Comcast/NBCU Merger: It’s gonna be a tough ride!

FROM AP via Forbes
Feds pledge tough review of Comcast-NBC deal
Associated Press, 03.11.10, 12:58 PM EST
WASHINGTON — Federal regulators are pledging a rigorous review of the proposed combination of Comcast Corp. and NBC Universal.
Christine Varney, head of the Justice Department’s antitrust division, and Julius Genachowski, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, said their agencies will examine [...]

Tiger to Apologize?

from Newsday via AP
MARANA, Ariz. (AP) — Tiger Woods will end nearly three months of silence Friday when he speaks to the media for the first time about his middle-of-the-night accident that sparked shocking revelations about his infidelity.
Woods will talk to a small group of reporters at 11 a.m. Friday from the clubhouse of [...]

Comcast, GE set to announce NBC deal Thursday

You heard it here first (sorta)
Comcast, GE set to announce NBC deal Thursday
By DEBORAH YAO and STEPHEN MANNING (AP) – 43 minutes ago
PHILADELPHIA — The deal to give Comcast Corp. control of NBC Universal is expected to be announced Thursday morning.
Two people familiar with the talks told The Associated Press of the plans on condition [...]

Woodstock Festival 40th Anniversary

It was Summer 1969…I was 12 years old, at Summer camp in New Hampshire and a few weeks after the excitement of Apollo 11, I was looking at something almost as amazing…over 300,000 people at a farm in Bethel, New York celebrating 3 days of music…it was incredible…and while I wish I could have been [...]

NBC uses startup’s tech to expand Web localization

Interesting article from Forbes.com (via AP)
Web sites for NBC-owned television stations are tapping technology from an Internet startup to let visitors hone in on their particular neighborhoods.

Obama: The YouTube President

For those of you who attended our breakfast this past Thursday (“The President & The Media: Who’s In Charge Here?) know that President-Elect Barack Obama is not only one of the most technologically saavy people moving into the Oval Office but is already starting to make his presence known on YouTube.
Bravo Mr. President-Elect!

NY:MIEG Event in Newsday

Special thanks to my buddy Ellis Henican in his column in Newsday today (Sunday Nov. 9, 2008) for a great write-up about our breakfast event this coming Thursday.
RACING AHEAD: Guerrilla blogs, social-network sites, 24-hour cable, print, wires and assorted smashups of each: No wonder Campaign 2008 felt like a breakneck new-media-old-media-any-media collision course! But Brian [...]

Is Hollywood Recession Proof?

From AP via Forbes.com
Hollywood is feeling some impact from the economic downturn, but its famous resilience to recession is kicking in, and analysts remain optimistic.
Even between 2000 and 2001, during the downturn following the Sept. 11 terror attacks and the dot-com boom, consumers’ movie spending – box office, rental receipts and home video purchases combined [...]