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Hulu Orders Up a New Bite-Size Show. It's Going to Taste a Lot Like "Talk Soup."

in Media on December 6, 2010 at 3:30 am PT

Hulu is a great place to see shows that just ran on TV. Is it a good place to see Internet shows that talk about shows that just ran on TV? Stay tuned!

Rolling Stone’s Web Failure Wasn’t So Shabby, After All. But Now What?

in Media on August 31, 2009 at 1:32 pm PT

Conventional wisdom of the day: Magazine mogul Jann Wenner, the man who made his mark with Rolling Stone in the 60s and 70s, and then again with US Weekly in this decade, has blown it on the Web. And now it’s too late for him to catch up. And who knows? It may even be true. But here’s one bit of nuance to chew on: Magazine mogul Jann Wenner has made money–as in, a profit–on the Web for the last five years.
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Coming to Sling.com: Viacom Shows That YouTube, Hulu Can’t Show You

in Media on January 22, 2009 at 8:20 am PT

Sling.com will soon get Viacom shows like “SpongeBob Squarepants,” which you can see on Joost but not on Hulu or YouTube. Confused? Of course you are. And Hollywood wonders why pirate sites are popular.

Wall Street Beats Up Sumner Redstone, Rupert Murdoch: Cuts Estimates for Viacom, News Corp.

in Media on January 15, 2009 at 7:24 am PT

You don’t need a particularly good crystal ball to foresee that big media are in for a bad year (at least). But Wall Street singled out Sumner Redstone’s Viacom and Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. for special treatment this morning, by whacking estimates for the next few quarters. The short story: The lousy ad market will be even worse than people think.