It started off as a viral Web sensation, quickly blossomed into a promising investment, and ended up as a dirty joke. Chatroulette is relaunching, but can the clever site clean up its act to appeal to audiences beyond exhibitionists and voyeurs?
So much for the hope of a relatively quick and painless exit from bankruptcy for Tribune Co. A reorganization plan that would have turned over control of the Chicago-based media conglomerate to lenders has reportedly fallen apart.
How much quality content can a penny buy? I trolled Demand Media's eHow.com to answer that question. Here's my collection of the dumbest articles published by the company, which recently filed for an IPO.
Talking Comedy, Canada and Cancer with the Kids in the Hall
7:30 AM 8/20/2010
It's been 15 years since The Kids in the Hall, the seminal sketch comedy show by the Canadian troupe of the same name, went off the air. Now they're finally back with a new show, Death Comes to Town.
Why News Corp.'s $1 Million Gift to Republicans Is No Big Deal
2:00 PM 8/19/2010
It's unseemly when one of the nation's biggest news outlets drops a wad of cash on one political party. But when you get down to it, News Corp.'s donation to the Republican Governors Association is no worse than business as usual.
Whoops! NY Post Mixes Up Black Media Moguls in Obama Swipe
4:00 PM 8/15/2010
A clumsy gossip item that confused BET founder Bob Johnson and Ebony founder John H. Johnson won't help The New York Post's touchy relationship with black readers.
Just what constitutes "fair use" of copyrighted material has always been hard to define. Now a new website, Mediaite.com, is using that ambiguity to build a business model on other companies' content.
Dirty Apps? How Magazines Are Handling Apple's Erratic Censorship
5:45 PM 8/11/2010
Steve Jobs' dictate that apps for Apple's iPad and iPhone contain no pornography or nudity affects plenty of major magazines, including Playboy and Cosmopolitan. How are they dealing with it?
Looking for business advice, NBA star LeBron James has turned to an orthodox Israeli rabbi named Yishayahu Yosef Pinto whose teachings are mysteriously popular in the New York business community.
Inappropriate reporting of expenses got Mark Hurd fired from his job running Hewlett-Packard. Will it also cost him his seat on News Corp.'s board of directors?
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