TVNewser.com Roger Ailes made it clear to his Washington bureau that he wasn't happy that Fox News employees bad-mouthed Glenn Beck to Howard Kurtz. "I was brought up to defend the family," he said. "If I couldn't defen...

St. Louis Business Journal The Lee-owned paper's offer also calls for a week-long, unpaid furlough each of the first three years of the contract, according to the St. Louis Newspaper Guild. Its members will consider the...

PointRoll has introduced a new banner ad unit that merges advertising with content in a move that creates a more compelling spot for advertisers but which may make some publishers uncomfortable. The......

TheWrap.com Who would want it? asks Dylan Stableford. "The usual players with the kind of cash Rupert Murdoch is looking for -- Google, Yahoo, even Facebook -- wouldnt appear to be interested in a faltering property."...

In announcement that many of the company’s observers regarded with surprise, Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) CEO Steve Riggio is stepping down from that role and appointing William Lynch (image), who has been handling the company’s e-com...

To buy or to build? That’s the question that drove Yahoo’s decision to buy social sports startup Citizen Sports, which owns a series of sports-related apps on the iPhone and on Facebook, according to Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) media head Ja...

For years, Tim Westergren was on the front lines of a difficult royalty battle.  But instead of becoming a casualty, Pandora and other internet radio providers managed to forge a workable rate structure - at least one that kept the ...

Columbia Journalism Review "Ebony showed off her glamour and vitality for decades," writes Don Terry. "But she is tired now, debt-ridden and seriously ill, her once crystalline voice a raspy whisper." The magazine was g...

Prediction: the still image–”the soothing, therapeutic image”–will gain value as life’s pace quickens (ht @niemanstory) http://j.mp/cECAss » EveryBlock, everywhere? Hatari.co.ke uses Ushahidi to crowdsource crime info in Nairobi htt...

Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) has said for several months now that it was on the look-out for additional acquisitions and it’s finallly made one—buying up social sports startup Citizen Sports. The move immediately gives Yahoo—which owns the to...

If you were hoping that Spotify CEO Daniel Ek would use his South by Southwest Interactive keynote to announce a launch date for the U.S., no such luck (although Rafat has a source who says possibly end of May). Ek’s biggest bit of ...

Rovi, formerly Macrovision (NSDQ: MVSN), has acquired a small content personalization and recommendation software firm MediaUnbound, for an undisclosed sum. MU was founded in 2000 by Harvard undergraduates and its clients have inclu...

On "Real Sports" at 10 p.m. on HBO, Bryant Gumbel talks to the country's two transgender baseball writers and reviews the story of the L.A. Times writer Christine Daniels.

Modern record labels are very keen that they are seen as more than just outfits which sell CDs and MP3s of their artists' works. These days they want more of a share of the ancilliary rights with everything from ringtones to merchan...

Whether we all like it or not, the Apple iPad has already marked its niche into the electronics industry. Despite the fact that it hasn’t even arrived on any user’s lap yet, the iPad, despite the many flaws and shortcomings thrown a...

AmLaw Daily "We've got a doozy on our hands," writes Zach Lowe. The latest twist: Possible sanctions against a Tribune bondholder after its law firm mistakenly included confidential papers in a public filing....

Launched today: MyNews, @NewsTrust’s customizable social news aggregator http://j.mp/96xUZu NY Observer to relaunch its Media Mob blog…as a reporter-branded product (via @fishbowlny) http://j.mp/cLLAm2 » We’re enjoying this conversa...

Comcast’s domination of local sports in its headquarters city of Philadelphia now extends to the local sports blogosphere. Regional sports network Comcast SportsNet has purchased The700Level.com, a sports blog in the city. Enrico Ca...

Gina Bianchini, the long-time head (and co-founder) of build-your-own social network service Ning, is resigning; she’s joining Ning backer Andreesen Horowitz as an executive in residence. In a blog post, Ning Chairman Marc Andreesse...

As promised, the FCC has released its proposal for a National Broadband Plan that it will deliver to Congress tomorrow. In the six-page executive summary, it lays out ambitious goals that includes rewriting laws and policies that wo...