All the chatter about Paramount Pictures CEO Brad Grey getting fired - which was all anyone in Hollywood could talk about during the former talent agent's initial 18 months on the job - has vanished. That's because the vitriol DreamWorks...
Parents frustrated over the seemingly endless hours their kids spend on Facebook, MySpace and other social networking sites rejoice: there could be profits on the horizon. An enterprising Connecticut businessman has started lemonade.com, which...
Online sales Online sales last week rose 18 percent as con sumers hunted for bar gains on electronics, toys and computers. In ternet retail purchases jumped to $4.06 billion in the week ended Nov. 30, Reston, Va.-based comScore Inc. said yes terday...
Tis' the season to shop. Upper Eastsider Bryan Lemster, 26, shelled out $720 for a 24" Gateway LCD monitor at CompUSA, Californian Elizabeth Lipscomb, 27, couldn't resist a fur-lined brown coat from the Gap for $138, and Yun Wang, 27, wanted a 42"...
Top music downloads 1. Crank Dat, Soulja Boy 2. Bartender, T-pain 3. Cyclone, Baby Bash 4. No One, Alicia Keys 5. So Small, Carrie Underwood 6. I Do, Lil' O 7. Pop Bottles, Birdman 8. Picture to Burn, Taylor Swift TiVo favorites 1. Grey's...
The Bear Stearns portfolio manager who kicked off the deepening bond market crisis is trying to move on with his life and launch a hedge fund, but a worried Bear isn't likely to let him depart so quickly. Ralph Cioffi, the portfolio manager of the...
Dell Inc. awarded its advertising account, valued at $4.5 billion over three years, to WPP Group Plc, giving one of the most-notable wins of 2007 to the London advertising company. The contract will result in the creation of a one-stop global...
As we at Media City have long believed, men are far more complex than they're portrayed, and that is reflected in this week's crop of men's magazines, which cover everything from extreme trips to desirable women to raising kids. Esquire's sixth...
Plenty of people believe there are a lot of bad ads on television, but proving it is another matter. A widespread system for rating and comparing all TV spots has proven elusive for Madison Avenue. Despite legions of researchers and innumerable...
