The Media Drop

The WSJ’s Stephanie Kang has a story on Thursday discussing TNS Media Research’s move to pull info from 100k DirecTV subscribers to get some “new” information about how people are watching television.
Personally, I’m all for something that uses a slightly larger sample than one with five digits. And make sure an check out the […]

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Just caught on iLounge that PBS stations from some markets have been placing content onto iTunes U. Smart.

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You’ll most certainly enjoy this latest item from The Onion News Network, featuring what appear to be concentric circles in some on-screen graphics, and what they might actually represent.
Breaking News: Series Of Concentric Circles Emanating From Glowing Red Dot
Wow, just wow. Happy Friday!

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The Wall Street Journal’s Emily Steel reports this afternoon that News Corp. boss Rupert Murdoch wouldn’t be lifting the pay wall on the online version of the WSJ. Realistically, most of us media-followers didn’t *really* expect the pay wall to fall down, but there had been such detailed reporting on the topic that at least […]

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First it was the stock pages disappearing from a number of major newspapers, a small glimpse into what was to come. Now, as Chris Thilk was so kind to forward along to me, Editor & Publisher is reporting that the Chicago Tribune has chosen to remove its help wanted ads from weekday papers.
I think the […]

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Hilarity apparently ensued at the Cone household when Ed Cone apparently showed up in the News & Record’s “Out” list. Hilarity ensued in my brain when I read this comment by Kirk Ross on Cone’s blog, when he suggests that “most Lifestyle sections should be renamed “Herd.’”
Happy Birthday wishes are due to C.K. Sample, who […]

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Apparently, the FCC is checking out the reports that Comcast is funking with its users who participate in filesharing, reports the Associated Press.
Hed of the day: The WaPo’s Lisa de Moraes’ item about Nickelodeon’s Zoey 101 getting big ratings rocks “We Feel Those Ratings Kicking: Suddenly, Millions Wanted to Catch a Glimpse of ‘Zoey’” - […]

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When Dave Winer mentioned on Twitter that the ABC News / Facebook debates scheduled for January 5 weren’t broadcasting live on the West Coast, I thought it most certainly had to be a mistake.

Sure enough, you can see just that in the image (from ABC News / Politics) above. Just in case you thought maybe […]

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If you’re looking for an escape show that fills your “Hot or Not” quota, then look no further than FOX Reality Channel’s “Battle of the Bods,” which pits five women against each other, but in an interesting way. The women put themselves in “best” to “worst” order for a number of attributes, including their face […]

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Gawker Media has launched the newest blog in its stable, io9.com. io9.com is going to be all “about science fiction and futurism,” and will be helmed by Annalee Newitz (Wired, Popular Science), author Charlie Jane Anders, and Kevin Kelly, who some might know from Joystiq and Cinematical, among others, according to a note from Gawker […]

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