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Gerri Willis Joins Fox Business Network
Fox Business has landed another on-air financial personality: Gerri Willis, who left CNN last months. Willis, who spent seven years at CNN and hosted "Your...
Source : www.huffingtonpost.com | 16-mars-2010 00:56

Rielle Hunter Cried Over 'Repulsive' GQ Photos (VIDEO)
Rielle Hunter was brought to tears by the photos that GQ magazine chose for its article on her, Barbara Walters said Monday on "The View."...
Source : www.huffingtonpost.com | 16-mars-2010 00:18

No Five HD on Freeview before 2012
Ofcom says that Five HD will not launch on Freeview before 2012, with its capacity reverting to the BBC.
Source : www.digitalspy.co.uk | 15-mars-2010 22:26

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Source : www.topix.net | 15-mars-2010 21:48

ABC News 'plans new approach to paywalls'
ABC News Digital chief Paul Slavin affirms that the company is considering plans for a new online paywall.
Source : www.digitalspy.co.uk | 15-mars-2010 21:02

Christiane Amanpour Offered 'This Week' Hosting Job On ABC
Christiane Amanpour has been offered the job hosting ABC News' "This Week," FishbowlDC reports. Amanpour is said to have told her CNN colleagues about the...
Source : www.huffingtonpost.com | 15-mars-2010 19:31

Pay For News Online? Pew Report Says Few Favor Idea
A new Pew report for the economics and consumer attitudes of online news paints a distressing picture for news organizations wanting to turn a profit with Web content.
Source : www.npr.org | 15-mars-2010 19:26

Recession Continues To Challenge News Industry
The Project for Excellence in Journalism's annual State of the News Media Report is out — and it confirms that while the industry is still struggling to remain profitable, there are some bright spots in the Internet age. The PEJ's Tom Rosenstiel and NPR's David Folkenflik discuss what's new in the world of news.
Source : www.npr.org | 15-mars-2010 18:00

Guardian Media Group to take 150m hit on value of Emap investment

The publisher of The Guardian and The Observer is in talks with its auditors about taking an impairment on its investment in Emap Photo: Julian Simmonds The publisher of The Guardian and The Observer is in talks with its auditors about taking an impairment on its investment in Emap.

Source : www.topix.net | 15-mars-2010 17:45

David Perpich, Arthur Sulzberger's Nephew, Joins NYT To Prep For Paywall
We heard whisperings back in early February that David Perpich, the nephew of New York Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr., was leaving his post at...
Source : www.huffingtonpost.com | 15-mars-2010 17:18

Bill O'Reilly: Howell Raines A 'Hypocritical' 'Liar' For Criticizing Fox News
Bill O'Reilly went after Fox News critic (and former New York Times executive editor) Howell Raines Friday night in his "Talking Points" segment. O'Reilly said...
Source : www.huffingtonpost.com | 15-mars-2010 17:04

'Top Secret': The Power And Struggle Of The Press
The New York Theatre Workshop's production of Top Secret: The Battle for the Pentagon Papers examines the gray area between the rights of the press to publish and those of the government to protect its secrets.
Source : www.npr.org | 15-mars-2010 17:02

Discovery Communications, David Zaslav Darlings Of Both TV Industry And Wall Street
That is a big endorsement of Discovery, especially considering that it is just one-ninth the size of Mr. Murdoch's company, the News Corporation. It is...
Source : www.huffingtonpost.com | 15-mars-2010 17:00

ABC News Paywall: Network Plans To Charge Online By June
ABC News Digital executives are currently putting together a formal paywall strategy with expectations of having some concrete ideas for ways to charge consumers by...
Source : www.huffingtonpost.com | 15-mars-2010 16:51

Fox News 'Divided' Over Glenn Beck, Journalists Worried About His Popularity
The Washington Post's Howard Kurtz Monday " target="_hplink">describes Fox News a "a network divided" over its most recent star, Glenn Beck. Kurtz reports there is...
Source : www.huffingtonpost.com | 15-mars-2010 16:13

Report Offers Bad News For The News Business
The latest Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism State of the News Media report offers more bleak data and forecasts for the news business.
Source : www.npr.org | 15-mars-2010 16:05

Where Will We Be Without Professional Journalists?
With the deluge of free information online, fewer people are willing to pay for their news. As a result, news organizations continue to shed staff. Michel Martin shares her thoughts on where we are headed with ever fewer trained professionals covering American news.
Source : www.npr.org | 15-mars-2010 16:00

Readers Don't Want To Pay For News Online: Survey
NEW YORK — Getting people to pay for news online at this point would be "like trying to force butterflies back into their cocoons," a...
Source : www.huffingtonpost.com | 15-mars-2010 15:52

MPs warn of Channel 4 market impact
MPs warn that expansion of Channel 4's remit could "significantly" increase the firm's market impact.
Source : www.digitalspy.co.uk | 15-mars-2010 13:40

Sci Fi HD coming to Virgin Media
Virgin Media confirms that Sci Fi HD will launch on its cable TV platform next month.
Source : www.digitalspy.co.uk | 15-mars-2010 13:32

Facebook to open office in southern India

Popular social-networking site Facebook will open an office in India, joining a long list of international firms that have looked to tap a skilled workforce that provides support services at relatively cheap wages.

Source : www.topix.net | 15-mars-2010 13:27

IP Vision to enhance FetchTV listings
IP Vision agrees a deal with TV Genius for a multi-screen listings system for its FetchTV platform.
Source : www.digitalspy.co.uk | 15-mars-2010 12:36

Faisal Islam becomes C4 economics editor
Channel 4 News promotes Faisal Islam as its new economics editor ahead of the general election.
Source : www.digitalspy.co.uk | 15-mars-2010 11:47

Allsopp, Spencer set up production firm
Property broadcasters Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer are to launch a new production firm in Glasgow.
Source : www.digitalspy.co.uk | 15-mars-2010 11:29

BBC to build reusable World Cup studio
The BBC reportedly plans to build a reusable "flat pack" studio for its upcoming World Cup coverage.
Source : www.digitalspy.co.uk | 15-mars-2010 11:18

K.M. Soehnlein Revisits the '80s with 'Robin and Ruby'

MOVIES Our Family Wedding By Dan Heching Perhaps the most derivative, joyless and unimaginative movie-going experience in recent memory, Our Family Wedding was nothing less, and nothing more, than My Big Fat Blatino Wedding.

Source : www.topix.net | 15-mars-2010 09:10

Today in History, Today is Saturday, March 13, 2010

Today's Highlight in History: On March 13, 1781, the seventh planet of the solar system, Uranus, was discovered by Sir William Herschel.

Source : www.topix.net | 15-mars-2010 04:47

Joy Behar, Rachel Maddow Win GLAAD Media Awards
NEW YORK — Joy Behar, Cynthia Nixon and the ABC drama series "Brothers & Sisters" are among this year's recipients of media awards from the...
Source : www.huffingtonpost.com | 15-mars-2010 02:28

FAA directs airlines to check tail flap of 737s

The Boeing logo hangs on the corporate world headquarters building of Boeing in Chicago, Illinois.

Source : www.topix.net | 15-mars-2010 00:38

The headquarters of Warner Music Group is pictured in Burbank

Private equity firm KKR and U.S. music company Warner Music Group are in talks to launch a break-up bid for Warner's indebted British rival EMI , reported the Sunday Times.

Source : www.topix.net | 14-mars-2010 20:20

'Why Does Glenn Beck Hate Jesus?'
When Glenn Beck told listeners of his radio show on March 2 that they should "run as fast as you can" from any church that...
Source : www.huffingtonpost.com | 14-mars-2010 18:21

Radio 4 broadcasts topical comedy repeat
Radio 4 accidentally broadcasts an old edition of The Now Show instead of the current episode.
Source : www.digitalspy.co.uk | 14-mars-2010 17:54

Jessica Simpson - VH1 Deny Reducing Stylist's Role in Simpson Show

Bosses of JESSICA SIMPSON's new VH1 show THE PRICE OF BEAUTY have denied rumours they cut scenes featuring the star's hairdresser KEN PAVES - following rumours they were eager to downgrade his role in the series.

Source : www.topix.net | 14-mars-2010 15:57

TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads
Gibbs, Cantor, Van Hollen, Rove! It's an embarrassment of riches on Fox, today. And John Roberts is still all knickers-twisted that Obama doesn't like the Citizens United ruling? Jeez. Thin skin in this town.
Source : www.huffingtonpost.com | 14-mars-2010 14:34

3-D Coming Soon To A TV Near You
Between Avatar and Alice in Wonderland, there's no doubt that 3-D movies have brought people back to the theaters. Both films have made an astounding amount of money at the box office, and TV-makers are taking note. But will people want to wear those glasses on the couch? Guest host Audie Cornish talks to David Wertheimer, head of the Entertainment Technology Center at the University of Southern California, about the future of 3-D television.
Source : www.npr.org | 14-mars-2010 13:00

Boston Catholics Hope 'Light' Makes Flock Confess
On radio stations in Boston, on CatholicTV and on the Web, the Archdiocese of Boston is trying to bring Catholics back to confession. The Light Is On for You is the name of the campaign, and one of its spokespeople is Father Robert Reed, director of CatholicTV. Guest host Audie Cornish speaks with Reed about the new campaign.
Source : www.npr.org | 14-mars-2010 13:00

Dennis Skulsky resigns from Canwest Limited Partnership

Canwest Limited Partnership / Canwest Societe en Commandite , a subsidiary of Canwest Global Communications Corp.

Source : www.topix.net | 14-mars-2010 11:54

Man with history of mental illness makes threats, shuts down section of downtown Seattle for 2 hours

A man claiming to be a vampire and wearing what he claimed was a bomb shut down a Seattle street for two hours Friday afternoon.

Source : www.topix.net | 14-mars-2010 07:43

MGM Mirage to drop Atlantic City casino

HONG KONG : MGM Mirage has confirmed it will unload its stake in a US casino resort to settle a fight with US gaming regulators over the company's Macau business partner.

Source : www.topix.net | 14-mars-2010 03:42

Theodore Olbermann Dead: Keith Olbermann's Father Dies
My father died, in the city of his birth, New York, at 3:50 EST this afternoon. Though the financial constraints of his youth made college...
Source : www.huffingtonpost.com | 13-mars-2010 23:54

Man waits months before collecting $200 million prize

Mega Millions lottery ticket HARRISONBURG, Va. a ' For five months, Virginia carpenter Steve Williams lived with a $200 million-dollar secret.

Source : www.topix.net | 13-mars-2010 23:35

Clear Channel posts fourth-quarter profit

The parent company of Clear Channel Communications Inc. continued to suffer from declines in revenue as advertisers cautiously watched their dollars during the economic downturn.

Source : www.topix.net | 13-mars-2010 19:22

Fellowes: 'TV execs obsessed with youth'
Julian Fellowes claims that television executives are obsessed with a "mythical youth audience".
Source : www.digitalspy.co.uk | 13-mars-2010 17:27

Reynolds, Bateman Do A Body Swap

Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman are teaming for the body swap comedy "Change Up" at Universal Pictures reports the trades.

Source : www.topix.net | 13-mars-2010 15:02

Torstar among final bidders for CanWest papers

Torstar among final bidders for CanWest papers CanWest headquarters in Winnipeg Publisher, believed to be backed by Fairfax, will compete with other industry heavyweights in auction to be completed by April 30 Grant Robertson and Susan Krashinsky Published on Friday, Mar.

Source : www.topix.net | 13-mars-2010 10:49

Contractor to seek $492M from owners of Las Vegas CityCenter; MGM Mirage, Dubai dispute amount

The primary contractor for the newly completed $8.5 billion CityCenter complex told the joint venture's owners that it intends to file mechanic's liens to collect on $492 million in construction bills, casino operator MGM Mirage said Friday.

Source : www.topix.net | 13-mars-2010 06:28