Buzz Media Inc., a community of pop culture Web sites, has appointed Alan Citron as president. Mr. Citron will oversee programming, marketing, engineering and product development for the company’s 30-plus Web sites. Anthony Batt, founder and president of Buzz Media,…
“Spider-Man” is coming to the rescue of Crackle.com, Sony’s Internet video site, which on Wednesday will announce making more movies available online in a bid to keep viewers longer and help it attract more advertising, the Wall Street Journal reports….
Microsoft and Verizon Wireless are discussing launching a competitor to Apple’s iPhone, now available only to AT&T customers, the Wall Street Journal reports. Microsoft’s cell phone software business has been eclipsed by enthusiasm for developing “apps” for the iPhone and…
The importance of running advertising campaigns both on television and on the Internet was underscored by a new survey that shows viewers spend a significant amount of time surfing the Web while watching primetime programming. “This trend of going online…
While some traditional news businesses, especially newspapers, are having problems, online sources of news are mostly booming. Newspaper online sites including those of the New York Times, Tribune Newspapers, McClatchy and the Washington Post, saw audience increases in March, according…
Hulu.com has grown to become the third busiest Web video site, passing Yahoo in March, Bloomberg reports. Hulu, owned by News Corp. and NBC Universal, trails Google’s YouTube and News Corp.’s MySpace, the news service says. —Jon Lafayette
Web video site Joost is shopping itself to cable operators, the Associated Press reports. Joost is in talks with No. 2 Time Warner Cable, but was turned down by No. 1 Comcast, the wire service says. —Jon Lafayette
CBS-owned duopoly KCBS-TV and KCAL-TV and the Los Angeles Newspaper Group are teaming up for a series of DTV preparedness tests and education campaigns over a 24-hour period this week, TVNewsday reports. As part of the initiative, the two TV…
Time Warner may reveal its plans for AOL as early as tomorrow, Bloomberg reports. Time Warner, which has been looking to spin off the company in order to focus on its film and TV properties, may be able to separate…