The insurer Aflac has picked a new voice for its advertising icon, the duck that squawks "Aflac!," reports the New York Post’s Media Decoder blog. The selection comes after 12,500 people auditioned for the job online and through live auditions….
In what appears to be a direct challenge to Apple’s iTunes, Amazon.com and others, YouTube is ready to expand its on-demand rental service after reaching an agreement to offer movies from Sony Pictures Entertainment and Universal Pictures, reports the Los…
Atlanta’s ABC affiliate WSB-TV said it plans to replace "The Oprah Winfrey Show" with a new newscast, according to the station’s website. The station will begin airing "Channel 2 Action News" in the 4 p.m. time slot beginning May 26,…
The mock-up, below, of the forthcoming iPhone 5 is from the website ThisIsMyNext.com. The mock-up is by Joshua Topolsky, who, until a month ago, was the editor in chief of Engadget. Topolsky writes, "Our sources say the new model (or…
After signing on an average of 1.1 million U.S. customers for each month in the first quarter, Netflix now has more subscribers than any other video service in the country, reports The New York Times’ Media Decoder blog. The company…
U.S. lawmakers are questioning six companies including Apple and Google about whether their products violate privacy rules by tracking user locations, reports Bloomberg. Five Republican lawmakers sent letters Monday to the companies, questioning how they store location data and whether…
Yahoo has bought IntoNow, a company that makes a television "check-in" app for Apple devices such as iPhones and iPod Touch, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Technology blog. The app works by using microphones inside the devices to listen to…
America’s hottest magazine–topping the list of the industry’s most successful and influential magazines over the past year, according to Adweek–is Food Network Magazine. The rankings are based on a mix of financial measurements and influence stats derived from media profile,…
The man who developed the compact disc and helped Sony expand into a media, entertainment and software leader, Norio Ohga, died Saturday, April 23, at the age of 81, according to The Hollywood Reporter. When Sony purchased Columbia Pictures in…
Charlie Sheen told an audience at a performance in Florida that one of his two "goddesses" had dumped him, reports RadarOnline.com. Asked by an audience member during the Fort Lauderdale show how he and the goddesses were doing, Sheen said,…