A trade magazine that has been covering the entertainment business for more than 100 years has been put up for sale, reports Nat Ives in Advertising Age. The attempt to sell Variety follows owner Reed Elsevier’s failed attempt in 2008…
Fox News contributor Geraldo Rivera has weighed in on the shooting death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin and blamed it on what the young man was wearing — specifically his hoodie, reports the New York Daily News. Appearing today on…
A TV series that pretty much defined the sitcom and remains one of the most loved shows of all time has been transformed into an Internet game, Globe Newswire reports. The show is “I Love Lucy,” which is the focus…
The changing of the guard in digital media use is on pace to occur this year, according to new research. Online movie streaming will exceed digital video disc and Blu-ray usage for the first time ever, Bloomberg reports, citing researcher…
Signs that TV is shifting from a broadcast and cable model to a new digital platform continue to surface. With talks already under way for a possible acquisition of Fox’s canceled “Terra Nova,” Netflix now appears to have its sights…
With Sony Corp. positioning for the handover of power from Chairman and CEO Howard Stringer to Kazuo Hirai, as previously reported, some of the other pieces of the new executive structure are falling into place. The Chicago Tribune reports that…
Fox has adopted an unusual strategy for the debut of the Kiefer Sutherland drama "Touch" in an effort to fight online piracy while also attracting large multinational advertisers, The New York Times reports. The network will roll out the show…
32-year-old actor Vincent Kartheiser, who plays Pete Campbell on AMC’s "Mad Men," tells Advertising Age that he’s not on Facebook or Twitter because "I remember a time when you used to have to have something to say to be handed…
The latest incarnation of a long-running television science-fiction franchise appears to have hit a snag. Deadline.com reports that Syfy has decided not to move forward with "Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome" as a regular television series. The project is about…
"30 Rock" actor Alec Baldwin urged his more than 700,000 Twitter followers to contact another Twitter user who had allegedly repeatedly sent harassing notes to Baldwin’s girlfriend, Hilaria Thomas, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Baldwin wrote that while he has…