Reversing a decade-long ratings decline, the broadcast news divisions of ABC, CBS and NBC added viewers in 2011, according to The Hollywood Reporter, citing the Project for Excellence in Journalism’s State of the Media report. Total viewership across the three…
The director of the “Kony 2012” video — part of a campaign against a Ugandan warlord that has gone viral in recent weeks, as previously reported — was detained by police in San Diego after what’s being described as a…
George Clooney’s girlfriend is reportedly in talks to join "The X Factor," according to the New York Post’s Page Six. The talks with Stacy Keibler are secret and are going on while the show continues to negotiate with pop star…
Nielsen and media agency GroupM announced a pioneering collaboration today that will develop a new measurement service integrating media planning and measurement across television and the Internet. The companies announced: “The goal is to overcome challenges posed by separate media…
Coverage of the “March Madness” NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship through Saturday’s telecasts received the event’s best ratings in 18 years, Multichannel News reports. Tournament programming on TBS, CBS, TNT and TruTV through March 17 pulled in a collective 5.3 U.S….
Apple Inc. has unveiled plans to pay a dividend and initiate a $10 billion stock buyback program as demand for the iPad and iPhone has boosted the company’s earnings, Bloomberg reports. The dividend is reportedly the first in the company’s…
Thirty-three years after C-Span debuted on cable television, its founder will step down as its chief executive, The New York Times reports. Brian Lamb will take on the role of executive chairman of the network he created, according to the…
Comedian Gallagher has been removed from a medically induced coma and is up and telling jokes, TMZ.com reports, citing his promotional manager. Gallagher was placed in the coma after he experienced a heart attack while getting ready to go on…
With a reported 8-4 vote last Friday, the jury in the "Desperate Housewives" case will return to deliberations today, reports the New York Post. With nine votes needed for a verdict in the civil case, the judge sent jurors home…
In a blaring headline on its website that reads "RETRACTION," publlic radio’s "This American Life’s" new episode this weekend devotes its entire show to retracting an earlier story about abuse found at Apple suppliers in China. Here’s what the show has posted…