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| With no fan fair whatsoever, the folks at Martha Stewart Living quietly re-launched their website. The site is nothing out of the norm, with the soft greens and images of its name sake founder. However, we likes we likes!!! MarthaStewart.com Labels: MediaBrief, MSO, websites |
-SHOMARI HINES Apparently the folks at Forbes didn't think America's leading media companies like Time Warner, Disney, News Corp and Viacom were trustworthy enough to make their list. Instead the list is saturated with companies we've never heard of and some that were some how placed under the wrong industry category. We kinda understand why Newscorp wouldn't make the list but Playboy over Disney? We're sure there are reasons though.Entercom, Hearst-Argyle, Playboy and Washington Post are on the list of the 100 American companies that show the highest degree of "fair dealing to stakeholders," according to Audit Integrity, an independent Los Angeles firm that does research on corporate governance best practice. America's Most Trustworthy Companies [Forbes] Labels: BigMedia, Disney, MediaBrief, Newscorp, SHOMARIHINES, TimeWarner, Viacom |
| -NEIL YOSHIDA LAT no longer needs the opinion of prominent people. Publisher David D. Hiller said the guest editor project is a distraction and will instead deliver more of the same form within the LAT volt. Was the whole Brian Grazer thing that huge? Hiller also announced he was appointing the Times' reader representative, Jamie Gold, to review past opinion-editorial decisions to determine whether content was improperly influenced by personal or professional connections. LA Times cancels guest editor program [AP] Labels: MediaBrief, NEWSPAPERS |
| Another one has left the house of Mort. The editor-in-chief of U.S. News & World Report for the past seven years, Brian Duffy, resigned yesterday and plans to write a book on the American Revolution, yeah you know to add to the gazillion other books out there about the American Revolution. Wait maybe he remembers something about the revolution that the other books left out. U.S. NEWS EDITOR OUT [NYP] Labels: MediaBrief, NEWSPAPERS, USNews, WeekendWire |
| -SHOMARI HINES MTV's iFilm and Spike are teaming up to launch some kind of website for men seeking to kill time at work. Not sure what kind of content the new destination will carry but chances are you won't see any "Sweet 16" clips on there. Time inc took a run at the same demographic with OfficePirates.com but fell, tripped and bust its lips right out the gate. Lets hope MTV digital czar Mika Salmi and his minions will avoid that kind of mess. IFILM AND SPIKETV.COM, BOTH DIVISIONS of MTV Networks, will team up to create a Web platform for men 18-34 under the Spike brand. This new integration among the MTVN Entertainment Group properties marries iFILM's online viral video presence with Spike TV's broadband and TV assets. The newly created iFILM/spiketv.com group will report to Erik Flannigan, senior vice president, digital media, MTVN Entertainment Group. [Source: Mediapost] Labels: MediaBrief, MTV, SHOMARIHINES, TechMedia, websites |
