Alec Baldwin Tells Piers Morgan ‘It’s A Possibility’ He May Run For NYC Mayor In The Future
Piers Morgan got a shot at talking extensively with Alec Baldwin tonight about a little bit of everything-- his acting career, his relationship with flight attendants, and yes, his politics. That latter point resulted in some of the most compelling parts of the interview, in which Morgan asked Baldwin what he thought of a potential...
Digital Music Sales Grow Worldwide, but Big Music Still Frets About Pirates
Give people a choice, and they might pay for digital music, after all.Also, it helps if they can't steal it.
Where to watch the Rose Parade & Occupy protests online
Dozens of floats, all made entirely from flowers and other organic materials, marching bands, cheerleaders and... Occupy protesters? This year's Tournament of the Roses parade promises to be a little different. But no worries: Both the parade and the surrounding protests will be streamed online.
Christopher Hitchens’ Final Interview: Catholic Church, Christian Charities, And Totalitarianism
Before his death last week, writer Christopher Hitchens sat down for a final interview with fellow atheist Richard Dawkins for British publication New Statesman. Obviously, their skepticism about faith came up frequently in the conversation, but they also touched upon a variety of other subjects that Hitchens took on over his life.
A web-first politics site for NBC News: Vivian Schiller on the launch of NBCPolitics.com
NBC News keeps its political reporting in lots of different places. There’s Chuck Todd on Twitter, in the evening with Brian Williams and the Nightly News Crew, online at MSNBC’s First Read, or your Sunday morning coffee date with David Gregory on Meet the Press. That diffusion is part of why today they’re launching NBCPolitics.com,......
Politico emphasizes personalization in its latest app update
Smartphone news apps are built on sacrifices. Few provide the full wealth of information available on the web sites news organizations have spent years building up and out; the screen size alone limits the information density an app can present to the reader. For Politico, that meant their original iPhone app exchanged some of the...
Politico emphasizes personalization in its latest app update
Smartphone news apps are built on sacrifices. Few provide the full wealth of information available on the web sites news organizations have spent years building up and out; the screen size alone limits the information density an app can present to the reader. For Politico, that meant their original iPhone app exchanged some of the...
Feds Formally Bless Google’s $400 Million Admeld Deal
The Department of Justice has formally approved Google's $400 million Admeld deal without conditions. We told you about this on Monday. Next up for Google: Trying to get that $12.5 billion Motorola deal clear.
Comcast and Verizon Merge Without Merging
Two huge pipe players agree to work together -- by staying out of each other's businesses.
Google Looks Forward to an Early Christmas Present From Washington: An Okay for Admeld
Google's $400 million Admeld deal, announced in June, looks like it is finally ready to close, with approval from the Feds.
How netroots bloggers are influencing Occupy Wall Street
For my latest article at PBS’ MediaShift, I interviewed activists from Firedoglake and Daily Kos to explore the various ways netroots bloggers are influencing Occupy Wall Street: But though the decentralized structure of OWS has helped its public perception, its sluggish decision-making has made it ill-prepared for one major obstacle: winter. As the protests stretch...
Grooveshark Fights a Copyright Lawsuit by Chasing After Anonymous Commenters