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From across the Web  Media's Pulling Out the Stops Newsday, Sunday, 08/29/04 New York City, the "media capital of the world," is likely to generate more coverage for the Republican convention than was produced from last month's Boston gathering of Democrats, say media experts. Republicans Tell Convention Media to 'Start Spreading the News' AP/Newsday, Saturday, 08/28/04 Time Warner CEO Richard Parsons welcomed journalists to New York at a party at Time Warner Center. Attendees were given coupon books for the stores in the Time Warner complex. Republican National Convention Donors AP/Yahoo! News, Saturday, 08/28/04 A local committee helping to fund the Republican convention raised about $70 million. Corporate donors include: Clear Channel, Disney, Hearst, Microsoft, the New York Times, and Time Warner. Fox Expects a GOP Ratings Win: Network Hopes to Avenge CNN's Boston Victory CBS.MarketWatch.com, Friday, 08/27/04 Fox News Channel says it is "planning to win" the ratings war over rivals CNN and MSNBC during the Republican convention. After all, large numbers of Republicans say they prefer Fox News. GOP 2004: N.Y. Papers Boost Press Runs, Throw Parties Editor & Publisher, Friday, 08/27/04 New York's daily newspapers are boosting their press runs for the Republican convention. The Times is hosting a party at Time Warner Center, while the Daily News is celebrating at Elaine's. Left is Gaining in San Diego, a Rightist Bastion New York Times, Saturday, 08/28/04 The so-called "Pro-Bush" Clear Channel, which has started airing Air America on its stations in Ann Arbor, Mich., and San Diego, is now said to be the left-leaning network's biggest affiliate group. It's OK to Cash In on a Scandal: Lewinsky New York Post, Sunday, 08/29/04 "You'd be an idiot" not to sell a good story to the press, says Monica Lewinsky. "Advertisers, television stations, news anchors -- everyone else is making money. Your story is a commodity." Print Biz: New Star Pluckers Variety, Monday, 08/30/04 A big demand for celebrity news has spawned a mini-boom in celeb magazines. Bauer is launching a new title, Life & Style Weekly. "We help create the celebrities," asserts Bonnie Fuller of Star Magazine. Exposed! Celebrity Cellulite Toronto Star, Saturday, 08/28/04 Celebrity titles like Star Magazine are getting "meaner and meaner," running more photos of celebrity belly fat and cellulite, to attract bored readers amid heightened competition. Robbie's Red-Top Revenge. Or How a Star Got His Own Back on the Paparazzi The Independent, Sunday, 08/29/04 British pop star Robbie Williams admits that he faked a series of photos, including one of him cavorting with model Rachel Hunter, in an effort to fool the press and the paparazzi. AP Appeases Hillary Publisher Irked at Leaks New York Post, Saturday, 08/28/04 The Associated Press will start a training program on copyright law for its journalists, following a dispute with Simon & Schuster last year over a story that excerpted Hillary Clinton's "Living History." Reuters Gets Bad News from Union Business Standard, Saturday, 08/28/04 The Newspaper Guild of New York may take Reuters to court for outsourcing editorial jobs to India. Reuters' plans "violate the spirit of a 1998 deal to add jobs in New York," the union says. French Journalists Captured in Iraq Al-Jazeera, Sunday, 08/29/04 Al-Jazeera aired a videotape Saturday showing two French journalists taken hostage in Iraq by a group demanding the French government end a ban on Muslim headscarves. Media Facing 'Epochal Transformation' Portland Press Herald, Sunday, 08/29/04 Fewer young people have an interest in the news, observes Irwin Gratz, the president-elect of the Society of Professional Journalists. Are we "not putting stories in the right format?" As Digest Goes the Way of Older Readers New York Times, Sunday, 08/29/04 Reader's Digest is selling its campus-like headquarters property in Chappaqua, N.Y. The magazine is facing an aging readership, about which analysts joke that the average reader's age is "dead." New Women's Magazines Have Hit Newsstands Palm Beach Post, Saturday, 08/28/04 Shop Etc. and All You want women to feel happy with their choices. All You editor Bella Price writes that women say: "I want to feel good about what I have achieved, not guilty about what I haven't done." Jane Pauley Strives to Remain Just Herself Chicago Sun-Times, Sunday, 08/29/04 Jane Pauley says that the "soft news" once scorned by news stations will be the heart of her new talk show, debuting Monday. "Oprah is just fabulous," she says of her new rival, "and I'm not." New TV Show Courts Girlie Men Washington Times, Sunday, 08/29/04 New reality shows will be as plentiful as sitcoms this fall. The new "He's a Lady" will give 11 "macho men" a complete feminine makeover and teach them how to "behave like a lady." NBC's Living Large: Can Olympics Carry to Primetime? New York Daily News, Saturday, 08/28/04 NBC has a lot riding on "Friends" replacement "Joey," which was heavily promoted during the network's Olympics telecasts. But ad buyers find the characters on "Joey" to be "less likeable." Thursday Night's All Right for Fighting Chicago Tribune, Sunday, 08/29/04 NBC's 20-year dominance over Thursday night may be over. Younger viewers no longer "have an allegiance to any one network," says one ad buyer. "It's entertain me and entertain me now." Comcast to Market New Video Recorder Boston Globe, Sunday, 08/29/04 Comcast is rolling out a cable box that includes a TiVo-style digital video recorder. Local TV advertisers may start to move their marketing to other media, such as outdoor and online. With Ads Easier to Dodge, Companies Eye New Ways to Get Out the Message Boston Globe, Sunday, 08/29/04 Consumers are increasingly in control of their media, so we're going to see more product placement, branded entertainment and online advertising, predict advertising professionals. Recent Headlines Media news by sector GO TO: MAGAZINES & NEWSPAPERS TELEVISION & RADIO INTERNET & DIGITAL MEDIA ADVERTISING & MARKETING MEDIA COMPANIES MAGAZINES & NEWSPAPERS Horror at Execution of Italian Journalist Enzo Baldoni Reporters Without Borders, Friday, 08/27/04 Italian freelance journalist Enzo Baldoni was killed in Iraq Thursday night by his kidnappers. Baldoni's "barbaric" death is heightening fears for the safety of other reporters in Iraq. Black Year for Journalists BBC News, Thursday, 08/26/04 Physical attacks on journalists worldwide have increased sharply since the war in Iraq. Some 83 journalists and other media workers met violent deaths last year, according to estimates. Book Critic Bound to NY Times New York Daily News, Friday, 08/27/04 Michiko Kakutani, the New York Times' influential book critic, reportedly has decided to stay with the paper, her home for the past 25 years, after a serious flirtation with the Los Angeles Times. A Far Cry From Smoke-Filled Reporters' Havens of Past Boston Globe, Friday, 08/27/04 Barneys New York, the upscale department store, plans to pamper the reporters covering the Republican convention in a special lounge offering free haircuts and manicures. GOP Itchin' for a Mike Fight New York Daily News, Friday, 08/27/04 USA Today is assigning "Fahrenheit 9/11" director Michael Moore to write opinion columns during the Republican convention. GOP officials aren't happy that Moore is now a "legit" journalist. Dave Itzkoff: Author of a Maxim Magazine Tell-All Newsday, Sunday, 08/29/04 The bad-boy Maxim Man is "an artificial construct" and damaging to real men, says Dave Itzkoff, a former Maxim staffer who trashes lads mags in his new book, "Lads: A Memoir of Manhood." Star Search Crosses Pond New York Post, Friday, 08/27/04 American Media CEO David Pecker is scouring Fleet Street for top editors and reporters for his supermarket tabloids, reportedly interviewing 50 to 100 people in Britain in recent weeks. What They Really Think of Us New York Magazine, Monday, 09/06/04 The New York Times has a liberal bias, say 63% of GOP primary voters and 49% of New Yorkers in a New York Magazine poll. Both groups say "NYPD Blue" and "Law & Order" accurately depict NYC. A Toxic Mix of Cultures for GOP in New York New York Times, Thursday, 08/26/04 Civic worlds will collide as visitors from Washington descend on New York for the GOP convention. "In New York you can be on the A list because you are ... in the media," observes Tina Brown. Now, Outsourcing of Media, Publishing Work Times of India, Thursday, 08/26/04 Britain's media sector will lose 4,000 jobs within 10 years, thanks to offshoring. Time Warner's magazine Business 2.0 has already experimented to outsource editing work in India. >> MORE TELEVISION & RADIO In New York, CNN Tours Will Go Live on Sept. 3 USA Today, Friday, 08/27/04 CNN is launching public tours of its studios and newsrooms inside the new Time Warner Center. The 45-minute guided walking tour is expected to draw 250,000 visitors annually. NYC March on the Media FAIR, Thursday, 08/26/04 Claiming that "the mainstream media behave more like lapdogs than watchdogs," media activist groups plan a March on the Media Sept. 1 at the New York offices of CBS, NBC, CNN and Fox News. Another Dynasty New York Post, Friday, 08/27/04 ABC News, coveting its own cable news channel, plans for its ABC News Now to offer both national news and local news from ABC affiliates, which "would differentiate it from MSNBC and CNN." Switching Over to a Leaner and Meaner BBC Financial Times, Friday, 08/27/04 A new management team at the BBC is planning a major restructuring, involving cost-cutting, tighter editorial controls, new corporate governance rules and spending reviews. MTV Awards May Be Toned Down AP/Yahoo! News, Thursday, 08/26/04 After the firestorm over the MTV-produced Super Bowl halftime show, MTV's Video Music Awards this Sunday may use a video delay for the first time ever on the live broadcast. Cox Wants to Help Parents 'Take Charge!' Multichannel News, Thursday, 08/26/04 Parents are "more concerned" about the images their kids see on television and the Internet since the Janet Jackson incident at the Super Bowl, according to research by Cox Communications. TiVo's Loss More Than Doubles as Sales Jump Los Angeles Times, Friday, 08/27/04 Analysts are concerned that nearly 80% of TiVo's new customers came through satellite-TV operator DirecTV, which is expected to offer a competing digital video recorder next year. Satellite TV Beams 140 Channels Into Your SUV USA Today, Friday, 08/27/04 A new satellite TV system from KVH Industries will transmit some 140 channels to SUVs and minivans, raising concerns about growing in-car distractions for drivers. Mixed Signals from XM and Sirius BusinessWeek, Thursday, 08/26/04 The ad-free XM and Sirius satellite radio are both expected to be in the black by decade's end. Yet, XM is well ahead of Sirius, having secured valuable relationships with major car companies. As Video Games Encroach on TV, Industry Faces a Major Transition MediaPost, Thursday, 08/26/04 Video games are beginning to become a serious rival for other traditional media, especially television, says a study by Ziff Davis Media. See related I Want Media Q&A;. Broadcast Decline Can't Go on Forever -- Or Can It? Hollywood Reporter, Thursday, 08/26/04 The 25-year decline of the broadcast business is nearing an end, according to one study. But another report claims that the erosion of the broadcast television audience will continue. >> MORE |
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INTERNET & DIGITAL MEDIA Microsoft and HP Enter Digital Music Fray Financial Times, Friday, 08/27/04 Hewlett-Packard is unveiling a version of Apple's iPod digital music player under its own name, while Microsoft is launching an online music store to compete with Apple's iTunes. Universal Makes Some Online Friends Variety, Friday, 08/27/04 Universal Pictures and producers have bought the rights to use Friendster as the centerpiece for a comedy that will follow relationships formed by fictitious users of the site. Have E-Books Turned a Page? CNET News.com, Friday, 08/27/04 After more than a decade, sales are finally growing for e-books. But digital rights management and other issues are likely to prevent any mass-market breakthrough, analysts say. Impact of Blogs Seen as Slight Journal News, Thursday, 08/26/04 Blogs have had "essentially no effect" on the political season, says Vanity Fair writer Michael Wolff. "The blogs at the convention is just a bunch of (garbage)," says the editor of the Daily Howler blog. Magazines Use Online Ads as Selling Point Washington Post, Thursday, 08/26/04 A new Vogue magazine Web site lets users shop by clicking on products featured in the ads. Shop Etc.'s site links the content of its articles to help people purchase items mentioned. Newspaper Sites Take Up Paid Search Ads ZDNet.co.uk, Wednesday, 08/25/04 The U.K.'s Financial Times, Guardian Newspapers and Independent News and Media have signed with Overture Services to place on their Web sites advertiser links that are relevant to content. FBI Seizes File-Sharing Devices in Piracy Raid Los Angeles Times, Thursday, 08/26/04 The Recording Industry Association of America is expanding its attack on file sharers, filing copyright-infringement lawsuits against 744 individuals, bringing the total sued to 4,680. Instant Messaging on the Rise in Workplace BtoB, Tuesday, 08/24/04 Twenty-seven percent of instant-messaging users say they use the medium to communicate with others at work, up from 16% last year, according to a survey by America Online. Host: Big Traffic, Not Big Media, Responsible for Bugmenot Shutdown ClickZ News, Wednesday, 08/25/04 Media pressure did not spur the shutdown of Bugmenot, an online service that allows users to bypass content-site registration, says a spokesman for the site's former host. Service Mixes Ads in Blog Chatter Wired News, Wednesday, 08/25/04 A service called Blogversations could break down the walls between blogs' editorial and advertising by having marketers pay to sponsor blog discussions. >> MORE ADVERTISING & MARKETING Advertising's Brave New Niches BusinessWeek, Thursday, 08/26/04 The Weather Channel plans to allow advertisers to tailor their ads to forecasts. This means that an auto dealership, say, could match commercials for rugged trucks with a forecast for rain or snow. U.S. Officials Call on Bush Team to Withdraw Olympic Ad Brand Republic, Thursday, 08/26/04 The U.S. Olympic Committee wants to take off the air a commercial from President Bush's re-election campaign that proclaims there are more free nations at the Olympics this year. Ad Spending Up More Than 9% - CMR CBS.MarketWatch.com, Monday, 08/23/04 All media categories -- except for spot radio advertising -- showed growth in the first half of 2004, says TNS Media Intelligence/CMR. Internet advertising grew fastest of all media. See Logos, Hear Jingles, Breathe Marketing: No Ad-Free Zone Left in America Christian Science Monitor, Tuesday, 08/24/04 James Twitchell's book "Branded Nation," which examines how "brands" have crept into cultural institutions -- colleges, museums and even churches -- is described as a "definitive text." Video Game Makers Go Hollywood. Uh-Oh. New York Times, Sunday, 08/22/04 Seeking to establish video games as a mass-market medium, the industry is taking its cues from filmed entertainment, seeking ancillary revenue such as in-game advertising. Gold's Forever, Ads Aren't: Public is Quick to Forget Olympic Endorsers Boston Globe, Friday, 08/20/04 Companies like Coca-Cola and Visa pay millions of dollars to become official Olympic sponsors. But for the athletes, commercial stints tend to be fleeting, lasting little more than two weeks. On the Web, Branding is Back BusinessWeek, Friday, 08/20/04 Some 14% of all media consumption in the U.S. is over the Internet, but it is getting only 3% of all ad dollars. Big advertisers are starting to see promise in TV-like video ads online. Quick-Change Ads for the Joystick Generation Business 2.0, Wednesday, 08/18/04 Ad execs are clamoring to meet with videogame publishers, since the 30-second TV spot "is on a glide path to history," and young men are increasingly abandoning TV for videogames. U.S. Ad Spending Grows 6.4 Pct in First Half of 2004 Reuters, Tuesday, 08/17/04 In the first half of 2004, ad spending rose on network TV, cable TV and local magazines, says Nielsen Monitor-Plus. Local radio and newspaper advertising lagged, however. Cable, Satellite, Net Grab Chunk of Election Ad Bucks USA Today, Wednesday, 08/18/04 Although TV and radio still attract the bulk of election ad dollars, cable and satellite will pass newspapers for the third-largest slice of this year's campaign spending pie, says PQ Media. >> MORE MEDIA COMPANIES Media Money: Media Corporations Give Millions, Receive Billions CorpWatch, Wednesday, 08/25/04 Political advertising will bring in more than $1.5 billion to big media companies this election season. Meanwhile, substantive political coverage continues to decline, critics say. Now for a Word From Our Sponsors Christian Science Monitor, Friday, 08/27/04 The producer of Disney's "King Arthur" movie was interviewed alongside historians in an ABC News show on King Arthur. Cross-promotion in TV news is prompting calls to limit media consolidation. Media Giants Suit Up to Take On Video Games USA Today, Friday, 08/27/04 Studies indicate video games pose a direct threat to television and Hollywood, particularly in the fight for young male consumers. Time Warner and Viacom aim to enter the gaming market. India's Zee May Launch Sports Channel with Turner Reuters, Friday, 08/27/04 India's Zee Telefilms is considering launching a sports channel with Turner International to take on ESPN. The channel would be distributed in Asia-Pacific, Europe and the United States. FCC Weighs Diversity Meaning TheDeal.com, Wednesday, 08/25/04 To gauge the level of diversity in U.S. media, the FCC is considering ways to measure how many people are watching TV programming. The new measure could impact media company deals. Viacom Reviews Plan to Split Off Unit Bloomberg News/Newsday, Thursday, 08/26/04 Viacom, signaling that investors are shunning its plan to split off home-video unit Blockbuster, says it may once again have to write down the value of the video rental chain's assets. News Corp. Move to USA Looks Certain Editor & Publisher, Thursday, 08/26/04 Last week, Rupert Murdoch and his son, New York Post publisher Lachlan Murdoch, barnstormed Australia in what was called a "charm offensive" to sell a plan to reorganize News Corp. Viacom Promotes Taub TheStreet.com, Tuesday, 08/24/04 Viacom has named Bruce Taub to the newly created post of executive VP, operations. Taub will focus on operational, financial and strategic issues for the Viacom divisions run by top exec Leslie Moonves. Game for a Deal New York Post, Wednesday, 08/25/04 Viacom is said to be serious about entering the video game industry and is eyeing several game publishers, including Electronic Arts, as possible acquisition targets. Murdoch's Media Vision Stuff.co.nz, Wednesday, 08/25/04 News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch says he believes the personal video recorder will rewrite the rules of media winners and losers: "People won't have loyalty to a particular channel." >> MORE |
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