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Coulter, You Go BITCH!

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 01.08.2009 | Media


Yvonne R. Davis

She wants you to wish bad things happen to her. What she means to do is what she always says, "stir the pot." And she is getting what she wants -- book sales!

Moonves Gets Retrans Fees from TWC, Seeking Upfronts: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer January 7, 2009

Shelly Palmer | Posted 01.07.2009 | Media


Shelly Palmer

CBS CEO Les Moonves got Time Warner Cable to pay higher fees to broadcast CBS. Time Warner Cable now will be able to broadcast CBS, as well as its S...

Networks' International News Coverage At Record Low in 2008

Inter Press Service | Posted 01.06.2009 | World


WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (IPS) - Despite two wars involving more than 200,000 U.S. troops and a global economic crisis, foreign-related news coverage by the ...

Dumbing Down The New York Times

William Klein | Posted 01.06.2009 | Media


William Klein

Last spring, the Times added a news index designed to make it easier for readers who couldn't be bothered with turning the pages to find out the contents of the newspaper.

The Dirt on Ecosystem Stewardship

Megan Shank | Posted 12.27.2008 | World


Megan Shank

Filmmaker John D. Liu believes we have a solution to climate change, but it's not as simple as reducing carbon dioxide emissions. Here are excerpts from my recent telephone interview with him.

Condoleezza Rice Discusses Shouting Matches With Rumsfeld

CBS/Huffington Post | Posted 12.24.2008 | Politics


Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will appear on CBS "Sunday Morning" this weekend. Here is a preview of the interview, courtesy of CBS, in which Ri...

CBS Shows Take 9 Of Top 10 Spots In Weekly Ratings

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 12.24.2008 | Media


Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for Dec. 15-21. Listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and...

Katie Couric Ratings Rise: Best Week Since February 2007

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 12.24.2008 | Media


NEW YORK — After two years of relentlessly bad ratings news, Katie Couric finally has something she can smile about. The "CBS Evening News" anc...

When A School Shooter Seeks A License To Carry A Loaded, Concealed Handgun

Paul Helmke | Posted 12.23.2008 | Politics


Paul Helmke

Recently we learned that a convicted killer in one of the most notorious school massacres in American history tried to get a permit to carry a conceal...

"Mentalist" Simon Baker: TV's Hottest Breakout

NY Post | Posted 12.21.2008 | Entertainment


Simon Baker might be the handsomest leading man on TV, but that's not the only reason why "The Mentalist" is this season's biggest success story. Th...

Gov. Paterson Proposes "iPod Tax": MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer December 18, 2008

Shelly Palmer | Posted 12.18.2008 | Media


Shelly Palmer

Gov. David Paterson wants to solve New York's debt problem by taxing the sale of digital downloads, including mp3's from iTunes. The iPod tax, along...

Greening Hollywood: EcoTainment, Creating Good Content About Doing Good

Paige Donner | Posted 12.16.2008 | Green


Paige Donner

This year's highlight of the Hollywood Goes Green Summit was the speaker panel on EcoTainment. I was asked to and had the honor of moderating this panel of informed creatives.

CBS to Pit TV.com vs. Hulu: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer December 16, 2008

Shelly Palmer | Posted 12.16.2008 | Media


Shelly Palmer

CBS will re-launch TV.com to compete with Hulu. Originally the domain, secured in its $1.85 billion acquisition of CNet, was more of a "water coole...

Layoffs Hit CBS TV Execs

Hollywood Reporter | Nellie Andreeva | Posted 12.16.2008 | Media


The wave of industrywide layoffs has reached CBS Corp. Employees of CBS Entertainment and CBS Paramount Network TV were let go Monday at the company'...

Feds Seize "Survivor" Artifacts

AP | Posted 12.16.2008 | Media


WASHINGTON — The federal tribe has spoken: A contaminated monkey skull, termite-infested statues and other African artifacts of the TV show "Sur...

Robert Chandler, Former CBS Executive, Dies At 80

AP | Posted 12.12.2008 | Media


PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Robert Chandler, a former CBS News executive who helped launch "60 Minutes" and supervised the TV newsmagazine in its early ...

CBS Layoffs Hit Interactive, CNet

Silicon Alley Insider | Nicholas Carlson | Posted 12.11.2008 | Media


CBS Interactive will cut headcount by 20% in almost all divisions, an employee source says. A CBS rep tells us that number is "not accurate," but refu...

2009 Emergency SAG Strike/Economy-Minded TV Schedule

Spencer Green | Posted 12.11.2008 | Entertainment


Spencer Green

ABC - Lawyers But, Like, They're In Space (unaired David E. Kelley pilot, 2007)/ CBS - CSI: Red Lobster/ NBC - Jay Leno's Wonderful World of Denim

Moonves Says "TV Model Ain't Broken": MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer December 11, 2008

Shelly Palmer | Posted 12.11.2008 | Media


Shelly Palmer

In reaction to Jeff Zucker's comment that the old TV business is dying, CBS exec Les Moonves is adamant that "the model ain't broken. The model work...

2008: Broadcasters' Very Bad Year

AP | Posted 12.11.2008 | Media


NEW YORK — Broadcast TV's fall season is going so poorly that four out of five returning programs have a smaller audience than they had in 2007....

Five Reasons NBC's Leno Move Is Brilliant

Lee Stranahan | Posted 12.11.2008 | Entertainment


Lee Stranahan

Moving Leno to Conan's early lead-in will create a stronger Conan Tonight Show by allowing him the breathing room to adjust to the earlier time slot and build his own audience.

Les Moonves: CSI Will Crush Leno At 10PM

AP | Posted 12.10.2008 | Media


NEW YORK — CBS Corp. Chief Executive Leslie Moonves challenged Jay Leno to a ratings duel when the late-night talk show host moves his NBC show ...

"The Mentalist" Tops Nielsen Ratings, First For Freshman Series Since "Desperate Housewives"

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 12.10.2008 | Media


NEW YORK — Who says network television can't create new hits? CBS' "The Mentalist" topped the prime-time ratings last week for the first time....

CBS Grammy Show Gets 7.1 Million Viewers

AP | Posted 12.04.2008 | Media


NEW YORK — CBS' Grammy nominations special wasn't a breakaway hit with viewers Wednesday night, but it didn't play off-key. The concert-and-ann...

CBS's "Holiday In Bryant Park" Tree Lighting FAILS

Huffington Post | Patrick Waldo | Posted 12.03.2008 | Entertainment


Poor CBS. While NBC is gearing up for tonight's big "Christmas in Rockefeller Center" special with Beyonce, Tony Bennett, and the Jonas Brothers, a...