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Broadcast Media

  • Voice Choices

    January 18, 2012

    DANCE WITH HER

    Katy B takes her mission to Drom

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2011

    Rupert and James Murdoch Awarded Handsome Bonuses, But James Turns His Down

    ​News Corp head honcho Rupert Murdoch received a $12.5 million cash bonus for the last financial year; about the same time period during which the phone hacking scandal exploded into a full-blown crisis, shuttering News of the World and forcing the Murdochs to testify in front of British MP's. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2011

    News Corp Earnings Call: Rupert Murdoch to Face Wall Street for the First Time in a Year

    ​News Corp's quarterly earnings call with Wall Street will take place today, and the media conglomerate is putting 80-year-old Rupert Murdoch on the call despite the fact that he's "famous for his off-script comments." This will be Murdoch's first time on an earnings conference call since befo ... More >>

  • Columns

    August 3, 2011

    When Rupert Murdoch Was My Boss

    ​News Corp's quarterly earnings call with Wall Street will take place today, and the media conglomerate is putting 80-year-old Rupert Murdoch on the call despite the fact that he's "famous for his off-script comments." This will be Murdoch's first time on an earnings conference call since befo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2011

    Rebekah Brooks, Former News International Chief, To Receive $5.6 Million Payout

    ​Rebekah Brooks, the former chief of News International who resigned this week in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal tearing through News Corp, has received a hefty $5.6 million buyout package, according to the Daily Mail. Others being handed a thick envelope on their way out the door: the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2011

    The 5 Weirdest News Corp Properties

    The Faithgirlz! Bible from Zondervan, a News Corp company.​Common knowledge holds that News Corp owns a lot of stuff. A lot a lot, including obvious things like Dow Jones and Fox News. But if you ever really go over News Corp's properties with a fine-tooth comb, you find some amusingly outside ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    Rupert Murdoch Hires PR Help, Gives Interview to Own Paper; FBI Investigating Phone Hacking

    ​ Rupert Murdoch finally gave an interview about the ongoing investigation into the News Corporation phone hacking scandal in the U.K. today, but he did so on safe terrain: his own. He told the Wall Street Journal, which he bought in 2007, that News Corp. has handled the disclosures of unethic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2011

    Rupert Murdoch Hires PR Help, Gives Interview to Own Paper; FBI Investigating Phone Hacking

    ​Rupert Murdoch finally gave an interview about the ongoing investigation into the News Corporation phone hacking scandal in the U.K. today, but he did so on safe terrain: his own. He told the Wall Street Journal, which he bought in 2007, that News Corp. has handled the disclosures of unethica ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2011

    James Murdoch Could Face Charges in U.S., U.K. After Hacking Scandal

    ​Rupert Murdoch's son James could face "corporate legal battles on both sides of the Atlantic that involve criminal charges, fines and forfeiture of assets" related to the phone hacking scandal currently embroiling News Corporation. Murdoch fils, who is the deputy COO of News Corp, has admitted to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2011

    Rupert Murdoch's Kid Coming to NYC: James Murdoch Named News Corp. COO

    ​It's always been the plan for one or a few of Rupert Murdoch's children to eventually take control of his vast News Corp. empire, the third largest media conglomerate in the world, which includes newspapers everywhere, 20th Century Fox, HarperCollins, Fox News, and so on. Today, Murdoch's you ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2011

    News Corp. Can't Give Myspace Away

    ​Myspace, the long-floundering social networking site acquired by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation for $580 million in 2005, has been planning a mid-2011 sale for some time, though interest has been decidedly low. Last year alone, ad spending dropped 37%, while they lost 15% of total users, a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2011

    Will Rupert Murdoch's Children Use the Judith Regan Scandal Against Fox News' Roger Ailes?

    ​Roger Ailes could have a big mess on his hands based on court documents made available today, which allege that the Fox News chairman encouraged a former employee to mislead federal investigators. The exclusive New York Times report quotes court documents indicating a taped phone call exists, ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    January 26, 2011

    Girl Talk

    ​Roger Ailes could have a big mess on his hands based on court documents made available today, which allege that the Fox News chairman encouraged a former employee to mislead federal investigators. The exclusive New York Times report quotes court documents indicating a taped phone call exists, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2011

    Should We Expect More Butts and Boobs on TV After Another FCC Fine Gets Tossed?

    ​NYPD Blue, which ran on ABC from 1993 until 2005, is probably best remembered not as the home of Mark-Paul Gosselaar's comeback, but as the primetime place where naked butts became common. Drop-the-towel scenes (pictured) were trademark teases, as were the glistening upper-body sex scenes tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2011

    Myspace is Still Dying, Preps For Layoffs

    Back in the day...​Myspace, the News Corp.-owned social network of yesterday, will layoff between a third and half of its approximately 1,100 employees, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, again reigniting chatter about the company's epic failure since a 2005 acquisi ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    December 1, 2010

    Paul McCartney

    Back in the day...​Myspace, the News Corp.-owned social network of yesterday, will layoff between a third and half of its approximately 1,100 employees, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, again reigniting chatter about the company's epic failure since a 2005 acquisi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2010

    Rupert Murdoch Just Hired the "Most Important Living New Yorker"...Away From New Yorkers.

    ​Interesting retrospective on the resignation of Joel Klein, former NYC schools chancellor, who left his job in public service to go work as an executive vice president for News Corp. In New York magazine's recent "Who Runs New York?" issue, a flow chart of influential New Yorkers being asked ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2010

    Three Million New York Homes Cannot Watch Baseball Because Fox Blacked Out Cablevision

    ​Cablevision customers in the New York area lost their access to Fox 5 and My9 last night when the channel's parent company News Corp. "pulled the plug" over contract disputes, CNN is reporting. The corporate jockeying may sound boring, but has very real effects for anyone hoping to watch Game ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2010

    Amid Cablevision Confusion, News Corp. Pulls Fox From Hulu, Then Puts It Back

    ​We told you this morning about the dispute between Cablevision and Fox parent company News Corp., which resulted in three million homes in the New York area losing access to the television stations Fox 5 and My9. As Saturday progressed, the battle got uglier, with News Corp. blocking Cablevis ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2010

    Richard Johnson is Out at Page Six, Emily Smith to Take Over

    ​As pointed out by Ben Smith at Politico, Richard Johnson -- who has been working the New York Post's gossip beat for over 20 years -- just abdicated his throne for a gig in L.A.

  • Blogs

    January 2, 2010

    Fox and Time Warner cut a deal

    ​After weeks of high-stakes brinksmanship and a last-minute extension, Time Warner Cable cut a deal Friday night to pay an unspecified per-viewer fee to transmit Fox programming from News Corporation-0wned stations broadcasting in New York, Los Angeles, and a number of other major cities. Fox ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 29, 2009

    Fox-Time Warner War Heads to Inevitable, Customer-Gouging Conclusion

    ​You may have seen ads in the papers and on TV -- one in the form of a ransom note -- warning you that Fox TV may go off the air, and that it's either Fox's fault or carrier Time Warner's, depending on who is paying for the advertising. Fox wants the cable company to pay a "retransmission co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2009

    Enjoy Free NY Post While You Can: Murdoch Plans to Charge

    ​News Corp boss Rupert Murdoch tells the Financial Times that "we intend to charge for all our news websites," presumably including the New York Post -- and that "If we're successful, we'll be followed by all media." Murdoch already charges for some content at the Wall Street Journal. News Cor ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    July 28, 2009

    RAW MEAT

    The WWE crew takes no prisoners

  • Voice Choices

    April 22, 2009

    Marlene VerPlanck

    The WWE crew takes no prisoners

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2009

    Sirius Debt May Bankrupt Satellite Radio Company

    Many citizens facing a worsening recession are looking at their car dashboards and thinking, "why am I paying for radio?" So Sirius XM, home to Howard Stern and a bunch of other v/o celebs, is facing bankruptcy. The Times says it has $175 million in debt payments due at the end of the month and is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2009

    Lil Wayne on Letterman: Reasons I'm Looking Forward to the Grammy Awards

    Many citizens facing a worsening recession are looking at their car dashboards and thinking, "why am I paying for radio?" So Sirius XM, home to Howard Stern and a bunch of other v/o celebs, is facing bankruptcy. The Times says it has $175 million in debt payments due at the end of the month and is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 29, 2009

    Digital TV Delay Defeated in House

    Ready or not, you may still have to switch from rabbit ears to digital TV on February 17. The Obama Administration has been trying to push back the deadline established in 2005 by Congress to June, and got it through the Senate, but yesterday the House failed to reach the two-thirds majority require ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2008

    Luke Wilson Romantic Development

    Ready or not, you may still have to switch from rabbit ears to digital TV on February 17. The Obama Administration has been trying to push back the deadline established in 2005 by Congress to June, and got it through the Senate, but yesterday the House failed to reach the two-thirds majority require ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2008

    Seattle's KEXP Comes to New York

    Ready or not, you may still have to switch from rabbit ears to digital TV on February 17. The Obama Administration has been trying to push back the deadline established in 2005 by Congress to June, and got it through the Senate, but yesterday the House failed to reach the two-thirds majority require ... More >>

  • Film

    January 8, 2008

    Mad Money

    Ready or not, you may still have to switch from rabbit ears to digital TV on February 17. The Obama Administration has been trying to push back the deadline established in 2005 by Congress to June, and got it through the Senate, but yesterday the House failed to reach the two-thirds majority require ... More >>

  • Theater

    March 6, 2007

    The Libertine

    Sleaze, decadence, and suicide, Brecht-style

  • Music

    March 6, 2007

    Gimme "Indie" Rock

    Another payola settlement promises us better, braver radio. Let's not get too excited just yet.

  • Music

    March 21, 2006

    So Sick

    Biz bites the kids that feed it as radio battles everybody

  • Film

    January 17, 2006

    Bubble Economy: A New Era of Narrowing Release Windows

    Biz bites the kids that feed it as radio battles everybody

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2006

    "Laffy Taffy" is the Number One Song in the Country

    Biz bites the kids that feed it as radio battles everybody

  • Film

    October 25, 2005

    'The Last Mogul'

    Biz bites the kids that feed it as radio battles everybody

  • Music

    August 16, 2005

    The Other Foot

    The FCC sweeps Eliot Spitzer's payola findings under the rug

  • News

    May 31, 2005

    No More Sopranos, No More Chris Rock

    Tell President Bush and the right-wing Congress to get their hands off your remote

  • Screens

    May 24, 2005

    The Rebound of Internet Radio

    Tell President Bush and the right-wing Congress to get their hands off your remote

  • News

    November 9, 2004

    The Day the Clave Stopped

    New York's Latin music programming shrinks as population grows

  • News

    March 16, 2004

    Michael Powell's Balls

    New York's Latin music programming shrinks as population grows

  • News

    November 12, 2002

    Freedom for Sudan's Slaves?

    'Our Work Isn't Done. It's Just Begun.'

  • News

    March 26, 2002

    Pontorno's Complaint

    Ex-Murdoch Employee Reveals 'Secret Society'

  • Film

    March 5, 2002

    Thinking Inside the Box

    Test-Tube Babies

  • News

    November 28, 2000

    Does Fox Slant the News?

    Investigative Reporters Versus Murdoch

  • News

    November 21, 2000

    Conservatives in Drag

    Fox News Wears Veil of Neutrality

  • News

    July 11, 2000

    Lazio Makes Industry Waves

    2000 Campaign Could Affect Radio Access

  • Film

    January 11, 2000

    Watch Your Steps

    2000 Campaign Could Affect Radio Access

  • News

    May 19, 1998

    Rebel Radio

    The Lower East Side's Pirate Station, Steal This Radio, Joins the Fight Against the Feds

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