It’s an advertiser’s nightmare: A new study finds that consumers in their 20s switch media venues about 27 times per non-working hour, reports Brian Steinberg in Advertising Age. That’s the equivalent of more than 13 switches during a standard half-hour…
After reporting a satirical article published on the comedy section of The Huffington Post as news, MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts issued a correction, reports TVNewser.com. The satirical article said that Apple and Microsoft organized a joint press conference urging the National…
Google’s YouTube suffered a key defeat in court Thursday when the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a landmark June 2010 lower court ruling that had gone in YouTube’s favor, Reuters reports. The decision revived lawsuits brought by Viacom…
The frenzy over Jeremy Lin of the New York Knicks, dubbed "Linsanity" by the media around the world, is the subject of a documentary film being pitched in Hollywood, reports the Los Angeles Times. CAA is shopping a sample reel…
A controversy has been raging over a Burger King commercial featuring Mary J. Blige, which drew criticism after surfacing on the Internet and appearing briefly on local television stations, Advertising Age reports. The singer issued a statement Wednesday in response…
A family member of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is part of a slate of new programming in the works at Bravo, B&C reports. The cable channel rolled out plans for an ambitious roster of original programs, including its first scripted…
The Webby Awards announced who will host this year’s 16th Annual Webbys, set to take place May 21, TheWrap.com reports. The ceremony will be hosted by comedian Patton Oswalt. Oswalt is known for roles on CBS’s "The King of Queens"…
Tribune and DirecTV reached an agreement Wednesday night over retransmission fees, ending a dispute that had blacked out Tribune programming to millions of DirecTV customers, reports the Chicago Tribune. Twenty-three Tribune stations and WGN America returned to the satellite provider…
Even as the mug shot from Lisa Robin Kelly’s recent arrest sweeps the Internet, Fox is making plans for a reunion of her former castmates on “That ‘70s Show,” EW.com reports. As we reported previously, Kelly was arrested Saturday on…
"Community" creator Dan Harmon posted an apology on his blog for making the "horrible, childish, self-obsessed, unaware, naive and unprofessional decision to play someone’s voicemail to me," reports Deadline.com. That voicemail was from "Community" co-star Chevy Chase, who was upset…