The new show “Sarah Palin’s Alaska” attracted a record number of viewers for its debut on the TLC network Sunday night. According to Nielsen figures, 4.96 million viewers watched the show, double the average viewership for the …
A day after Moody’s Investors Service announced it was putting Ireland under review for a possible downgrade, Fitch Ratings lowered the country’s credit grade to A+ from AA-. Fitch’s downgrade was prompted by the Irish government’s announcement last we…
MTV’s third-quarter ratings had its largest-ever year-over-year jump for its target 12-to-34-year-old audience, reflecting strong ratings from the Viacom Inc. unit for shows such as “Jersey Shore” and “The 2010 MTV Video Music …
The mortgage-backed securities meltdown whose effects still haunt our economy sprang from a simple cause: The rules of the game gave big incentives to every player involved to ignore the problems and keep collecting their fees….
CNN is sick of being the punching bag of the cable news world. Explaining why the network replaced the head of CNN U.S., CNN Worldwide President Jim Walton cited what he described as unfair press coverage focusing on CNN’s decl…