Rock Center with Brian Williams, a newsmagazine that offers viewers original, smart stories across a broad range of subjects, has provided something for everyone since its debut last fall.

Legendary newsman Brian Williams recently launched his new primetime news program Rock Center with Brian Williams on NBC. The debut of the broadcast that launched 10/31 had something for everyone: from serious discussions about the intersection of media and politics to a light-hearted conversation about “trick-or-treating” with Jon Stewart. In the premiere, Williams showcased how comfortable he is discussing both serious issues and pop culture.

Social media sites like Facebook and Twitter are essential for athletes to interact with their fans. As the 2010-2011 NBA regular season comes to a close and conference battles heat up, we here at Abrams Research have decided to create social media All-Star teams for the East and West conferences, featuring the players who are most influential using social media.

In case you haven’t yet noticed, you now have to scroll an extra three inches to get to the comments section on our posts. Yes, this does mean that it will take you 0.09 seconds longer to be able to tell your fellow Mediaite readers why they’re wrong but, don’t worry, there is a good reason for this! In that space we have now included the Bing Search Box, a tool designed to help open the world of the internet, enabling you to find better proof as to exactly why those readers are wrong. Progress!

Yahoo!, a leader in digital innovations, combines Science+Art+Scale to create customized solutions for advertisers looking to build and gain strength in the world of online advertising.

The clock is ticking on your chance to sign up for Mediaite’s Vespa giveaway so, to remind all of you stragglers out there, we’re going to do another Vespa poll. Take a good look at the picture above of the LXV 150 i.e. and decide which of the below Today anchors would look best speeding to the famous streetside studio.

In case you haven’t noticed, Mediaite is giving away a brand new Vespa to one of our very lucky readers (that’s right, one of you!). As we eagerly await to see which one of you is going to walk away (or fashionably drive away) with the prize, we started to wonder which of our favorite media personalities belong on a Vespa. As we all know (and if you don’t, check out this) Vespas are the perfect pick for the hip and the environmentally friendly. So, who of our usual favorites would most fit that description?

As the terrible video and images of the oil spill in the Gulf continue to flood the airwaves, many are looking to the government and oil companies to see how they will fix it. I began looking at myself and wondering what I can do to help. I’ve come up with kind of a strange solution, but one that makes perfect sense if you think about it. That’s right, I’m buying a Vespa.

Love your weekends even more –– with The Weekender subscription to The New York Times. Start the weekend early with the Friday Times, featuring the Weekend Arts section. It’s packed with reviews and listings of movies, shows, bands and more to see, hear and do all weekend, Kick back with the Saturday and Sunday paper, [...]

We here at Mediaite value fitness. In fact, every Friday afternoon, our publisher, Dan Abrams, makes us do 50 pushups to make sure we’re in prime blogging condition (then he buys us pizza to make sure there are no hard feelings). This is a fact not lost on Equinox, which is currently offering a free three day pass to their fitness clubs.

As if all features put into Times Reader 2.0 weren’t enough, the famed Times crossword puzzle has a prominent place in its new design. While the puzzle itself may not be easy, the ability to erase and change your answers certainly is. And if you get stuck, you have the option of revealing a letter, [...]

With Times Reader 2.0, reading the newspaper takes on a whole new meaning. Whether you prefer skimming the headlines, diving right into your favorite section or scanning the news by pictures, Times Reader 2.0 offers refreshing new ways to experience the days events. Enjoy enhanced browsing, by headlines, sections, stories and pictures. Watch news in video, enjoy the beautiful Adobe AIR interface, all organized and prioritized just like the original newspaper. ( Crossword puzzle included!)

With the return of Hung to HBO, Sunday nights at 10:00 PM, personal assets have never been more relevant. If you’ve not yet heard of the show, it focuses on Ray Drecker, a down on his luck high school teacher who transforms himself into a modern-day gigolo by leveraging his God-given gift – let’s call [...]

The thing about mainstream media coverage of public relations is that it is really rare for an article to take more than a glancing look into our corner of the world, so when it happens it sends the industry and its friends and foes into a frenzy of self-reflective hyper-analysis of the piece and its [...]

Entourage works as a show in large part because we can identify with each character – the relationships, ambitious, the insecurities, the egos – archetype’s familiar to us all. Well, the media world is also full of ambitious, insecure, egotistical people. And now that we’re on the subject…here’s who we’d cast in the media version of Entourage: Bros Before Prose.

I love Twitter. I really do. But I can’t help but think that it is leading us down the inexorable path to excessive navel gazing. Now I’m not saying that Twitter isn’t useful, or interesting, or a great way to chronicle everything from breaking political news to gathering protesters in Iran to the latest trip [...]