Media News

• May 16 · Dead Tree Edition
  Is the Postal Service Really Broke?
  The U.S. Postal Service would be in Chapter 11 if it were a business, the Postmaster General points out, but others claim he and some political conservatives are manufacturing a crisis. There has bee (...)
  Dead Tree Edition
• May 16 · Talking New Media
  WatchESPN app now works for Comcast customers; ESPN denies talks with Apple to bring WatchESPN to the Apple TV; Comcast turns on Skype in Boston & Seattle
  The cable sports giant, ESPN, updated its WatchESPN universal iOS app last week to include the fact that Comcast cable customers can now utilize the app. WatchESPN, which will work on any iOS device, (...)
  Talking New Media
• May 16 · Media Jobs Daily
  IAB Establishes Digital Media Sales Certification
  The Interactive Advertising Bureau introduced a Digital Media Sales Certification exam for salespeople. It’s intended for professionals in online media with two to five years of experience. Acco (...)
  Media Bistro
• May 16 · Media Bistro
  LA Journos Defend Latest Roman Polanski Doc
  Should a documentary conversation between filmmaker Roman Polanski and one of his closest friends and associates have essentially skirted the topic of the 1977 sexual assault above Mulholland Drive? T (...)
  Media Bistro
• May 16 · Media Bistro
  NBC4 Apologizes for Using Incorrect LA Kings Logo
  Classy move Tuesday night as NBC4 apologized for using the Sacramento Kings logo instead of the Los Angeles Kings logo Monday night during a story about the local playoff picture. Far too often mista (...)
  Media Bistro
• May 16 · Publishing Executive E-media News
  The Great Banner Ad Debate
  There’s been a lot of talk recently about the “end of the banner ad era” and the rise of so-called native monetization models. At the same time, AOL and others are pushing to rethi (...)
  
• May 16 · Publishing Executive E-media News
  Fairchild Fashion Media Announces Acquisition of Fashion Networks International LLC
  By Press Release NEW YORK, NY – Tuesday, May 15, 2012 – Today, Fairchild Fashion Media (FFM) President (...)
  
• May 16 · Folio Magazine
  Los Angeles Times Shutting Down LA Magazine
  The Los Angeles Times is shutting down its monthly Sunday magazine, LA. The last issue will be June 3rd and the closure comes after attempts to recast the publication through frequency reductions, man (...)
  
• May 16 · Talking New Media
  For LA Times Magazine, the future is not digital, it is oblivion; iPad edition has been dead since October
  The Tribune Company strikes again. Yesterday it was learned that the company will be shutting down LA Times Magazine, the once weekly, then monthly, now nothingly Sunday magazine. MediaBistro's Fishbo (...)
  Talking New Media
• May 16 · Publishing Executive E-media News
  Why Now Is the Time for Media Innovation in Africa
  In Africa, where mobile news and digital innovation are growing but startup capital is too often scarce, innovators have a unique opportunity to help reinvent media: the African News Innovation Challe (...)
  
• May 16 · Media Jobs Daily
  Jonathan Murray Tells How To Get a Reality TV Job
  As creator of The Real World and Road Rules and producer of Keeping Up With The Kardashians and Project Runway, Jonathan Murray gets asked one question an awful lot: How do I get a job in reality TV? (...)
  Media Bistro
• May 16 · Media Jobs Daily
  Resignation 101
  Looking to resign soon? While you should always leave on good terms, according to a recent survey conducted by OfficeTeam, a few people gave bizarre reasons to leave which made us chuckle. Instead of (...)
  Media Bistro
• May 16 · Talking New Media
  WoodWing's president, Erik Schut, advises publishers to 'exploit the multimedia and interactive possibilities' of the new digital magazine publishing platforms
  Last week I asked several digital publishing solutions companies to respond to this post by Technology Review's publisher Jason Pontin, titled "Why Publishers Don't Like Apps." Here Erik Schut, presid (...)
  Talking New Media
• May 16 · Media Bistro
  Celebrating the Journalism Accomplishments of Jeanne Cordova
  To mark the arrival of her newest memoir When We Were Outlaws, storied lesbian writer and activist Jeanne Cordova chatted with Windy City Times reporter Sarah Toce about some of the book’s highl (...)
  Media Bistro
• May 16 · Media Bistro
  MTV VMA’s Bow Down to President Barack Obama
  In addition to their new home at Staples Center, the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards will also have a new start time: 8 p.m. The reason? President Barack Obama will be making his acceptance speech at the (...)
  Media Bistro
• May 16 · Media Bistro
  LA Anchor, Sportscaster Rolando Nichols Set to Expand National Reach
  Today is another big day in the career of Rolando Nichols, news anchor at KWHY Channel 22 in Los Angeles and Spanish-language play-by-play man for the Angels on ESPN Deportes. Fox International Channe (...)
  Media Bistro
• May 16 · Talking New Media
  Former Nielsen Business Media titles, resurrected after divestiture, now will be going digital-only
  Two former Nielsen Business Media titles, shut down in the fall of 2009, only to be resurrected by a new owner, have decided to go digital-only. Multi-Housing News and Commercial Property Executive wi (...)
  Talking New Media
• May 16 · Media Bistro
  Kardashians Producer Knew Marriage Wouldn’t Last
  When Kim Kardashian first started seeing wedding bells with Kris Humphries, producer Jonathan Murray didn’t bat an eyelash — because he knew it wouldn’t last. “With Kim and her (...)
  Media Bistro
• May 16 · Media Bistro
  Judge to Entourage Plaintiff Johnny Bananas: You Slipped Up
  The lawsuit was laughable from the start. MTV The Real World: Key West participant John Devenanzio claimed that an animated-show-within-a-show plotline of HBO’s Entourage, featuring Kevin Dillon (...)
  Media Bistro
• May 16 · Media Bistro
  The Coachella 2013 Lineup According to Funny or Die
  The always funny folks over at Funny or Die “leaked” their version of the Coachella 2013 lineup. I’m looking forward to hearing Vodka in a Water Bottle and Waiting Until You Get Bac (...)
  Media Bistro
• May 16 · Media Bistro
  KCET’s Your Turn to Care Lands National Syndication Deal
  KCET is back on the national radar for the first time since going rogue and breaking away from the PBS umbrella. The station just announced that Your Turn to Care, hosted by Holly Robinson Peete, has (...)
  Media Bistro
• May 16 · Media Bistro
  San Diego CityBeat is Losing Writers Fast*
  A little while ago we wrote about how the San Diego CityBeat was hitting some hard financial times, and was soliciting donations from readers to help keep it afloat. Doesn’t look like that effor (...)
  Media Bistro
• May 16 · Media Bistro
  Did the LA Weekly Get Manny Pacquiao Barred from The Grove?
  Part-time Los Angeles resident Manny Pacquiao might have to find a new place to spend his free time when he’s in town. The Filipino boxer and politician was barred from The Grove and the te (...)
  Media Bistro
• May 16 · Media Bistro
  UC Prof Dumps All Over USC, UCLA Film Schools
  Down Under, in the pages of newspaper The Australian, University of California at Riverside professor Toby Miller has shared a damning and funny inculcation of USC, UCLA and other top U.S. film school (...)
  Media Bistro
• May 15 · Folio Magazine
  Society of Publication Designers Names Bloomberg Businessweek Magazine of the Year
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