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Category Archives: Media
CNET Reporter Quits Over CBS Interference
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Shopping for a tablet? Looking for a new phone, PC, internet-enabled TV? For years many consumers have turned to San Francisco-based CNET for independent unbiased reviews of electronics. Now new charges by staff members are questioning the company's integrity. LOS … Continue reading
SF Weekly, Bay Guardian Now Under One Owner
Wow, the SF Weekly and Bay Guardian under one umrella? What's next, Ross Mirkarimi and Ed Lee hug? Voice Media Group announced that it's sold the Weekly to the San Francisco Newspaper Company, which publishes both the Bay Guardian, San … Continue reading
'My Jihad' Ad Campaign Launched on SF Buses
What does "jihad" mean to you? Concerned that many people misunderstand the term — and have negative stereotypes of Muslims — the Council on American-Islamic Relations has launched a an advertising campaign on San Francisco buses. The ads offer various … Continue reading
Yellow Pages Deliveries Will Continue
by Katharine Mieszkowski, The Bay Citizen The towers of Yellow Pages piling up on San Francisco doorsteps won’t be disappearing anytime soon. A 2011 San Francisco ordinance that created a three-year pilot program restricting the distribution of Yellow Pages directories … Continue reading
Newsom, Current TV Part Ways In Wake of Al Jazeera Purchase
California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom and Current TV are parting ways in the wake of the television production company's purchase by Al Jazeera, according to a report in the Sacramento Bee. Current TV confirmed in a statement today that it … Continue reading
Google to License Patents in FTC Settlement
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WASHINGTON — Google is agreeing to license certain patents to mobile phone rivals and stop a practice of including snippets from other websites in its search results as part of a settlement to end a 19-month investigation into the search … Continue reading
Reports: Al Jazeera Has Acquired SF-Based Current TV
Update at 3:50 p.m. Wednesday: Citing a Current TV memo, Stelter reports that the deal has now been completed. Al Jazeera is finalizing a deal to acquire Current TV, the San Francisco-based television production company co-founded by former Vice President … Continue reading
Zynga Tries Its Hand at Online Gambling
by Sam Harnett It's been a rough year for Zynga. Faced with plunging stock and revenues, the San Francisco-based social gaming company laid off employees and retired some of its games. But it has a new play for the New … Continue reading
Can Public Media Organizations Succeed Seeding Silicon Valley Startups? New Fund to Find Out
Three media nonprofits — Knight Foundation, Public Radio Exchange (PRX), and KQED (you're on it, bub, no link required) have announced they're creating a $2.5 million accelerator fund for selected media startups — of the for-profit variety — to tap. … Continue reading
Pioneering Bay Area Journalist Belva Davis Retires Today; Video Tribute
Belva Davis, longtime host of KQED's This Week in Northern California, retired today. (You can watch her last show when it's posted here.) Just about the entire staff of KQED gathered this afternoon to say goodbye to Belva and watch … Continue reading
