Walt Disney Company (DIS) Q2 2013 Earnings Preview: Profit Up As Lucasfilm Acquisition Creates A Force To Be Reckoned With
Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) is expected to report higher second-quarter profit on strong attendance at its Florida properties.
The 9-Year-Old Pervert: Placing Children On Sex-Offender Registries Has Chilling Effects, A Human Rights Watch Study Reveals
A U.S. law mandates that minors be included in sex-offender registries. A Human Rights Watch study reveals the devastating effects of that law.
Daily Beast And Howard Kurtz Part Ways Following Error-Ridden Jason Collins Engagement Story; Tina Brown Wishes Him Well
Following Howard Kurtz's botched blog post about the NBA player Jason Collins, Newsweek/Daily Beast editor Tina Brown announced that Kurtz and the Daily Beast are parting ways.
Howard Kurtz Retracted: Amid Twitter Ridicule, The Daily Beast Apologizes For Erroneous Jason Collins Story
The Daily Beast retracted an error-ridden story by Howard Kurtz claiming Jason Collins hadn't told the whole story when he came out.
Twitter Is Getting Sadder: Researchers Say Boston Bombings, Sandy Hook Shooting, Michael Jackson’s Death Produced Some Of The Most Unhappy Tweets
Hedonometer.org, a website launched by researchers at the University of Vermont, is measuring people's moods across Twitter.
A Lawsuit Against The New York Post Is Good News, But The Tabloid's Death Would Be Even Better
The New York Post may face a defamation lawsuit over its infamous "Bag Men" cover. Could it just be one last hurrah for a dying brand?
Atheists Fight ‘Unconstitutional’ National Day Of Prayer With Secular-Themed National Day Of Reason
Atheist and secular groups have created the National Day of Reason as a counter-observance to the National Day of Prayer, which they say is unconstitutional.
‘Great Gatsby’ Cars Instead Of Horse-Drawn Carriages In Central Park? NYCLASS Animal-Rights Group Building Prototype 1920s Replica
The animal-rights group opposed to carriage horses in the park is building an electric-powered replacement, but someone opposes the idea.
Tony Awards 2013: Tom Hanks 'Lucky Guy' Nomination Puts EGOT Within Reach, But Does He Deserve It?
Tom Hanks was nominated for a Tony Award for his role in Nora Ephron's final work, "Lucky Guy." The question is, does he deserve it?
Comcast Corp (CMCSA) Earnings Preview: Higher Profits In Q1 2013 Amid Acquisition Of NBCUniversal
Comcast is expected to report higher first-quarter earnings on the heels of its early acquisition of NBCUniversal.
Time Warner Inc (TWX) Earnings Preview: Higher Q1 2013 Profits In Advance Of Publishing Spinoff
Time Warner is likely to report higher Q1 profits on Wed., after announcing it is spinning off its publishing unit, Time Inc.
‘Mad Men’ Season 6 MLK Episode: Did ‘The Flood’ Overplay Violence In New York City In The Wake Of Martin Luther King Assassination?
The "Mad Men" episode "The Flood" focused on the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., but were its hints at civil unrest in Harlem accurate?
Investiture Of Dutch King Willem-Alexander Will Meet With Protests By Anti-Monarchists In Amsterdam
Dutch anti-monarchy groups are protesting the investiture of Willem-Alexander, who will take over as king of the Netherlands Tuesday.
White House Correspondents’ Dinner 2013: Sarah Palin Twitter Slam Provokes Charges Of Hypocrisy And Ignorance
Twitter users are lashing out at the politician over her comments about the White House Correspondents' Association annual dinner.
Bangladesh Building Collapse: Death Toll Rises As Fugitive Factory Owner Mohammed Sohel Rana Arrested
Mohammed Sohel Rana, the owner of a collapsed Bangladesh factory building, was arrested Sunday.
Two Italian Police Officers Shot, Wounded In Rome Near Prime Minister Enrico Letta’s Swearing In
An unemployed man from the southern Italian region of Calabria reportedly shot and wounded two parliamentary officers near the swearing in of Italy's new prime minister, Enrico Letta.
Domestic Violence Victims Threatened With Eviction? ACLU Sues Norristown, Pa, Over So-Called Nuisance Ordinance
The ACLU is challenging a Norristown, Pa., ordinance that it says allows domestic-violence victims to be evicted from their homes.
New York Times Vs BuzzFeed: Competing Models For Breaking News In The Era Of Twitter, Reddit, And Mob-Sourced Journalism
Amid debates over the broken state of breaking news, the New York Times Company announced enhanced paywall options for important stories while BuzzFeed hires its first news director.
Wikipedia’s Female Problem: Yes, There’s A Sexist Slant, But Here’s What You Can Do About It
The Rewriting Wikipedia Project is holding a global write-in to encourage more women to contribute to Wikipedia, which has come under fire recently for gender bias and sexism in its articles.
Zach Braff Kickstarter Campaign: Twitter Backlash As ‘Wish I Was Here’ Tests Limits Of Crowd Funding
Zach Braff, the former "Scrubs" star and "Garden State" filmmaker, has turned to Kickstarter to fund his new movie, but some crowd-funding proponents don't think it's fair.
Fox News Ratings For Boston Bombings: Viewers Flock To Conservative Network Over CNN’s Coverage Of Terrorist Attack And Aftermath
Fox News beat its competition, CNN and MSNBC, during its coverage of the Boston marathon bombings and aftermath, signaling a possible credibility problem for CNN.
‘Google Cut Us Off At The Knees’: Publisher On The Receiving End Of Sponsored-Content Crackdown
A Colorado car blog publisher says Google unfairly yanked his website from Google News for supposedly violating its policy on sponsored content.
‘Mad Men’ Season 6 ‘To Have And To Hold’: Did That Broadway Joe Namath Special Really Happen?
"To Have and To Hold," the latest episode of AMC's "Mad Men" blended fact and fiction with "Broadway Joe on Broadway," a pitch to Dow Chemical.
Invasion Of Privacy? RFID Tracking Kids On School Buses; Privacy Advocates Concerned By ‘Attendance Management’ Pilot Program In Gordon County, Ga
Privacy advocates at the Georgia ACLU are concerned about a pilot program to monitor students on Gordon County school buses using RFID badges.
Boston Marathon Bombings, 9/11 And The Media: Two Domestic Terrorist Attacks, Two Very Different Models
Based largely on smartphones and social media, coverage of the Boston Marathon bombings proves we're in a post-media media world.
Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Facebook And Twitter Pages Spread Political Messages, Cause Confusion And Mischief Amid Boston Bombing Manhunt
Several bogus accounts on Twitter and Facebook have popped up under the name Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, causing confusion and mischief as police search for the Boston Marathon bombing suspect.
Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect? CNN And John King Take A Twitter Shellacking After Hasty Report
Unforgiving Twitter journalists lambasted CNN and John King after they reported that a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings had been arrested.
Jay Mohr’s Twitter Shootout: Gun Lovers Are Still In Attack Mode After Actor Tweeted ‘2nd Amendment Must Go’ In Reference To Boston Bombings
Actor Jay Mohr sparked gun supporters' ire this week when he posted "2nd Amendment must go" on Twitter in response to the Boston bombings.
Boston Marathon Bombing: Images Of Heroism As New York Rivalry Dissolves And Fred Rogers Memes Say ‘Look For The Helpers’
Amid the Boston Marathon bombings, meme-makers flooded Facebook and Twitter with words of encouragement courtesy of the late Fred Rogers.
Boston Marathon Explosions: Knee-Jerk Twitter Rumors Run The Gamut From North Korea To The Tea Party
Following two explosions that rocked the Boston Marathon on Monday afternoon, Twitter and other social media websites lit up with far-flung rumors about North Korea and the tea party.
