Known as ‘Alex From Target,’ Teenage Clerk Rises to Star on Twitter and Talk Shows
By LESLIE KAUFMAN
While many people focused on the midterm elections, others became enamored of a young employee at a Target store in Texas.
Ms. Swift has the best-selling new album of the year, and has taken center stage in the industry war over streaming services like Spotify.
While many people focused on the midterm elections, others became enamored of a young employee at a Target store in Texas.
In the 20 years since their introduction, banner ads have ruined the appearance and usability of the web, perverted content and diminished privacy.
After 21st Century Fox agreed to sell its 57.45 percent stake to British Sky Broadcasting earlier this year, the offer was extended to other shareholders.
Every network was down substantially from its view levels of four years ago, suggesting a deep lack of interest in the results.
News apps like Flipboard, Circa News and BBC News help keep users updated on breaking events.
Declines in advertising and subscriptions pushed revenue at the company’s news and information services division down 3 percent.
The entertainment company, which rejected a takeover effort by Rupert Murdoch over the summer, also raised its growth forecast for the year.
Moving the 2022 World Cup out of its traditional start in June could have ramifications for two of FIFA’s TV partners, Fox and Telemundo.
A publicity scuffle over Jessica Chastain, who appears in both “Interstellar” and “A Most Violent Year,” exemplifies how actors and filmmakers occasionally face conflicts over overlapping films.
Disney Consumer Products released sales figures for the dresses on Tuesday, an unusual step for the company and a reflection of the movie’s $1.3 billion in global box office sales.
Hollywood’s largest movie and television studio will ultimately lose 1,000 jobs amid trims by its parent company, Time Warner.
The deal will guarantee that Warner artists will get paid when their music is played on SoundCloud.
The movie studio and cable networks at 21st Century Fox reported better-than-expected results for the quarter, but the broadcast group fared poorly.
Sesame Street magazine is being reintroduced, and a digital publication called Sesame Street S’More is selling well in the Apple store.
Kevin Reilly made a reputation for hit shows at Fox, NBC and FX.
Mr. Magliozzi hosted the popular NPR show “Car Talk” for more than 30 years with his younger brother, Ray, in which they bantered with callers through an automotive prism.
The Discovery Channel special, which featured Nik Wallenda’s walk across the Chicago skyline, drew fewer than half the viewers of the hit AMC show.
The magazine company’s chief executive, Joseph A. Ripp, said strong performance in digital advertising helped offset drops in print advertising and circulation.
Formally confirming what has long been known in Hollywood, Fox said that Stacey Snider was joining it after a bumpy tenure as chief executive of DreamWorks Studios.
Mr. Hicks covered big business and all levels of New York politics for over 24 years as a reporter for The Times.
At the American Film Market, some in the business will be worrying about the subtle shifts away from their products in other countries.
With a mix of entertaining topics and politics, the two-year-old Independent Journal Review has web traffic that exceeds more seasoned right-wing sites.
Product placement in a novel might strike some as unseemly, but “Find Me I’m Yours” — an e-book that also makes room for sponsored content from companies — is not like most novels.
“Masterpiece,” the 43-year-old English drama franchise, is capitalizing on the runaway success of “Downton Abbey” by adding new shows and more airtime early next year.
A monthly political fund-raiser draws Republican members of the House Financial Services Committee and Wall Street lobbyists willing to read a book, and make a contribution, in exchange for access.
The media company will occupy floors 20 through 44 in 1 World Trade Center, confirming a shift in the culture downtown.
The results of Bill Maher’s bid to influence a House race in Minnesota will be seen with Tuesday’s election returns.
Hundreds objected to a statement from top newspaper editors that they would refrain from publishing articles critical of the government during a time of fierce fighting with militant extremists.
Nik Wallenda’s coming high-wire act illustrates the extreme risks some television networks are taking to attract live audiences in an age of fragmented, on-demand viewing.
After the departure of the journalist Matt Taibbi, people inside the company described a power struggle between journalists and management at the digital start-up.
SugarString, a Verizon-run website, highlights problems with the blurring of news and advertising, while The Texas Tribune, a nonpartisan news organization, is thriving.
In 2012, the author was kidnapped in Syria by the Nusra Front. After months of beatings and torture, he was certain he would be executed. Instead, he lived to tell this tale.
A campaign based on the slogan “First Comes Like” highlights the moments when daters discover each other’s endearing qualities.
The goal is to capitalize on renewed interest in Scotch and other brown spirits that is attributable partly to the popularity of “Mad Men.”
Nothing resembles a bouncing ball so much as the 26-year history of professional basketball in Charlotte, N.C.
CNET is starting a quarterly magazine, joining other media organizations that are capitalizing on their digital success with physical publications or outlets.
The media giant Scripps Networks Interactive is preparing an hourlong special, centered on the celebration of the Hawaiian homecoming of a wounded serviceman.
Ahead of the holidays, retailers take to social media to advertise sales on merchandise.
The 2014 Global Brand Simplicity Index ranked brands for how simple they were to use and understand, a quality of rising popularity among consumers and marketers.
The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence is encouraging parents to ask other parents if there are guns in their homes before letting their children play there.
The outdoor retailer the North Face has a new campaign encouraging city dwellers, among whom its jackets are already popular, to take part in outdoor activities like biking and mountain-climbing.
The growth of marketing efforts for connected-home items is fueled by consumers’ appetite for new technology.
Fifteen nonprofit groups conducted research that led to a new website to help parents better understand these issues and a campaign to promote the site.
The Council of Public Relations Firms plans to adopt an informal name, the P.R. Council, and promote the benefits of public relations to senior executives of client companies.
Searching for data-driven decision-making, Ogilvy & Mather is pooling its data executives in a unit called OgilvyAmp.
The market chain is trying to reignite sales growth and fend off increased competition by promoting the social values it follows in stocking its shelves.
Caliber, a new cologne from Stetson, is marketing itself with a contest on the “new rules of chivalry.”
Top officials enjoy what they deny to their citizens: social media.
HuffingtonPost.com is the most visited political website according to eBizMBA. eBizMBA derives its visitor numbers based on data from Alexa, Compete and Quantcast.
Pasta makers are facing the highest costs in four years, which will probably be passed on to consumers in the form of higher prices.
A campaign focuses on the comfortable living-room atmosphere of an arena.
A violin piece backing a Splenda commercial gets some recognition.