FishbowlLA: Here’s one time that being rotten is good! Rottentomatoes.com is bringing its love of movies to radio. Starting next week, Rotten Tomatoes Radio is coming to a Sirius XM receiver near you.

TVNewser: It’s been a rocky road for Rock Center with Brian Williams. The NBC newsmagazine, which returns to the air June 7, embarks on a fifth schedule change since its October debut.

10,000 Words: If you think Twitter’s best days have passed, think again. A new report indicates daily users on the social media site have doubled among adults.

Wired began all the way back in January of 1993. For fans of the magazine, tomorrow is a chance to go back in time. According to WWD, Wired will publish its premiere issue for free on the iPad as part of a 20th anniversary celebration.

The articles have been revamped for the tablet and it also comes packed with a 12,000 word story on the team who started it all.

“The only thing more exciting than looking back at that issue and seeing how relevant it is today is being able to share it with the Wired community,” Howard Mittman, Wired’s Publisher, told WWD.

When Michael Bloomberg isn’t busy banning things, he’s reading newspapers. A lot of them. According to VentureBeat, Bloomberg said today that he reads eight newspapers per day, mainly because he trusts what their editors tell him qualifies as news. “The fallacy with that [reading news on the Internet] is I don’t know what I want to read,” said Bloomberg. “I want someone to tell me what to read.”

He also said that he prefers magazines the old fashioned way, despite having an iPad. “What I found was I was four and five weeks behind when it was on my tablet,” explained Bloomberg. “On the other hand, if it’s piled up beside my bed, the tyranny of that pile has forced me [to read].”

We’re guessing that means he won’t be outlawing print media in New York anytime soon, but really, you never know with this guy.

As fans of print (mainly magazines, but we’re New York Times subscribers too!), the above graph, via The Atlantic, is sort of disconcerting. As you can see, the amount of time we spend with print is way out of proportion with how many ad dollars the medium fetches. Meanwhile, digital engagement is almost 20 times higher than that of print, making it a much better bargain for advertisers.

And let’s not even mention TV. That format, quite simply, crushes everything else.

For further analyzation of the graph, head over to The Atlantic.

GQ is teaming up with Nordstrom to take advantage of a shared consumer demographic. The basics of the partnership: GQ’s editors will select several men’s products which will be featured online at NordstromMen.com under the heading “GQ Selects.” Those products will also be featured in GQ and GQ.com. Additionally, Nordstrom will host in-store events centered on the GQ picks.

“We are thrilled to be collaborating with Nordstrom on the successful editorial franchise GQ Selects, which allows our readers to literally shop from the pages of GQ,” said Chris Mitchell, GQ’s vice president and publisher. “Aligning with such a retail powerhouse takes the program to the next level.”

It all starts with the July issue of GQ and will last for six months.

Michael O’Neill, the former editor of The New York Daily News, has died. The paper is reporting that O’Neill died in his sleep after a two year battle with pulmonary fibrosis.

O’Neill started at the Daily News’ Washington bureau in 1956 as a correspondent, and eventually rose to become its editor, a position he held from 1975 to 1982. Perhaps his most memorable headline was “Ford to City: Drop Dead” after Gerald Ford declared he wasn’t going to bail the city out. O’Neill also oversaw the paper’s coverage of the Son of Sam killings and the 1977 blackout.

“Mike was far ahead of his time in recognizing the importance of what today is called hyper-local content and made the Daily News a force for civic good,” said the Daily News’ Mort Zuckerman. “He superbly served the Daily News and New York. We have lost a great journalist and a wonderful man.”

A memorial service will be held for O’Neill at the Larchmont Yacht Club on June 8.

[Picture via The New York Times]

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I could just tell the power lunch crowd was (mostly) all business today. The noise level was considerably lower than in past weeks — who needs your neighbor to learn about your next big move before it hits “Page Six”? — and the table hopping was kept to a minimum. It was a tasty mix of moguls (Tom Freston), talking heads (Joe Kernan, Star Jones) and EICs (Amy Astley, Jay Fielden) who kept things interesting.

Speaking of magazines on the move (onward and upward in this case), I was joined today by formidable foodies at the helm of Food Network Magazine, a joint venture of Hearst Magazines and Food Network. Editor Maile Carpenter and publisher/chief revenue officer Vicki Wellington have happened on a recipe for success: Give Food Network fans what they love in print form and — viola! — you’ve got a hit on your hands. Both women were part of the magazine’s launch in 2009 and have seen it rack up a string of accolades, including being named to Adweek’s ‘Hot List’  and Advertising Age’s ‘A List’ last year. “A lot of people told us we were crazy to launch a magazine when we did,” Vicki says of the 2008 prototype, but the numbers silenced the naysayers. The rate base rose from 400,000, to 600,00, to 900,000 in no time and hit 1 million in just four months. The magazine’s ad pages are up 14 percent year to date, and the July-August issue is their biggest ever, with 129 ad pages.

What’s the secret ingredient? “People watch Food Network 24/7,” Maile told me. “We found that we didn’t have to choose between being accessible and aspirational. The people who love the television shows told us, ‘Be everything!’ and we have. Every month, we have an incredible pool of talent to pull from, and we try to mix it up and give readers a lot of variety.”

Here’s an interesting tidbit lest you think all the pub has to do is call the network’s powers that be to access its squadron of stars: The talent “is not contractually obligated” to appear in the magazine, says Maile. But since its heavy hitters like Guy Fieri (the first Food Network A-lister to see the prototype), Sandra Lee and Alton Brown all love the book, there’s never any shortage of stars to grace its pages. It’s no surprise that recipes (all concocted in the network’s Manhattan kitchens) are a reader favorite. Because there’s such a hunger for them (sorry, that’s my last food pun!), the pub has a new book out, 1000 Easy Recipes: Super Fun Food for Every Day that’s sure to satisfy the busy cook. (There’s 44 different pancake recipes and 100 salads!)

The magazine also gives fans another way to connect with their favorite TV destination with its popular Food Network Lounges where readers meet on-air personalities and sample their cool concoctions in a chic setting. The line was out the door at the last event in Chicago where Anne Burrell met the masses at Jose Garces‘ restaurant. Another Lounge is planned for October in New York to kick off the Food & Wine Festival. And, since food is such a family affair these days, Maile and Vicki have cooked up (okay, last one) a special insert for the September issue, Food Network Kids, as a third cover to be filled with family-friendly recipes and activities for budding foodies to try with mom and dad. Get those cupcake pans ready now!

Here’s the rundown on today’s crowd:

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• TVSpy: It’s not everyday that a man devours another person’s face. It’s equally rare to find the cannibal attack pop up on the local news. But that’s what happened in Miami, as new video has surfaced of the ugly incident.

It’s on to the summer. But not before American Idol and Dancing With The Stars completed their season last week.

In the latest prime time New York ratings, Idol was king of the week with its star-studded, grand finale Wednesday night. The Fox competition, which crowned Phillip Phillips the winner, scored with an estimated 1.8 million WNYW/Channel 5 viewers and a 9.1 rating.

Not only did Phillips win the night, the Fox 5 News at 10 used that lead-in to its advantage. The Ernie Anastos-Dari Alexander newscast was sixth with 865,000 viewers and a 4.4 rating.

The previous night’s Idol settled for fourth with 1.1 million fans and a 6.0 rating.

As for Dancing, it ended the season with a number-two performance for the Monday episode (1.4 million/7.3). The ABC celebrity talent showcase also found a home in third place for the results (1.3 million/6.6).

Game 6 of the NHL’s Eastern Conference Finals on NBC Sports Network landed in eighth place, as the Rangers were elimated by the Devils (806,000/4.1). Game 5 also cracked the Top 10 at number 9 (722,000/3.7).

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