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King Features' 'Dustin' Passes the 100-Paper Mark in Syndication
NEW YORK The King Features comic strip 'Dustin' has achieved the first benchmark in syndication success: It has passed the 100-paper mark, in the U.S. and Canada. The strip, done by Steve Kelley and Jeff Parker and which centers on the life ofmore
Staff Cuts Hit 'Bloomberg BizWeek'
Approximately 25 Bloomberg BusinessWeek staffers are being let go today as the title continues its integration with new owner Bloomberg LP. Those being pink-slipped are art and editorial staffers. Another 12 or so will be offered jobs at Bloomberg News,more
National education standards target media literacy
Could new guidelines for a nation-wide core curriculum spawn a generation of bloggers? This post originally appeared on Jenn Kepka's Open Salon blog. While half the country is apparently out Googling Asperger's Syndrome (thanks to Tuesday's new episodemore
TV trading season is being blighted by more advertiser disputes
LONDON - The 2010 TV deal season has proved to be messier than anticipated with several major FMCG advertisers still locked in dispute with broadcasters. Industry sources said this is partly due to greater pressure being exerted by agency groups on mediamore
Muncie sports editor apologizes for incorrect report about Ball State athletic director
Muncie Star Press " Tom Collins , athletic director at Ball State, did not apply for the AD's job at Dixie State College," writes Greg Fallon in a page one mea culpa. "A Tom Collins did apply for that job, but it was a different Tom Collins, not Tommore
NYT Co. CEO: Too early to predict what ad experience will be like on Kindle, iPad
paidContent.org "I do think, just as media companies are working hard at making their apps an enjoyable and unique experience, there's an opportunity for marketers to do that for their ad experiences," says Times CEO Janet Robinson . "Look at ourmore
Asper Family on a Short List of Bidders for Canwest LP?
The Aspers are trying to get back into the newspaper business. The Globe and Mail is reporting the family has emerged as one of about six finalists on a shortlist of bidders for Canwest LP -- the newspaper division of Canwest Global Communications Corp.more
Layoffs Hit Bloomberg BizWeek
Around 25 Bloomberg BusinessWeek staffers are being let go today as the title continues its integration with new owner Bloomberg LP. Those being pink-slipped are art and editorial staffers. Another 12 or so will be offered jobs at Bloomberg News, themore
Hamas Releases British Journalist
GAZA CITY Gaza's Hamas rulers on Thursday released a British journalist they had held for a month amid allegations that he endangered the Palestinian territory's security. Paul Martin said he was arrested because of his work as a journalist and calledmore
Iger Keeps Options Open for ABC
Bob Iger At Disney's annual shareholder meeting, CEO Bob Iger didn't dismiss the idea of selling ABC and rebuked one of the company's classic animated films. Calling the movie 'antiquated' and 'fairly offensive,' Iger said there are no plans formore
Reuters sets up social media guidelines
Reuters has published some social media guidelines in its handbook of journalism. Dean Wright, Reuters' global editor for ethics, innovation and news standards, announced the new guidelines yesterday. While the guidelines encourage Reuters journalistsmore
Johnston Press profits slashed in half as ad revenues tumble
LONDON - Regional publisher Johnson Press has reported a 56% drop in profits during 2009 after a significant decline in ad revenue. In its results for the 53 weeks ending 2 January 2010, Johnston Press reported profits of 43.3m from revenues of 428m,more
Customer Service Is Key Strategy
Forget about advertising, forget about new media, forget about social media. The real action is going to be in customer service. Customer service? You mean those exotic sounding people in our outsourced call center in India? Or the FAQ's buried somewheremore
BBC Trust to review Radios 3, 4 and 7
Service review to be held this year, with assessment of BBC local radio in England and services in the nations to follow Having told BBC Radio 2 to go older and BBC 6 Music to increase its audience ? only for management to announce it was being axedmore
Harry Hill signs two-year deal with ITV
Comedian will make two more series of TV Burp and You've Been Framed in multi-million pound deal Harry Hill has signed a multi-million pound two-year deal with ITV to make more series of TV Burp and You've Been Framed. The new agreement will seemore
Google Reader Play: a new way to browse the web
Easy-to-use feature Google Reader Play offers visual means of finding content ? especially TV Google has launched Google Reader Play , an experimental feature that offers a new, highly visual way to browse the web. The new interface displays only onemore
China orders journalists to retrain in Communist theory
China wants to crack down on press freedom and introduce a new training system that requires journalists to train in Marxist and communist theories of news. Li Dongdong, deputy director of the General Administration of Press and Publication, told themore
FlashForward: more than just a flight of fancy? | Media Monkey
Is everyone in the world about to black out for precisely 137 seconds? Monkey only asks after about 100 starlings died in unexplained circumstances in Somerset after tumbling from the sky for no apparent reason. Not unlike the incident in Channel Five'smore
RTL writes down value of Channel Five by half after tough 2009
Pan-European broadcaster says Channel Five group made loss of £37m last year as its revenues fell 30% The owner of Channel Five, RTL, has cut the value of its subsidiary by more than half as the UK broadcaster reported losses of ?41m (£37m) lastmore
Profits dive 56% at Johnston Press
Regional newspaper group says revenues are stabilising and it has 'no immediate plans to raise capital' despite tough 2009 Mark Sweney Johnston Press has reported that its pre-tax profits fell 56% last year to £43m, with ad revenues plummeting almostmore
Online Communities Bolster Extreme Couponing
It might seem odd, but thousands of Americans are obsessed with couponing. They use discount offers to load their homes with cases of drinks, Jell-O and such because it's free or cheap. The Wall Street Journal reported that some couponers just can'tmore
If the answer is shutting 6 Music, what exactly was the question?
The BBC's explanations for its plan to shut 6 Music are all either nonsensical or contradicted by other strategic decisions I'm still waiting for the BBC to properly explain the decision to close 6 Music . I've heard plenty of soundbites, but I've yetmore
Five Days and MasterChef | TV matters
Cheeringly, last week's ratings for BBC1 primetime challenge the assumption that cheap reality is more popular than expensive drama An obsession with ratings has been one of the wrecking-balls in British television. Once raw numbers become themore
MPAA: B.O. up, volume of pics down
MPAA: Box office up, volume of pics down The Motion Picture Assn. of America's annual state-of-the-industry report on the film biz proves that less can be more: North American B.O. receipts were up more than 10% last year, even though the number of filmsmore
The Paths to Becoming a Journalism Teacher
Q. I'm interested in moving into journalism education, most likely at the high school or community college level. Although I have about 12 years of professional experience as a reporter and editor, I only have a bachelor's degree in journalism. I knowmore
The Price of Admission
Andrew Ross Sorkin?s debut and the limits of access journalism By Dean Starkman Digg Facebook Reddit StumbleUpon Delicious Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System?and Themselves ?Imore
Mobile Media reading for Wed., March 10
> As Location-Sharing Services Grow, Privacy Concerns Do Too (Wall Street Journal Digits) > Sony Brings More Newspaper and Magazine Content to its E-Readers (ReadWriteWeb) > Mobile Apps That Outperform Web Sites (New York Times Bits) > Facebook Ismore
Audit Notes: FT "News," Overdrafts Over at BofA, No Marketwatchdog
There they go again. The Financial Times has a scoop so big it thought it decided we media types couldn't wait to read it in the paper or online?we needed a flash email. So what's the "exclusive" headline? Pandit sees revival of Citi?s fortunes Youmore