We Want Media

Over the past few months, we've talked extensively about digital media taking over traditional media. But while I certainly agree that digital media will replace newspapers eventually, I’m not so convinced that it will replace magazines.

On Wednesday, NBC received a package from Cho Seung-Hui containing a video, several pictures, and a long note.

As a spin-off of Ladies' Home Journal's "My Life as a Mom" column, where they have a different writer-mom write about her experiences as a mom and wife, the magazine is now allowing any mom to create a blog on LHJ.com that mimics this column.

Brian Williams, award-winning anchor and managing editor of the "NBC Nightly News," spoke to a group of NYU journalism students on Wednesday about the role the explosion of online media has played in traditional media.

"American Idol" is finally worth watching this season, thanks to the drama created by Howard Stern and Vote For The Worst. Both are backing 17-year-old Sanjaya Malakar, a mediocre singer at best.

TiVo Mobile, a new service from Verizon, allows users to set what to record at home from their cell phones for just $1.99 per month.

MTV's Total Request Live is now only live twice a week and is taped for the other three days. With a huge drop in viewers from its peak until now--757,000 viewers per day to 351,000--TRL decided to broadcast live shows only twice a week in order to cut costs.

In the April issue of Ladies' Home Journal, editor-in-chief Diane Salvatore addresses the big issue in the fashion industry right now: anorexic models.

Eva Chen, beauty & health director at Teen Vogue, blogs about fashion trends, must-have beauty products, health news, and anything else that crosses her mind. The biggest benefit of blogging? Instant feedback from the readers.

Lucy Danziger, editor-in-chief of Self magazine, blogs to show that even the top editor a major women’s health and well-being magazine isn’t perfect and sometimes gives in to those chocolate cravings, just like every other woman.

The Associated Press just couldn't resist ending its ban on Paris Hilton news. Apparently, it was extremely important to report that the socialite was caught driving with a suspended license.

I was looking through my local newspaper at home today and saw a blurb mentioning that they're looking for some bloggers. The topics will be restaurant advice, shopping, dating, and parenting.

Verizon Wireless recently launched a new service that will allow users to watch TV shows from CBS, Comedy Central, ESPN, Fox, MTV, NBC, and Nickelodeon, all on their cell phone.

Nylon magazine is having a contest through their Myspace page to find a band for the June/July cover. Readers will have the chance to vote for their favorite band from London, Berlin, Stockholm, New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Sydney, or Paris in hopes of getting their favorite band on the cover.

Coverage of the Oscars will spread to the blogs this year. Blogs that are already established must be hungry for a day of bad dresses and cheesy speeches, but David Spade is taking advantage of the event to launch a new blog.

I have to admit, I feel bad for Britney. She is obviously going through some series issues, but she can’t catch a break from the tabloid media.

Coverage of Anna Nicole Smith’s sudden death has been all over the gossip blogs, newspapers, and broadcast news, but the tabloids are missing out. And that doesn’t make them very happy.

When news broke that astronaut Lisa Marie Nowak had been arrested for attempted murder and kidnapping, Ladies' Home Journal magazine took full advantage of their website to publish a never-before-seen interview with Nowak.

The world's oldest newspaper, first published in 1645, is now available online only. The last print edition of this Swedish newspaper was on December 29th, 2006 and now it exists solely in digital form.