Blog

CBS will use MICROSOFT‘s new Silverlight technology to enable user-generated content on the sites of CBS-owned stations. The sites will mix station-owned content with UGC. Launch is expected for later this year. US NEWSPAPER circulation fell 2.1% between October and March. The New York Times was down 1.9%. However, The WSJ was up 0.6%, and Continue Reading →

YAHOO is acquiring Right Media, which operates an online advertising exchange. Yahoo had previously purchased a 20% stake in the company. SONY plans to launch The Minisode Network. The online network will stream condensed versions of old television shows from the Sony library. “Charlie’s Angels” and “T.J. Hooker” will be among the selection. CBS will Continue Reading →

How should we feel about the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network’s (HSAN) recommendation that, “recording and broadcast industries voluntarily remove/bleep/delete the misogynistic words ‘bitch’ and ‘ho’ and the racially offensive word ‘nigger’.” It’s not a free speech issue, is it? I. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise Continue Reading →

FOX is planning a process to insert new commercials into a broadcast that has been recorded to a DVR. They are looking to test the process with TiVo. NIELSEN will begin tracking HDTV homes. The first challenge is defining an “HDTV Home.” MYSPACE will license its brand for use in China. Local entrepreneurs will use Continue Reading →

JOOST is gathering an impressive list of advertisers: Microsoft, Intel, HP, Unilever, Sony, United Airlines and more. Spots will include traditional-style ads and on-screen contextual ads. The FCC is asking Congress to legislate the sale of television on a per-channel basis. The request is included in a report on violence on TV. APPLE‘s iTunes Music Continue Reading →

The FCC is setting rules for auctioning the 700 MHZ spectrum, formerly used for Analog TV. Analog will stop using the spectrum in February 2009. YAHOO has launched a searchable database of music lyrics. The database includes the official versions of lyrics to over 400,000 songs, supplied by music publishers. Yahoo and the rights-holders will Continue Reading →

MINDSHARE released a new study, which reveals that “non-program minutes” on broadcast networks did not increase last year. The average held flat, at 15 minutes per hour. THE INTERPUBLIC GROUP will subscribe to TiVo‘s StopWatch service. StopWatch provides second-by-second viewing data, collected from samples of TiVo subscribers. IPG is the second subscriber. YAHOO, HUFFINGTON POST, Continue Reading →

The INTERACTIVE ADVERTISING BUREAU is calling for an audit of comScore and Nielsen/NetRatings. Many companies disagree with the numbers reported by the two tracking companies. Out-dated methods may be to blame. eMARKETER is predicting that overall online ad growth will fall to 18.9% this year. Last year, online advertising grew 30.8%. RIM will begin selling Continue Reading →

This past week, we collectively lived every parent’s worst nightmare.  As a father of three, I cannot think of anything more devastating than losing a child.  I’ve heard it said that no one ever truly dies until they are forgotten.  I believe that this is true.  If it is, those who died at Virginia Tech Continue Reading →

This is not an article about Don Imus’ words, his rights, politics or racial views — it is an article about the speed and power of information traveling around our planet and the technology that enables it. As most of you know, “Imus in the Morning,” Don Imus’ eponymously named radio show has been pulled Continue Reading →