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I Want My Ford TV!

Good news or bad, it pays to tell your people the truth. After all, if you don't someone else is bound to. And you can quote us.READ»

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Will the Indian Media Bubble Burst Soon?

For the first time in a decade, newspaper readership in India has declined. Even the seemingly booming TV news industry may be suffering from overcapacity. Are these early signs of the Indian media bubble burst? Round 1 results of ...READ»

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MSNBC Turns Into a Freak Show

Roughly eight years ago, there was a nasty fight at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York. On one side was Roger Ailes, then - president and CEO of CNBC and its sister cable network, America's Talking. On the other side were NBC strategist ...READ»

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The Digg Election

As all of the intricate twists and turns of primary season, convention season, and now the main stage of the election have happened, there has been one site that I have relied on: Digg.com. The social news site where people submit ...READ»

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Social Media TV - Tonight at 10

I see more and more blogs asking newspapers publishers to step-up to social media, but what about television news? Embracing new technology doesn't mean re-thinking the entire news organization and starting from scratch. There are ...READ»

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NBC’s New Media Jim: At the Crosshairs of Old & New Media

Why does a veteran network news cameraman immerse himself in Twitter & blogging? Because of the high price of gas and to avoid being a dinosaur. New Media Jim explains.READ»

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The Limits of Synergy?

According to The Guardian newspaper in the UK, Fox News threatened to sue Simpsons creator Matt Groening over a spoof of the news channel in a recent episode of his popular cartoon sitcom -- which runs on sister channel Fox ...READ»

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Chinese Journalism Students Get their Very Own ABC News Bureau

More on the migration of media. This time, it's not only migrating from traditional to niche, it's moving countries and embedding itself in foreign lands. How's this for a foreign exchange program? Coming to a Chinese university ...READ»

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Pew Survey Finds Local TV News More Popular Than Online News; Nation's TV Anchors Relieved

The Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project conducted a survey to find out how Americans get their news, and the results are actually a bit surprising at times--especially the fact that both local and national TV ...READ»

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The Revolution Will Be Televised (on CNBC)

Don't touch your dial! CNBC has become the live feed of the new economy. Here is a behind-the-scenes look at CNBC, a network that has reinvented the way TV works.READ»

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Do We Really Want Our News to be Fair & Balanced?

I think the news should always be fair. But I think the news-consuming public, to a significant degree, is saying that it doesn't really want balance. That's especially true when it comes to blogs, with people self-selecting ...READ»

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Cenk Uygur Sets Out to Take Down Traditional Television

Cenk Uygur and his rebel band are out to take down traditional television, with a hand from YouTube, satellite radio, and 500,000 fans.READ»

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CBS Signs With Joost

According to Yvette Alberdingkthijm of the Joost blog, CBS has signed with Joost: http://www.joost.com/blog/2007/04/cbs-has-its-eye-on-joost.html CBS has signed a deal with Joost to make top current and classic programming available ...READ»

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Tim Russert: Great Newsman, Better Mentor

Tim Russert died suddenly last week.  He was a great journalist.  Are you a “Meet the Press” junkie?  Did you begin your Sunday mornings watching him make politicians squirm?  His questions were always tough, but never ...READ»

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What's the News About the Nightly News?

This month, Anne exchanges email with Tom Brokaw, anchor and managing editor, NBC Nightly News With Tom Brokaw.READ»

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Old Media, New Star

How Omar Wasow became a well-known figure in Silicon Alley.READ»

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Yahoo Goes to War

Yahoo stepped into the ring with network and cable news giants today, announcing that veteran war reporter Kevin Sites will become its first news correspondent. His beat: Every war in the world. The launch of "Kevin Sites in the Hot ...READ»

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Watch and Learn

You want a resolution for 2009?  Watch more TV and heed its lessons.  Two examples of why: Every weekday morning Bravo! airs two episodes of the West Wing - the Emmy Award winning drama about life inside the west wing of the White ...READ»

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Fox News Eats Words on EATR Robot

Fox News corrects itself: No, a biomass eating robot will not be munching on "dead bodies."READ»

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Go Ahead, Add 'News Producer' To Your Resume

So I'm sifting through my RSS feeds on Google Reader, organizing each element just right, and filtering out the junk I don't want to read about when it hits me... I'm producing my own news! Believe it or not, social media has ...READ»

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Tweeting a Hostage Crisis in the Philippines

@TLWH updated about every 5 minutes.READ»

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Fluid Studio talking Twitter—featured on CBS affiliate KUTV Channel 2 in Salt Lake City, Utah

Fluid Studio, a social media strategy and graphic design firm, was invited by KUTV Channel 2 (Salt Lake City) to present on Twitter. We helped Mike and Lindsay, the news anchors, get set up on Twitter. See more ...READ»

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Pulling Punches

CEO Lee Scott went on the record to fight Wal-Mart's bad rep. But his PR effort hit the mat.READ»

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The Best Disinfectant

The phone rang at 6:00 a.m. to tell me that my monthly appearance on CNBC to discuss our "CEO See-Ya" column had been postponed, thanks to the breaking news that Disney CEO Michael Eisner's long awaited successor would be Robert ...READ»

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Sex in the Workplace

How to avoid becoming the next David Letterman.READ»