Wisconsin Temple Shootings Media Coverage Criticized For Lacking The Outrage Of Aurora Massacre
On Sunday, the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) released a media advisory that offers guidelines for journalists reporting on the tragedy that left seven people dead at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis.
‘Community’ Creator Dan Harmon: ‘I Would Have Fired Me’
"Community" creator Dan Harmon on Monday had strong words for his former bosses at Sony Pictures Television and NBC when he sat in on a radio program in Santa Monica.
The Latest Publishing Craze: Print Books?
A new report published by the Book Industry Study Group found that fewer consumers are purchasing books exclusively in electronic formats, while the number of booklovers who have "no preference" for e-books over print books is increasing.
Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley And The Booming Business Of Dead Celebrities
This month marks two landmark anniversaries -- the deaths Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley, two of the world's most recognizable pop-culture icons, who also happen to be two of the highest-earning dead celebrities.
Gabby Douglas And Other Olympic Athletes Aren’t Patriotic Enough For Fox News (VIDEO)
Leave it to Fox News to achieve the impossible. On Sunday, the conservative spinsters found cause to lament the decline of American patriotism after Douglas' victory last week in which she became the first African American in history to win all-around gymnastics gold.
Remember ‘Three’s Company’? The Anodyne Sitcom's Stage Parody Is Somehow At The Center Of A Battle Over Fair Use
On opening night, producers of "3C" received a cease-and-desist letter from Kenyon & Kenyon, the law firm representing DLT Entertainment, the distribution company for the popular 1977-1984 ABC sitcom "Three's Company." Charging that playwright David Adjmi had infringed on its copyright, DLT demanded that the playwright cease further performances.
M. Night Shyamalan Sees TV People: Suspense Master Inks Deal With Syfy
Shyamalan and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer's" Mari Nixon have landed a deal with Syfy to co-write and co-produce a project called "Proof." The series will reportedly center on a bereaved billionaire who offers a reward to anyone who can produce evidence of life after death.
At Viacom: Weak Movies, Low-Rated Cable Shows And Optimism
Viacom's total revenue declined by 14 percent in the fiscal third quarter, leading to a net profit loss of 7 percent to $534 million. The dip is mainly due to declines in its film and TV properties, which include Paramount Pictures, MTV and Nickelodeon.
Don't Like Newspaper Paywalls? Get Used To Them
Since the New York Times first rolled out its paywall in early 2011 -- amid equal parts skepticism and ire -- other papers around the country have followed suit at an impressive rate.
Amazon Moves To Pummel Netflix With Instant Video iPad App
Amazon on Wednesday released an iPad app that provides video streaming for movies and television shows available through its Instant Video service. The free app lets anyone with an iPad buy and stream movies and TV shows, while Amazon Prime members in the U.S. can watch them for free.
Will Rihanna?s Sunken ?Battleship? Torpedo Future Board Game Movies?
Despite the underperforming "Battleship," and the fact that today's multiplexes are largely populated by people too young to remember a time when home entertainment did not come in pixels, a slew of new board game movies are coming up the Hollywood pipeline.
The Daily Lays Off A Third Of Its Staff: Rupert Murdoch?s Experiment Goes Awry
The struggling tablet-only newspaper the Daily is planning to fire 50 of its 170 employees. The opinion and sports departments will be hardest hit.
Kim Kardashian Saves Oprah Winfrey: Celeb Interviews Poise OWN For Comeback
After sinking more than half a billion dollars into the talk-show titan's namesake cable channel, Discovery Communications on Tuesday reported that the Oprah Winfrey Network is on track for profitability in the second half of 2013. The prediction is a sharp turnaround from just a few months ago.
Did Nielsen Rig TV Ratings In Exchange For Bribes? Lawsuit Says Yes
In a lawsuit filed late last week in New York court, New Delhi Television Limited (NDTV) accused the ratings giant of manipulating viewership statistics in favor of broadcasters that offered money to ratings officials.
Spin Magazine Suspends Publishing, Lays Off 11 Staffers
In a statement on Sunday, Buzzmedia, the digital-media company that purchased Spin earlier this month, said the bi-monthly magazine "will change" after the September/October issue. The company will not publish a November/December issue as originally planned, and it is not clear when production will resume.
Twitter DogHouse Lets You Put Annoying Tweeps In Time Out
Twitter DogHouse is the name of a new third-party app that allows Twitter users to temporarily unfollow annoying tweeps and then re-follow them again after a preset amount of time -- say three weeks from now after all the fanfare from London has finally died down.
Now Hiring: TV Newsrooms - Near Record Employment For Broadcast Biz
Employment in the television-news industry is the highest it has been since 2000, according to the Radio Television Digital News Association, a journalism trade group for electronic media.
The Softer Side Of Rocco Landesman: NEA Grants Bring The Arts To Your Town
Earlier this month, the NEA announced the second round of grants for its ambitious nationwide initiative dubbed Our Town, in which its provides funds to struggling neighborhoods for the purpose of investing in theater, dance, music, writing and visual art.
Oh, Danny Boyle - How A Scrappy Indie Director Pulled Off An Olympic Feat
Out of the estimated 4 billion worldwide viewers who tuned in for Danny Boyle's sulfur-spewing smokestacks, giant "Harry Potter" puppets and peppy Britpop medleys, many spectators may still be wholly unaware of the humble beginnings from which the man behind the Olympic curtain sprang.
Family Sues Producers Over ‘Expendables 2’ Stuntman Death
Zong Yu Liu and Tan Mei Bai filed a wrongful-death lawsuit on Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court, claiming that unsafe working conditions on the set of the Sylvester Stallone actioner led to the death of their 26-year-old son, Kun Liu.
Critics To Mike Daisey: Power Down Steve Jobs Stage Show
The now-infamous theater monologist has reworked the purported expose on Apple manufacturing for a three-week run at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre in Washington, D.C. And it goes without saying that not everyone is happy about the reboot.
New York’s Film And TV Tax Credits: Corporate Welfare For Hollywood?
On Tuesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo approved yet another expansion to the state's already-robust incentive program for film and television production, signing legislation that sweetens the deal for filmmakers who do post-production work in the Empire State.
Reports Of Newsweek’s Death Are Grossly Exaggerated -- Or Not
Speaking at an earnings call with analysts, Barry Diller, chairman of IAC/InterActiveCorp, had some pretty grim words to say about what ails the storied magazine and print media as a whole.
HBO And ‘The Newsroom’ Producer Scott Rudin Are Free To See Other People: Who Dumped Whom?
Although it's unclear which party terminated the deal, two different accounts that surfaced late Wednesday suggest the "Newsroom" producer is seeking more breathing room after some of his projects were axed by HBO along the development process.
‘The Dark Knight Rises’ And The Debate Over PG-13
Last week's Batman massacre, allegedly carried out by a 24-year-old aspiring scientist who dyed his hair orange and called himself The Joker, has rekindled old arguments over the effects of violent movies on children.
Fighting For ‘Downton Abbey’: PBS Prez Blasts Proposed Funding Cuts
PBS receives about 15 percent of its total funding from the federal government, but that percentage is higher in rural areas where viewer support is lower. On July 17, House Republicans unveiled a spending bill that would eliminate funding for public television and its radio companion, NPR.
Will Amy Winehouse Biopic Ever Happen?
One surefire way to solidify Winehouse's legacy would be through an old-fashioned rock 'n' roll biopic -- Hollywood's time-honored method of immortalizing celebrated music figures with dramatized accounts of their lives and works.
In Pursuit Of The Paparazzi: Is Harassing Justin Bieber Constitutionally Protected?
In 2011, California enacted the toughest anti-paparazzi laws in the country, reforming earlier anti-pap provisions by adding increased penalties for photographers who drive recklessly in an attempt to capture a visual image.
In Japan, Kobo E-Reader Takes On Paper Books -- And Amazon
The Tokyo-based e-commerce giant Rakuten introduced its Kobo Touch e-reader in Japan on Thursday, and early reports suggest that the device is already a hit.
Is ‘The Dark Knight’ Cursed? Aurora Shooting May Keep Fans Away This Weekend
Twitter posts have been rolling in from users who are so shaken up over the tragedy in Aurora, Colo., that they cannot bear the thought of seeing the film so soon.
