ABC and People mag have teamed up to present an hour-long weight loss special on Sept. 30 at 10pm. “Half Their Size: The People Magazine Weight Loss Challenge” will focus on eight residents of Mississippi (the nation’s most overweight state) for a nine-month period to show how diet and exercise changed their lives. The “Half Their [...]
In the two years that CNN’s iReport has been around, it has helped citizen reporting become a web sensation. So far this year, everyday-joes have posted 175,000 videos and photos to iReport and it has seen a 176% increase in submissions since this time last year. iReport and other citizen journalism websites, like FNC’s UReport [...]
Google plans a large presence at both presidential nominating conventions, in part to promote the use of its Reader and other tools among political set. And Vanity Fair knows how to throw the kind of party Ben Affleck and other Hollywood honchos like to attend. It’s a match made in heaven. Also, in this story: [...]
In an amusing example of mega-conglomerate non-synergy, one Time Warner property (Entertainment Weekly, published by Time Inc.) fronted the star of an upcoming movie by another Time Warner property (studio Warner Bros.) on the cover of its Fall Preview issue , even though the movie’s release had been pushed back from November to next July. The actor involved [...]
Oprah Winfrey is not expected to introduce Barack Obama or take any other leading role, at this month’s Democratic National Convention in Denver, either because she doesn’t want to steal the spotlight (the idea advanced by Oprah associate Gayle King) or because her TV ratings suffered from her very public support of Obama in the primaries [...]
Actor Denis Leary is set to host the FASHION ROCKS 2008 event. Supported by Conde Nast’s Media Group, the annual fashion-meets-music extravaganza this year moves from London to the famous Radio City Music Hall in New York City, where confirmed acts Beyoncé, Black Eyed Peas, Chris Brown, Kid Rock, Duffy, Fergie, Justin Timberlake, L’il Wayne, [...]
Cablevision Systems Corp., the new owner of 97 percent of Newsday, will immediately begin its plan to expand the paper’s circulation over its digital cable network while exploiting access to Newsday’s subscribers and portfolio of advertisers. The company plans to expand the ways people get Newsday, including via its forthcoming wireless internet network. Newsday (July [...]
DMG World Media has sold its portfolio of 38 North American consumer home shows to Marketplace Events LLC for $53 million. DMG CEO Michael Franks said the home shows “were a significant reason for DMG World Media’s entry into the North American market in the first place, and we have enjoyed building the business to [...]
Jeff Zucker, president and CEO of NBC Universal, and Harvey Weinstein, co-chairman of The Weinstein Co. have their claws out in a public dispute over the hit Bravo TV show “Project Runway”, on which contestants compete for a spread in Elle magazine. The deal apparently went sour when Weinstein sold the show to Lifetime without giving [...]
Buzz Kanter (photo at L.), publisher of American Iron Magazine, will appear for an interview on Fox Business News this Monday morning, July 21, at 7:30 a.m. EDT. Buzz will comment during a 5-minute segment comparing competing motorcycle manufacturers Honda and Harley-Davidson.