Notable journalist and media industry moves: The New York Times Magazine: Caitlin Roper, former Wired articles editor, joins as special projects editor. The Wall Street Journal: David Enrich, former European banking editor, moves up to financial enterprise editor on...
Episode 10 began with a bang, not a whimper, as Jillian let loose with what has come to be her trademark scream after Emmett accidentally dropped a gift basket. Twitter responded immediately. Jillian is the most annoying person on the face of the planet! That scream...
Ah, the first week of September. That time of year when, in many parts of North America, summer is slowly receding, temperatures are dropping ever so slightly, and the kiddies are ramping up for back-to-school. It’s also pumpkin spice latte time. As a citizen of the...
Notable journalist and media industry moves: The New York Times: former Apple reporter for The Wall Street Journal, Diasuke Wakabayashi, joins as Google Reporter on August 29. The Wall Street Journal: Andrew Dowel promotes from deputy business editor to Asia Pacific...
Over the last week, we saw a large increase in coverage of Mylan’s EpiPen price hike (approximately 30 articles for August 1st versus almost 7000 on August 25th) . But as interest swelled, the media also seemed to shift blame for the increase from first the company...
In 2015, the global PR industry's growth slowed to just 5%. In order to continue growing, PR agencies and professionals need easy access to important, actionable data that demonstrates results to their clients. Find out how tech-driven media intelligence will fuel the...
Perplexed. Bewildered. Confounded. These are how the masses are feeling after learning that the Chicago White Sox renamed their stadium from US Cellular Field ━a moniker that earned it the adorable nickname of “The Cell” ━ to the slightly less inspiring Guaranteed...
Cigars, rum, beaches, various Castros, and Canadians running amok across Havana ━ for a brief time yesterday, this is what Cuba was, as the Amazing Race Canada made the largest Caribbean island its destination for Episode 8. But despite Cuba’s offerings, despite the...
“F*** it”. The headline donning the front page of Gawker in its last days is fitting, given how the outlet ran for nearly fourteen years. Having declared bankruptcy and been sold at auction, the website which crowd-sourced funds to purchase the Rob Ford crack video,...
Confession time: I really like to bake. There’s something magical about putting together a bunch of boring ingredients that don’t taste so good on their own, adding heat, and being rewarded with a delicious slice of sugary, buttery heaven. The problem with baking is...
Notable journalist and media industry moves: Gawker.com: Ceases operations on Monday but site remains visible. Univision has acquired parent company Gawker Media. Properties included in acquisition are Lifehacker, Deadspin, Jezebeli, io9i, Jalopnik, and Kotaku. The...
Sometimes, the biggest story at the Olympics is not actually the Olympics. Sometimes it can be tragic or scandalous, but occasionally these kinds of stories can be something ridiculous that just got out of control. This past Sunday, August 14, U.S. Olympic swimmer and...