Sarah Palin’s tweet that included a word that previously did not exist has beat out the term "gleeks" and other words to become the New Oxford American Dictionary’s 2010 ‘word of the year,’ according to The New York Times’ Bits…
NBC shuffled its primetime schedule, including moving Thursday night’s "30 Rock" to 10 p.m., reflecting the network’s concern about its ratings in the 10 p.m. slot, reports Bill Carter in the New York Times .Thursdays will add "Perfect Couples" at…
"Sarah Palin’s Alaska" broke TLC’s ratings records, with the debut drawing 5 million viewers, reports THR’s Live Feed blog. That made the first episode, aired on Sunday night, the most watched program debut in TLC’s history, the story notes. TLC,…
Steve Jobs and Apple have finally landed The Beatles for the iTunes store. That’s the big annoucement Apple made moments ago at 7 a.m. PT. Beatles tunes will sell for $1.29 each. The Beatles and their Apple label (no relation to…
Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt had some damning words for the top broadcast networks during a keynote speech at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, reports Mediaweek. Schmidt portrayed the broadcast networks as standing in the way of innovation…
Facebook is introducing an email service for its users, bringing it in steeper competition with Google, Yahoo and Microsoft, reports Bloomberg News. All users will receive an @facebook.com email address, Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Monday. The new…
Senator Bernie Sanders, an Independent from Vermont, has written a letter to the Federal Communications Commission’s five commissioners in which he asks them to block the NBC Universal-Comcast merger,reports Bill Carter in the New York Times’ Media Decoder blog. "The…
Time magazine has revealed the 25 finalists from which it will choose its Person of the Year. The annual designation, which began in 1927 with aviator Charles Lindberg getting the award, is given to the person who has "done the…
It’s a monster of partnership: "Pan’s Labyrinth" director Guillermo del Toro and "Battlestar Galactica" executive producer David Eick are finalizing an agreement to create a major new TV project, reports Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com. The project, for ABC, is a new…
If you’ve become addicted to watching the living escape the zombies on "The Walking Dead," the bad news is that after this season is over, you’re in for quite a wait until they rise again, reports The Hollywood Reporter’s The Live…