We simply cannot provide the type of quality sports, news and entertainment content that we do from an ad-supported-only business model. We have no choice but to develop business solutions that ensure we continue to remain in the driver’s seat of our own destiny. One option could be converting the Fox broadcast network to a pay channel, which we would do in collaboration with both our content partners and affiliates.Fox head Chase Carey • On the possibility that Fox would become a cable channel if the company loses the Aereo lawsuit. You read that right. This is so serious for them that they’d move the channel to cable.
Fair and Balanced: Here’s a handwritten note, circa-2005, wherein the president of Fox News writes to a Bush administration official—on Fox News stationary—and offers to “help off the record” if needed. The administration official in question was Condoleezza Rice, then-Secretary of State; Rice replied with a generic form letter. The note was obtained by Gawker’s John Cook, who wrote: “Please just imagine for a moment how Fox News would cover the publication of a private note from the editor of the New York Times to an Obama Administration official offering ‘help off the record.’” source
In case you needed a reminder that the entertainment department of 20th Century Fox gets zero influence from the news department, this R-rated Mitt Romney music video, which features profanity, a parody of an Ol’ Dirty Bastard classic, Big Bird getting shot, an implication that Sean Hannity is gay, and a lot of sexual innuendo. It appears designed to offend your dainty sensibilities. (NSFW video)
A win for the entertainment industry: The fines were a result of three separate incidents, spread across multiple years and two broadcast networks. The Court tossed three fines from two separate networks on Thursday, in a narrow decision which could have had wide implications for the entertainment industry, but probably won’t due to the way it was decided. Here are the indecency fines the networks were fighting against:
» But wait a second: Before you start celebrating the new era of guns and porn during prime-time television, know that the Supreme Court has not stripped the FCC of its ability to regulate broadcasters. In fact, they vacated a lower court’s decision to rule the so-called “indecency rule” unconstitutional; however, the justices did not believe that the organization provided “fair warning” to Fox and ABC that their respective broadcasts could result in fines. (Photo via Bloomberg)
If we’re going to spend all this money on content it has to be measured and monetized.NBC Broadcast Chairman Ted Harbert • Expressing his displeasure with Dish Network’s newly announced Hopper DVR, which includes an “Auto-Hop” commercial-skipping feature, during a presentation at Radio City Music Hall on Monday. (The player has been available since March.) Harbert also declined to comment on whether or not NBC’s legal department was evaluating the company’s the legal options. Fox entertainment chairman Peter Rice was skeptical as well, telling reporters he thought releasing such a device was a “strange thing to do,” but said his company absolutely was not looking into legal action at this time. source (via • follow)
Tweet of the night: Wikileaks’ defiance still intact despite news their boss will be on The Simpsons’ 500th episode. Love it.
It took them a couple of months, but The Muppets have formally responded to Fox Business’ claims that they were brainwashing kids into hating big oil companies. (Which, mind you, they later apologized for.) Kermit’s take? “And besides, if we have a problem with oil companies, why would we have spent the entire film driving around in a gas-guzzling Rolls Royce?”
FOX/CNN caught faking scenes of violent riots in Moscow | RT viaWikileaks
”the media has played a key role in creating a justification for regime change” // “the media tends to march in lock step with the govt, to showcase what the govt says is true, even if its later proven to be untrue.”
america is pure ratchetness if you ask me. she steals, she lies, she dont give a fuck.
i dare you to spend one hour a day on
@worldstar and one hour a day on@russiatoday and see how cool you are after 1 month.
Just watched this, but before you jump too quick: This report does the very same thing it accuses CNN and Fox News of doing. (By the way: Give us more evidence than a random sign that the average viewer can barely read in a fuzzy, low resolution video! And the CNN thing happened a year ago and is unrelated to the current protests.) “RT” stands for Russia Today, and its media coverage is clearly slanted towards Russian interests. Out of all the countries in the world to make their point with, they pick Ukraine and Georgia? This clip has a guy who says “the media tends to march in lockstep with the government,” on a network which is state-owned. Let’s be honest with ourselves before sharing videos like these. Every form of media has its own biases. Including the critics of other media outlets. Don’t pick one over the other. Watch both and make up your own mind. EDIT: The Atlantic Wire confirmed the issues with the Fox video.
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» Putting the D’oh out to pasture? The Simpsons is still widely-regarded, but with roughly 500 episodes under its belt, Fox may be ready for the next step in the “Simpsons” phenomenon — its own cable network. It’d be interesting if the salary battle is really an excuse to end “The Simpsons” outright.
When headline and photo collide: Zooey Deschanel’s “New Girl” gets picked up for a full season, and Zooey looks like she just won Miss Indie America.
They certainly have enough episodes to pull it off. One of News Corp.’s greatest pieces of entertainment could eventually become a franchise all its own. With the series likely to pass the 500-episode mark with its upcoming 23rd season, Fox is reportedly talking about a long-term plan for the franchise, involving a cable network of its own. Obviously, they wouldn’t be able to do this right away — most of the series is embedded in long-term syndication deals — but once those expire, a single network approach might prove to be more financially sound as the series reaches its point of quarter-life crisis. So how would this work, anyway? Let’s do a quick number breakdown:
» So, what do you guys think? Is a network built around a single show, even one as diverse and far-reaching as “The Simpsons,” something you’d watch? Or would it be like the original MTV — where everyone loved the idea of it, but didn’t necessarily stick with it? We’re not sure, but there are probably some pretty killer OWN Network jokes they could make if Fox did this.
Fox has become the first broadcast network to require people who want to go online — at sites such as Hulu — and watch programs immediately after they’re broadcast to prove they already pay for a cable or satellite service, Ben Fritz reports.
Photo: Actor Hugh Laurie in the Fox TV series “House.” Credit: Adam Taylor / Fox
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