INDUSTRY NEWS

Justin Lookadoo, whose gender-stereotyping lecture at a Texas high school brought outrage this week, has been linked to the ex-gay organization Exodus International.

The Sunday Assembly, a growing congregation, wants to spread positivity without God, but it’s leaving some atheists in a state of disbelief.

Norman Pearlstine, CCO of Time, likes the Forbes-style contributor model, which relies on content created by unpaid or low-paid bloggers.

Boycott efforts are underway to stop companies like Wal-Mart, Target and Macy’s from offering Black Friday deals on Thanksgiving.

New fans are discovering the music of the Iranian rock band the Yellow Dogs after two members were fatally shot in a Brooklyn apartment.

Thousands of angry Reddit users descended on a Google products forum Monday, demanding the right to comment anonymously on YouTube.

“Two Boys,” a tale of teenage angst and online deception, is luring young people to the Met Opera. Will they come back?

Asked about gaps in the new health care law, President Obama responded with a perfectly reasoned expression of regret. And then the right pounced.

Bullfighting is illegal in the U.S. Teaching it is not. Animal-rights advocates want to change that.

A casting Facebook page for what is believed to be the next “Star Wars” movie couldn’t handle the volume of actors beseeching it with questions.

The power plant, which was heavily damaged by a tsunami in 2011, is bracing for a dangerous yet necessary task.

An Indiegogo campaign is raising $50,000 to produce a line of rape-resistant garments, but some say it misses the point.

Voters in the small Washington state town of SeaTac approved the country’s highest minimum wage on Tuesday. Could the nation follow?

Bogged down by Obamacare coverage, CNN netted its lowest prime-time viewership since August 2012.

Paul Ciancia's generation lives on Facebook/Twitter, but like other young men accused of mass violence, he had little interest in social media.

In a memo to staff on Tuesday, Thomson Reuters CEO James C. Smith announced 3,000 layoffs shortly after boasting that the company is “back on a solid footing.”

Condé Nast will discontinue its internship program - further questioning the legal validity of such programs in the for-profit sector.

Tired of being drowned out by America’s deafening gun debate, the European Commission on Monday said it’s time to get serious about illegal firearms in Europe.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month was cooked up by a multinational chemical company. It’s now one of the most successful marketing campaigns on earth.

A Christian radio host on Monday pleaded with his listeners not to buy Girl Scout Cookies, which he said promote a damaging feminist agenda.

The Hollywood Walk of Fame Committee said Kim Kardashian doesn’t qualify for immortalization, but is that consistent with its own guidelines?

Nugent, Schwarzenegger and others reportedly are weighing 2016 presidential runs; it’s not too soon to start reviewing social media support.

The U.S. government shutdown was a PR bloodbath for Republicans, but it hasn’t hurt the party’s biggest cheerleader.

Joseph Atwill plans to reveal evidence at a symposium in London on Saturday supporting his theory that Jesus of Nazareth was a fictional product of Roman propaganda.

How centrist are Americans? A national poll by NBC News and Esquire magazine belies conventional wisdom that we are increasingly a nation of radicals.

Petitioners are calling on Amazon.com Inc. to stop removing erotic fiction. The company recently took down dozens of titles containing so-called rape porn.

After a glitch in the EBT system led to chaos at Wal-Mart stores, reactions to the incident reveal a bitter divide over government-funded programs.

A European court ruled Thursday that a major Estonian news portal can be held liable for anonymous comments posted by users.

A coalition of civil-liberties groups, including GLAAD and the NAACP, has called on Republican members of Congress to skip the annual Values Voter Summit in Washington.