My Headline Grabs
(newest first)
BP Buys 'Oil Spill' Term on Search Engines
CBS News
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/06/09/business/main6564921.shtml
BP has purchased the specific words terms on online search engines so that users will be more likely to be directed to the oil giant's site when searching for terms including "oil spill", "volunteer" and "claims."
C-Span Puts Full Archives on the Web
New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/16/arts/television/16cspan.html
WASHINGTON — Researchers, political satirists and partisan mudslingers, take note: C-Span has uploaded virtually every minute of its video archives to the Internet.
Instant Ads Set the Pace on the Web
New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/12/business/media/12adco.html?src=me&ref=business
Time is now on the side of online advertisers.
Advertisers have been able to direct online messages based on demographics, income and even location, but one element has been largely missing until recently: immediacy. Advertisers booked slots in advance, and could not make on-the-fly decisions about what ads to show based on what people were doing on the Web.
SeaWorld tape of trainer’s death: Do you want to see it?
Orlando Sentinel
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_tv_tvblog/2010/03/seaworld-tape-of-trainers-death-do-you-want-to-see-it.html
Might local television stations use tape of a SeaWorld trainer’s death?
The issue was a top story on local stations at noon today. The Orange County Sheriff’s Office says video of trainer Dawn Brancheau’s death could be public record under Florida law, WFTV-Channel 9 anchor Vanessa Echols reported at noon today.
Generation of Marketing Slogans Unravels
Associated Content
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2774820/toyota_runaway_car_trouble_monday_signals.html?cat=27
Toyota's public relations debacle continues to grow with Monday's news of an out-of-control Prius careening down the freeway at 94 m.p.h. in El Cajon, Calif.
N.Y. Times May Start a Daily Webcast. Watch Your Backs, Networks?
Daily Finance
http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/media/n-y-times-may-start-a-daily-webcast-watch-your-backs-networks/19384914/
Print doesn't seem to have much of a future, even for an august brand like The New York Times. In fact, Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. has said he doesn't know how much longer a printed version of the paper will exist and likened the medium to the Titanic.
KOHD to cease all local newscasts, become KEZI bureau
Oregon Media Central
http://oregonmediacentral.com/2010/03/kohd-to-cease-all-local-newscasts-become-kezi-bureau
When the ax falls on KOHD tomorrow, the once booming city of Bend will be reduced to having only one full-time TV news station.
Stewart pitches new show called 'Help Me, Martha'
AP
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hlcThslglnJlSiaQnwl3GCxIcRXAD9E84I1G2
NEW YORK — Ever wonder how Martha Stewart might tackle your decorating disaster or party planning nightmare? Some folks will soon get the chance to find out.
CBS Sued Over [] Surgery Show
Courthouse News Service
http://www.courthousenews.com/2010/03/04/25247.htm
(CN) - A patient claims the producers of CBS TV show "The Doctors" tricked him into appearing before a live studio audience to undergo laser surgery for "pearly [] papules," then broadcast his [] operation without his consent.
Survey: More Americans get news from Internet than newspapers or radio
CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/03/01/social.network.news/index.html?hpt=T2
(CNN) -- More Americans get their news from the Internet than from newspapers or radio, and three-fourths say they hear of news via e-mail or updates on social media sites, according to a new report.
Sarah Palin shopping Alaska reality show
The Hollywood Reporter
http://www.thrfeed.com/2010/03/sarah-palin-shopping-alaska-reality-show.html
Sarah Palin -- reality TV star?
The former Alaska governor is teaming with uber-producer Mark Burnett to shop a reality series about her home state, network sources confirm.
CNN's potential Campbell Brown problem
New York Post
http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/tv/cnn_got_brown_problem_YCM6VQqS8T18O7GOCxCOKP
CNN is facing a sticky situation if anchor Campbell Brown's husband -- former Bush White House adviser Dan Senor -- decides to run as a Republican against Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.
CNN to Disclose Hanna-SeaWorld Connection Going Forward
TV Newser
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/generalities/cnn_to_disclose_hannaseaworld_connection_going_forward_153816.asp
If you watched TV news after the killer whale incident last week, you probably saw celebrity animal expert Jack Hanna defending SeaWorld and the treatment of animals in captivity. What you might not have seen was a disclosure of his relationship with the theme park.
Viacom and Hulu Part Ways
NY Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/03/business/media/03hulu.html
In the first major fracture between television show owners and the wildly popular Hulu.com, Viacom will remove “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” “The Colbert Report” and other Comedy Central programs from the video site next week.
Bloggers Now Eligible For Press Passes In NYC
MediaPost
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=123531&nid=111735
In a nod to the growing influence of online journalists, New York City said Tuesday that bloggers and others who publish on the Web will now be eligible for press credentials.
The Media-Lobbying Complex
The Nation
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20100301/jones
In a single hour, two men with blatant, undisclosed conflicts of interest had appeared on MSNBC. The question is, was this an isolated oversight or business as usual? Evidence points to the latter.
ABC News to cut half its domestic correspondents, close bricks-and-mortar bureaus
LA Times
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2010/02/abc-news-to-cut-half-its-domestic-correspondents-shut-down-all-bureaus-except-washington.html
As part of the deep cuts announced this week at ABC News, the network plans to close all of its physical bureaus around the country except Washington and halve the number of its domestic correspondents.
Helping Smokers Learn New Habits
Legacy, Ad Council Team With EX on New Quit-Smoking Effort
Advertising Age
http://adage.com/goodworks/post?article_id=142343
With tobacco-linked disease expected to kill 6 million people worldwide in the next year, Legacy and the Ad Council are partnering with EX, a quit-smoking effort, for a campaign to help smokers "re-learn" life without cigarettes.