58.3 all the way...
Harris CEO Howard Lance to present 2010 NAB Show keynote
Harris Corporation Chairman, President and CEO Howard Lance will be a keynote speaker at the 2010 NAB Show in Las Vegas. In a morning...
RTDNA considers digital journalistic ethics
The Radio Television Digital News Association recently added the word “Digital” to its name, and it has now added the new guidelines on the...
Analyst boosts expectations for CBS
After hearing the Fox TV stations group revenue results from News Corporation, Barclays Capital analyst Anthony DiClemente has raised his stock price target
Comcast beats The Street, gung-ho on NBC
Q4 revenues rose 2.9% for Comcast to $9.07 billion, which was better than Wall Street had expected. As for the pending NBC Universal acquisition, CEO Brian Roberts remains excited. In evaluating
NBCU selects KickApps Social Software
NBC Universal Interactive and KickApps, a complete Social Software solution, announced a licensing agreement including the latest version of the “App Studio” and recently...
SOTU is top news
As Haiti continues its recovery from a major earthquake, the items making tremors in the news media shifted back to other matters – in...
Obama backs net neutrality
President Barack Obama used YouTube to make himself available for questions and answers with the American public recently, and the internet portal was a...
Verizon going multi-platform for NBCU Olympics
Verizon, in an agreement with NBC Universal, announced a multi-platform content offering that will make the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic
Univision programming launches on YouTube; Kraft sponsors
Univision Interactive Media, the digital division of Univision Communications, announced that short- and long-form video of top Univision, TeleFutura and Galavisión shows are now...
Political blog downplays Citizen United effect
TPM Muckraker, a blog associated with its parent, the popular TalkingPointsMemo political reporting blog, talked with backroom Democratic election operatives, who say that reaction...