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Columnist Hank Stuever discusses how he acquired a bad case of "celebrity fatigue."
Investor Brian Tierney may bid for Dow Jones & Co., owner of The Wall Street Journal.
June 6, 2007 · A new advertising billboard in the Chicago suburb of Glenview, showing a woman lying on the beach with arrows highlighting her physical flaws, is drawing criticism. Several parents say the advertisement for Skin Deep Medical Spa and Salon teaches children to be shallow.
June 6, 2007 · Among the Iranian-American detainees in Iran is Parnaz Azima, who works for Radio Farda. Radio Farda is a U.S.-sponsored Persian language service that broadcasts information into the repressive Iranian state.
June 5, 2007 · Ben Silverman was a hot ticket as a producer with shows like The Office, Ugly Betty, The Biggest Loser and The Tudors. Now, he's being tasked with saving the NBC network and finding a new network model.
June 5, 2007 · The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second District overturned the Federal Communications Commission's ruling that several broadcasts, including the Billboard Music Awards in 2002 and 2003, were indecent. Specifically, it ruled that the FCC policy on "fleeting expletives" was arbitrary and randomly enforced. It sent the rule back to the commission for its consideration.
June 4, 2007 · When Google announced in 2004 that it would digitize every book in the world, responses ranged from skepticism to outrage, as the publishing industry worried that the project would hurt sales. But some publishers say Book Search has turned out to be a boon for them.
June 3, 2007 · For the past 20 years, mergers and consolidations have been the norm in the media industry. But now the U.S. Justice Department is seeking to reverse a three-year-old merger of two papers in Charleston, West Virginia.
June 1, 2007 · Members of the Bancroft family, who hold a controlling interest in Dow Jones & Co., publisher of The Wall Street Journal, agree to consider media mogul Rupert Murdoch's $5 billion bid for the financial news publisher.
June 1, 2007 · The Dow Jones Board, and specifically the Bancroft family, announced Thursday a desire to entertain purchase offers, including one from Rupert Murdoch that will be tough to beat. What would The Wall Street Journal look like if Murdoch, who has a long track record at The Times of London, becomes boss.
May 31, 2007 · Big Tobacco's public service ads aimed at steering kids away from smoking could be having the opposite effect, according to a recent study by The American Journal of Public Health. So what sort of ad would work?
May 31, 2007 · Republican Fred Thompson asked to end his television role as a gruff district attorney on the NBC crime drama Law & Order , sending one of the strongest signals yet that he might join the 2008 presidential race. Thompson, from Tennessee, would bring a right-leaning Senate voting record.
May 30, 2007 · Matt Creamer, a writer for Advertising Age, gave himself a sort of new media challenge. He switched off his television all last week and hit the Web in search of his TV fix, relying solely on technology like his laptop, cellphone, and iPod to watch video content.
May 30, 2007 · Digital billboards — giant TV screens that flash new ads every few seconds — are going up across the country. The flashy outdoor ads have raised questions about driver safety. Kevin Fry, president of Scenic America, talks about his irritation with what he views as the latest roadside eyesore.
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