Category: media

“At NBC, O’Brien was averaging 2.6 million viewers a night, which wasn’t enough to keep him in the job. This season, Jay Leno is averaging 3.64 million viewers; CBS’ David Letterman, 3.57 million; and ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel, 1.71 million.”

“Kill Me Please, a black comedy about euthanasia by Belgian director Olias Barco, won the top prize at the Rome Film Festival on Friday. … The film is set in a clinic run by a doctor whose mission is to organize the ‘perfect suicide,’ tailored to the needs of an eclectic group of clients.”

The BBC Trust’s review of BBC1, BBC2 and BBC4 found that the channels have been performing well overall, but said BBC1 should “harness its scale and size by becoming more ambitious and taking more creative risks in peak time”.

“S-Curve Records, recently launched an online music video by an unknown singer-songwriter named Andy Grammer. The hook: The clip gave viewers a way to steer the action–and a potential incentive for repeat viewings.”

“The agreement would increase benefit contributions. Wages would increase by 6 percent over the three-year span of the contract.”

“Conservative thinkers have been itching to figure out a way to loosen liberals’ death grip on Hollywood — or at the very least, make a persuasive case that the box-office success of movies such as “The Blind Side” prove that the public has a more conservative mindset than the show-biz liberal elite.”

“The tremendous importance of food in France [is the reason] … I come from a civilization where a lot of very important things were said during lunch or dinner,” says the director, who grew up during postwar rationing.

“One of the studies, the Anderson study, says that the effect of violence is the same for a Bugs Bunny episode as it is for a violent video. So can the legislation now, because it has that study, say we can outlaw Bugs Bunny?”

“Seeking to leverage Zynga’s reach, Dreamworks will integrate Megamind into Zynga’s most popular game FarmVille, which boasts 17 million daily and 56 million monthly active users worldwide. Zynga’s games are available on such social networks as Facebook and MySpace.”

“At a time when programs from Frontline to Sesame Street have the potential to enrage at least one segment of an audience, the president of PBS says the existence of cranky viewers is one indication that the network is doing its job.”