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CNN fades in prime-time picture
While viewers may flock to the network for election day or the Inauguration, day 130 is a different story.
Hillary's Mexico Visit Blunders Ignored by Old Media
Thus far, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has made two diplomatic blunders during her visit to Mexico that the U.S. Old Media are shockingly uninterested in highlighting.
CNN actually justifies asking Prez 'tough questions'
What do I think? I've got no hard feelings toward the president and I assume he feels the same, but I can't worry about that. I was doing my job -- and he was doing his.
U.S. bill seeks to rescue faltering newspapers
With many U.S. newspapers struggling to survive, a Democratic senator on Tuesday introduced a bill to help them by allowing newspaper companies to restructure as nonprofits with a variety of tax breaks.
Newspapers fold as readers defect and economy sours
The Rocky Mountain News, gone. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, gone. The Seattle PI.com website will be run out of the same iconic headquarters in downtown Seattle.
CNN Ratings Have Collapsed -- Currently 4th in Cable News
Where the Liberal Media Get Their Talking Points
For the past two years, several hundred left-leaning bloggers, political reporters, magazine writers, policy wonks and academics have talked stories and compared notes in an off-the-record online meeting space called JournoList.
For Sale: The Times corporate jet
NEWSPAPERS TO GET TAXPAYER $$ FOR 'INTERNET TRAINING'
Two Minnesota newspapers will receive a share of state grants normally given to retrain workers in manufacturing and other industries in transition.
Where are all the economists to explain the stimulus package on TV?
I wrote a post a week ago called: Why aren't there hundreds of economists on my TV explaining the stimulus package? It was picked up by Yahoo News via the Huffington Post. Thankfully Media Matters did a little research and broke down the TV coverage to see where these hundreds of economists are lurking.
FCC Commissioner Warns Against Fairness Doctrine
FCC commissioner Robert McDowell had a message for Democrats, or anyone else contemplating trying to reimpose the fairness doctrine: The move could undermine the justification for existing localism and ...
NY Times ad revenue fell nearly 16 pct in December
The New York Times Co. said Wednesday that ad revenue at its news media properties dropped 15.8 percent in December as the recession weighed on what is usually a lucrative holiday season.
Obama gives first TV interview to Arabic network
Reuters President Barack Obama greets guests after he is sworn in as the 44th president of the United States, WASHINGTON President Barack Obama gave his first formal television interview as president to an ...
PRESIDENT TAKES ON RUSH LIMBAUGH IN NEW MEDIA WAR
President Obama warned Republicans on Capitol Hill today that they need to quit listening to radio king Rush Limbaugh if they want to get along with Democrats and the new administration.
Iran declares BBC Persian TV illegal
The activities of the week-old BBC Persian TV channel are illegal, a top Iranian official said Wednesday, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.
Lobbyist linked by Times to McCain sues paper
A Washington lobbyist sued The New York Times for $27 million Tuesday over an article that she says gave the false impression she had an affair with Sen.
Who will mourn local newspapers?
They say that journalists prefer bad news to good news. There is plenty of that close to home.
Report: broadcasters having bad year
Broadcast TV's fall season is going so poorly that four out of five returning programs have a smaller audience than they had in 2007.
Local TV News Producer Blasts Local TV News for Winter Weather Forecast Hype
"Toddlers can identify snow."
Zucker says NBC may scale down programming hours
A terrible fall season at NBC is forcing the network to consider scaling back the number of hours it airs programming, Chief Executive Jeff Zucker told an investor conference Monday.