convergence

Hulu Represents Triumph of Rupert Murdoch Over The People

DroppedCall · 06/16/08 02:55PM

Hulu — the NBC-Universal/Fox owned video website that is not so different from the numerous other websites offering full episodes of television shows, is the subject of a fawning, incredulous profile in today's Los Angeles Times. While all of the major networks already offer the bulk of their primetime line-ups for free online, Hulu boldly puts a bunch of it together on one site, thereby saving precious seconds of web surfing time. In an embarrassing display of old media-ness, reporter Scott Collins rhapsodizes over Hulu's "special features."

abalk · 09/25/07 10:50AM

Changes at the Wall Street Journal: [W]e have decided to merge the NY tech bureau with the Media & Marketing group... We believe that the combination of these bureaus will make us more flexible and more attuned to the earth-shaking changes in that industry. It will enable us to create or modify beats to more fully reflect how people watch or create video, read news and communicate with each other. For the reporters, we're sure, this will also be a lot of fun." Oh, yes. Sounds superfun! [E&P]