Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Media

Will Smith’s Severe Punishment Shocks “Civilians,” But What He Did After Slap Was Almost Worse

The internet is buzzing with shock over the severity of Will Smith's punishment by the Academy. Ten years suspension, no attending the Oscars for...

Local NY Website Gothamist and NPR Station Remove 41 Faked Stories from Archives

Jami Floyd's byline is one New Yorkers knew from radio station WNYC and Gothamist.com. But apparently for over a decade she was cribbing from...

Media Hail Mary: Rolling Stone Is At the Point of Ranking the Top 100 Songs from KPop Band BTS

Rolling Stone: they're still doing very good investigative journalism. But their music side is suffering. Today they released their list of Top 100 Songs by...

Ukraine War No Help to ABC Evening News, Down 500K From Last Year, Only Lester Holt Holding Steady

Someone is intent on slagging Norah O'Donnell and the CBS Evening News to the New York Post. The Post is obsessed with the idea of...

Gizmodo Websites Announce Victory Forming Union After Week Long Strike with G/O Media

Victory! Gizmodo websites including Jezebel, Deadspin, and other sites owned by G/O Media went on strike last week to unionize. And it worked. They've won....

War is Good For Prime Time Cable: CNN Shows Rise by a Million or More Viewers During Ukraine Crisis

End of the world? Nuclear war? Not such a good thing. But for CNN, break out the Champagne! When I wrote the story of Jeff Zucker's...

Workers Unite: 100 Employees of Gizmodo, Jezebel, Other Unionized Sites Go On Strike

If you read the websites Jezebel, The Root, Lifehacker, Kotaku, Jalopnik or Gizmodo the workers there are asking you not to click on them....

Pete Ganbarg’s Rock and Roll High School Podcast Returns with an All Star List of Guests

Pete Ganbarg's "Rock and Roll High School" is in session! The podcast hosted by the head of A&R for Atlantic Records is available on Spotify,...