Comcast bid for NBC Universal could be sealed next week: source
Comcast's bid to buy a controlling stake in NBC Universal from General Electric could be sealed next week if GE reaches an agreement with Vivendi, a source close to the matter said Wednesday.
View ArticleHackers mimic Huffington Post's Twitter feed
(AP) -- A Huffington Post spokesman says the left-leaning news and opinion Web site was not hacked when a Twitter social network feed emerged in its name and began issuing insults with a conservative...
View ArticleBroadcasters busy with online tie-ins for election
(AP) -- After losing viewers to cable news networks on recent election nights, television's biggest broadcasters are fighting back hard for the midterm contest.
View ArticleComcast-NBC deal opens door to Web troubles
One company is the nation's biggest cable TV provider. The other owns a TV network, several popular cable channels and a movie studio.
View ArticleUnivision, Disney look at English news channel
(AP) -- Univision and Disney are in talks to create a 24-hour news channel for Latinos in English, two sources close to the negotiations said Monday.
View ArticleCable TV top source for US political news: study
Cable television is the leading source of US political news for Americans, according to a study released Tuesday, but fewer people are closely following the presidential campaign than four years ago.
View ArticleWhat, no spellcheck? Romney app misspells 'America'
White House hopeful Mitt Romney has meticulously spelled out his vision for a better America while on the campaign trail this year. But in his new mobile app? Not so much.
View ArticleTwitter widens window to links in tweets
Twitter added Wednesday to the array of online content people could preview in messages without having to click on links included in tweets.
View ArticleUS media campaign coverage 'negative', study finds
The US media coverage of the 2012 presidential campaign has been more negative than positive, with the harshest comments coming in social media, a study said Friday.
View ArticleNASA photo error puts Everest in India
The world's highest mountain should not be hard to spot but American space agency NASA has admitted it mistook a summit in India for Mount Everest, which straddles the border of Nepal and China.
View ArticleHyperlocal news website EveryBlock calls it quits
EveryBlock, a hyperlocal website built on the promise of drawing customers with neighborhood-based news, wrote its own obituary on Thursday.
View ArticleBoston Marathon attacks: A restrained US media and online response
Winters in Boston are bitterly cold and excessively long. So it's little wonder that residents greet Patriot's Day – the mid-April, Massachusetts-only holiday marking the Revolutionary battles at...
View ArticleNo mistaking how NSA story reporter feels
The man who claimed to leak state secrets on U.S. government eavesdropping sought to break the story through a columnist for a U.K.-based publication who has made no secret of his distaste for...
View ArticleSale bittersweet for Washington Post veterans
Washington Post journalists shared bittersweet thoughts Tuesday after the storied newspaper's sale to the founder of Amazon, mourning the loss of the Graham family's stewardship while hoping for more...
View ArticleNBC wins space race, will televise Branson flight
NBC has won the television space race.
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