Media Industry Archive

Somewhere in a checkout line somewhere, Yahoo’s new video strategy was born. Short segments focusing on celebrity mothers, called “Spotlight to Nightlight,” hosted by a former Miss USA, Ali Landry, and sponsored by State Farm, went live today. There, I learned that some celebrities have as many as (six) nannies caring for their (three) kids 24-7, and that these nannies make a lot more...

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For the past week or so, The New York Times‘ featured executive for its online Q&A has been Martin Nisenholtz, long-time head of the Times’  digital operations and currently senior vp/digital operations. As a public service to BNET Media readers (and to save you from sifting through endless queries from frustrated wannabe journalists and an occasional tendency on Martin’s...

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Has NBC forgotten that it’s no longer must-see TV? That would be one conclusion to draw from the fact that the network promoted its “ER” episode featuring ex-”ER”-er George Clooney by not telling people he would be on the show. Huh? According to a story in Mediapost: NBC did tease viewers with on-air marketing pitches that some past doctors would be returning to...

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Tuscon Citizen stops publishing — Arizona’s oldest newspaper, The Tuscon Citizen, will cease publication on Saturday, March 21. Gannett Co., the owner of the newspaper, announced in January that if no buyer was found, the paper would risk closure. The Citizen is down to less than a third of the subscribers it had during its prime in the 60’s and has had trouble competing with...

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Every now and again, it’s time to give a shout-out to other media and technology bloggers for the great work they are doing. I still hear so much complaining about bloggers from various people — journalists included — that I have to wonder whether they actually are reading any blogs… The guys I’m promoting this morning are all pros, and their blog posts are always...

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I wonder how many entrepreneurs, searching for a brand name for their companies the past few years, have considered some form of the word “hive.” My guess is a lot, maybe as many as have considered “buzz.” In addition to being the highest level of organization in the Windows Registry, hive conjures up exactly the kind social, interactive, community that virtually every...

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In hiring Google’s Tim Armstrong as its new CEO, AOL has its most credible leadership since Steve Case ran the company. (Back when Steve Case had credibility, that is.)  And it couldn’t come at a more important time for AOL, whose also-ran status in the online media wars is becoming, well, embedded. Armstrong, who, as Google’s president of the Americas, helped engineer the...

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The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10c Jim Cramer Unedited Interview Pt. 1 Daily Show Full Episodes Important Things w/ Demetri Martin Political Humor Jim Cramer Impossible not to post about Jon Stewart’s evisceration of Jim Cramer last night, above. Stewart had said earlier in the week that the showdown was destined to disappoint, but, as if hell-bent on proving himself...

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Americans apathetic to losing newspapers — According to a Pew Research report, many Americans would not miss their local newspaper if it disappeared. Only 33 percent of those polled said they would miss reading the newspaper and only 43 percent believe that their community would be worse without a newspaper. Those under 40 were particularly apathetic with only 23 percent responding that...

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