News organizations continue to feel their way with social networks, trying to find the right formula for relevance.  As Fox News preps an updated version of its Facebook page, NYT…

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-- Katie Couric anchoring *CBS* web specials: Katie Couric will anchor live web exclusives from the 2008 Democratic and Republican National Conventions, scheduled to air right after the primetime coverage…

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CBS Interactive (NYSE: CBS), the don’t-call-us-CNET (NSDQ: CNET), has reported some Comscore (NSDQ: SCOR) numbers on its first month under the CBS brand after the integration of CBS Interactive and…

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-- Joss Whedon’s ‘Sing-Along’ resurfaces on Hulu: Now you see it, now you don’t, now you see it again. Sci-fi director and writer Joss Whedon’s web series, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along…

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CBS’ (NYSE: CBS) long-running magazine show Entertainment Tonight will be expanding its presence on Microsoft’s (NSDQ: MSFT) MSN portal next month. While ET has been providing some content to the…

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After having listened to several of these so far this quarter, conference call intros are getting pretty predictable: The economy is weak, but business is holding up, and don’t forget…

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Faced with a weak ad market, CBS (NYSE: CBS) reported Q2 revenue up just 1 percent to $3.93 billion, just behind analyst estimates of $3.41 billion. Net income followed, growing…

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“Content is king, but distribution brings the bling,” Brian Shin, founder and CEO of Visible Measures, said hesitantly on a panel this morning at the LATV Festival here in Hollywood.…

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-- MPAA creating movie site to fight piracy: The MPAA is developing a yet-to-be named site that will allow users to search for films to legally download photos, purchase box…

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Back in April, The CW network said it would no longer stream new episodes of its most successful show, Gossip Girl, on its site. The TV network is now reversing…

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-- Babelgum: Babelgum has just opened its first U.S. offices and hired Ethan Podell as president, Babelgum U.S. and Michael Rosen as EVP and chief revenue officer. Podell will report…

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Independent labels are taking legal advice over what they say is illegal use of their repertoire by CBS’ (NYSE: CBS) Last.fm, after efforts to strike a royalty accord stalled, paidContent.org…

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Here’s a bracing tonic to cure that post-holiday hangover: Lehman analyst Anthony DiClemente kicked off the fresh week with a big, across-the-board downgrade of the entertainment industry. His message: digital…

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While others deal with the integration of CNET (NSDQ: CNET) Networks into CBS Interactive (NYSE: CBS), CBS CEO Leslie Moonves has to keep selling the strategy and the acquisition to…

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Now that the merger is complete, it’s time for CBS Interactive (NYSE: CBS) to get onto the business of “changing the world,” in the words of newly named division President…

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CBS (NYSE: CBS) has announced a reorg of its interactive unit, after completing the big acquisition deal of CNET: the newly expanded and integrated CBS Interactive division will have Quincy…

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CNET (NSDQ: CNET), in the process of being bought by CBS (NYSE: CBS), has launched a new logo for the company, without its vertical pipe, and has also redesigned its…

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The deep slide of Viacom (NYSE: VIA) stock says a lot about how fast Wall St. can turn on a company. Last week, we wrote about Rich Greenfield’s analysis, calling…

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No surprise: CNET (NSDQ: CNET) shareholders are tendering their shares over to CBS (NYSE: CBS). Approximately 78 percent of CNET shares have been tendered, CBS said in a statement this…

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Not that it was in doubt, but Jana is done with its CNET (NSDQ: CNET) proxy fight. The company said in a filing that in light of the CBS (NYSE:…

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In 2007, Viacom (NYSE: VIA) was just about the only big media firm not to see a decline in its shares. Since then the stock has joined its peers, falling…

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CBS (NYSE: CBS) has unveiled a “sneak peak” of its challenge to celebrity blogs like TMZ.com and PerezHilton: TheInsider.com. The site, which is tied to CBS TV Distribution’s syndicated TV…

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CNET (NSDQ: CNET) Networks, in the process of being bought by CBS Corp (NYSE: CBS). is buying Beijing-based 55BBS, a lifestyle and shopping website, for an undisclosed sum. This comes…

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During this Q&A ad EconAds a few weeks ago, our founder, publisher and editor Rafat Ali interviewed Jo Ann Ross, president of network sales, CBS (NYSE: CBS) about the state…

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When it comes to all the tropes the broadcast networks continue to cling to, the national evening news shows are arguably the most in need of drastic change. As the…

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