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The Jay Leno Show has dropped in the ratings since it premiered September 14, and the storylines have largely hinged on the fact that its very similar to his version of The Tonight Show.
But now that we’re into October, it was time for the ho...
Media Matters and other organizations have joined together to ask advertisers to boycott Lou Dobbs’s 7pmET CNN show. Sound familiar?
The success of the Glenn Beck campaign is certainly up for interpretation, and the timing of this Dobbs boycot...
Last month it was a Fox News Twitter feed that appeared to be hacked – it was later found to be a fake. Today, it looks like it’s the same story for a CNN account. @CNN_All had some explicit tweets earlier today, and now the account has written to...
After serving a suspension from Twitter by ESPN, Bill Simmons returned yesterday to the social media site and tweeted up a storm.
Interestingly, much of it coincided with ESPN’s Monday Night Football game between Simmmons’ New England Patriots and the...
Never fear conspiracy theorists of the world! The Birthers are alive and well and advertising in the pages of the Washington Times. And what an advertisement it is. It’s unclear what is more offensive here: the accusation that President Obama is not...
“The news, they say, is viral now – that we should be grateful. Well, I think all of us need to beware of geeks bearing gifts. Here we are in 2009 – more viral, less profitable. Because news costs. Because quality costs. Because free sets the price...
Last month, former New York Post associate editor Sandra Guzman filed a doozy of a harassment lawsuit against the paper, charging everything from racial insensitivity to prejudiced hiring practices to rampant sexism and corruption. Her firing, she...
Amidst the spectacle of Tiger Woods‘ car crash and the Salahi’s White House party crash, was the equally spectacular (and arguably more important) story of the Dubai economy crash. For those of you interested in a detailed, business-minded background...