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Celebrating The Launch Of WNBC's New Local Lifestyle Show - Posted September 16, 2009
On Monday night, we headed west to Hudson Terrace to join the festivities celebrating the launch of WNBC's new afternoon live local lifestyle show, "LX New York." The show debuted live on channel 4 at 5pm on Monday, with senior vice president of LX.TV Morgan Hertzan and on-air talent Sara Gore, Siafa... [FishBowlNY]

Celebrating The Launch Of WNBC's New Local Lifestyle Show - Posted September 16, 2009
On Monday night, we headed west to Hudson Terrace to join the festivities celebrating the launch of WNBC's new afternoon live local lifestyle show, "LX New York." The show debuted live on channel 4 at 5pm on Monday, with senior vice president of LX.TV Morgan Hertzan and on-air talent Sara Gore, Siafa... [FishBowlNY]

Catching Up With The Guinea Pig Himself, A.J. Jacobs - Posted September 10, 2009
Last night, we stopped by Hurley's near Times Square to celebrate A.J. Jacob's latest book, The Guinea Pig Diaries: My Life as an Experiment. Though we arrived a bit too late to claim a free copy of Jacobs' autobiographical tome, we did manage to score a blow up of the book's... [FishBowlNY]

Photos From Mediabistro's Producing Online Content Panel - Posted August 24, 2009
If you missed last week's Mediabistro panel discussion on creating and distributing online entertainment content online, here are some photos of the event for you to enjoy. The panel, moderated by Reuters business and technology reporter Manoush Zomorodi, featured panelists IFC executive producer Colin Moore, "The Heather Gold Show" host Heather Gold,... [FishBowlNY]

Former Portfolio Deputy Editor Impoco Joins Reuters In Newly Created Role - Posted August 17, 2009
Jim Impoco, the business journalism vet who had the misfortune of being fired by Portfolio Editor-in-Chief Joanne Lipman last year before the Condé Nast business publication folded earlier this year, has taken up a new post at Reuters. Impoco, a longtime editor for The New York Times, has been appointed enterprise... [FishBowlNY]

Mediaite.com's Colby Hall On The Menu: His Site's Success, Obama's Op-Ed And HuffBook - Posted August 17, 2009
Today, Mediaite.com managing editor Colby Hall joined hosts Jason Boog of GalleyCat and AgencySpy's Matt Van Hoven on the mediabistro.com Morning Media Menu podcast. Colby let Matt and Jason in on the success of Mediaite so far. He said the site has had "solid" traffic, reporting 1.2 million page views and about... [FishBowlNY]

Janice Min Set To Depart Us Weekly - Posted July 21, 2009
Janice Min, longtime editor of celeb magazine Us Weekly said yesterday that she will be leaving her post when her $2.5 million contract expires at the beginning of next month. Min told The New York Times she didn't know what she would do next, "But I'm 39 and I'd like to have... [FishBowlNY]

Trying To Find A Business Model That Works - Posted July 17, 2009
Last night's panel produced by Mediabistro.com and sponsored by Demand Studios focused on finding a business model for news on the Web but -- like most panels of its kind -- no real conclusions were reached. The panel was moderated by BusinessWeek columnist Jon Fine, and featured (in photo from left to... [FishBowlNY]

Oprah Tops ForbesWoman's List Of Media's Most Powerful Women - Posted July 15, 2009
Long before Mediaite.com was just a twinkle in Dan Abrams' eye, Forbes was ranking the richest people in the world, the most powerful celebrities and just about anything worth ranking. Today, the business magazine's sister publication, ForbesWoman has put out its list of the 30 most influential women in the media world.... [FishBowlNY]

SCOTUS Reporters Reveal Feelings About The Biggest Story They'll Cover All Year - Posted July 15, 2009
For the past couple days, the network and cable news channels have looked more like CSPAN, thanks to the nonstop coverage of Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court confirmation hearings. Although the hearings have been rigidly structured, stuffy and sort of dry, there is always something to keep the media watchers watching. On... [FishBowlNY]

On The Menu: Mediaite Editors Stop By To Talk Power Grid And NY Media - Posted July 8, 2009
Today on the mediabistro.com Morning Media Menu podcast, hosts Jason Boog of GalleyCat and AgencySpy's Matt Van Hoven were joined by editors from the newly launched media Web site Mediaite.com, Senior Editor Glynnis MacNicol and TV Editor Steve Krakauer. Steve and Glynnis, the two original co-hosts of mediabistro's Menu, talked about their... [FishBowlNY]

Mediaite Launches To Server-Crashing Traffic - Posted July 6, 2009
The hotly anticipated Mediaite.com, the media blog brainchild of consulting company Abrams Research, launched early this morning. The site, which has sections for TV, online and print media news and criticism in addition to columns from media heavy weights like former Us Weekly and Star editor-in-chief Bonnie Fuller and ex-Portfolio deputy... [FishBowlNY]