Media

The Media Equation: News Erupts, and So Does a Web Debut

New York Times (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

As major news erupted in Texas, a brand new 12-person Web-based newsroom had its debut as a nonprofit covering state government.

The media market has a conservative bias

Bronte Capital (Free subscription) | yesterday

Here is a sequence of numbers to bring tears of joy to a stockholder and tears of rage to a liberal pundit.* 197 262 211 194 249 275 282 284 289 337 330 313 379 428 429 434 495 It’s the quarterly operating profit of the cable network programming for News Corp in millions of dollars as reported since September 2005. It’s not all Fox News – but Fox News is the main driver. I love reading...

Intense Review Is Expected for NBC Deal

New York Times (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

The deal, which is expected to be announced in the weeks ahead, is likely to be the first major test of the Obama administration’s media regulators.

Can the chains provide us with better small bookstores?

LisNews (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

From the Shatzkin Files, a blog by publishing industry consultant Mike Shatzkin. There is considerable concern among the trade publishing establishment about the future of brick-and-mortar stores. As well there should be. Retail stores provide the most efficient promotion opportunities for books: putting them in front of people poised to buy. They give clear signals about sales appeal by positioning...

Penguin to launch Assassin's Creed novel

The Gamesblog (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

Penguin has teamed up with videogames producer Ubisoft: the novel Assassin's Creed Renaissance is released simultaneously with the game Assassin's Creed II Penguin Books is embarking on the latest experiment in the publishing world to net new readers by launching a novel based on a computer game character. Working with the game maker Ubisoft, Penguin will publish the novel Assassin's Creed Renaissance...

A Movie’s Budget Pops From the Screen

New York Times (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago

Despite many skeptics, 20th Century Fox thinks it can turn a profit on its 3-D science-fiction film “Avatar,” which is among the most expensive movies ever.

Mass-Market Magazines Show Improved Ad Sales

New York Times (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

Food ads from brands like Heinz and Hellmann’s at a time when more people are cooking at home are a big reason for increased ad sales.

On Fox, a Week of Playing ‘Where’s Homer?’

New York Times (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

For the next week, all of Fox’s prime-time shows will include hidden tributes to “The Simpsons.”

A Magazine’s Scoop Is Scooped by Its Reporter

New York Times (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

The premature revelation that in a forthcoming autobiography, Andre Agassi would admit to using crystal meth caused commotions at Time Inc. and CBS News.

Advertising: A Stratocaster for Max, and Other Mad Men Stories

New York Times (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

A Wal-Mart executive describes how people go hungry when they run out of money at the end of the month, and what the chain is doing about it.

Murdoch wants family to succeed him at News Corp

Times of India (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago

News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch, who began building his media group with the Adelaide News in 1953, said he'd like one of his children to succeed him, amid regular discussions about who will take over at the US company.

• Rupert Murdoch Would Like One of His Children to Succeed Him at News Corp. - Bloomberg

Gridiron Gladiators: Block That Metaphor!

New York Times (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

“Fox NFL Sunday,” which was broadcast from Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan, glorified fake warriors and their game, and played to a crowd of real warriors locked in an eight-year-old conflict.

Skype Settlement: Zennström And Friis Have Won It Again

Paidcontent (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago

You’ve got to hand it to Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis. They braved not one but at least two high-risk court actions to wrestle back the phone app they created seven years ago - and it’s they who emerge as winners from riday’s settlement . The entrepreneurs - one Swedish, one Danish - have not only secured themselves a 14 percent place back at the Skype table; they have also...

• Skype Settlement: Zennström And Friis Have Won It Again - paidContent:UK

Publisher in Portugal Picks a Fine Time to Start a Newspaper

New York Times (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago

Martim Avillez Figueiredo, the editor of i, short for “informação,” has organized his paper with opinion pieces first and all the best news in the front.

LG Electronics' Digital Signage Monitors Bring Diverse Options to Hospitality Environments

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago

NEW YORK, Nov. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- LG Electronics is unveiling advanced digital signage solutions -- from interactive advertising to wayfinding applications -- for the hospitality and lodging industry this week at the International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show (Booth #3006).

L. Ron Hubbard Golden Age Stories Remain Golden in 21st Century

galaxypress | 10/31/2009

New Line of Audiobooks Named Among Best of 2008 By Publishing Trades HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Jan. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The audiobook versions of three pulp fiction classics by L. Ron Hubbard -- part of the 80-title Stories from the Golden Age series begun in Fall, 2008 -- have been honored by major trade magazines, Publishers Weekly and AudioFile, it was announced today by Hollywood publisher Galaxy Press.

Serialization of L. Ron Hubbard pulp fiction story The Blow Torch Murder

galaxypress | 10/14/2009

Read the short story by L. Ron Hubbard, The Blow Torch Murder . A mystery/detective story that is very unusual in that the detective, Ham, solves the murder without ever leaving his desk once he has visited the crime scene while he takes extensive naps and eats double portions of ham, eggs and apple pie. L. Ron Hubbard's stories of mystery, detection and investigative procedure—the crime-solving processes...

Australia - Radio - Digital Radio

bharatbook123 | 10/13/2009

Australia - Radio - Digital Radio Digital radio launched in Australia in 2009 after years of commercial trials. The launch has started in capital cities and will roll-out progressively to other broadcast centres. The cost to the radio industry to provide digital radio services is expected to be roughly between $300 and $400 million. By that time many industry experts believe that the radio industry