Off the bat, I will admit to having an intense girl-crush on Arianna Huffington.
I've been an ardent fan of both Politically Incorrect and Real Time with Bill Maher for a decade and a half, and I find ...
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Nick Denton has finally acknowledged the backlash from Gawker's controversial site redesign, in a lengthy post that rubbed a few commenters the wrong way and didn't seem to deliver much word of actual improved functionality.
Denton's tone suggests ...
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Yesterday I wrote a post in which I defended the practices of Demand Media and their child company Demand Studios when put up against the new Google Content Farm algorithm. In that post I stated that while ...
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Remember when Rupert Murdoch first announced The Daily and he talked about how it would be an iPad only daily, it turns out he may have only meant an 'iPad Only' device until something better comes along.
According ...
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Dwayne McDuffie, a writer for DC and Marvel who worked on animated TV in later years, died at an unspecified age due to unspecified circumstances following an unspecified surgery, DC Comics has confirmed.
Wikipedia lists several comic works ...
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CBS has made a concise statement regarding the events surrounding the assault of correspondent Lara Logan in Cairo late last week.
Logan, 39, pictured above just before the incident, reportedly became separated from her crew during celebrations following ...
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Should my Facebook feed be believed, a number of you all are pulling sickeys today, and a greater number are slogging through work on too much American beer and little sleep.
It seems Super Bowl ads increase in ...
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The "paper of record" has established a policy on removing content from the New York Times website, a leaked memo published by Gawker indicates.
New York Times Standards Editor Phil Corbett (who you may remember as dissuading NYT ...
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Unless you're just waking up after a sixteen-hour nap, you've probably heard about Keith Olbermann's very abrupt departure from popular MSNBC property Countdown at the end of last night's show.
Olbermann was halfway into a four-year contract, and ...
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We all know that Comcast really, really, wants this purchase of NBC to go through. The question is though what are they willing to do in order to help along the process through the various regulatory hearings ...
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The Daily, an iPad only publication from News Corp will feature various big name publishers including Pepsi, Virgin, Macy's and various others, but what it won't feature is ads from Apple's own iAd system.
Medialets according to AdAge ...
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Sarah Palin, who has been subject to national criticism after Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (a Democrat singled out by Palin on a map featuring crosshairs over several Congressional Districts) was shot along with over a dozen people, has ...
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If the merger of Comcast and NBC is approved by the FCC it may put in place a 7 year agreement which will ensure that the newly formed company can not throttle the internet speeds of competitors ...
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Hugh Hefner is taking Playboy Enterprises private again after a deal valuing the company at $207 million.
According to Business Week, Hefner increased his per-share bid by 65 cents over the amount he offered back in July:
Hefner, 84, ...
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Viacom, owners of Comedy Central are in talks with online TV provider Hulu in the hopes of bringing The Daily Show and Colbert Report back to the Hulu platform.
Last year Comedy Central and Hulu failed to reach ...
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An anchor for ESPNEWS has been suspended for an undisclosed period of time and has issued an apology after he says he accidentally forgot to add his own content to the words he lifted "virtually verbatim" from ...
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Tucker Carlson, who has been filling in for Sean Hannity on Fox News, made some controversial remarks about President Obama and football player Michael Vick last night after Obama voiced support for Vick's return to football.
Vick was ...
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In 2010 a trend that pleases those of us in the online publication game emerged, advertisers decided it was time to focus their ad spending towards the online market, allowing online publications to earn more ad revenue ...
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Heidi Jones, a weatherwoman with WABC in New York, was arrested and charged with filing a false report after police say she lied about an alleged rape attempt in Central Park.
According to the New York Post, Jones ...
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Howard Stern announced on his show this morning that he has signed on to do an additional five years at Sirius XM radio, although the terms of his latest contract might not be as favorable as his ...
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Billionaire adventurer and Virgin, Inc. owner Richard Branson will unveil his iPad only magazine next week at a press event in New York City.
According to AdAge the magazine will be focused in the entrepreneurial space, specifically focusing ...
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64-year-old longtime publicist Ronni Chasen was shot to death early this morning in Beverly Hills, just hours after attending the premiere of the film Burlesque.
An investigation into the incident is ongoing. Chasen was taken from the scene ...
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