Funny or Die has tapped one of the fixtures of cable news to moderate a spoof Republican debate, reports TVNewser.com. Former CNN host Larry King was set to moderate the “Yahoo News/Funny or Die Presidential GOP Online Internet Cyber Debate,”…
Online video content creator and distributor Alloy Digital announced that it has acquired studio and talent management company Generate, creating what the company calls “the first of its kind, multi-platform, next generation media company.” Making the joint announcement were Alloy…
NBC has tapped a former marketing executive as general manager of the male-skewing G4 network, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Adam Stotsky will replace Neal Tiles and oversee all aspects of the network, from programming to digital operations, the story…
Trouble is brewing on the Internet, where Wikipedia has signaled what might be coming with a series of warnings about the pending Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA. Now it appears that Wikipedia, which has threatened to shut itself down…
Netflix appears to be back in the good graces of investors after releasing new data on streaming video usage, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. The company’s shares had their biggest gain in almost a year Wednesday, when…
2011 was a big year for bonehead tweets, with Alec Baldwin, Gilbert Gottried and Ice-T just a few of the high-profile Twitter users to make memorable blunders. The Hollywood Reporter recently compiled a list of the 11 most ill-fated tweets…
Walt Disney Co. has entered into a deal with Comcast Corp. to provide access to the Disney group of channels to Comcast customers via their mobile devices and through on-demand services, the Los Angeles Times reports. Among the offerings will…
Yahoo Inc., which is struggling to turn around its online advertising business, has tapped the president of eBay’s PayPal unit, Scott Thompson, as its next chief executive, The Wall Street Journal reports. The story reports: “The move announced Wednesday came…
After AT&T said it would pay at least $215 million to settle a patent lawsuit over DVRs, TiVo’s shares jumped in after-hours trading, reports Bloomberg. AT&T will pay $51 million up front, with quarterly payments through June 2018 that will…
Netflix has unveiled a new original series starring a member of Bruce Springsteen’s E-Street Band who played one of the main characters on HBO’s “The Sopranos.” Steven Van Zandt, who plays guitar for The Boss and played Tony Soprano’s sidekick…