MSNBC

Adding Semantics to News Video - Posted March 29, 2012
Andy Plesser of Beet.tv recently spoke to Stoke Young, Executive Producer of MSNBC.com regarding how MSNBC is increasing the searchability of their video content through semantic technologies. Plesser writes, "The notion of the 'semantic web' champion... [semanticweb.com]

Dear Job Applicants: You Only Have 6 Seconds - Posted March 28, 2012
[caption id="attachment_10441" align="alignright" width="176" caption="WikiThreads"][/caption] Six seconds. According to a new study from TheLadders, that is how much time recruiters spend reviewing a resum... [MediaJobsDaily]

Dear Job Applicants: You Only Have 6 Seconds - Posted March 28, 2012
[caption id="attachment_10441" align="alignright" width="176" caption="WikiThreads"][/caption] Six seconds. According to a new study from TheLadders, that is how much time recruiters spend reviewing a resum... [TVNewser]

Former WESH Reporter Joe Oliver on Defending George Zimmerman: 'My Role in This Just Doesn't Make Sense' - Posted March 28, 2012
After making the rounds as the de facto press representative for Ge... [TVSpy]

Revolving Door: 'NYT's Shadid, MSNBC & Pat Buchanan, and More - Posted February 17, 2012
Sad news to report (we have too much ... [AgencySpy]

Rock N' Roll | Reporter Death | Lin Forward - Posted February 17, 2012
TVSpy: When audio drops out on Dwayne Johnson, a.k.a. The Rock promoting Wrestlemedia, it was the local anchor to the rescue! FishbowlLA: A Pulitizer Prize winning New York Times reporter dies in ... [FishbowlNY]

ABC News: Come To Us To Understand What's Going On - Posted December 19, 2011
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Cable News Ranker: Fox News at #4 - Posted December 6, 2011
Fox News was the fourth most-watched cable network in primetime last week behind ESPN, USA and ABC Family. In total day, FNC was fifth overall. MSNBC was 27th in primetime and 31st in total day, while CNN was 34th and 30th, respectively. ... [TVNewser]

Veteran MSNBC Anchor Chris Jansing Talks About the Network's Move to the Left - Posted October 25, 2011
What do down-the-middle news anchors do when the cable network around them moves predominantly left? We asked MSNBC's Chris Jansing, who anchors the network's 10amET "Jansing & Co." In Part II of our Media Beat interview, Jansing also tells us about her most meaningful assignment: a month spent in Rome in... [FishbowlNY]

The New York Times Has Smart Commenters, CNN Doesn't - Posted September 21, 2011
Here is another thing for New York Times readers to feel smug about: According to a study, the comments on the newspaper's website are the smartest among six top news sites. Tim Libert, a web developer for NYU's journalism department, re... [FishbowlNY]

Revolving Door: 'LA Times' Cuts, New Outlets, and Journos on Google+ - Posted July 28, 2011
[caption id="attachment_25006" align="alignleft" width="317" caption="Wintour, Stoudemire, and 'Vogue' editor Hamish Bowles during spring Fashion Week 2010. Photo: Getty Images"][/caption] Bad news to report from the West Coast: ... [PRNewser]

News Reader App Pulse Adds msnbc.com Content - Posted July 13, 2011
Pulse, an app that delivers news content to mobile phones and tablets including Android devices, the iPhone, and the iPad, will add fare from msnbc.com under terms of an agreement between the two parties, announced Wednesday. Content from msnbc.com including its NBC News: Decision 2012 election coverage, top headlines,... [SocialTimes.com]

MSNBC Letting Facebook Users Decide Which Season of Lockup to Air - Posted June 19, 2011
MSNBC had a dilemma: With prison documentary series Lockup set to debut another season July 2, the network had two seasons ready to air, on Boston and Tampa, Fla. ... [TVNewser]

NBCU's 'Healthy Week' is Happening - Posted May 23, 2011
If you happen to be in NYC's Times Square today, tomorrow, or Wednesday, you might stumble upon a maze of stairs. Remember when there were porn theaters in Times Square? The stairs are part of the "Go Healthy Step-a-Thon," which is part of NBCUniversal's second annual Healthy Week. The Step-A-Thon is free,... [PRNewser]

GetGlue Teams Up with MSNBC and TLC for Royal Wedding - Posted April 25, 2011
GetGlue has two dates for Friday's Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, as the entertainment-based sticker-a... [SocialTimes.com]

Rachel Maddow Hints That Anderson Cooper Should Come Out - Posted April 25, 2011
In an interview with The Guardian, Rachel M... [FishbowlLA]

Yahoo! News Tops Most Visited News Websites - Posted April 21, 2011
FishbowlNY recently told you about Mail Online passing The Huffington Post as the most visited newspaper website, and now Poynter has the top U.S. news sites listed. The Yahoo! N... [FishbowlNY]

Japan Photos, Video Set March Marks for MSNBC Digital Network - Posted April 4, 2011
Much like rival CNN.com, the March 11 earthquake and resulting tsunami in Japan produced records for the MSNBC Digital Network in March, with photo slides... [TVNewser]

How Dylan Ratigan went from Garage Jockey to Financial News Expert (and where he's going next) - Posted March 30, 2011
Dylan Ratigan's path to MSNBC dayside anchor has had some interesting turns. From a middle of the night job preventing parking garage scams, to director of Global Managing Editor for corporate finance at Bloomberg. So what did it take to get there? And what's next? Here's the final part of this... [FishbowlNY]

Is Dylan Ratigan the next Glenn Beck (without the apocalypse talk)? - Posted March 29, 2011
MSNBC's Dylan Ratigan is taking his show on the road again tomorrow for the final leg of its "Steel on Wheels" tour. Ratigan will anchor from Stillwater, Oklahoma as part of a three-day energy summit. "It wasn't just money for a TV show, it was shared values," Ratigan tells us in part... [TVNewser]

Dylan Ratigan's politics: 'I skew toward, stay out of my bedroom and stay out of my bank account' - Posted March 28, 2011
MSNBC's Dylan Ratigan is a lone wolf. Among the panoply of left-leaning primetime hosts, Ratigan considers himself a Teddy Roosevelt throwback. Ratigan says his MSNBC show, "is an exploration for me politically as much as it is for the audience watching me and trying to figure out where this guy's coming from." TVNewser... [TVNewser]

Experian Hitwise: Rachel Maddow Bests Bill O'Reilly - Posted March 18, 2011
MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show overtook Fox News Channel's The O'Reilly Factor to claim first place on the Experian Hitwise list of cable-news-show websites for the week ending March 12, dropping O'Reilly to second. The No. 3 slot went to MSNBC's Meet the Press. CBS was once again the top broadcast-network website,... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Strange Brew Blending on 'Morning Joe' - Posted March 9, 2011
Wayne's World has been making the cable rounds recently. At one point in the movie Wayne is forced to interview a major advertiser on his show. Wayne was happy to do it....NOT! This morning, I see an ... [PRNewser]

Tucker Carlson: Live TV is like crack - Posted March 8, 2011
Tucker Carlson has good things to say about his days hosting cable news shows at CNN and MSNBC. "I don't have a single complaint about any of it," he tells us in part II of our MediaBeat interview. "Television is crack; it's immediate. You can completely fail, and blow up and... [TVNewser]

Glenn Beck: Has Everyone Dulled to His Edge? - Posted March 8, 2011
Glenn Beck's ascension in the talk radio and TV news stratosphere had a pulpy blend of polarization, right wing Muscle Milk, and a pint of vitriolic I.P.A. The longer Beck stuck his neck out the more feathers he ruffled; the more feathers he ruff... [PRNewser]

The Scoreboard: Thursday, March 3 - Posted March 4, 2011
25-54 demographic (Live +SD) Total day: FNC: 375 | MSNBC: 164| CNN: 132 | HLN: 104 Primetime: FNC: 612 | MSNBC: 358 | CNN: 197 | HLN: 120 ... [FishbowlNY]

MSNBC Digital Network, TODAYshow.com Set Video-Streaming Marks in January - Posted February 2, 2011
NBC News' MSNBC Digital Network and TODAYshow.com reported strong showings in January in terms of video streaming. The MSNBC Digital Network tallied 161.7 million total online video ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Experian Hitwise: The Reign Before the Fall for MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann - Posted January 27, 2011
The top three cable-news-show Web sites for the week ending Jan. 22 were unchanged from the previous week, according to data from Experian Hitwise, but the ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Keith Olbermann to FOKNewsChannel, Not Fox News Channel; to Live-Tweet State of the Union - Posted January 25, 2011
Fans of Keith Olbermann lamenting the fact that his last installment of Countdown with Keith Olbermann aired on MSNBC just days before President ... [UnBeige]

8 Twitter Reactions to Keith Olbermann's Abrupt Departure from MSNBC - Posted January 24, 2011
The sometimes-blasted, sometimes-praised left-wing host of MSNBC's most popular show abruptly signed off for the last time on Friday, but Keith Olbermann isn't gone for good - at least not on Twitter. The former host of Countdown has been actively changin... [AllTwitter]

MSNBC Launches Rachel Maddow HD iPad App - Posted January 11, 2011
Rachel Maddow is really moving up in the world: In addition to her own television show on MSNBC, she now has an ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Introducing...The New Voice of Lean Forward - Posted January 6, 2011
After the booking wars this morning (and yesterday morning), one network... [TVNewser]

Keith Olbermann Suspends Himself This Time ... from Twitter - Posted December 16, 2010
Keith Olbermann is ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

MSNBC Adds Two Directors to Comms Team - Posted December 8, 2010
MSNBC has added two directors to its media relations team: Tanya Hayre, who joins from Fox News, and Lauren Skowronski... [PRNewser]

MSNBC Sued Over Pictures of Pregnant Penelope Cruz - Posted November 23, 2010
Celebrity photo agency Mavrix Photo filed a lawsuit against MSNBC Friday, alleging that ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

SNL's 'Charlie Rangel' to 'Rachel Maddow': 'Hello Young Man' - Posted November 21, 2010
In last night's "Saturday Night Live" cold open, "Rachel Maddow" said "in a cross promotion with the new Harry Potter, my haircut will stay like this forever." Her guests made fun of the female anchor too: The recently convicted "Charlie Rangel" said "I'm proud to live in a country where a... [TVNewser]

MSNBC-Owned BreakingNews.com Eyes Crowdsourcing - Posted November 10, 2010
Breaking news from BreakingNews.com: The MSNBC Digital Network-owned site is going the crowdsourcing route, allowing users to upload Tweets, photos, and videos, ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Keith Olbermann Back On 'Countdown' Tuesday - Posted November 8, 2010
Keith Olbermann's controversial indefinite suspension without pay will end Tuesday, MSNBC announced Sunday night. Olbermann was suspended by MSNBC on Friday over political contributions he'd made to Democratic candidates in violation of network policy. It wasn't a terrifically popular move with viewers and free speech advocates alike. Probably why just two... [FishbowlLA]

Election 2010: NBC News, MSNBC Slate Midterm Coverage Plans - Posted October 19, 2010
NBC News and MSNBC have slated their coverage plans for the 2010 midterm elections. On the broadcast network, "NBC Nightly News" anchor Brian Williams will lead coverage during the 6:30 PM newscast ... [TVNewser]

'Morning Joe' Taking Over SNL Studio For Post-Election Show - Posted October 19, 2010
Live, from New York, its "Morning Joe!" On their MSNBC show this morning, the hosts of "Morning Joe" announced that they will be taking over "Saturday Night Live"'s studio, 8H, on November 3rd, the day after the midterm elections. "The morning after the mid-term elections, "Morning Joe" w... [TVNewser]

MSNBC Taking 'Lean Forward' on the Road - Posted October 18, 2010
MSNBC is taking its "Lean Forward" branding campaign on the road... and right into its competitors backyards. The picture above was taken over the weekend near CNN's headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. The network is projecting animated billboards onto buildings across the country, with billboards slated to pop up this week in Chicago, Sea... [TVNewser]

msnbc.com: Coverage of Chilean Miners No. 2 in Video Streams Behind Obama Inauguration - Posted October 15, 2010
msnbc.com unearthed its results from the rescue of the formerly trapped miners from the northern Atacama desert in Chile, saying that it served more than 10 million related video streams T... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

MSNBC Media Relations Director Named VP at CW - Posted October 14, 2010
Alana Russo has joined The CW as VP of corporate communications in the Burbank, CA office. Among her responsibilities, she will handle outreach to the trade and business press relating to network exe... [PRNewser]

CNN and Fox News (But Not MSNBC) Cover the Last Miner's Rescue in Chile - Posted October 14, 2010
It was a moment tailor-made for cable news. The final Chilean miner is pulled to the surface, and it happens at 8:55 PM, the heart of primetime on the east coast. CNN and Fox News broke into "Parker Spitzer" and "The O'Reilly Factor" respectively to cover the final ascent, and the emotional... [TVNewser]

Phil Griffin: 'Lean Forward' Campaign 'Is Going to Define Us As MSNBC' - Posted October 10, 2010
What exactly does it mean to "lean forward?" As MSNBC rolls out its new branding campaign, regular cable news viewers may be asking that very question. When concveiving the tagline however, MSNBC executives decided to ask themselves a different question: what is MSNBC? "We talked about all the attributes that make MSNBC... [TVNewser]

msnbc.com VP of Ad Sales Kyoo Kim Declares Page Views Dead - Posted October 8, 2010
msnbc.com vice president of ad sales Kyoo Kim spoke about putting the fork in page views during a session at PubMatic's ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Cruise the BLTWY for a Celebrity-Like Look at Politics from MSNBC, BermanBraun - Posted October 6, 2010
Forget red states and blue states, and how politicians and candidates feel about issues: BLTWY, from msnbc.com and BermanBraun, dives right into the more important things, such as what political figures are wearing, where they're eating, and how they're spending their free t... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

msnbc.com Enlists Krux Digital to Fight Off Unwanted Ad Networks - Posted October 6, 2010
Audience data manager Krux Digital is attempting to carve a space for itself in the niche of third-party auditors and ad-delivery monitors helping to keep unwanted digital ad networks and ads that siphon c... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

MSNBC's New Tagline Speaks to the Brand - Posted October 5, 2010
MSNBC is publicly announced its new tagline today: "Lean Forward." According to The New York Times, the new slogan "embraces its progressive political identity," juxtaposing the number two cable news chan... [PRNewser]

Spike Lee Directs Spots for MSNBC's 'Lean Forward' Campaign - Posted October 5, 2010
Spike Lee directs MSNBC's new marketing campaign, branded: "Lean Forward." The advertising campaign officially launches Monday and will be seen on MSNBC cable, msnbc.com and other NBCU platforms. So what does it mean to "Lean Forward?" "In its simplest form, it's a tagline," said MSNBC ... [TVNewser]

Glenn Beck Hires Video Crew to Cover 'One Nation' Rally - Posted October 4, 2010
On Saturday, more than 300 liberal groups representing thousands of people banded together on the National Mall in an effort to outshine August's "Restoring Honor" rally put on by Fox News Channel's Glenn Beck... [TVNewser]

NY Mag's 'Chasing Fox': The Takeaway for MSNBC - Posted October 4, 2010
New York magazine's "Chasing Fox" cover story this week is a lengthy, in-depth look at the state of the cable news channels. TVNewser will be highlighting the takeaways from the article for each of the three networks today. For MSNBC, the article paints a com... [TVNewser]

White House Spokesperson Praises MSNBC - Posted September 29, 2010
First President Obama took a swipe at Fox News Channel. Then FNC hosts Bill O'Reilly and ... [TVNewser]

Keith Olbermann's Appearance on 'The Last Word' - Posted September 28, 2010
As TVNewser reported yesterday, MSNBC's "Countdown" host Keith Olbermann was a guest on the first edition of "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell" last night, joining Vice President ... [TVNewser]

MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell on the 'Absurdist,' World of News, and Advice from Keith Olbermann - Posted September 27, 2010
Tonight at 10 PM, MSNBC will premiere the newest addition to its primetime lineup, "The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell." Following "Countdown" at 8 PM and "The Rachel Madd... [TVNewser]

MSNBC Digital Network Rolls Out ServeView Ad-Rendering System - Posted September 27, 2010
The MSNBC Digital Network announced that its ServeView ad-rendering system has been put in place on all of its story pages on msnbc.com, TODAYshow.com, ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Poll: Bill O'Reilly, Glenn Beck Most Loved and Loathed TV News Hosts - Posted September 27, 2010
Politico and George Washington University revealed results from a new poll this morning. In addition to more standard political questions, the poll also asked about the media habits of respondents. What did the results ... [TVNewser]

Hitwise: Late-Night Talk Shows Added to Rankings, Won by The Tonight Show with Jay Leno - Posted September 24, 2010
WebNewser received the weekly television-related Web-site reports from Hitwise for the first time in three weeks, but the results for the week ending Sept. 18 came with a surprise: Late-night ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Cablers Cover Ahmadinejad's Speech to the UN - Posted September 23, 2010
The three big cable news channels all covered Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's speech to the United Nations this afternoon. Earlier in the day the channels covered President Obama's speech to the general assembly. ... [TVNewser]

The Huffington Post Taps MSNBC News Analyst Howard Fineman as Senior Political Editor - Posted September 20, 2010
MSNBC news analyst Howard Fineman joined ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Abrams On His Latest Site: Geekosystem To Cover Everything From Gamma Ray Bursts To Zelda - Posted January 25, 2010
When MSNBC's Dan Abrams launched Mediaite.com last July, it raised a host of questions: what was the media news site's relationship to Abra... [FishbowlNY]

No Matter How Murdoch Feels, Fox News' Roger Ailes Makes Bank - Posted January 11, 2010
A profile of Roger Ailes in The New York Times yesterday highlighted the tension between the Fox News... [FishbowlNY]

FishbowNY Readers Respond: Dan Abrams The Most Influential New Yorker in 2009 - Posted December 24, 2009
When we asked our readers who influenced the New York media scene the most in 2009, some of you scoffed at our entries. "Did you seriously put ... [FishbowlNY]

Mediaite Launches Three More Niche Sites - Posted December 8, 2009
Lets face it, New York media rankings are interesting to a small group of people: the power players involved, and their parents. So it was surprising when MSNBC's Dan Abrams launched his muc... [FishbowlNY]

Former Newsweek Correspondent Turned PR Exec Richard Wolffe Returns to Countdown With Keith Olbermann - Posted October 2, 2009
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Richard Wolffe, the former N... [PRNewser]

Will Comcast Buy NBC Universal From GE? - Posted October 1, 2009
Rumors, theories and conjectures have been swirling since The Wrap reported yesterday that a deal between cable provider ... [FishbowlNY]

Wendell Potter on Maddow: Healthcare Industry Sees This As A "Potential Bonanza for Them" - Posted September 22, 2009
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Former Cigna Corporate Communications VP turned health industry whistle blower ... [PRNewser]

WNYC's "The Takeaway" Names New Host - Posted September 16, 2009
Several months after co-host Adaora Udoji left "The Takeaway," WNYC and Pub... [FishbowlNY]

Opinion Aggregator Atlantic Wire Launches - Posted September 16, 2009
Atlantic Consumer Media has launched a new stand alone site The Atlantic Wire, to aggregate some of the best opinions and debates on the Web. ... [FishbowlNY]

Americans' Opinion Of The Media Hits New Low - Posted September 14, 2009
A new Pew Research Center for the People & the Press survey, released yesterday, reveals that the American public's opinion of the press's accuracy has reached its lowest level in two decades of Pew surveys. The public's th... [FishbowlNY]

More Tributes To Sen. Kennedy - Posted August 26, 2009
As the day has progressed, many media outlets have announced plans to pay tribute to Sen. Edward Kennedy. Here's some of what we're getting ready to see: Time magazine is planning a... [FishbowlNY]

MSNBC.com Wins National Press Club Award|Blackbook Editor-in-Chief Departs|RIP PINK|ESPN Limits Social Media For Staffers|You Used To Work In Media... - Posted August 5, 2009
WebNewser: ... [FishbowlNY]

Hearst Tries New Ads On Newspaper Sites|Clear Channel Turns Down Palin Radio Show|Olbermann-O'Reilly Fued Squashed By Execs|WaPo Posts Profit - Posted August 1, 2009
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Cable News Ad Wars: MSNBC Targets CNN - Posted July 16, 2009
In a new television promo, CNN claims it is "No. 1, with more viewers than Fox and MSNBC." The ad goes on to say that CNN has held the top spot for seven years in a row. Now, MSNBC is challenging the credibility of the CNN ad and asking Nielsen to weigh... [TVNewser]

"The Takeaway" Names New Exec Producer As Host Is Named To Presidential Committee - Posted June 19, 2009
Today, public radio morning drive show "The Takeaway" appointed a new executive producer: MSNBC's former VP of daytime programming Mark Effron. "The Takeaway" is a jointly produced by New York public rad... [FishbowlNY]

Jared Cohen: The Guy Who Kept Iranians Twittering|It's Twin Girls For Quintanilla|Keller Googles In Iran|Boston Globe Union Optimistic About Deal As Negotiations Continue|Newsweek Cuts An Issue - Posted June 17, 2009
The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c... [FishbowlNY]

With Future Of Media Uncertain, Mirror Awards Honor Journalists Covering Media - Posted June 9, 2009
Today's Mirror Awards luncheon at the Harmonie Club uptown was swarmed by all manner of media types. Media critics who were nominated for Mirrors like Vanity Fair's Michael Wolff, ... [FishbowlNY]

Examining The "Morning Joe"-Starbucks Partnership|NBC Accused Of Violating Pool Rules|Wise Words For Graduating J-School Students|DirecTV CEO May Return To News Corp.|NYT Magazine Shrinks - Posted June 1, 2009
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Econ... [FishbowlNY]

Newmark, Sklar, Sullivan Talk Consumer Protection With Consumer Reports and Consumerist - Posted May 20, 2009
Last night's panel (from left to right) Kevin McKean, Craig Newmark, Rachel Sklar, Ben Popken and Bob Sullivan Last night, we hit a panel at 92Y Tribeca hosted by the Consumerist and Consumer Reports that foc... [FishbowlNY]

Amanpour, Crowley and Maddow Honored|SeattlePI.com Grows|AARP Readership Climbs|Lincoln Biographer David Herbert Donald Dies|NC Paper Asks For $50K Loan - Posted May 19, 2009
TVNewser: CNN's ... [FishbowlNY]

Maureen Dowd Blames Plagiarism On A Friend - Posted May 18, 2009
Yesterday, a sharp-eyed blogger accused New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd... [FishbowlNY]

Dr. Nancy Snyderman To Host MSNBC Show|HarperCollins' Revenue Declines|Google Could Save Journalism|CNBC Host Mad Over Kindle DX|Toby Young Hit By Car - Posted May 7, 2009
TVNewser: NBC News chief medical editor, an... [FishbowlNY]

Did MSNBC Make the Right Decision? - Posted September 9, 2008
According to Howie Kurtz the liberal blogosphere was up in arms over MSNBC's decision to replace Olbermann and Matthews with Gregory, many of them accusing the network of cowtowing to pressure from John McCain's camp. What say you FBNY re... [FishbowlNY]

SpinSpotter Attempts to "Take Back the Truth" - Posted September 9, 2008
As you all know by now MSNBC announced yesterday that in an effort to shake accusations of liberal bias it would replace ... [FishbowlNY]

Watch the Box: Investigate! - Posted November 28, 2007
MSNBC rings in the holiday season with the Doc Block, but don't expect any heartwarming programming about Toys for Tots campaigns or shopping-mall Santas with incurable diseases. Meredith Viera hosts MSNBC Undercover: Sex Slaves in America. Dec. 3, at 11 p.m.... [FishbowlLA]

Trade Round-Up: Sept. 24, 2007 - Posted September 24, 2007
Resident Evil Reigns Supreme Milla Jovovich and her Resident Evil franchise again took the top spot at the boxoffice over the weekend. The Sony horror pic Resident Evil: Extinction raked in an estimated $24 million while the Jessica Alba, Dane Cook romantic comedy Good Luck Chuck... [FishbowlLA]

California Journalists Write--Checks/Who Gave How Much - Posted June 21, 2007
MSNBC.com names names--of journalists who donated to poltiical campaigns. MSNBC.com checked the Federal Election Commission records from January 2004 through the first quarter of 2007 and attempted to contact each journalist. Locals include LA Times ... [FishbowlLA]

What Imus Exit Means for Publishing - Posted April 16, 2007
The media firestorm continues in the wake of Don Imus's firing from both MSNBC and CBS as a result of the inappropriate comment heard round the world, but only now is publishing waking up to one harsh by-product: the loss of what's become a bona fide sales boost fo... [GalleyCat]

LAT in 90 Seconds - Posted April 10, 2007
Next Week, He'll Learn How To Work Those Darn Rabbit Ears: TV writer Paul Brownfield learns what 13-year-olds everywhere already knew: how to use his TiVo remote. ... [FishbowlLA]

Women Journalist Take Imus To Task -- Politely - Posted April 9, 2007
The Stanford-based Journalism and Women Symposium (JAWS) this morning joined the National Association of Black Journalists in condemning shock-jock Don Imus' lame-ass remarks about Rutger's women's basketball team. But does JAWS have much bite? ... [FishbowlLA]

Ben Lyons Digs On Movies ... And Might Be Interested In Our Sister, Too - Posted March 13, 2007
E! Online has launched a few new columns meant to appeal to men -- you've heard of men, right? Those creatures with pendulous parts that wouldn't be caught dead reading a celeb site? Well, those ... [FishbowlLA]

Times Square A Huge Target | MTV To Pimp Dubai | Reader's Digest's $150M Fumble | Kaplan To Save Katie? | Thai Queen Cracks Down On Coyote Ugly Dancers | Ford Not A 'Klutz' - Posted December 28, 2006
Reader's Digest: Fumbled $150 million on its sale price; new owners look to revive brand. [Folio: | ... [FishbowlNY]