The Media Drop

For the last day and a half, I had heard that the mysterious man (yes, we knew the author was a man) behind CableNewser would be revealed this Thursday in the New York Times. Turns out that it was Thursday, just not in the Eastern Time Zone. Lisa Napoli at the Times has […]

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The Magazine Design Weblog’s Pariah S. Burke leads us to an interesting article about photography and what people are capable of doing when they set their mind to it. Why wait for a better resolution camera to come out from a manufacturer when you can build your own “110-pound, 6-foot film camera that produces […]

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David Kronke at the Redlands Daily Facts covers the upcoming television season, which would normally be pluralized, but can’t because Fox has gone to the full year, all original, schedule. Items of note: Fox’s “The O.C.” moves to 8pm on Thursdays, and “24″ will run in its entirety starting in January. Earlier […]

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Don’t worry, it’s a good thing. Tobi Elkin at MediaPost discusses next gen Digital/Personal Video Recorders, which will have broadband connectivity. This will lead to not only new functionality for the user, but completely different advertising tactics by interested parties.

According to research conducted by Forrester and the Association of National Advertisers, when asked […]

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Think blogs haven’t “arrived”? This morning, Don Imus has probably said the word “blog” 25 times, and has been discussing Jessica Cutler and her blog, Washingtonienne (this link is a reproduction by Wizbang). Imus has asked NBC’s David Gregory and Norah O’Donnell to discuss the subject of Ms. Cutler and her site, and […]

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Back in March, reports filtered around that Viacom was planning on launching a gay-themed network - finally, some more details have been announced.
The new channel will be entitled LOGO, and will be on basic cable as early as February 2005. The nets “have been reluctant to create a gay cable network because some executives […]

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While we’re Rubeling this evening, I thought it was worth pointing out that Steve Rubel will be all-you-can-eat diet of blogs for the whole week next week - no mainstream news sources, sans those he needs to look at for work-specific articles. He’s looking for some good suggestions of sites to read feeds of […]

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Earlier this week, I had posted about how journalists are concerned about financial pressures at their media companies can hinder the ability to do a great job. Steve Rubel goes one step further, suggesting that this and other trends “may soon drain popular columnists and even cartoonists nearing retirement age away from mainstream outlets […]

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If you’ve been watching Fox television’s “The Swan“, then you’ll be familiar with Lynn Ianni. She works as plays a doctor on the show, and is the one giving advice to the women who get plastic surgery as part of the episodes. According to this article by OC Weekly’s Gustavo Arellano, Ms. Ianni’s […]

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Sirius continues to pull out the stops all over the place in their aim to move up in the market and come neck and neck with XM. According to Reuters, Sirius boss Joseph Clayton has big plans for the company, and I’m not even sure which of the latest developments is the biggest. […]

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