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Brent Bozell and the PTC: Can the FCC Declare Them Obscene?

Matt Littman | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics


Matt Littman

A couple of weeks ago, Bozo the Clown died. But Bozell the Clown still lives among us, defaming the good name of clowns everywhere by tormenting children and families around our country.

Another John McCain Gaffe -- Iraq Was the First Major Conflict After 9/11

Cenk Uygur | Posted 07.24.2008 | Media


Cenk Uygur

Was Afghanistan not major enough for him? It almost reminds you of when Rumsfeld was not impressed with invading Afghanistan because it did not provide a rich enough target environment.

Stanley Bing, AKA Gil Schwartz, Talks Executricks (VIDEO)

WallStrip | Posted 07.23.2008 | Business


Fortune's Stanley Bing or CBS' Gil Schwartz -- call him what you will, he's interviewed by WallStrip's Julie Alexandra and talks about his new book, E...

CBS: 46% Of TV Audience Watch Network's Shows Online

MediaWeek | Mike Shields | Posted 07.22.2008 | Media


CBS has provided more evidence to support the much-repeated theory that streaming full-length episodes of prime-time series is mostly additive for the...

Court Tosses FCC "Wardrobe Malfunction" Fine Against CBS

AP | JOANN LOVIGLIO | Posted 07.21.2008 | Media


PHILADELPHIA (AP) _ Among the most notorious on-screen gaffes ever, Janet Jackson's breast-baring "wardrobe malfunction" on CBS during the 2004 Super ...

Katie Couric, CBS News, Have "No Plans To Part Company Anytime Soon"

AP | LYNN ELBER | Posted 07.18.2008 | Media


BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Job insecurity may be widespread in the media but Katie Couric still has no need to worry, her boss says. Rumors that C...

Sumner Redstone: Daughter Shari Will Not Succeed Me

New York Times | Tim Arango and Andrew Ross Sorkin | Posted 07.10.2008 | Media


SUN VALLEY, Idaho -- Sumner M. Redstone, the chairman and controlling shareholder of Viacom and CBS, is usually a ubiquitous figure here at the invest...

Lara Logan Pregnant With Joe Burkett's Baby, Couple Will Wed

Huffington Post | Posted 07.08.2008 | Media


Lara Logan is pregnant and will marry the father of her baby, Joe Burkett, the state department contractor whose marriage she was accused of destroyin...

You Can Be Ticketed for Feeding a Parking Meter After the Time Limit: How Many People Really Know?

Michael Russnow | Posted 07.07.2008 | Business


Michael Russnow

I've been refeeding meters for years and never gotten a ticket. Apparently, according to the meter maid, I'd been lucky in all cases.

News Corp, CBS, Hit 52-Week Lows

Hollywood Reporter | Georg Szalai | Posted 07.01.2008 | Media


It was a tough first half for big media and entertainment stocks as economic sluggishness, company-specific concerns and broader market declines -- pa...

CBS To Appeal Military Court Ruling On Haditha Interview

New York Times | Brian Stelter | Posted 06.27.2008 | Media


A First Amendment case has escalated between CBS News and a military court over a "60 Minutes" report about an attack at Haditha, Iraq. The network i...

Larry David: "Help A Bald Brother Out" For 'Stand Up To Cancer' Campaign (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Sean Morrow | Posted 06.27.2008 | Entertainment


Huffington post blogger Larry David of Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm fame has released a video in which he states "Cancer has many victims, I shou...

Lara Logan, Michael Ware Involved In Steamy Baghdad Love Triangle

Huffington Post | Posted 06.26.2008 | Media


CBS' Lara Logan was involved in a Baghdad love triangle with a married US State Department contractor and CNN international correspondent Michael Ware...

Lara Logan Sex Scandal: CBS' New Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent At Center of Divorce War: Report

Huffington Post | Posted 06.25.2008 | Media


Update: For more details on the Logan's Baghdad love triangle — revealed to include CNN's Michael Ware — click here. Lara Logan, who has ...

Grandparents.com CEO Says Targeting Life-Stages is More Important Than Demographics

Nina Spezzaferro | Posted 06.11.2008 | Business


Nina Spezzaferro

With new targeting data available, especially on the Internet, advertisers should consider targeting people of a certain life-stage, rather than a particular age or gender.

"Bagels With Billary"

Charles Warner | Posted 06.05.2008 | Media


Charles Warner

Think of it, Bagels With Billary, a morning show simulcast with Katie Couric as hostess and either Bill or Hillary or both talking with each other or to other celebrities. Who wouldn't go on their show?

Advertisers Rate 2008 Upfront Events in JackMyers.com Survey

Ed Martin | Posted 06.05.2008 | Media


Ed Martin

Advertising executives agree: By every measure, Univision produced the best Upfront event of 2008.

CBS, Yahoo Partnering Up In Wide-Ranging Content Deal: Report

Silicon Alley Insider | Michael Learmonth | Posted 06.04.2008 | Media

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CBS is expected to announce a significant partnership with Yahoo that may include adding the portal to its video distribution network, Techcrunch repo...

Television Unplugged? The Verdict on This Year's TV Upfronts

Jerry Weinstein | Posted 06.02.2008 | Media


Jerry Weinstein

Think of it as the Big Bang of Video.

Inside The Bedroom With CBS's "Swingtown"

LA Times | Martin Miller | Posted 05.31.2008 | Entertainment


IT'S NOT every day you see a unicorn, especially one dancing in a fuchsia dress, smack in the middle of a television network's living room. But there ...

McClellan's Inconvenient Truths: Media And GOP Flacks Pile-On

Beverly Davis | Posted 05.29.2008 | Home


Beverly Davis

As we are reminded again this week: you don't get in trouble in D.C. for lying, covering up and stonewalling, but you catch hell for telling the truth-- even if it's the least-surprising truth ever.

"Lost" Season Finale Caps Broadcast's Strangest Year

Ed Martin | Posted 05.29.2008 | Entertainment


Ed Martin

The strangeness surrounding the strike-compromised 2007-08 broadcast season just won't stop -- even now that the season is over.

Why Did the Press Ignore Ted Kennedy in 2002?

Eric Boehlert | Posted 05.29.2008 | Media


Eric Boehlert

Just a few years ago, the press cavalierly snubbed Kennedy. A key turning point during that public rush to war was Kennedy's fervent and thoughtful anti-war speech in 2002.

Network TV Upfront Week 2008: Not So Bad After All

Ed Martin | Posted 05.22.2008 | Entertainment


Ed Martin

We had been led to expect networks to roll over and play dead in the wake of the WGA strike and amid the recession -- but almost all the networks rallied in grand style for Upfronts 2008.

Fox Wins Full Seasons Ratings War For First Time Ever

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 05.21.2008 | Media


NEW YORK — With a strong finishing kick from "American Idol," Fox captured the distinction of America's most popular television network for the ...


 

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