Yahoo posted net income of $542.2 million, or 37 cents a share, for the first quarter of 2008, more than tripling earnings. Revenue rose 9%. Those results exceeded analysts’ forecasts, and come as the company fends off a takeover attempt…
Larry King may be staying on longer than anticipated, according to TVNewser. A source told the television news blog that the 74-year-old host has agreed to extend his contract with CNN for an extra year, which would keep “Larry King…
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The Emmy Awards continue to embrace alternative programming, adding a statuette for the host of a reality or reality-competition program. The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences voted to approve the additional category in time for September’s Emmy broadcast. According…
A major Hollywood union and actress Justine Bateman are urging Congress to ensure the Internet remains an alternative force for consumer choice in the face of dramatic media consolidation. Patric Verrone, president of the Writers Guild of America, West, today…
Sen. Barack Obama is No. 1 in the Web video race. According to a study released today by Nielsen Online, Sen. Obama’s Web site had the most unique viewers of video content for the month of March, at 518,000. Sen….
In the same week that the public learned that CBS and Katie Couric had held secret talks about her future as anchor of “CBS Evening News,” the third-place newscast sank to a record ratings low. The “Evening News” averaged 5.39…
NBC News and MSNBC.com have partnered with MySpace to create an election-related destination on the social-networking site that features news, analysis and discussion about politics. The information hub, Decision ’08, will feature live election coverage, news feeds, and recap videos…
Online video studio Next New Networks partnered with ad targeting firm Collarity in a deal that will enable Next New Networks’ viewers to find videos and content that other Internet users with similar interests also like. Next New Networks will…
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. is near a deal to expand a media empire that already includes Fox Broadcasting by acquiring the New York suburban newspaper Newsday from Tribune Co., the Wall Street Journal reports. Meanwhile, the New York Times reports…