NBC has yet to learn how to handle successions gracefully, Barbara Walters will retire in 2014, and Christopher Cuomo and Kate Bolduan will host a new CNN morning show.
Book publishers join the antibulling effort in a big way, the National Audubon Society reinstates a writer after a cat-poisoning dispute, and a Supreme Court decision about textbook copyrights may have widespread ramifications.
Nick D’Aloisio is Yahoo’s newest hire and a millionaire at 17; Anthony Lewis, New York Times reporter and columnist who changed how the Supreme Court is covered, has died at 85; and the writer of the popular tween girl’s books “The Dork Diaries is actually a 53-year-old divorced former bankruptcy lawyer.
Rupert Murdoch will have to wrangle with regulators once again if he tries to buy The Los Angeles Times, Steve Harvey has become a daytime TV standout and NBC is risking one of its rare high points in the ratings by replacing Jay Leno on “Tonight” with Jimmy Fallon.
Hallmark’s channels are introducing more original programming to attract viewers and advertisers; movie ticket sales rose 6 percent around the world; and Scottsdale, Ariz., has brought a taste of the Southwest to the New York subway.
NBC is planning for Jimmy Fallon to take over the “Tonight” show from Jay Leno, a new campaign seeks to diminish the digital divide in the United States, and the new Big East conference kicked off at News Corporation’s headquarters.
Television networks are creating commercials for advertisers, three retailers settled claims that they marketed real fur as faux, and a professor at Columbia’s journalism school says the university misdirected endowment funds.
The Walt Disney Company is developing an app that will live stream ABC programming on digital devices, British newspapers protest a new regulatory agency, and the pace of Hollywood’s biggest films often remains glacial, even as other media speed up.
The Justice Department investigates claims of bribery at The Wall Street Journal, Barry Diller’s Aereo could change the game in television, and the case of Matthew Keys highlights problems with hacking laws.
A social media editor at Thomson Reuters has been charged with helping Anonymous hack into The Los Angeles Times Web site, British talks on a new method to regulate the press have fallen through, and NBCUniversal News Group put a positive face forward at its upfront.
NBC’s “Today” show faces dwindling popularity, perhaps because of Matt Lauer; Time Inc. employees are worried about the company’s prospects after it is spun off; and some new Spanish media outlets are trying to look on the bright side.
Anna Wintour becomes Condé Nast’s artistic director, NPR reaches out to a younger audience and extensive police failings allowed Jimmy Savile to escape investigation for decades of sexual abuse.
Mexican politicians introduced legislation to regulate telecom giants, Fox Sports 1 has accumulated the broadcast rights for many college conferences and Lisa Pulitzer has cornered the literary marketplace for memoirs of escaped cultists.
“The Bachelor” regains high ratings, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia might be better off private and copyright issues have arisen for “Harlem Shake.”
Apple and Amazon are trying to make it possible for Web consumers to swap content on a grand scale, Time Warner’s spinoff of Time Inc. is the latest evidence of a strategy of divestment, and Facebook’s redesign strategy is already popular with advertisers.
Time Warner will spin off its magazine titles, Facebook will revamp its News Feed and Google executives try to bring advertisers into social media.
Joel I. Klein announces Amplify, the curriculum-cum-tablet from News Corporation; the upfronts season spreads throughout the year; and former White House staffers find new identities on Twitter.
Television pilots are moving from networks to streaming services online, Fox plans to take on ESPN with Fox Sports 1 and San Francisco becomes a center for innovative advertisers.
Vice magazine was behind Dennis Rodman’s high-profile trip to North Korea; “The Walking Dead” is killing networks in the ratings; and a photojournalists in Oakland, Calif., have become victims of a rash of robberies.
Barnes & Noble rethinks the Nook’s priorities, Bob Woodward’s clash with the White House may have been blown out of proportion and a Chrysler commercial creates synergy between Motown and Broadway.
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