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If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Toys “R” Us is giving customers the opportunity to preview its Holiday sales online Rather than publish its Black Friday deals in newspapers, the popular toy store is previewing its sales event on Facebook. The sales preview is not only a Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Despite the extortion scandal, advertisers on the The Late Show with David Letterman have not abandoned the show. While some had feared that wholesome, family brands may move away from the late show, Disney, the premier family oriented company in the Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Condé Nast announced that it will close four magazine publications. The publishing giant will shutter Gourmet, first published in 1941, along with Cookie, Mondern Bride and Elegant Bride. Condé, which has relied on luxury brands to advertise in its magazines, has Continue Reading →

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If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. In an effort to create a popular new beverage for the masses, Vitaminwater is letting Facebook users pick its next flavor. Vitaminwater will monitor Facebook and Twitter for trending flavor topics related to its contest, before dwindling down popular choices in Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Last night the British news wire Sky News announced that Yoko Ono said the Beatles catalog would soon be available on iTunes. Soon after the post appeared on the news company’s site, it was removed. While the news was most certainly Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Fox will begin interweaving Twitter into the fabric of its shows. Specifically, Fox is scheduled to air “tweet-peats” of shows like Fringe and Glee, which will feature messages from cast and crew about the show via Twitter. The move is a Continue Reading →

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If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. After a lengthy legal battle, an arbitrator has ruled that Jeremy Piven did not breach his contract when he left the Broadway production of Speed the Plow. The controversial case came to after Piven abruptly left the production, claiming he had Continue Reading →

If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Season 3 of AMC’s Mad Men got off to a fantastic start Sunday night.  Viewership was up 33% from last year to 2.8 million, the show’s largest audience ever.  E! also had a big weekend with “Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami.”  Continue Reading →