The Onion News Network, “Hometown Baghdad” and “You Suck at Photoshop” cleaned up in the 12th annual Webby Awards competition, which honors excellence on the Web. The winners were announced today in several categories and will be honored at a…
Dan Rather will cover today’s North Carolina and Indiana presidential primaries for HDNet, the Hollywood Reporter says. The live coverage, which is set to air tonight from 7-9 p.m. EDT, will be conducted from Washington, D.C., before an audience, the…
Microsoft has begun offering TV downloads for its Zune mp3 player, Daily Variety reports. More than 800 hours are available, including programming from NBC Universal, MTV Networks and Turner, the newspaper says. In December, NBC Universal pulled its programs from…
Some Yahoo shareholders are upset at Chief Executive Jerry Yang for failing to reach an agreement with Microsoft, which offered $33 a share for the company, the Wall Street Journal reported. Yahoo directors failed to be “responsive to the needs…
Channel One, the in-school network, has replaced its analog broadcasting infrastructure with digital receivers, MediaDailyNews reports. The transition to digital distribution was made possible by Alloy Media + Marketing, which purchased the broadcaster in April 2007 with plans to invest…
ESPN will partner with mobile content service MobiTV to bring a basketball sweepstakes and live event to AT&T Wireless subscribers. The promotion, which runs until June 9, offers a subscriber and two friends the chance to play a 3-on-3 game…
One of the great things about being a reporter is you don’t have to make stuff up. You just report the stuff other people make up. Like what John Flowers, the San Francisco-based independent filmmaker, said during our recent recording…
NBC News is launching an ad-supported free online learning community aimed at students 13 and older named iCue. It combines games, peer talk and video in an environment intended to be fun and safe. The new site, announced Monday, was…
Microsoft is reconsidering its Internet options after ending its three-month bidding effort for Yahoo after Yahoo demanded that Microsoft raise its $33 a share offer to $37 a share, the Wall Street Journal reports. Microsoft’s most recent bid was more…
AT&T Wireless yesterday began offering its 10-channel Mobile TV service, which costs subscribers $15 a month, to its 71.4 million subscribers, the New York Times reports. AT&T is banking on the U.S. popularity of the concept, which started in Japan…