If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. The fate of the local television is inherently tied to the fate of the Big 3. So much so that a bailout for the automotive industry might as well include a subsidy to be used for local television advertising. Regardless, Continue Reading →
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If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa” took home the top spot at the Box Office this week. The DreamWorks-Paramount production took in $63.5 million at 4,056 theaters nationwide, besting runner-up Role Models by over $40 million. Madagascar helped increase Box Office earnings Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Barack Obama spent roughly $4 million dollars on 30 minutes of primetime ad space last night. The commercial, which aired on CBS, NBC, MSNBC, Fox and some cable networks, concluded with Bill Clinton stumping for Obama. Obama then hit the Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. A jury convicted Senator Ted “Tubes” Stevens on all seven felony counts which violated federal ethics laws. Stevens is guilty of failing to report thousands of dollars in gifts and home renovations. Stevens, who was until recently Alaska’s most prominent Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Dave Westin, President of ABC News, sent a company wide email notifying employees of drastic budget cuts. ABC News, which is trying to limit expenses asked that executives take coach flights, stay in cheaper hotels, while canceling all print subscriptions. Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Yesterday the Dow Jones closed at 8519, near its five year low. The story did not make the front page of the New York Times nor the evening news. Forget Joe the Plumber, where is Joe the Businessman? Amazon’s 3Q Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. If elected President, Barack Obama would create the first-ever Cabinet level Chief Technology Officer. Obama thinks that the US is not doing nearly enough to create jobs in the tech sector and believes an executive position would better the situation. Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. After weeks of speculation, Sarah Palin appeared on Saturday Night Live. The Alaskan Governor and Vice Presidential nominee helped SNL take home a 10.7 rating/24 share, a nearly 161% improvement over the shows October average from 2007. SNL also received Continue Reading →
“That’s why I say I, like every American I’m speaking with, we’re ill about this position that we have been put in where it is the taxpayers looking to bail out. But ultimately what the bail-out does is help those who are concerned about the healthcare reform that is needed to help shore up our Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA retained its place at the top of the Box Office this week. The Disney comedy took in roughly $17.5 million dollars, besting the Leonardo DiCaprio-Russell Crowe war film Body of Lies. SOUTH PARK had its best fall Continue Reading →