glenn-beck
MySpace Cuts, Twitter Protests, Changes at MTV
cityfile · 06/16/09 11:45AM• It's an ugly day at MySpace. The News Corp.-owned social network is slashing nearly 30 percent of its staff, or 400 people, due to a decline in sales. [BN, PC]
• Protesters in Iran have been using Twitter to keep up with developments on the ground. Now the State Department is stepping in and asking the company to put off a planned upgrade so service isn't disrupted. [Reuters]
• MTV entertainment president Brian Graden is departing the network. [NYP]
• It's official: NBC is dumping Live at Five and replacing it with an hour-long "daily information, lifestyle and entertainment show." [NYO]
• Interview dropped editorial director Glenn O'Brien last week. Now the magazine's parent company, Brant Publications, is suing him for allegedly breaking the terms of his confidentiality agreement. [WWD]
Will Obama's Firing of an Inspector General Evolve Into a Major Scandal?
The Cajun Boy · 06/16/09 05:15AMConservatives Blame Liberals and Muslims for Holocaust Museum Shooting
The Cajun Boy · 06/11/09 01:11AMThe Angriest News Team on Television
John Cook · 06/10/09 04:56PMGlenn Beck Loves Marine Pollution
The Cajun Boy · 06/09/09 08:03PMRecession Kills SpongeBob
Hamilton Nolan · 06/04/09 12:50PMThe Future of Newspapers, Legal Rumblings in DC
cityfile · 06/04/09 12:07PM• The newspaper industry may look to take a cue from the music business in its elusive hunt for new sources of revenue. Because, clearly, if there's one industry to gleam some wisdom from, that's the one. [MP, WSJ]
• The Justice Department is looking into whether tech giants like Yahoo! and Google violated antitrust laws in their recruiting efforts. [WaPo]
• NBC's two-part White House special scored big ratings. Conveniently, it also squeezed in plugs for every other show on the network. [HP, Newsday]
• Laura Ling and Euna Lee went on trial in North Korea today. [WaPo]
• Silvio Berlusconi is feuding with Rupert Murdoch. And so now Michael Wolff says he really likes Berlusconi. Business as usual, clearly. [Gawker, Reuters]
• Here's something really depressing to chew on: Glenn Beck is No. 81 on Forbes's "Celebrity 100" list and made $23 million last year. [Forbes]
Craig T. Nelson Has Plum Had It With Paying Taxes, Dangit!
The Cajun Boy · 05/28/09 09:35PMGlenn Beck is No Frank Caliendo
The Cajun Boy · 05/27/09 09:23PMGlenn Beck Says Supreme Court Nominee Is a Huge Bigot
Ryan Tate · 05/26/09 06:30PMWhoopi Goldberg to Glenn Beck: 'You're a Lying Sack of Dog Mess'
The Cajun Boy · 05/20/09 06:51PMGlenn Beck, Fox News' resident Barnumesque dildo, was a guest on The View today, and, predictably, things became contentious on set, even more so because of a bullshit story about an encounter with Whoopi and Babs that Beck recently peddled on his radio show, so Whoopi went off on him.
Glenn Beck Tries to Convert GM CEO Fritz Henderson Into Kookdom, Fails Miserably
The Cajun Boy · 05/14/09 09:56PMGlenn Beck, Lord of the Stupid, Trolling Craigslist for a Writer
The Cajun Boy · 05/14/09 01:14AMGlenn Beck Says ACORN Ninjas Are Trying to Kill Him
John Cook · 05/13/09 02:50PMJust in case there was any doubt as to Glenn Beck's status as a paranoid charismatic who regards himself as a Christ-like figure, last night he predicted his own assassination on television.
Will Media Cover Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly Eating Fancy French Cheeses?
Pareene · 05/08/09 10:25AMWhat Insane Message Does Glenn Beck Have for Children?
Ryan Tate · 05/04/09 08:23PMPay Cuts, Quarterly Losses & Other Happy News
cityfile · 04/30/09 12:07PM• The New York Times Co. has reached a "tentative agreement" with its union to impose a 5 percent pay cut on employees through the end of the year. [NYP]
• Disney's ABC is joining Fox and NBC and taking a stake in Hulu. [AdAge]
• As expected, Time Warner said it may spin off AOL. But it may end up selling it, too. Either way, Gerald Levin, Dick Parsons and Steve Case will still be responsible for the worst merger in American corporate history. [NYT]
• Viacom reported that first quarter profit dropped 34 percent amid falling revenue at both its film and TV networks businesses. [AP]
• Related: Viacom boss Sumner Redstone is as senile as ever. At the Milken conference in Beverly Hills, he said he wouldn't comment on his competitors before lashing out at Ted Turner, Rupert Murdoch, and Jay Leno. [THR]