After reporting former Penn State coach Joe Paterno’s death on Saturday, CBS Sports apologized, saying it had fallen "well short" of its own standards by publishing an "unsubstantiated report," reports TheWrap.com. CBS Sports retracted its report after Paterno’s family quickly…
Officials are preparing for what they’re calling the “biggest media event in history,” including increasing wireless capacity in the U.K., according to The Hollywood Reporter. The event is the 2012 Olympic Games, which will be held in London. The story…
After a series of poorly received moves in 2011 — including a price increase and an attempt to rebrand DVD rentals and online streaming as two separate operations — Netflix is replacing its chief marketing officer. Leslie Kilgore, who has…
A former reality show participant has been killed in what is being called the first homicide of 2012 in San Francisco, the San Francisco Examiner reports. Joseph Minozzi, a 30-year-old drug addict who appeared on A&E’s "Intervention" in 2010, was…
This week saw one topic generate a surge in online chatter, with Web tracker General Sentiment reporting that the amount of discussion exceeded that for cultural calling cards of the past year such as the 2011 Super Bowl, the Oscars…
In a sign that interest in this year’s Super Bowl ads is strong, a teaser spot for a Super Bowl commercial — which will air in two weeks — is trending faster than a popular Super Bowl ad did last…
The Motion Picture Association of America and its member studios are pushing back after this week’s high-profile campaign against Internet piracy legislation, and are pledging $3 million to a print and online ad campaign to support the Stop Online Piracy…
Wikipedia and other Internet sites are blacked out today to protest controversial pending legislation designed to fight Internet piracy, as previously reported. Other major websites, including Google, are supporting the protest but stopping short of going dark. In the case…
After television chef Paula Deen revealed her diabetes diagnosis this week, some are questioning her motives for revealing the illness while profiting from an endorsement deal from a pharmaceutical company that makes a diabetes medication, reports The New York Times….
In a surprise move, Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang announced Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012, that he was leaving the company, according to a number of media reports. Writes Mike Cassidy in the San Jose Mercury News: "It had to be hard…