The winners of the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards for broadcast journalism include "60 Minutes" and "20/20", although a multimedia project took one of the top awards, the first time that has ever happened, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The…
The Writers Guild of America on Wednesday sent out to its more than 10,000 members its "pattern of demands," or its bargaining goals that members will vote on by Jan. 24, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. The…
Most U.S. consumers don’t want online advertisers to track them on the Web, a trend that has been on the rise as marketers try to deliver specific ads to certain types of people, reports Advertising Age, citing a new Gallup…
TVWeek will publish its newsletters as usual during the holidays, with the exception of Friday, Dec. 24, and Friday, Dec. 31. The TVBizwire, E-Daily and Viral Video newsletters will be put out as usual Monday-Thursday during these two weeks. As…
This one isn’t really obvious. What do the words in our headline have in common? They are the ten most looked-up words on the website of the Merriam-Webster dictionary (Merriam-Webster.com) this year, reports the New York Post. The headline lists them…
Apple has pulled an iPhone app from its App Store that enabled users to read secret U.S. diplomatic cables published by the controversial organization WikiLeaks and to follow the group’s Twitter feed, Computerworld reported. The move was the latest in…
Forget that you work in the industry. Jeremy Kaplan, who writes about technology at FoxNews.com, says there’s a reason Jane and Joe Consumer need to pay attention to the Federal Communications Commission ruling on net neutrality: Kaplan writes, "Thanks for watching that…
The new Apple TV, available just since October, will hit sales of over one million this week, the company has announced. Here’s the take on this news by Jay Yarow of Business Insider: Apple "probably wants to rub Apple TVs…
Samsung has a new line of Internet-enabled TV sets, and ESPN will allow the sets to carry its popular Scorecenter mobile app, reports Mediaweek. According to the article, Samsung "has introduced the Samsung Apps store—essentially a TV version of Apple’s…
After speculation that Hulu would raise money through an initial stock offering, those plans are now on hold, as its executives and board members weigh the service’s next steps, reports the Los Angeles Times’ CompanyTown blog. [The Wall St. Journal…