Yahoo! is going through a series of transitions in the wake of CEO Jerry Yang’s resignation earlier this week, Valleywag reports. Sean Suchter, “the heart of Yahoo’s search technology,” resigned yesterday and may end up at Microsoft. That could be…
Meredith Corp. has invested in the San Francisco-based Real Girls Media Network, MediaPost reports. Real Girls, which bills itself as the premiere online destination for women 25-54, is made up of about 30 female-focused communities and social networks, thus adding…
Roger Ailes, chairman and CEO of Fox News and chairman of Fox Television Stations, has signed a new five-year contract with parent company News Corp. Mr. Ailes will continue his duties overseeing Fox News, Fox Television Stations, Fox Business Network,…
The platform technology for NBC’s new local station Web sites is being supplied by Broadcast Interactive Media, TVNewsday reports. Broadcast Interactive, along with Clickability, Inc., provides content management systems to more than 150 TV and radio stations in the U.S.,…
Dish Network and Frontier have renewed their strategic alliance, Multichannel News reports. Frontier’s bundle offers more than 120 HDTV channels, one point of contact for customer service, and a single bill for all telephone, video and high-speed Internet services for…
A new study conducted by the National Bureau of Economic Research and funded by the National Institutes of Health found that if fast-food advertising to children were cut the national obesity rate would drop by as much as 18%, Advertising…
NBC News has launched a social media application for Facebook. “What’s Your iCue?” is a video trivia game built from NBC News’ archives, as developed by its educational arm NBC Learn. Users can play in real-time against friends or in…
Six cable networks have written the Federal Communications Commission about concerns with the agency’s investigation of operators’ moving channels from analog to digital, Broadcasting & Cable reports. In the letter, the networks express concern the FCC’s inquiry will delay February’s…