Digital

Hulu Near Deal to Offer Pay-TV Service on Sony’s PlayStation 3 Game Console

Hulu is near a deal to offer a subscription-television service through Sony’s PlayStation 3 game console, reports Bloomberg News. Hulu, which is also in discussions with CBS, Viacom and Time Warner to add TV content to the subscription service, wants…

Report: Social Networking Helps Drive Television Viewing

Social-networking sites can help determine which television shows viewers will tune into, Multichannel News reports, citing a new study from Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing. The study found that 79% of people who regularly use social networks would choose…

Talk Show Host Has Deal to Publish Memoirs

One of the busiest and most popular talk show hosts in America just got a little busier. Media Bistro reports that TV host, mega-Twitterer and "American Idol" judge Ellen DeGeneres has made a deal with Grand Central to publish a…

Woman in One of the World’s Most Famous Photos Dies

Edith Shain, the nurse who appeared in one of the iconic photographs of World War 2, died Sunday at age 91. The photo was taken Aug, 14, 1945, the day the war ended with the surrender of Japanese troops, during a…

In Win for Google, Judge Throws Out Viacom’s $1 Billion Copyright-Infringement Lawsuit Against YouTube

In what the New York Times calls a major victory for Google, a federal judge dismissed Viacom’s $1 billion lawsuit against YouTube for copyright infringement. The judge said Google is shielded from Viacom’s copyright claims by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s…

Sears to Offer Online Downloads of TV Shows and Movies, Competing with Apple

In a move that will place it in competition with Apple, Sears, which owns Sears and Kmart stores, plans to start on an online store to sell downloads of television shows and movies, Bloomberg News reports. The store will use…

Are Two Lions Better Than One? Lions Gate Talking with MGM About Merger

Lions Gate, which is under siege from investor activist Carl Icahn, has been discussing merging with Metro Goldwyn Mayer, a combination that would create an independent studio with a library of thousands of television shows and movies, the Los Angeles…

Could Massage Habit Be Behind Al and Tipper’s Breakup? Gore Accused of Sexual Abuse by Masseuse

The news that Al and Tipper Gore were separating shocked many who thought the pair had a rock-solid relationship, but the New York Post’s Page Six is reporting another surprising development: a masseuse in Oregon is accusing the former vice…

Bing Ramps Up Entertainment Component, Offers TV Episodes

On Tuesday at the SoHo House in Hollywood, Microsoft revealed that its Bing search engine now has a new section that lets online users view episodes from TV shows, get entertainment information such as movie times and listen to music…

CNN Launches Online Food Blog

The Web component of CNN, CNN.com, announced Wednesday the creation of Eatocracy, a food blog that will cover all aspects of the public’s fascination with food, from culture to trends to dialogue and debate. The site, www.CNN.com/Eatocracy, is part of…