CBS Corp. - FishbowlLA http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlla LA Media News, Unspooled Copyright 2013 Sat, 25 May 2013 03:40:35 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 LAT In 90 Seconds syesha_mercado_500.jpgUnclear on the Concept: A note to the latimes.com headline writers. You can’t say “Spoiler Alert” and then follow that up with a colon and the actual spoiler. That’s not an alert. That’s a headline that tells you exactly what’s going to happen on American Idol before you’ve had a chance to watch it. Sheesh.

38894550-15104013.jpgNew Deal Catapults CBS To One Of The Top 10 Internet Companies: CBS Corp. agreed to buy CNET Networks Inc., the Internet news and entertainment company, for $11.50 per share, or about $1.8-billion in cash.

ashlerills.jpgThis Never Woulda Happened On Friendster: A federal grand jury in L.A. indicted a 49-year-old woman of fraudulently using a MySpace account to “cyber-bully” a Missouri teenager “who later hanged herself because she believed she was being rejected by a 16-year-old boy she met on the social networking website.” Yeah. Try living with that.

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]]> Greg http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlla/lat-in-90-seconds-528_b6366#disqus_thread http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlla/lat-in-90-seconds-528_b6366 http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlla/lat-in-90-seconds-528_b6366 Thu, 15 May 2008 12:59:57 +0000 LAT in 90 Seconds eyefu.jpgStealing Its Own Thunder: So much for understanding the media. CBS Corp. announced its “rapid evolution from an old-media titan into a powerful Internet player” with a “Rolling Thunder,” a new online network that will partner with Microsoft, Comcast and Yahoo. They thought the news was all anyone would talk about. Then they fired Imus.

chinwat.jpgNewest Trend Story: Be on the lookout for more “Big Water” stories. They’ll be everywhere. They’ll be important. And no one will read them.

wocom.jpgWe’ve Come A Long Way, Not: Fewer women are trying to break into to stand-up comedy these days. Down to two from a high of three in the 80s.

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]]> Greg http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlla/lat-in-90-seconds-297_b4010#disqus_thread http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlla/lat-in-90-seconds-297_b4010 http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlla/lat-in-90-seconds-297_b4010 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:00:25 +0000