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N.Y. Media Fumbles, Fights Its Way Through Sandy Twitter jerk fools CNN, Letterman and Fallon tape shows, Gossip Girl grounded

It was the biggest storm in New York in nearly 80 years, and while most of the city's media were prepared to meet the challenge, some were not. For example,…

October 30, 2012, 2:12 PM EDT

It's Alive: Frankenstorm Hits New York DirecTV launches info channel, Aereo shills, and Alec Baldwin walks his dog

Let it never be said that New Yorkers are slow to capitalize on acts of God. Gotham's media community was in overdrive on Monday, likely from their houses, apartments or maybe…

October 29, 2012, 4:04 PM EDT

Heat Seekers From Honey Boo Boo to BuzzFeed and Garden & Gun, the Hot List Reader Poll is a media mashup set ablaze

When Adweek introduced the Hot List 32 years ago, the franchise focused exclusively on consumer magazines and their print ad business. Last year, we jettisoned our original formula to include…

October 22, 2012, 10:51 AM EDT

Romney-Obama Tilt Draws 65.6 Million Viewers NBC, ABC, Twitter among the night's biggest winners

The clear winner of presidential debate No. 2: television. Last night’s town hall debate between President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney drew an average 65.6 million viewers on…

October 17, 2012, 5:14 PM EDT

Data Points: News Diet More Americans are staying informed with digital media than with newspapers and radio

It's no surprise that newspapers and radio have lost audience share as online and digital news consumption increases. But television is also vulnerable, as a new Pew Research Center report…

October 11, 2012, 9:33 AM EDT

The Adweek 50 These are the people who make the machinery of media, marketing and technology hum

There are many (some might say too many) lists of power players in business, often studded with names from the worlds on which we report: media, advertising, entertainment, technology and…

September 17, 2012, 5:52 AM EDT

Data Points: News Division People value professional journos, but they're ambivalent about the mainstream media

With people increasingly getting their news on the go, the Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute surveyed mobile media users on their attitudes towards news sites. The good news for journalists…

September 12, 2012, 6:34 AM EDT

Data Points: Bad News Coverage of the candidates is increasingly negative

If watching coverage of the presidential race leaves you with a touch of nausea, there's good reason: The portrayals of the candidates in the news has never been more negative,…

September 6, 2012, 12:03 AM EDT

YouTube: Now for Political Junkies The video site is jumping on the election coverage bandwagon, with mixed results

Even as YouTube pumps $100 million into original content, it's unlikely that every one of its 100 new channels can or will succeed. Take it's recently launched Politics channel. Despite…

September 3, 2012, 7:41 AM EDT

First Mover: David Wertheimer Fox's new digital chief wants to harness social media's power for viewers and advertisers

Specs Age 44 New gig President, digital, Fox Broadcasting Company Old gig CEO, Entertainment Technology Center, USC So you’re Fox’s digital guru. Shouldn’t that make you want to step up your Twitter game? I…

August 20, 2012, 12:02 AM EDT

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