Every weekday in 2014, I'll be keeping an eye on what's happening in the media. My focus will be on some of my favorite subjects...the moguls, the pundits, the broadcast news biz, show business, and the publishing business. (Read "$everance" if you want a crystallization of my positions on those subjects.) And, of course, I'll also keep tabs on Chicago's media.
Chicago Media
~Jimmy de Castro Interview
Mike Thomas of the Sun Times interviewed Jimmy deCastro in yesterday's paper. You can read the link above.
The Moguls
~Ted Turner Rushed to the Hospital
This first paragraph in the Reuters column has all the pertinent information:
Philanthropist and former media tycoon Ted Turner was rushed to hospital on Friday in Argentina's Patagonia region before flying to Buenos Aires for appendicitis surgery, local media said. After being seen by doctors at the San Carlos clinic in the lakeside city of Bariloche, near an area where Turner owns property, the 75-year-old founder of cable TV network CNN was flown to the Argentine capital for treatment.
~Buzzfeed's Founder Proclaims: "Media History Is Repeating Itself"
He published a memo that he sent to his staff, positing that the way old media began is now happening again with new media, and that places like Buzzfeed will one day be considered as much a part of the mainstream as Time Magazine was in it's heyday.
The Pundits
~Who Will Replace Piers Morgan?
This Politico article mentions some of the pundits who will be given a shot, including former Chicago broadcaster Bill Weir, and Jake Tapper.
~The Kudlow Report is Cancelled
Larry Kudlow's CNBC show is being dropped, but he will remain the network's "senior contributor". It's a demotion, plain and simple.
~A New "Streaming Network"?
According to this piece in the New York Post (I know, I know), Sarah Palin is being approached to be one of the proposed "streaming" network's hosts.
~Nate Silver's 538 Returns March 17
Mashable has the details at the link. Sounds to me like an instantly "must bookmark" site. It will cover about 30% sports, but also economics, science, politics, and lifestyle.
Social Media
~Chicks Dig Social Media
From Entrepeneur Magazine:
A greater percentage of adult U.S. women use Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, Instagram and Twitter than their male counterparts. The one social network that boasts more men is the professional-networking site LinkedIn.
