The Media Drop

Has anyone else who’s been privy to Gmail Clips noticed the “advertisements” for Spam-related recipes in the Clip-bar at the top of the screen? They all seem to go to Recipe-Source.com, like the one in the screenshot below for Savory Spam Crescents.

Talk about comical.

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FeedBurner says that they’ll be all over the provision of Google AdSense via RSS feeds once “the trial expands beyond the initial pilot group of publishers.”
Tres bien.
[Thanks, David]

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MTV recently went live with its Overdrive broadband-only channel to run advertising-supported programming like music, movie trailers, and more. It’s obviously targeted at young people who actually like to see music, something you don’t get a lot of unless you have MTV2. Additionally, it’s an opportunity for the network to kick up their broadcasting of […]

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Costa Tsiokos calls NBC’s move to get the Sunday Night Football package starting in 2006 “pathetic” as it reflects on television network competition. As in, look what they had to do just to get in the game against what ABC was putting up to the plate with Desperate Housewives and “Extreme Makeover Home Edition.”

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Just a heads up, trackbacks are now back up and enabled properly on TMD - no more server errors.
Thanks, Alex!
[ed: next stop, comment streamlining…]

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The New York Times recently published a visually stunning audio/video package about the current situation in Phuket, Sri Lanka and The Maldives. The piece shows how resorts are looking these days and some of rebuilding that has taken place since a tsunami hit the area a few months ago. It was produced by Alice DuBois, […]

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PaidContent’s Rafat Ali reports that CNET has purchased TVTome, and will incorporate it into its network of sites.

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Editor & Publisher reports that two Kalamazoo Gazette reporters were fired from the newspaper after it came out that they had had a few beers while covering a story about the drinking habits of young people.
[Thanks, Ken!]

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Bob Sassone, who writes over at TV Squad, is expected to be on MSNBC at 5p.m. today to debate the folks pushing TV Turnoff week. Look for him in the second segment of the program.

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The Philadelphila Inquirer’s Gail Shister says that CBS has gotten some “credibility” from having Bob Schieffer around, but should keep in mind that he’s only here until late February of 2007 - when he’s set to retire.
Which begs us to ask the question: If Schieffer is named the “full time” anchor on the CBS Evening […]

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