If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Michael Jackson’s death increased Internet usage by more than 4.2 million worldwide users per minute, in comparison to the normal 2 million visitors a minute. Web usage was so massive that AOL’s AIM messaging service crashed for 40 minutes, the LA Continue Reading →
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If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Yesterday we lost two of our dearest pop-culture icons. Farah Fawcett, the subject of the best selling poster of all time and Michael Jackson, the musical force behind the best selling album of all time. Their untimely passings brought their extraordinary Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Media mogul David Geffen is seriously interested in purchasing a large stake in The New York Times Company. Rumors of Geffen’s interest have increased in the past few weeks, especially after Google said they were not interested in the publishing company. Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Google aired its first broadcast television commercial over the weekend. The 30 second spot for its Internet browser Chrome, was selected through a YouTube contest. This is the first commercial the search giant has ever broadcast. The National Health Interview Survey Continue Reading →
Twitter In Talks with Microsoft, Apple, Google, News Corp: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer May 6, 2009
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. The rumor mill surrounding Twitter is buzzing and this time pundits believe Apple, Microsoft, Google and News Corp are in talks to purchase the micro-blogging service. While these are indeed just rumors, because of the insane buzz and the free market, Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Time Warner noted in it’s quarterly report that it will indeed buy back Google’s 5% share of AOL. Meanwhile, Jeff Bewkes told reporters that TW is “working to determine the right ownership structure for AOL” and would announce future plans in Continue Reading →
In Metamerica (the data that describes America), we are all a bunch of ones and zeros. Everything about us, our tax id number, social security number, credit card numbers, contact information, financial data, medical history, entertainment preferences, our computer software, the content we own, everything we are, is described by ones and zeros on a magnetic or optical storage device somewhere. Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Former Late Night with Conan O’Brien sidekick Andy Richter will join Conan as part of the Tonight Show. Richter, who left the show years ago to pursue a film career, will take on the role of announcer at the Tonight Show. Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. Nielsen is reporting that nearly 40 million Americans watched the Inauguration of President Barack Obama on television. While the largest television audience recorded during an inauguration came for Ronald Reagan in 1981 (41.8 million viewers), a pure TV rating is Continue Reading →
If you are having trouble viewing our video player, check out MediaBytes on YouTube. President-elect Barack Obama has joined the Consumers Union in asking congress to delay the digital television transition. Obama noted “inadequate funding” for the program as a prime reason to delay the transition, which is scheduled to happen 28 days after Continue Reading →