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LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted July 16, 2008
50 Cent: Not the rapper, the price tag. In the face of cuts and other awful things, Steve Lopez reminds readers what they're getting for 50 cents: "Although that money doesn't buy you the same-size staff that was in place when I arrived seven years ago, those two quarters still buy... [FishBowlLA]
Breaking: Dan Rather Ruling: Let the Spin Begin! - Posted April 10, 2008
A judge has issued a ruling on CBS's motion to dismiss Dan Rather's $70 million lawsuit. In short, some aspects (and defendants) of the suit were thrown out, but the suit will proceed.
Sounds like, in essence, not a lot has changed -- but that hasn't stopped both sides from proclaiming victory:
"We... [FishBowlLA]
LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted December 11, 2007
The Internet Is For Porn: Pity poor Vivid Entertainment Group which is seeing too much of its skin being shown for free -- and without consent -- on YouTube knockoff PornoTube. Echoing the Viacom lawsuit, the porn giant is suing the little guy, and, we're guessing, they're going to try to... [FishBowlLA]
LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted December 10, 2007
South Central Days: Reporter John Mitchell makes much of the art-kinda-sorta-imitating-life aspect of this tale about a gang member who made a film about his violent demise. But we're much more fascinated by the fact that the former thug, Marquis Calhoun, got an audience Frank Biondi, former head of Universal Studios... [FishBowlLA]
LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted October 18, 2007
More ink on Iggy: A sobbing Ellen DeGeneres tells Ryan Seacrest that she arrived "five minutes too late" to reclaim the Brussels Griffon mix terrier from Mutts & Moms, a rescue group that has been getting arson and death threats since first crossing DeGeneres. Bitches, man.
If I Paid It: The State... [FishBowlLA]
LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted September 21, 2007
More Sumner Madness: Getting sick of Hollywood's least-lovable codger, David Geffen and Steven Spielberg will likely be splitting from Paramount Pictures, less than two years after selling DreamWorks SKG to the Viacom outfit.
SAG Elections Results: Incumbent Alan Rosenberg narrowly won a second term as president of the Screen Actors Guild. 72-year-old... [FishBowlLA]
LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted August 24, 2007
Funny Or Offensive? Online critics praise and skewer BET's "Read a F@&%ing Book" campaign. Greg Braxton does a nice job of pointing out that the campaign's coarse langauge is "bleeped out when it is broadcast on BET, which is part of Viacom, the owner of CBS, which earlier this year fired... [FishBowlLA]
Dog Days of Sumner - Posted July 23, 2007
Following a NYT story last week about Sumner Redstone's squabbles with his daughter Shari (and everyone else on the planet, really), the LAT hits the ol' man with a profile that leads with the ageist and jaw-droppingly presumptuous sentence:
"In his twilight years, Sumner Redstone should be relaxed, fulfilled and enjoying the... [FishBowlLA]
Off the Media: Gates v. Garfield v. Blogosphere - Posted March 22, 2007
"On the Media" co-host Bob Garfield this week asks America's-richest-man, philanthropist and future thinker Bill Gates what we've all wanted to know: What do you think of those Mac ads on TV that make you look really doofy? "But it's you!" Garfield quips, when Gates refuses to talk about "another... [FishBowlNY]
In The Trades: So Old It's New! - Posted March 14, 2007
Viacom is suing YouTube for unauthorized use of some 160,000 video clips from MTV, Comedy Central and VH1. Viacom thinks that $1 billion is fair recompense for the 1.5 billion times the clips were viewed. Viacom's argument included this: This is value that rightfully belongs to the writers, directors and... [FishBowlLA]
YouTube Nabs Chilling Effects Prof.: Coincidence or Deep Chill? - Posted February 5, 2007
In the rush to nab video pirates, YouTube purged user-content that had nothing to do with Viacom, except sharing some key words. Harvard's Jim Moore complained this weekend that Viacom removed a video of him having dinner with friends (Laszlo Kovacks, he's not). He ate at Redbone's in Somerville, MA, and... [FishBowlLA]
YouTube Nabs Chilling Effects Prof.: Coincidence or Deep Chill? - Posted February 5, 2007
In the rush to nab video pirates, YouTube purged user-content that had nothing to do with Viacom, except sharing some key words. Harvard's Jim Moore complained this weekend that Viacom removed a video of him having dinner with friends (Laszlo Kovacks, he's not). He ate at Redbone's in Somerville, MA, and... [FishBowlLA]
FBLA Writes A Job Posting For Viacom, Hopes They Don't Make Us Take it Down - Posted February 5, 2007
Viacom doesn't know it, but it needs fact-checkers. So allow us to list a job posting on the company's behalf:
WANTED
Fact-checker who knows how search YouTube for video clips that Viacom actually owns. Ability to save company from the embarrassment of purging legitimate, user-generated content a MUST. Knowledge of when a video... [FishBowlLA]
