- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from MediaPost | MediaDailyNewsEight top companies -- CBS, Walt Disney, Discovery Communications, 21st Century Fox, Time Warner, Viacom, AMC Networks and Scripps Networks Interactive -- are expected to collectively see just a 1% increase in revenues in 2015 to $40.1 b...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from MediagazerPeggy McGlone / Washington Post : Government report finds Library of Congress lacking in digital technology and central management — America's ‘national library’ is lacking in leadership, yet another report...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from MediagazerMichelle Castillo / Adweek : AOL to host Fox Sports' game highlights and shows online — Fox Sports Strikes a Digital Deal With AOL — Further expanding its sports coverage, AOL today unveiled a multi-y...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media NewsThe American retailer is currently accepting pre-orders of amiibo in stores only.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from MediaGuardian.co.ukThe seven-way debate on ITV was a long, slow, claustrophobic mess that nobody could possibly win There came a point half an hour into the leaders’ debate, just as all the party leaders began laying into each other, when the evening’s log...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media NewsWith exactly five weeks until we go to the polls, what did you think of the leaders tonight?
- Pat Robertson: Gays Will Force Christians To Like Anal Sex And, Eventually, Polyamory And BestialityFriday, April 3, 2015 from Media on HuffingtonPost.comRight-wing televangelist Pat Robertson tackled the recent controversy over Memories Pizza, which became Indiana's first business to publicly declare that they won't cater to same-sex weddings in the wake of the state's Religious Freedom ...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from MediaGuardian.co.ukCameron, Miliband, Sturgeon and Farage all score strongly as polls suggest no clear winner in TV showdown. Join Andrew Sparrow and the Guardian politics team for the morning after the night before Leaders’ debate: all you need to know ab...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media NewsThe digitalised version of the Valve executive uses knives to slash his opponents.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from MediagazerCarrie Battan / New York Magazine : Ellis Jones, Vice magazine's first female EIC, on gender, print, and the magazine's reputation — Is Vice Getting Nice? — When Ellis Jones was named editor-in-chief ...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from ArtsJournal» MEDIA
“Shows are the center of gravity for public radio fans. Fans should be able to support the shows they love, while the distribution channels take their cut behind the scenes.” - Thursday, April 2, 2015 from 10,000 WordsO, The Oprah Magazine is celebrating its 15th year with yet another cover featuring Oprah Winfrey . While that’s not exactly surprising, here’s what is: Big O is finally ready to allow someone else to be shown on the cover. A...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from MediaGuardian.co.ukResearch reveals average speeds in Britain have fallen between the start and end of 2014, and that home broadband is now faster Britain’s newly built superfast 4G networks appear to be slowing down as more subscribers sign up for top-fli...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media NewsLaurel's hopes for a fresh start are thwarted in Friday's episode.
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Update: “After much consideration; we have reconsidered our actions about freezing your newspaper budget,” the United Students Government at Buffalo State says on its Facebook page. “Our initial actions were made based ... - Thursday, April 2, 2015 from 10,000 WordsYahoo Parenting launched in October 2014 as one of several new targeted verticals Yahoo has rolled out over the past few months, the latest being Yahoo Autos . It’s clear the idea is to rule the online space on various high-traffic...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from NYT > Media & AdvertisingThe new excerpt arrived just ahead of the April 12 premiere of the fifth season of “Game of Thrones” on HBO.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from AgencySpySince it’s almost Friday and our PR contacts are very resourceful, here are some quotes from agency executives discussing the pending finale of the most/least realistic show about the ad industry. First, what will happen to Don ...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Media on HuffingtonPost.comIn 2013 I published an article here on The Huffington Post called "Why I'm Not Here for #WhiteGirlsRock." In it, I posed a question to my fellow white Americans who were upset about Black Girls Rock!, insisting that a program centering t...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media NewsKelly Holmes, Mike Tindall and Vogue Williams will face each other tonight.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Media on HuffingtonPost.comThe New York Times launched a monthly Men's Style section on Friday. Available in both print and digital, the section features a cover story by Matthew Schneier on a new fashion movement for suits. Other topics include hair color trends,...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from AgencySpyCommonwealth//McCann, which recently won creative duties for Chevrolet’s Silverado line from Leo Burnett Detroit, just released a new campaign for the larger Chevy brand. The work looks to turn the staid car ad model on its head by...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Lost RemoteIf you need to catch up on your “Mad Men” or “Game of Thrones,” next week is a good time to start if you have Comcast. Their third annual “Watchathon” starts next week, where they “unlock” ...
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IS FREELANCING IN YOUR FUTURE? LEARN HOW TO SURVIVE & THRIVE American Society of Journalists and Authors, North America’s top association of independent writers, brings together 500+ nonfiction writers, editors, agents and publisher... - Thursday, April 2, 2015 from MediagazerJoe Pompeo / Capital New York : NYT is planning to offer its NYT Now app for free within weeks, currently costs $8 per month — Times plans to make NYT Now mobile app free — The New York Times is expec...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Media News India Asia Pacific advertising, marketing pr print digital convergence trp circulation print radio
Gurgaon, Razorfish the world leader in helping global brands drive business transformation, announced today the appointment of yet another senior team member, Divya Uttam, as Director Strategy. Divya, listed by Impact study 2014 as “Top ... - Thursday, April 2, 2015 from All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media NewsClint Eastwood is reportedly in talks for film starring Jonah Hill and Leonardo DiCaprio.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from AgencySpyFCB RG2 launched a new campaign for the Alzheimer’s Foundation of Venezuela entitled “The Unforgettable Account.” Despite the fact that Alzheimer’s is a growing problem worldwide, donations to Alzheimer’s no...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from - Media RSS FeedThe Independent is pleased to invite applications for the annual Wyn Harness Prize for Young Journalists, following the eighth anniversary of the death of Wyngate Harness, former assistant editor of The Independent , and one of the most ...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Media on HuffingtonPost.comRight-wing talking heads have had a busy week defending Indiana's anti-LGBT "religious liberty" law, which critics say would allow business-owners to deny services to gay, lesbian and transgender people. They've also gone on the offensiv...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from NYT > Media & AdvertisingCreative Artists filed suit against United Artists, a smaller rival, for recruiting 10 of its agents in what it called a “lawless, midnight raid.”
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from On The MediaIn his new book, So You've Been Publicly Shamed, Jon Ronson tackles the phenomenon of internet-fueled public shaming, which has ruined many a career and life in an era of the enormous, and un-erasable, digital footprint. Brooke talks wit...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from MediagazerJoe Mullin / Ars Technica : Hulu beats lawsuit claiming it illegally shared user data with Facebook — The “Like” button collects data, but there's no master list of videos watched. — Onlin...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Media on HuffingtonPost.comNEW YORK -- MSNBC host Joe Scarborough, who has flirted with running for president in 2016, signaled Friday that he would not throw his hat in the ring. "Things always change, but now I think I’m pretty much content to keep my head down ...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from JIMROMENESKO.COM
* Kerry looks for accord (ft.com) | Iran nuclear accord hailed (bloomberg.com) * Front page of Financial Times UK edition, April 2 (@FT) - Friday, April 3, 2015 from All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media NewsModern Family matches last week's score for ABC, while Supernatural drops.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from MediaPost | MediaDailyNewsNBC continues to claim major late-night dominance and big headlines when it comes to the still high-flying "Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon." But ABC says it scores well in overall views in "Jimmy Kimmel Live" and "Nightline."
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media NewsNetflix political drama House of Cards will be back in 2016 for a fourth season.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from MediaPost | MediaDailyNewsThere were 545 merger and acquisition transactions in the media, information, marketing, software and tech-enabled services sector announced in the first quarter of 2015, valued at $26.6 billion, according to a report released Thursday b...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Poynter. » MediaWireThis Story is being republished with permission from the Center for Public Integrity . Aligning with a political committee: most news reporters consider it a cardinal sin. But dogma isn’t dogging Michael J. Hollis , a freelance wri...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Radio & Television Business ReportChristine Pepe has been structuring and negotiating various matters for ASCAP, and will continue doing so, but as VP, Business and Legal Affairs.
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Media on HuffingtonPost.comDear Ms. Lewinsky, November of 1995 marked my ninth month of being in this world and for you, the moment a choice you made that would change your life forever. I am going to refer to your sensationalized incident as "The Story." I choose...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media NewsThe actress sheds some light about her upcoming guest role in EastEnders .
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from MediaGuardian.co.ukOur commentators Jonathan Freedland, Gaby Hinsliff, Hugh Muir and Polly Toynbee give their reactions to the seven-way televised debate Ed Miliband yearned for a TV debate that would be his audition for the role of prime minister. As it t...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media NewsThe pair are disappointed after details of the TV movie were leaked online.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Radio & Television Business Report
The stock market was up in Thursday trading in anticipation of an upcoming employment report, but that didn’t help radio stocks stay above water. However, the loss in radio stock value was minimal, and television stocks added value. The ... - Friday, April 3, 2015 from Media on HuffingtonPost.comRosie O'Donnell was her usual candid self while interviewing HuffPost Gay Voices Editor-at-Large Michelangelo Signorile on the release of his new book, It's Not Over: Getting Beyond Tolerance, Defeating Homophobia, and Winning True Equal...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media NewsThe card game's second adventure mode pits players against single-player bosses.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from AgencySpyThis week, iCrossing is hiring a media manager for paid search/SEM , as well as a senior media analyst for paid search/SEM . Meanwhile, Scratch is seeking a copywriter , and The Ad Council is on the hunt for a senior vice president of me...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Media | New York PostA handsome former video producer at CBS is suing for sexual harassment, saying he was repeatedly drunkenly groped and kissed by powerful men at the network — including the director...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from National Sports Journalism Center
Three students from the National Sports Journalism Center are covering the NCAA men’s Final Four basketball tournament. Graduate students Jardyn Angell, Khufu Najee and Jessica Wimsatt are filing stories each day from Lucas Oil Stadium i... - Former City of Birmingham Chief of Staff Erskine Faush is the new Senior VP at SummitMedia and President of SummitMedia Entertainment. Faush served five years as Chief of Staff for Birmingham Mayor William Bell. SummitMedia CEP Carl Parm...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Hollywood Reporter - THR, Esq.Brian Jun says he lost his job after attending to his wife's post-partum depression. read more
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Marketing Magazine » AdvertisingAgencies look to the future with new presidents at the helm
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from PR Newswire: Entertainment & MediaAUSTIN, Texas, April 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- eRelevance Corporation (www.erelevancecorp.com), announced today that its progressive patient engagement service has been sold to nearly 100 Medical Spa (Medspa) and Plastic Surgery pract...
- Loscalzo was director of music at CBS Local and had a long career in the music industry, which included, MTV, WXRK-New York, WDRE and MCA Records. He died suddenly on Wednesday and friends have been posting very nice messages about him t...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from PR Newswire: Entertainment & MediaNEW YORK, April 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Azix, Inc. announced the launch of Waku Waku +NYC today, a new Japanese anime–pop culture festival, debuting this August in Brooklyn. The event will be held on August 29-30 in the new Br...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from PR Newswire: Entertainment & MediaNEWBURYPORT, Mass., April 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Muzzy Lane Software today announced that Practice Spanish: Study Abroad, developed in partnership with McGraw-Hill Education, has been named a finalist in three categories for the SIIA's ...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Sports Media Watch » RatingsThe NHL’s two New York teams have had substantial gains in local TV ratings. In other news, TNT scored a double-digit increase in viewership for Tuesday’s NBA doubleheader, and the World Figure Skating Championships benefited...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from afaqs! News > Latest Advertising NewsTaking us through a country-wide tour is the new campaign from Videocon promoting its three-decade-long legacy in the washing machine category. Titled #Indiakerang, the ad features different families across the country celebrating their ...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Marketing Magazine » AdvertisingRobyn Adelson will work to bolster the firm's creative capabilities
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from PR Newswire: Entertainment & MediaWASHINGTON, April 2, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following statement from National Press Club President John Hughes on Jason Rezaian, Washington Post Tehran bureau chief who has been held in prison in Iran since July 22, 2014. "W...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Sports MediaFormer Albany-Colonie Yankees catcher Jim Leyritz will be a regular guest of “Armen and Levack” at 5:15 p.m. Wednesdays on WTMM (104.5 FM), the station announced today. Leyritz, who went on a 11-year major-league career and w...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Hollywood Reporter - THR, Esq.A judge is allowing Paul Brodeur to proceed with claims that in the film, he was harmfully named as the source of information that microwaves take nutrition out of food. read more
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from TelevisionCMT packed its 2015 upfront with stars: singer Darius Rucker performing at the upfront presentation at New York's TimesCenter, and the stars of the network's slate of new shows, including Billy Ray Cyrus and Kellie Pickler, intro...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from afaqs! News > Latest Advertising NewsStar Sports' motivational video, executed for International Women's Day 2015, is a powerful monologue of a sports woman asking people to check her skills, abilities and failures, instead of her body. The voice over goes says 'check out h...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from AdvertisingIf "Mad Men" is anything to go by, working in the ad industry back in the 1960s looked like an awful lot of fun. There's the drinking, the sex, the fashionable clothes, the fancy restaurants, the big creative ideas (that often look as th...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from PR Newswire: Entertainment & MediaFRANKLIN, Tenn., April 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- With the current regulations regarding religious liberties under fire in Indiana, Arkansas, and across the nation, EchoLight Studios' film "One Generation Away" serves as a wakeup call ...
- Hearst owned WBAL in Baltimore announced three promotions Thursday including Malarie Pinkard who was promoted to News Director. Pinkard, who started out as a researcher at Hearst, is now responsible for all aspects of all operations and ...
- Nothing is more powerful to a radio salesperson than hard data proving how radio delivers advertisers a return on their investment. When you sell air using ratings that are far from perfect (or no ratings at all), you start your pitch at...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from CJROn March 20, Nebraska State Sen. Ernie Chambers compared police to ISIS terrorists in a legislative committee hearing on a concealed-carry gun bill, one that would allow residents to carry hidden firearms into establishments that serve a...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Advertising & BrandingUnder new executive leadership, GNC is replacing Carmichael Lynch as the agency of record on its company's $30 million account. Taking over for the Minneapolis shop is creative lead Consigliere in Brooklyn, N.Y.; the media planning a...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Marketing Magazine » AdvertisingBoutique agency will handle content development and media relations
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from PR Newswire: Entertainment & MediaMIAMI, April 2, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today the National YoungArts Foundation (YoungArts), the non-profit organization that recognizes and nurtures the nation's most talented young artists in the visual, literary, design a...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from National Sports Journalism CenterAndrew Bucholtz of Awful Announcing took to the site Thursday afternoon to react to a recent column by Peter Gelzinis, published in the Boston Herald this week, on the ongoing Aaron […]
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from TelevisionHe's a movie star who has played other movie stars. Now Robert Downey Jr. will be honored for his work at the upcoming MTV Movie Awards. Downey will receive the MTV Generation Award, which honors an actor "who has engaged the MT...
- eMarketer predicts the global mobile advertising market will hit $100 billion by 2016. If correct that total for ads served to mobile phones and tablets would represent a 430 percent increase over the final 2013 number. All these crazy h...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Advertising Age - MediaEvery weekday, we bring you the Ad Age/iSpot Hot Spots, new and trending TV commercials tracked by iSpot.tv, a company that catalogs, tags and measures activity around TV ads in real time. The New Releases here ran on TV for the first ti...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Arabian Business - MediaAbu Dhabi airline defends employment record after union slams Hollywood star for starring in new commercial
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from CJRWhat’s in it? Who does this affect short- and long-term? Who’s going to pay for it (and who is not)? It should go without saying that these are among the key questions reporters ought to tackle whenever the House or Senate pa...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from CJRThe front lines of the national culture war over LGBT rights shifted this week to a family-owned pizzeria in Walkerton, IN, a town of about 2,000. Speaking to local TV station WBND on Tuesday, the owners of Memories Pizza threw their sup...
- Newsday has the details about Radio Ink's Number One Sports Talker, WFAN's Mike Francesa, who's bashing his relationship with his CBS Radio bosses. He says it's never been worse. About seven months ago Francesa first voiced his frustrati...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Marketing Magazine » AdvertisingToronto shop to help with brand awareness
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from National Sports Journalism Center
INDIANAPOLIS – Hours after Indiana political leaders announced a plan to revise the state’s controversial Religious Freedom Restoration Act, the leadership of the NCAA said that the association would consider becoming more aggressive in ... - Thursday, April 2, 2015 from PR Newswire: Entertainment & MediaSÃO PAULO, 2 de abril de 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Na recente RCE G100 Reunião de Consenso Econômico do G100 Brasil realizada, teve como objetivos proceder à revisão do quadro econômico do país em face das m...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Brand Republic Advertising RSS FeedMcCain is launching its first brand campaign since appointing Adam & Eve/DDB last year.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Advertising & BrandingHere's a great little campaign for dog adoption by Pedigree and French agency CLM BBDO. Because a dog really will be your best friend, and a loyal one—unlike human best friends, who are constantly letting you down. Click the ad...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from AdvertisingJason Seiken, The Daily Telegraph's chief content officer and editor in chief, is quitting his role at the British broadsheet newspaper. Seiken joined The Daily Telegraph in 2013 from PBS. In an email sent to staff on Thursday, Seiken sa...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Advertising Age - MediaThe CW is no Peter Pan. Once dubbed the "Gossip Girl" network for bubble-gum shows that predominantly attracted teen girls, The CW has grown up over the last three years. And while most TV networks tirelessly try to bring down the age of...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from PR Newswire: Entertainment & MediaHOUSTON, April 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- To protect the interests of justice against potential conflicts of interest, forensic labs across the country should be removed from the auspices of law enforcement agencies and be made indepen...
- These fine radio folks will serve two-year terms on the National Association of Broadcasters Board of Directors. The two new members are Neuhoff Communications CEO Beth Neuhoff (pictured) and Tri-State CEO Randy Gravley. Voted in for ano...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Advertising & BrandingL'Oreal USA, the American unit of the French beauty company, is reviewing its media business. The cosmetics corporation, which houses brands like Maybelline, Redken and Lancome, spent $870 million on media in 2014, down slightl...
- WLEV-FM in Allentown-Bethlehem moves afternoon personality Josh Gears to mornings, where he'll join Scott Evans, as co-host of the new "Josh & Scott in the Morning." Gears hosted Afternoons on the AC-formatted station since 2012. Prior t...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from PR Newswire: Entertainment & MediaNEW YORK, April 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- In preparation for the first pitch of the season, MLBAM has made available the Opening Day updates for its mobile apps to its millions of fans – MLB.com At Bat, MLB.com Ballpark and MLB.com H...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Sports MediaThe annual season-opening free preview of “Extra Innings,” Major League Baseball’s out-of-market subscription package, begins Monday and runs through Sunday, April 12.
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Advertising Age - AdvertisingThe mobile ad spending pie is set to reach $100 billion next year, according to a report by eMarketer. This figure is more than a 400% increase from 2013, and it will likely double to nearly $200 billion between 2016 and 2019, accounting...
- Friday, April 3, 2015 from Sports Media Watch » RatingsPerhaps ABC would have been better off keeping the Knicks. Sunday’s Rockets/Wizards NBA regular season game earned a 1.0 final rating and 1.3 million viewers on ABC, tying the lowest rating ever for an NBA game on broadcast televis...
- Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Nieman Lab
From coast to coast, the spring scent of newspaper transactions hangs in the air. The big one — Apollo Global Management’s purchase of Digital First Media — is nearing completion. Meanwhile, sellers from New York City to southern C... - Thursday, April 2, 2015 from Advertising & BrandingWill a BMW commercial that's come under fire from prominent mental-health advocates get bounced from the NCAA men's basketball tournament telecasts? The controversy over the 30-second spot, which has been running in heavy rotatio...
- On Thursday, Cumulus announced that senior programming executive Mike McVay had been promoted to the position of senior VP for content and programming. The company has also extended its long-term contract with McVay. McVay has been Cumul...
