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Usually, firing a football coach is sort of like taking a Christmas present that didn’t work out back to the store to exchange it. It’s going to be a bit of a hassle and someone’s feelings might get hurt, but in the cosmic scheme of things, it’s not all that difficult to do.
What I’m about to say is a bit unusual. I should begin by pointing out that although I’m a rabid NFL fan, I come from Pittsburgh, which usually means I care about the Dallas Cowboys about as much as I care about the migratory patterns of trout or how to change the air filter on my car. The Steelers are my team. But after two years of the loud and persistent yelping surrounding the Cowboys — everything from Wade Phillips’ docile personality to Tony Romo’s streakiness to, lately, Roy Williams’ alleged sloth — I have just one thing to say:
After abruptly halting online sales of the iPhone to New Yorkers over the weekend, AT&T Monday resumed selling the popular device via the Web, although the reason sales were stopped at all is still not known.
Ascent Media and Discovery Communications Inc., which owns Discovery, TLC and other cable channels, said Tuesday they have signed a nonbinding letter of intent to transfer ownership of Ascent's Chiswick Park facility in London to Discovery in February.
Russian media company CTC Media Inc. said Monday it started broadcasting in North America, putting a 24-hour family entertainment channel on the air through a deal with DISH Network Corp.
There’s still a shot for the Giants to make the playoffs, and if they beat Carolina and Minnesota to do it, let me be the first to start the campaign.
Lawmakers loyal to President Hugo Chavez inaugurated a state-run radio station Tuesday that replaces a previous broadcaster that sandwiched criticism of Venezuela's socialist leader between jazz and salsa music.
Although he has not been named as a suspect, the husband of a missing Utah mother of two has stopped talking to police and hired a prominent criminal defense lawyer as the mystery deepens over what happened to Susan Powell.
Sun-Times Media Holdings LLC, the owner of the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper, said Friday it has named one of its bankruptcy restructuring advisers as its new chief financial officer.
When President Barack Obama accepted his Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday, a single Swedish company controlled the dissemination of his words.
Fitch Ratings said Thursday its credit outlook for the media and entertainment industries is stable now that the worst of the advertising downturn has past, but noted that risks still lurk in the broader economy.
She's no longer the chief executive of Alaska, but Sarah Palin should still be called "governor." And in English only, please.
Now that Tiger Woods has many wonder what is next for his marriage. Many sources are saying that for now, wife Elin Nordegren, who is often a fixture on the 18th green at golf tournaments, is standing by her man.
Let’s say you had a well-connected buddy who was trying to get you into the hottest party of the year. It wasn’t going to be easy, but she assured you she’d keep pursuing it — and she even requested all of your personal information, including your Social Security number, so you could get cleared by security before the big event.
The Greenspun Media Group has reorganized most of its operations under one roof in a cost-cutting move, laying off an unspecified number of workers Tuesday while merging the editorial units of eight news outlets into a single team.
The Tiger Woods case might be closed in the opinion of the Florida Highway Patrol, but not according to some of the women who reportedly have had relationships with the pro golfer.
The latest rumor on Tiger Woods is that he was having a fling with Lady Gaga and his wife found out about it and chased him down the driveway with a 12-gauge shotgun until he flipped his luxury SUV six times and landed in an alligator-filled moat. He was quickly saved by Nelson Mandela, who just happened to be driving back to his hotel after visiting Alex Rodriguez and Kate Hudson.
When Tiger Woods got in the car just before 2:25 a.m. Friday, he didn’t just crash into a fire hydrant. He had a head-on collision with another object: the invisible bowels of the bad-publicity machine, which in more than 13 years of professional golf, he’d been able to avoid.
Government-influenced television is hampering democracy in Russia, Belarus and most post-Soviet countries in Central Asia and the South Caucasus, and it could endanger international peace and security if misused as a propaganda tool, a watchdog warned Thursday.
The portfolio of Iran's Revolutionary Guard keeps on growing. Its troops watch over nuclear facilities, its rocket scientists enlarge Iran's missile arsenal and its engineers have taken on a rail line as their latest big-ticket project. Could media mogul be next?
Facebook was hit on Tuesday by a well-meaning intruder who took over some of the site's online groups as a way of sending a message: "Think about the safety in your social media life to the same extent you do in your real life."
Argentine journalists, academics and ruling party lawmakers met Monday to challenge the conclusions of an international media group that Latin American leaders are exerting too much control over the press.
Republicans Dropping Like Flies From 2010 ElectionDemocrats are grumbling over headlines portraying their party as "dropping like flies" given the flood of recent retirements and say the press is ignoring there actually are more Republicans opting against reelection.
Inside the Beltway - Washington Timesbig mouth politicians who argue over terrorism could endanger the country. A General says so!
Conservative Mogul Buying Up Reporters to Promote His Regressive AgendaPete Peterson, the Wall Street billionaire who wants to loot Social Security, has created a "news network" hooked up to the Washington Post.
Obama's "C-Span Problem" and Campaign Promise Brian Lamb has put President Obama on the spot. Lamb is the CEO of C-Span, and today he wrote a letter to the leaders of Congress asking them to allow cameras in the room for the final negotiations on the health care bill
The Conspiracy Behind the Birther CallsNow we know who is behind the Glenn Beck Birther Calls: The Birthers themselves! Apparently, they've grown opposable thumbs and have learned how to use social media. And another movement spins out of the control of the puppeteers....
Video: Mainstream Media Unwittingly Collude in Republican Lies About ObamaOn the "Today" Show and in Politico, DeMint and Cheney's lies about Obama go either unchallenged, or weakly corrected.
Pearson could sell FT to Bloomberg, says brokerCould publishing group Pearson sell the FT Group to Bloomberg for £1.5bn? That is the theory being suggested today by analysts at Execution. The broker said such a move would seem to fit Bloomberg's strategy and would give Pearson firepower for further expansion.
USA Today revamps Web site USA Today retooled its Web site with features aimed at improving navigation and encouraging social interaction. It's the first major redesign for the national daily's Web site since 2007. Among the new features are modules that highlight the day's major stories, a rollover bar …
A Brilliant New Idea For Sunday Morning Political Shows: Report the Truth on Wednesday and Watch the Liars Squirm | PEEK | AlterNetRight now, there are no incentives to tell the truth. One NYU professor wants to change that.
Inside the Beltway - Washington TimesPresident OBama is not "warliek" enough.
I've been following stories for the past five years about Egypt because it is the cultural crossroads of the Middle East North African region and a key ally to the West.
Fannie, Freddie, and the New Red and Blue It has become conventional wisdom, perhaps even cliche, to pin the origins of the credit crisis on the big banks or, AIG or even the practice of financial modeling.
Media Forecast: Five Changes to Watch for in 2010If 2009 taught the media industry one thing, it's that no one knows anything. Everywhere you looked, the mighty were laid low, and young upstarts claimed all the buzz and eyeballs, if not the revenues.
Big Media Gambles That Content Will Rule The media's painful transition to the digital age remains far from resolved, but the industry's titans are coalescing around a risky gamble on the old adage, "content is king." Having slashed their cost structures and recovered some of their losses in equity value fro …
Murdoch sees better 2010 for News Corp-reportNews Corp (NWSA.O) would do better in 2010 than the previous year thanks to the strong performance of its cable and film businesses, the international media group's head Rupert Murdoch told an Italian newspaper. "In 2009 we had a $3.5 billion operating profit, we will do better …
Washington Times lays off top editor, dozens of staffersThe Washington Times slashed its 170-member newsroom staff Wednesday, laying off its top editor and scores of reporters, editors and photographers at the 27-year-old newspaper.
Financial Times's content revenues set to overtake print ad incomeCover price rises, a growing online subscriber base and corporate clients will help the Financial Times's content revenues overtake print advertising revenues for the first time this year. Stoking the debate over paid news content and the survival of newspapers, the FT Group chi …
Even in Dismal Print Climate, New York Post and Daily News Couldn't Get AlongRupert Murdoch has never been one to let his politics get in the way of his business, a fact that has occasionally made for strange bedfellows, as when he endorsed Hillary Clinton for Senate in 2006.
FOX News Channel: Hard News. Real ReportingIf ever the 'LOL' moniker was appropriate, this has to be the case study.
News. MEDIA: Fox, Time Warner announce deal - Story @ AFGHANISTAN: Karzai's cabinet rejected - Story @ IRAN: Threats of nuclear action continue - …
The Detroit bombing shows that with humans in charge, security can't be foolproof As Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab demonstrated in Detroit, airline security is only as strong as the people who run it.
Our Corrupt Liberal MediaFar worse than what the media spins is what it doesn't report at all. Would we ever have heard of the stained blue dress story that Newsweek spiked if Drudge had not reported it? A lie of omission is still a lie.
Celebrations. PARADES: Rose parade ushers in New Year - Story @
ABC's inaccurate Gitmo-Abdulmutallab story got major pickup.Just how far can one erroneous terrorism story travel?
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