media
Vibe Resurrected by The Man
Hamilton Nolan · 08/12/09 01:26PMThe Return of Vibe, Ling Sisters Look For a Deal
cityfile · 08/12/09 01:08PM• Vibe is rising from the dead. A group of investors led by former cable exec Leo Hindery and its luxury magazine publisher Uptown Media have acquired the magazine. They plan to resurrect the website in a few weeks. [WSJ]
• Laura Ling is shopping a book proposal with her sister, Lisa Ling. [WSJ]
• Twitter was the victim of another denial-of-service attack yesterday. [NYT]
• Facebook is testing out something called "Facebook Lite," which may or may not be a Twitter competitor, depending whom you ask. [ABC News, Guardian]
• CBS had planned to change up this year's Emmy Awards. But then everyone complained, so now it plans to go back to the way it was. [THR]
• A launch party for a new magazine? Could it be? Really? [AdAge]
Zombie Portfolio.com Is Here
Hamilton Nolan · 08/12/09 12:00PMImprisonment, Famous Sister Pay Off For Laura Ling
Hamilton Nolan · 08/12/09 11:29AMGet Well Soon
Hamilton Nolan · 08/12/09 08:13AMCrisis at Condé: Food and Beverage Edition
cityfile · 08/12/09 07:15AMCelebrate With a Pop R&B Tune
Hamilton Nolan · 08/11/09 04:13PMThe Kidnapped Reporter's Career Guide
Hamilton Nolan · 08/11/09 02:38PMThe Huffington Post Knows Cancer Is Bad, Right?
John Cook · 08/11/09 01:43PMABC Sinks Further, MTV To Relocate?
cityfile · 08/11/09 01:27PM• All is not well at ABC. The hoped-for comeback of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? didn't happen and ratings have been so low, the network is now occasionally falling behind Univision. Yes, Univision. [NYT, B&C]
• The owners of Uptown magazine are in talks to acquire Vibe, which shut down in June. What they plan to do with it is anybody's guess. [AdAge]
• Tina Brown's Daily Beast is on the move: She's planning to launch a U.K. version of the Barry Diller-funded website within months. [Telegraph]
• Not every magazine in America is struggling, apparently! [Newsweek]
• Is MTV planning to leave Times Square? Quite possibly. [NYP]
Lou Dobbs Technically Banned From Own Network
Hamilton Nolan · 08/11/09 12:56PMHank Paulson Is 'On Deadline,' Sure
Hamilton Nolan · 08/11/09 12:09PMLet's Just Say It: We're Scared Someone's Going to Try to Kill Barack Obama
John Cook · 08/11/09 11:37AMMSNBC just aired video of a man with a pistol strapped to his leg waiting for Barack Obama to arrive at a townhall in New Hampshire.
Dying Paper Produces Another Muthafuckin 'Puppy Diaries'
Hamilton Nolan · 08/11/09 10:10AMThe Daily Show Is Now Hiring Real Reporters
John Cook · 08/10/09 04:49PMGraydon Carter's Monthly Mortgage Payment Is Probably Less Than Your Rent
John Cook · 08/10/09 02:22PMDon Imus and Fox Biz, Together At Last
Hamilton Nolan · 08/10/09 01:01PMThe Return of Imus, Hachette To Sell Elle?
cityfile · 08/10/09 12:49PM• Two years after he was booted from MSNBC and CBS Radio for making racist comments, Fox Business is now in talks to team up with Don Imus. [LAT]
• Is Hachette selling Elle? The company seems to be hedging. [AdAge]
• Magazine publishers are allowing advertisers to slap their ads just about any place they want these days. They're also planning to keep printing those annoying subscription cards until the end of time. [NYT, AdAge]
• ABC is planning a big programming push for the fall with seven new series set to debut, which is roughly double what NBC and CBS have planned. [USAT]
• CNBC's ratings are down big, in case you haven't heard. [Guardian]
• G.I. Joe was No. 1 at the box office this weekend, grossing an estimated $56 million. Julie and Julia came in second place with $20.1 million. [Variety]