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Anti-piracy group BREIN caught ripping off music

Anti-piracy group BREIN caught ripping off music

Oh let the laughter ensue raucously on this one folks. Seriously how ridiculously stupid do you have to be to not only steal music from the very people you are suppose to be representing, and protecting, but then to get ... Read >
Chicago News Anchor Attacks Belief In Santa Claus

Chicago News Anchor Attacks Belief In Santa Claus

Chicago News anchor Robin Robinson pissed off a large segment of parents during a Fox Chicago news broadcast this week when she announced that Santa wasn't real and then told parents to tell their children the truth. An ... Read >
Fox News Viewers Are Less Informed Than Other News Watchers, Non-News Viewers [Study]

Fox News Viewers Are Less Informed Than Other News Watchers, Non-News Viewers [Study]

If you want to be more informed than your Fox News and to a smaller extend MSNBC news watching friends a recent study by Pollsters at Farleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey suggest that you should just forgo ... Read >
No News is Better Than Fox News, Says Study

No News is Better Than Fox News, Says Study

Do you want to know about current events? You can't go wrong with the New York Times, NPR, or even "The Daily Show." One thing you might want to avoid, however, is Fox News. A new poll ... Read >
Meghan McCain signs on as MSNBC contributor

Meghan McCain signs on as MSNBC contributor

Apparently, it's been NBC's mission of late to recruit as many high-profile contributors as possible, preferably those who happen to be sons or daughters of notable politicians. The latest to join MSNBC's roster of contributors is Meghan McCain, ... Read >
News Corp. Paid Rebekah Brooks $2.7 Million Severance Package

News Corp. Paid Rebekah Brooks $2.7 Million Severance Package

Forget Wall Street analysts who earn millions of dollars for betting correctly about the market, News of the World editor Rebekah Brooks was paid millions of dollars for literally toppling a 167-year-old news institution overnight while creating ... Read >
News Of The World Hacked At Least 5,795 Phones [Evidence]

News Of The World Hacked At Least 5,795 Phones [Evidence]

Police investigating the News of the World phone hacking scandal say they have uncovered 11,000 pages of notes from professional snooper Glenn Mulcaire. In those notes investigators say Mulcaire spied on 5,795 potential victims of the phone ... Read >
News Corp. Lawyer Documents Reveal Knowledge Of “Hacking Culture” In 2008

News Corp. Lawyer Documents Reveal Knowledge Of “Hacking Culture” In 2008

In 2008 an outside lawyer working for News Corp. submitted various documents that warned of a a "culture of illegal information access" at the now defunct News of the World newspaper. The new documents could prove that ... Read >
News Corp. Sets Up Internal Whistleblower Hotline

News Corp. Sets Up Internal Whistleblower Hotline

In an attempt to avoid another News of the World incident News Corp. has setup an internal whistleblower hotline. The 24-hour "alertline" is meant to be used by employees who wish to report violations regarding the company's ... Read >
Federated Media Acquires Lijit Networks (Now Reaches 300 Million Uniques)

Federated Media Acquires Lijit Networks (Now Reaches 300 Million Uniques)

Federated Media Publishing announced that it has acquired Lijit Networks Inc., a provider of advertising services, audience analytics and reader engagement tools for online publishers. The combination of the two companies would allow it to reach ... Read >
Yahoo! and ABC Create ‘Online News Alliance’

Yahoo! and ABC Create ‘Online News Alliance’

 Yahoo News and ABC will be partnering up to bring more stories to more people. Yahoo! will get ABC's global news coverage and ABC will get Yahoo's online audience in a deal that is said to be ... Read >
Alibaba CEO Says He Would Like To Buy Yahoo

Alibaba CEO Says He Would Like To Buy Yahoo

Jack Ma, CEO of Chinese Internet company Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. says he's very interested at the prospect of acquiring internet company Yahoo, Inc. When speaking at Standford University on Friday Alibaba's CEO told the audience that buying ... Read >
Photographers Group Launches Social Bookmarking Site

Photographers Group Launches Social Bookmarking Site

The American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) has launched CameraCake.com, a website that combines aspects of social bookmarking, crowd-sourcing, social filtered search and social networking to help imaging professionals identify and learn from the most valuable resources ... Read >
Larry Flynt Puts $1M Sex Bounty on Rick Perry’s Head

Larry Flynt Puts $1M Sex Bounty on Rick Perry’s Head

If you've gotten down and dirty with Presidential hopeful Rick Perry- aside from the skin-crawling sensation you get watching him talk on TV or reading his quotes on the news- Larry Flynt has a pleasant surprise for ... Read >
Maurice Sendak Defends ‘Scary’ New Book

Maurice Sendak Defends ‘Scary’ New Book

Kids' writer Maurice Sendak- never one to parse words- is back with a book that has unsurprisingly gotten some flak from the overprotecting parents brigade. Sendak most recently made news after the film adaptation of Where the Wild ... Read >
Seattle Times Wins 5 CB Blethen Awards

Seattle Times Wins 5 CB Blethen Awards

A warm Inquisitr congratulations goes to The Seattle Times. The newspaper yesterday won no less than five C.B. Blethen Memorial Awards for Distinguished Newspaper Reporting, three of which were first-place awards. The paper won the top gongs for ... Read >
News Corp. Shareholders Sue Company Over Phone Hacking Scandal

News Corp. Shareholders Sue Company Over Phone Hacking Scandal

Rupert Murdoch is watching as his News Corp. media conglomerate unravels and now word is surfacing that some of the company's major shareholders have filed a lawsuit against News Corp. The suit alleges that board members knew ... Read >
BostonGlobe.com Launches But It’s Not Free Content

BostonGlobe.com Launches But It’s Not Free Content

The Boston Globe has launched BostonGlobe.com, a site that provides a wide range of authoritative news, analysis and opinion on issues and topics including politics, sports, arts, education and business. Before you get confused, this is not ... Read >
Cable TV Viewers Flock to Web TV, Cable Ad Revenue Down

Cable TV Viewers Flock to Web TV, Cable Ad Revenue Down

Not before time, it seems certain television executives are being punished for what I (and many others, apparently) view as an outdated media model. Crain's notes that cable and satellite subscribers are leaving in droves, with the biggest ... Read >
Christine O’Donnell’s Book Criticized For Fact-Fudging

Christine O’Donnell’s Book Criticized For Fact-Fudging

I know, I know- who would have thought Christine O'Donnell might not be entirely truthful and straightforward in her book, Troublemaker: Let's Do What it Takes to Make America Great Again. O'Donnell- whose campaign seems to have hinged ... Read >
‘New Yorker’ Boasts 20,000 iPad Subscribers

‘New Yorker’ Boasts 20,000 iPad Subscribers

The first stats of subscription numbers for iPad users of the New Yorker app are in, and they're not half bad. Paywalls have proven to be a mixed bag when it comes to traditional print media, and one ... Read >
‘Untitled’ by Anonymous Book Compels Literary Guessing Game, Creates Buzz

‘Untitled’ by Anonymous Book Compels Literary Guessing Game, Creates Buzz

We know it's called Untitled and it's written by Anonymous (not that Anonymous), but all else is a mystery about a new book that's creating a frick-ton of buzz in the literary world. A brief description of the late fall ... Read >