Sunday, December 6, 2009
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Friday, December 4, 2009
Hearst Enters E-Reader Market With Skiff
Despite its silly name, magazine and newspaper publisher Hearst is confident that its new Skiff digital publishing technology will lead the charge in e-readers by the time the application/device is ready to launch. Launching sometime early next year, Skiff-enabled devices will produce products far-and-above the similarly-proposed Time Inc. and Conde Nast digital magazines because, as Hearst media president Kenneth A. Bronfin told The Wall Street Journal, "We are going to create an entity by publishers, for publishers." [Click for MORE]
Sunday, November 29, 2009
AOL to Produce News, Videos by the Numbers
AOL is putting the finishing touches on a high-tech system for mass-producing news articles, entertainment and other online content, the linchpin of Chief Executive Tim Armstrong's strategy for reviving the struggling 25-year-old Internet company after Time Warner spins it off next month. [Click for MORE] Sphere: Related Content
Saturday, November 21, 2009
A Great Newspaper Gets Slutty
On a dare, an entertainment reporter steps into the shoes (and sultry zebra dress) of a 'Dancing With the Stars' contestant. In a grueling test of stamina and nerves, she discovers her inner shimmy. [Click for MORE] Sphere: Related Content
Monday, November 9, 2009
Warren Beatty gets OK to sue TribCo over Dick Tracy
Academy-award winning actor Warren Beatty can go ahead with a California lawsuit against a unit of bankrupt Tribune Co. over rights to comic strip detective Dick Tracy, a federal judge ruled on Monday.According to court papers, Beatty bought the motion picture and television rights for Dick Tracy in 1985. He went on to star in and direct the 1990 film by the same name that won three Academy awards and also starred Dustin Hoffman, Madonna and Al Pacino.
Tribune has said an agreement that granted rights to Beatty had lapsed because the actor-director had not started work on a new project based on the character. [Click for MORE]
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Harold Evans on the Colbert Report
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Harold Evans, former editor of the Times of London and the Sunday Times, talks about being married to Tina Brown, getting knighted by the queen and exposing spies in the British government. Sphere: Related Content
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