Conan O’Brien Joins Twitter – 200,000+ Followers in 9 Hours

"I had a show. Then I had a different show. Now I have a Twitter account." This is Conan O'Brien's bio on Twitter. He joined Twitter Wednesday at 2.40 PM PST and now 9 hours later ... Read >

Gawker makes first acquisition, ousts EIC

Gawker became the kind of media news it tends to report on today, with the announcement of the acquisition of CityFile and subsequent replacement of Editor in Chief Gabriel Snyder. Explained in two memos, posted below, the ouster ... Read >

McClatchy Will Not Implement Pay Walls, Happy With Google Links

The strategy led by News Corp. to remove free news content from the web is now under threat with news that one of the United States' largest newspaper groups will be keeping their links in Google, and ... Read >

Catch up on the Superbowl ads, quarter by quarter

Superbowl ads. They're like the Superbowl of TV commercials. Companies spend millions for 30 second spots during football's biggest game every year, and this year's rate is thought to have been about $3 million per slot. Iconic Superbowl ... Read >

Dante’s Inferno Super Bowl ad censored by cowardly CBS

Because Christians and their belief in an invisible sky man must never, ever, ever be offended, forthcoming EA game Dante's Inferno will have its motto - "Go to Hell" - censored when a commercial for the game ... Read >

Walmart Clown Commercial goes viral

Walmart, generally known for bland and middle-America type ads, has gotten a bit of attention for a new, more humorous spot featuring a dad in a clown suit and a kids' party. The commercial, below, also seems kind ... Read >

Air America dies, will cease broadcasting tonight

Air America, which hit the airwaves in 2004 as an answer to conservative talk radio, died today. It was six. Air America cited declining interest due to new media and a reported revenue drop of 21% in 2009 ... Read >

New York Times Will Implement “Metered” Paywall In 2011

The New York Times has announced that their services will go behind a paywall, however their "pay to read" model won't go into effect until 2011. They've also announced that the system will include a "metered model" ... Read >

The New York Times to retreat behind a paywall

Expected at some point during the next couple of weeks is the announcement by Arthur Sulzberger Jr, Chairman of New York Times, that the illustrious Gray Lady well be retreating to her petticoats of a paywall. As ... Read >

With a name like Beaver I’d think about changing it to

Back in the 1920's a magazine meant for customers of a fur trading business, now a major Canadian chain of stores, the idea of calling it Beaver might have made sense - I sincerely doubt but we'll ... Read >

V Mag plus size spread divides readers, is fashion ready for bigger models?

A controversial new spread in V Magazine's "size issue" is being hotly debated all over the internet, due to the lack of airbrushing and skimpy clothes featured in the shots. Four genuinely plus-sized models (not the more average ... Read >

McDonald’s creative advertising via a Vancouver bus stop

There is no denying that much of the advertising we are assaulted by on a daily basis is pretty boring. Doesn't matter if they are (questionably) humorous or artsy cute in the end they are boring and two-dimensional. However slowly ... Read >