Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Media

War is Good For Prime Time Cable: CNN Shows Rise by a Million or More Viewers During Ukraine Crisis

End of the world? Nuclear war? Not such a good thing. But for CNN, break out the Champagne! When I wrote the story of Jeff Zucker's...

Workers Unite: 100 Employees of Gizmodo, Jezebel, Other Unionized Sites Go On Strike

If you read the websites Jezebel, The Root, Lifehacker, Kotaku, Jalopnik or Gizmodo the workers there are asking you not to click on them....

Pete Ganbarg’s Rock and Roll High School Podcast Returns with an All Star List of Guests

Pete Ganbarg's "Rock and Roll High School" is in session! The podcast hosted by the head of A&R for Atlantic Records is available on Spotify,...

Report: Jeff Zucker’s Secret-Not-So-Secret Girlfriend Allison Gollust OUT at CNN

First Jeff Zucker got the boot, now his girlfriend. Warner Media found that she violated their standards and practices. The memo went out from Jason...

Desperate Times in Media: Barry Diller Closes EW, InStyle Print Editions, Vogue Trots Out Kim Kardashian

If things weren't bad in the print world, now they have reached the point of despair. Barry Diller, media mogul, bought a bunch of former...

(Watch Video) “Anti-Science” Now, But Joe Rogan Talked Up Vaccines Less Than 2 Years Ago

I have to thank Leslie Jones, ex SNL, for reposting this TikTok video. It comes from an account called mdg650hawk4.0. Here's the link to...

Belated Obit: Dick Sequerra, Genius of Audio Hifi, Died Last October at Age 92, Made Marantz a Household Name

This is a belated obit, but one that's necessary. I had just read about the death of John Koss, the man who made stereo...

“Farewell” Actress Awkwafina Bids Her Own Farewell, to Twitter: “I’ll see you in a few years– per my therapist”

Just now, beloved and unique actress from "The Farewell," Awkwafina, posted two notices. One was an editorial but the next one seems to have...