Popular Twitter feed scores TV, book deal

One of the more consisently funny Twitter accounts is @shitmydadsays, a young man's collection of the random, hilarious things his cynical, elderly father says. The @shitmydadsays Twitter account, populated by 29-year-old Justin Halpern, went viral in late August ... continue

CBS Sports mobile launches live streaming for SEC on CBS Football and Basketball

September 25, 2009 (Inquisitr Wire): CBS Sports, the exclusive national over-the-air broadcaster of Southeastern Conference home football games, will stream its entire 2009 SEC college football schedule live on CBS Sports Mobile through the CBS Sports: College ... continue

60 minutes creator Don Hewitt dead at 86

CBS News executive Don Hewitt, the creator of 60 minutes and regarded by many to be the father of "magazine" television has died at the age of 86 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Over Hewitt's long ... continue

Letterman, Palin Drama – Advertiser Abandons CBS in wake of Lewd Comments

In the wake of controversy surrounding David Letterman's lewd comments about Sarah palin's daughters, CBS has lost an advertiser. Embassy Suites, part of the Hilton Hotel chain, has pulled their advertising from CBS web properties after recieving numerous ... continue

I guess the fat lady sang as the founders left Last.fm

It’s not all that unusual to see happen in the tech world. Startups – well start up, they get some big buzz, end up getting bought by a company with big wallets (if they don’t ... continue

Soap Opera Guiding Light canceled by CBS

Soap opera Guiding Light has been canceled by CBS after a staggering 72 year run. Guiding Light started as a radio serial on NBC in 1937, and switched to television on CBS in 1952. Guinness Book of World ... continue

Media Briefs: Layoffs at Macmillan, CBS

More layoffs in media to start the week, with cuts coming at book publisher Macmillan and CBS. The new CBS cuts of around "low two figures" are on top of cuts announced last week (which included Last.fm) and ... continue

CBS to Live Stream College Basketball Online

CBS will stream select games from the 2008-09 SEC College Basketball live on CBSSports.com from the start of the season this coming Saturday (December 13.) 12 College Basketball games will be streamed live and free of charge concluding ... continue

CBS drops Moblogic.TV

CBS has pulled the plug on Moblogic.TV, the Lindsay Campbell post Wallstrip video show. Peter Kafka at AllThingsD notes that the show isn't completely dead: the MobLogic.TV site will still exist, and the Moblogic.TV team may still put ... continue

Obama 60 Minutes

President-elect Barack Obama appeared for his first major television interview post election on 60 Minutes this evening. In a wide ranging interview, Obama spoke about the need to restore America's place in the world and how he'd close ... continue

TV Briefs: Gary Unmarried, Worst Week, Medium and Monk all renewed

Renewal season is in full swing, with some shows being axed, and others being renewed. Fresh off the renewals list today: CBS gave an additional seven-episode to "Gary Married" which starts Jay Mohr, Paula Marshall and Jaime King. ... continue

ZDNet is morally bankrupt

It's a dog eat dog world, people grabbing stories from other people, sometimes pictures. Sometimes there's a legal angle, sometimes there isn't. Journalists like to say that they hold themselves to higher standards then bloggers, and yet ... continue