Media Decoder Blog: No Ads, No Madonna But NBC Calls Live Stream A Success
Hard numbers will wait until tomorrow but some viewers already complained about delays and about what they missed watching the Super Bowl online instead of on television.
FCC Rules Chicago TV Station Can Refuse To Air Anti-Abortion Super Bowl Ad
ARE YOU READY FOR SOME POLITICS? Today's Super Bowl is set to be a pretty intense one between the Giants and the Patriots, but let's face it, we're also tuning in for the ads. And according to POLITICO, tonight we are going to be bombarded by a storm of political ads. One of...
Lana Del Rey Returns To SNL: I Must’ve Clubbed A Baby Seal While Singing The Taliban National Anthem
Lana Del Rey's lips (as portrayed to perfection by Kristen Wiig -- which is especially interesting considering how many Twitterers wondered whether the performance was actually just a sketch starring Wiig) visited Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update to address the criticism hurled her away after her "stiff, distant and weird" performance three weeks ago....
SNL Gives Us A Peek At Newt Gingrich’s Moon Colony: ‘May Divorce Be With You’
Saturday Night Live brings us a glimpse into a not-so-distant future, a future when Barack Obama's second term leads us into a nightmarish socialist dystopia. Luckily, Newt Gingrich's vision for a moon colony became a reality.
First Lady Michelle Obama Pokes Fun At Her Husband To Leno: ‘Oh, He’s Aging!’ But Still ‘Gorgeous’
On Tuesday night, First Lady Michelle Obama visited NBC's Tonight Show, chatting with host Jay Leno about her "Let's Move" health initiative.She also shared that, for her birthday, her mom baked her a red velvet cake (it really is the best kind of cake, folks -- the "secret" ingredient is vinegar) with the...
Media Decoder Blog: 30-Year Milestone for Letterman, but Little Instinct to Look Back
David Letterman on Thursday will have spent 30 years as a late-night host -- but don't expect to see much mention of it on his show or elsewhere. "He has devoured and conquered show business, while disliking almost all aspects of it," his longtime prod...
Kilar: More reason for Hulu to exist now than ever
While Hulu was formed primarily as a way for content owners to distribute and monetize content online that would otherwise be pirated, CEO Jason Kilar said Tuesday that there's more reason for the company to exist now than there was four-and-a-half years ago. 
Daily Must Reads, Jan. 31, 2011
The best stories across the web on media and technology, curated by Lily Leung.
1. Former Cosmo editor gives $30M to start media innovation center at Stanford, Columbia (Poynter)
2. Three founders leave Demand Media, operator of eHow (paidContent)
3. NBC to stream Super...
Daily Must Reads, Jan. 31, 2012
The best stories across the web on media and technology, curated by Lily Leung.
1. Former Cosmo editor gives $30M to start media innovation center at Stanford, Columbia (Poynter)
2. Three founders leave Demand Media, operator of eHow (paidContent)
3. NBC to stream Super...
NBC Puts the Super Bowl on the Web Because It Thinks You’ll Watch It on TV
NBC is letting you watch the Super Bowl on the Web, for free, on Sunday. Here's why.
