Super Bowl

Big Media Flexes Its Muscle, and Justin Timberlake Sells a Lot of Music

Peter Kafka in Media on March 27 at 4:00 am PT

It helps that he can sing and dance. But it also helps that he’s got a huge machine behind him. Also: About those iTunes charts …

We Are All Huffington Post Now

Peter Kafka in Media on February 24 at 10:18 am PT

Hey, what time do the Oscars start, anyway?

The Super Bowl Gave the Web the Night Off

Peter Kafka in Media on February 4 at 11:23 am PT

Turns out a lot of you like to watch a single screen, after all.

Super Bowl Eyeballs Up a Bit, Super Bowl Chatter Up a Lot

Peter Kafka in Media on February 4 at 7:36 am PT

Blabbing on Twitter and Facebook is up 2x. But it’s hard to prove what that means for viewership.

CBS Takes a Second Shot at the Super Bowl’s Second Screen

Peter Kafka in Media on February 3 at 10:50 am PT

You can watch the entire game on the Web, for free. But CBS figures you’ll watch it on TV instead. The network’s challenge: To give you a reason to check out their Web site at the same time.

Samsung’s Super Bowl Ad Leaves Apple Alone

Peter Kafka in Media on February 3 at 5:08 am PT

The company that used to spend its money mocking iPhone fanboys goes a different direction, with Seth Rogen, Paul Rudd, Bob Odenkirk and LeBron James.

The Adobe Super Bowl Ad CBS Doesn’t Want You to See

Peter Kafka in Media on February 1 at 1:45 pm PT

Convincing! Except to TV ad buyers.

Sunday’s Super Bowl Means Lena Dunham Today

Peter Kafka in Media on January 28 at 1:43 pm PT

You were fretting about the Joe Flacco/Lena Dunham showdown? Worry no more!

Next Month’s Super Bowl Ads, Today

Peter Kafka in Media on January 25 at 8:57 am PT

Advertisers are paying more than $3 million to show a 30-second ad during the 49ers-Ravens game. You can see some of them on YouTube now.

The Daily Has an Angry Birds App — And the Start of a Custom Publishing Business

Peter Kafka in Media on March 14, 2012 at 10:20 am PT

New media, old business model: Use your existing publishing infrastructure to make stuff for other people.