The New Yorker Banned From Facebook Over Nipple Cartoon
The social-networking giant Facebook (Nasdaq: FB) temporarily banned a page from the New Yorker magazine over a cartoon depicting a shirtless Adam and Eve. The vagueness of Facebook's community standards has provoked the ire of artists and photographers whose artwork and photographs have been yanked from the site.
Trade Magazines Struggle To Stay Relevant: Why Digital May Not Be The Only Answer
Once indefensible, industry trades have seen their influence diminish in recent years. Trade magazines such as Variety, the Hollywood Reporter, Backstage and Advertising Age have all tried different ways to cope with a migration of readers from print to the Web.
One World Trade: Film And TV Producers Navigate New York’s Rapidly Changing Skyline
Although still unfinished, One World Trade Center is now the most prominent building in the New York City skyline, leaving film and TV producers with a particular challenge: How do they deal with a skyline that changes by the day?
Obama-Bashing Filmmaker Wants To Topple Michael Moore
"2016: Obama's America" the second highest-grossing political documentary of all time, right behind Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11."
Seth Rogen, Chloe Moretz And Nicolas Cage Join DreamWorks Dream Team: Massive 4-Year Slate Unveiled
DreamWorks Animation's ambitious 12-movie slate, the largest ever for an animation studio, includes a combination of sequels, spinoffs, adaptations and, yes, even a few original concepts.
The End Of Pop Culture: What Eastwooding Tells Us About The Future Of Media
From Charlie Sheen's public unraveling to Todd Akin's "legitimate rape" comment, the most recognizable pop-culture trends in recent years have come from the real-life folly of the public sphere. That's a far shift, media experts say, from the days when a one-size-fits-all monoculture was produced on Hollywood sound stages and back lots.
Theater Weekend: 5 Plays To See On Broadway And Off
Since most New York theater lovers will see, at best, one or two shows in any given week, the International Business Times weeded out the washouts to spotlight the best new options on the boards this week.
News Corp And Disney Stocks Reach 52-Week Highs
News Corp.'s stock climbed to a 52-week high of $24.69 before closing at $24.50 on Thursday. The jump came two days after Anthony DiClemente, an analyst for Barclays Capital, upgraded News Corp.'s stock rating to "overweight."
Bing vs. Google -- Microsoft’s Pepsi Challenge Backfires
Microsoft on Thursday evoked the famous Pepsi Challenge marketing campaign when it launched the "Bing It On" challenge, an online blind comparison test in which its Bing search engine goes head to head with Google
Tom Brokaw Rushed To Hospital Following DNC Coverage
The NBC news legend, who had just appeared on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," was taken by ambulance to Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, N.C., out of an "abundance of caution."
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Cable Networks Pull Partisan Eyeballs For Convention Coverage
According to Nielsen, the left-leaning MSNBC was the ratings winner among cable news networks that covered the opening of the DNC on Tuesday, a different picture from last week when Fox News cleaned house during the RNC.
CNN Should Fire Erick Erickson Over Vagina Tweet: Petition
Posted on the activist website Change.org, a petition launched by user Mary Rickles of San Francisco said Erickson's continued presence on the network damages the value of the CNN brand. The petition is circulating under the name "CNN: Fire Erick Erickson."
Fired For Being Christian? Religious Employees Have Their Day In Court
The landmark hearing follows six years of legal battles and tribunals for the four plaintiffs, whose high-profile cases are seen as a polarizing dividing line between British Christians who want to express their faith in the workplace and employers who assert their right to impose dress codes and guidelines for workplace conduct.
Hollywood’s Incredible Shrinking Audiences
This past weekend, Hollywood studios received bad news. The number of tickets sold during Hollywood's all-important summer season -- the first week in May through Labor Day weekend -- shrank to 532 million in 2012. That's off 4 percent from last year and on track to be the lowest summer attendance in almost 20 years, according to preliminary estimates from Hollywood.com.
Somebody Call Orson: Robin Williams Eyes TV Comeback
The hyperactive comic actor is in talks to team up with the master showrunner David E. Kelley for a single-camera comedy set in the advertising industry.
Newsweek's Anti-Obama Cover Scores Big -- Is This The Only Way To Sell Magazines?
Newsweek set off a firestorm earlier this month when it published a divisive cover story by Niall Ferguson entitled "Hit the Road, Barack," in which the author claims that the Romney/Ryan ticket is our nation's only hope for prosperity.
5 Reasons Why Clint Eastwood Lost His Argument With Invisible Obama
By now everyone has heard about Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood's faux Q&A session with an empty chair at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Thursday night. Taking the exchange at face value, here are five reasons why the furniture debate proved ineffective.
Publishers Agree To Reimburse E-Book Customers $69M In Price-Fixing Scheme
Hachette Book Group, Simon & Schuster and HarperCollins Publishers will have to issue reimbursements ranging from 25 cents to $1.32 per book to customers who paid inflated e-book prices between April 1 and May 21, 2010.
History’s Gay Fail: Is The Cable Network Playing It Too Straight?
GLAAD released its 6th annual "Network Responsibility Index," which maps depictions of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community on primetime broadcast and cable television. Out of the 10 cable networks ranked, History had the lowest percentage of LGBT-inclusive content,
Can Tweeting The Workday Away Save The Economy?
A new report released by the business consulting giant McKinsey Global Institute, showed that social-media tools stand to add $900 billion to $1.3 trillion to the economy, largely through increased productivity among skilled workers.
Kim Kardashian Ends Legal Feud Over ‘Fake Kim Kardashian’
Kim Kardashian has settled a $20 million lawsuit against the clothing retailer Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) over an Old Navy
Outrage Over Muslim Sitcom Highlights Growing Challenges Of Ethnic Comedy
The BBC received almost 200 complaints from angry viewers complaining that the sitcom "Citizen Khan" presents an insulting, tasteless and stereotypical view of the Muslim community.
Eddie Murphy In Talks For ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ TV Show
Eddie Murphy is looking to revive the "Beverly Hills Cop" movie franchise with a new television series. The actor has begun shopping the action-comedy series around to the broadcast networks this week.
‘2016: Obama’s America’ A Surprise Box-Office Hit -- Could It Sway The Election?
The film, "2016: Obama's America," purports to show what the world will look like if President Barack Obama wins a second term and carries out what the Indian-born, Dartmouth-educated writer/fabulist claims is a rabid anti-colonialist agenda. Could it actually have implications that stretch into the voting booth this November?
Visual-Effects Artists Fear Vengeance If They Voice Support For Unionization
Visual effects are now the foremost draw for most big-budget movies, and yet conditions for the workers who create those effects have never been worse. Many VFX artists face punishing schedules, working with no health insurance or benefits to meet the demands of effects-laden motion pictures.
Katie Couric Eyes Oprah’s Daytime Crown -- And She Has A Lot Of Company
Katie Couric, whose new show, “Katie,” debuts Sept. 10 on ABC, said she felt “liberated” after she left “CBS Evening News” last year amid stubbornly low ratings.
Newspapers Snub Women Reporters For Election Coverage: Study
According to the Women's Media Center, the results of a new study show that bylines skew overwhelmingly male for newspapers' election coverage when compared to the overall population and to the gender makeup of most newsrooms.
The New York Times Sells About.com At A Loss: Is Google To Blame?
The Times Co. blamed the decline of the information website About.com on a change in Google's algorithm, which reduced the site's rankings and caused a loss of traffic over the last year.
Generation Y Still Loves Reading Magazines -- And Tweeting About Them
A new study by the Association of Magazine Media (formerly Magazine Publishers of America, or MPA) found that social media use enhances the distribution and consumption of magazine content and fosters deeper engagement among young readers.
Newspapers And The Postal Service, Both Struggling For Survival, Wage War On Each Other
The Newspaper Association of America on Thursday blasted the Postal Regulatory Commission over a plan to give one of the industry's largest competitors a special discount on advertising circulars.
