Shayla Harris/The New York Times Robert W. Pittman has jumped across the media spectrum throughout his career, with positions at MTV, AOL and DailyCandy, the Internet newsletter company. Now, he is preparing to head back to the industry where he got his start: radio. Clear Channel Communications is expected on Monday to name Mr. Pittman, [...]
LAS VEGAS — The big winners of the 2010 midterm elections were, in this order: the House Republicans, the unsinkable Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, the media.Huh? The media? That “lamestream” crowd? Really?Well, yeah. In a group of high-profile Senate races involving tea party favorites, the strategy was to vilify and freeze out the press, [...]
Conservative critics have long accused the liberal activist group Media Matters of being propped up by George Soros. Well, now they’re right, at least partly. Soros, a billionaire philanthropist with a history of supporting liberal causes, has donated $1 million to Media Matters, The New York Times reported Wednesday. The group said in a statement [...]
Politics Daily Correspondent Suzi Parker appeared on the podcast “Not So Soccer Mom” on Tuesday to discuss her recent piece on Virginia congressional candidate Krystal Ball, Delaware Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell, and the new challenges of political campaigning in an era where technology and social media can preserve all aspects of a candidate’s past life. [...]
Writing profiles of Nick Denton has become a cottage industry lately – with New York magazine running a portrait of the Gawker Media founder last month, and The New Yorker following with an even longer take in this week’s issue. Both pieces addressed the inevitable question in regard to Mr. Denton and his booming blog [...]
Time Warner CEO Jeffrey Bewkes on fears about the economy.
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