MediaBack Page’s Quick Hits for June 19th :

• 'Tonight Show' still ahead in demos - Entertainment News, Late Night TV, Media - Variety -
• Walter Cronkite Gravely Ill - mediabistro.com: TVNewser - Sad news about legendary broadcaster Walter Cronkite

MediaBack Page’s Quick Hits for March 31st :

• The New York Times Plans to Eliminate City Section; Connecticut, New Jersey, Long Island, Westchester, and Escapes May Also Be Affected | The New York Observer -
• CNN in third place in prime time for first time -

MediaBack Page’s Quick Hits for March 27th :

• Advertising - Adults Spend 8 Hours a Day in Front of a Screen, Study Finds - NYTimes.com - Somehow this number doesn't surprise me, in a way I am amazed it isn't something even higher…
• Is That an Ad on the Cover of 'ESPN'? - Media Blog - Jeff Bercovici - Mixed Media - Portfolio.com -

MediaBack Page’s Quick Hits for March 9th :

• iTunes Celebrity Playlist Become Podcasts…with Tom Jones | Cult of Mac - Looks like iTunes has taken the next step with their “celebrity playlists” and brought them to life with a new Podcast series… at the very least this provides a unique way to gain some perspective on music maybe you haven’t thought about previously, and offers a chance to get some insight from your favorite artists…
• Column: Spinning the Web on the TV Set - TVWeek - News - TV Shows on the Web on the TV, it’s the next reality.
• Seattle paper may shift to online-only: reports - The newspaper business continues to be hit hard, in a sense more of the same that sent The Rocky packing a few weeks ago.
• NBC Is Buoyed by a Matrix of Winners - NYTimes.com - In a time of increasingly diverse audience segments - can an hour long news cast survive? Or does it in fact help the network to reach an even broader audience and extend its brand?

MediaBack Page’s Quick Hits for February 28th through March 2nd:

• Has TV lost its nerve when it comes to complex dramas? | The Watcher -
• Rap Works the Late Shift - WSJ.com - Jimmy Fallon hits the airwaves and brings musical icons The Roots with him to late night television.
• Paul Harvey Dead: Radio legend Paul Harvey dead at age 90 — chicagotribune.com - The Chicago Tribune offers a great commentary on legendary radio broadcaster Paul Harvey.
• Survey shows optimism for social media, digital in 2009 - PRWeek US - PR is Changing It’s Gameface
• Twitter Investor Says There’s ‘No Rush’ To Make Money, But There’s Definitely A Plan | paidContent.org -
• Broadcast Networks Battling Uphill for Profit and Audience - NYTimes.com -