Nielsen Ramps Up with 'VideoCensus' to Deliver Online Video Metrics.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-19 February 2008-Nielsen Ramps Up with 'VideoCensus' to Deliver Online Video Metrics(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Nielsen Online, a service of The Nielsen Company, announced the full release of VideoCensus, a syndicated online video measurement service to combine patented panel and server research methodologies. ...

CBS and ProElite to Bring Mixed Martial Arts to Primetime.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-29 February 2008-CBS and ProElite to Bring Mixed Martial Arts to Primetime(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com The CBS Television Network and ProElite, a Los Angeles-based entertainment and media company that produces world class mixed martial arts (MMA) events, have jointly announced a multi-year agreement that will...

KPNW pulls the plug on Tannen's `Sports Talk' in favor of Savage.
Byline: Ron Bellamy The Register-Guard In a move likely to be controversial in a couple of ways, Eugene radio station KPNW-AM has pulled the long-running sports talk show hosted by Steve Tannen, replacing it Tuesday with the nationally syndicated show hosted by conservative Michael Savage, whose program...

In transition or on the brink? Greater St. Louis Association of Black Journalists.
Opportunity, education, justice, support, advancement. These are some of the reasons a group of African-Americans founded the Greater St. Louis Association of Black Journalists in 1976. While the GSLABJ was formed for idealistic reasons--to help minority students pursue careers in journalism--it now faces a challenge to remain...

UO women swing into West Regional.
Byline: The Register-Guard The Oregon women's golf team received an invitation Monday to compete in the NCAA West Regional to be held May 8-10 at Lincoln Hills Golf Club in Lincoln, Calif. The Ducks are one of six Pac-10 Conference teams in the West Regional,...

Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Finalizes Purchase of Emeril Lagasse.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-7 April 2008-Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Finalizes Purchase of Emeril Lagasse(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (MSLO)has completed the acquisition of Chef Emeril Lagasse's media and merchandising business. Lagasse retains his restaurant and foundation-related assets. The deal, which was first announced...

Assessing apple pie.
HIS LIFE, AS PRESENTED by the media, is a "fairy tale," maintains one critic of Sen. Barack Obama (D.-Ill.). Someone else notes that he needs further vetting, which is political jargon for, "Are we sure we have exhausted all efforts to find dirt on this guy?" Other commentators and...

Omnimedia and TurboChef Team for Cross-Platform Marketing.
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-30 April 2008-Omnimedia and TurboChef Team for Cross-Platform Marketing(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (MSLO) and TurboChef Technologies have entered into a cross-platform marketing agreement for TurboChef's residential speedcook oven. Emeril Lagasse is endorsing the oven and MSLO will...

Somebody's Gotta Say It.
SOMEBODY'S GOTTA SAY IT BY NEAL BOORTZ HARPERCOLUNS, NEW YORK 2007, 322 PAGES, $25.95 Host of "The Neal Boortz Show," a radio program syndicated in nearly 200 markets coast to coast, Neal Boortz started in 1970 at WRNG in Atlanta, which makes him one of...

A stupid, unjust, and criminal war; Iraq, 2001-2007.
9781570757327 A stupid, unjust, and criminal war; Iraq, 2001-2007. Greeley, Andrew. Orbis Books 2007 215 pages $19.00 Paperback BX1793 Father Greeley (sociology, U. of Arizona) collects his weekly syndicated columns from...