video Why isn't Pres. Obama happy? What will changing their name accomplish for ACORN? Why are women having more sex now than they did in the 60s? All these questions were answered and more on last night's (or this morning's) Red Eye, featuring Jill Dobson, Joe DeVito, robots and...Mediaite. (more...)

webcast It's time for a new episode of Mediaite Office Hours, from Livestream.com's studio at 3pmET. Joining us today will be The Wrap's Josef Adalian, Salon's Alex Koppelman, and more. (more...)

webcast It's time for a new episode of Mediaite Office Hours, from Livestream.com's studio at 3pmET. Joining us today will be Slate's Mickey Kaus, Jonathan Fuhrman,

podcast It's time for podcast #7, and episode #9 of Mediaite's Real World Recap podcast! We're live at 9amET Thursday to talk about all things D.C. - with a special reality TV guest. (more...)

webcast It's time for a new episode of Mediaite Office Hours, from Livestream.com's studio at 3pmET (and featuring an all-female hosting team). Joining us today will be MSNBC's Willie Geist, CNET's Caroline McCarthy and more. (more...)

podcast It's time for podcast #6, and episode #8 of Mediaite's Real World Recap podcast! We're live at 9amET Thursday to talk about all things D.C. - with a special reality TV guest. (more...)

webcast There's a lot to discuss today on Mediaite Office Hours live from Livestream.com's studio at 3pmET. Joining us today will be NPR's David Folkenflik, Politico's Patrick Gavin and more. (more...)

podcast It's time for podcast #5, and episode #7 of Mediaite's Real World Recap podcast! We're live at 9amET Thursday to talk about all things D.C. - with a special reality TV guest. (more...)

webcast We've got a packed Mediaite Office Hours today for Super Bowl Thursday, live from Livestream.com's studio at 3pmET. Joining us today will be Fox News' Brian Kilmeade and some of the SportsGrid and Styleite team. (more...)

podcast It's time for podcast #4, and episode #6 of Mediaite's Real World Recap podcast! We're live at 9amET Thursday to talk about all things D.C. - with a special reality TV guest. (more...)

webcast We've got a packed Mediaite Office Hours today from Livestream.com's studio at 3pmET. Joining us today will be CBS News' Mark Knoller, New York Times' Brian Stelter and more: (more...)

podcast It's time for podcast #4, and episode #5 of Mediaite's Real World Recap podcast! We're live at 9amET Thursday to talk about all things D.C. - with a special reality TV guest. (more...)

live blog Come join us for Mediaite's live blog tonight of Pres. Barack Obama's one-time-only first-ever State of the Union speech. It's going to be HUGE (or forgettable). Either way we've assembled an all-star group from the media, comedy and business world to discuss the speech and coverage in real time. With your help. Check it out - we're live at 8pmET! (more...)

webcast We're back with Mediaite Office Hours today from our comfortable and spacious Livestream.com's studio at 3pmET. Joining us today will be ABC News' Rick Klein, Los Angeles Times' Matea Gold and more: (more...)

video Rick Sanchez' new two-hour 3pmET program, Rick's List, premiered today on CNN, and Mediaite made the list. Luckily, it wasn't "The List U Don’t Want To Be On" (Danny Glover got that honor on show #1). Instead, it was about the Conan/Leno late night story. (more...)

going rogue Today, Mediaite Office Hours goes rogue. Because of some tech issues our friends at Livestream are having, we're going to go old school with a conference room mini-show. Conan, Leno, Game Change and more - at 3:30pmET. (more...)

webcast We're back with Mediaite Office Hours today - our first show of 2010 - from Livestream.com's studio at 3pmET. Joining us today will be MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski, Sports Illustrated's Richard Deitsch and more: (more...)

webcast It's time for a special edition of Mediaite Office Hours - our final show of 2009 - from Livestream.com's studio at 3pmET. Joining us today will be Mark Knoller of CBS News, A.J. Daulerio of Deadspin.com and more: (more...)

webcast We're back with another edition of Mediaite Office Hours, from Livestream.com's studio at 3pmET. Joining us today will be Brian Ross of ABC News, Alan Sepinwall of the Star-Ledger and more: (more...)

People really seem to love this Jersey Shore show, especially our own Steve Krakauer, who called it "the worst best show of all time" and who yesterday on Office Hours suggested to Time TV critic James Poniewozik that he consider it as a dark horse best show of the decade (Glynnis suggested Deadwood; I suggested Alias). Now I see that Jersey Shore: Week 2 is our lead story on the front page (which is fair enough, considering my devotion to all things seems to like it almost as much as Gaga). But more to the point, this gives me a terrific segue to introduce this: Nick Kroll on Funny or Die as "Bobby Bottleservice" in his audition tape for Jersey Shore. (more...)

webcast We're back with another edition of Mediaite Office Hours, from Livestream.com's studio at 3pmET. We've got a packed show, with CNBC's Darren Rovell Time Magazine's James Poniewozik and more. (more...)

webcast We're back with another edition of Mediaite Office Hours, from Livestream.com's studio at 3pmET. We've got a packed show, with CNN's Ed Henry, Paul Rieckhoff of the IAVA, Aaron Hicklin of Out magazine and more. (more...)

webcast We're got a lot to talk about today on a special edition of Mediaite Office Hours, coming to you live from Livestream.com’s studio at 3pmET. James Poniewozik of Time magazine and more. (more...)

webcast We're got a lot to talk about today on Mediaite Office Hours, coming to you live from Livestream.com’s studio at 3pmET. We'll be joined by Andy Levy of Fox News' Red Eye, Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post and CNN and more. (more...)

webcast We're back with a live Mediaite Office Hours today, coming to you from Livestream.com’s studio at 3pmET. We'll be joined by ABC News correspondent Jake Tapper, the team behind "Martin Eisenstadt" and more. (more...)

Election Day is upon us. Even though 2009 is an off year and there aren't many races underway, the Congressional race in NY-23, the gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia, and of course the mayoral race in New York are all going to be ones to watch, as are a handful of smaller races and propositions scattered throughout the country. In the age of media overload, how do you decide what's worth reading? Fortunately, Mediaite has put together a web-focused list of blogs, Twitter feeds, publications, and cable sources to guide you through the day: (more...)

webcast Today on Mediaite Office Hours we're coming to you live as usual from Livestream.com’s studio at 3pmET. We'll be joined by Time magazine's Michael Scherer, Deadspin.com editor A.J. Daulerio, Politico's Patrick Gavin...and you! (more...)

By now everyone knows that last week's Balloon Boy incident was a hoax, pulled off by a family desperately hoping to land a reality television show.*

webcast It's a big Mediaite Office Hours today, coming to you live as usual from Livestream.com’s studio at 3pmET. We'll be joined by CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric, Clusterstock.com editor Joe Weisenthal...and you! (more...)

Yesterday Mediaite TV Editor Steve Krakauer was on CNN.com discussing the blogosphere reaction to Barack Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize. He was on with James Richardson from Skepticians.com. (more...)

webcast It's a Mediaite Book Club edition of Mediaite Office Hours today. Joining us for our show, from Livestream.com’s studio live at 3pmET today, will be authors Gary Vaynerchuk, Duff McDonald, David Sax...and some surprises as well. (more...)

webcast After a week off (my fault, long story), it's time for another edition of Mediaite Office Hours. We'll be live from Livestream.com's studio at 3pmET, with guests including CNN correspondent Ali Velshi and NBC News legal analyst Dan Abrams (how'd we land that one?). And of course…you! (more...)

webcast We've got a packed episode of Mediaite Office Hours this afternoon. We're live from Livestream.com's studio at 3pmET (back to the original time), with guests including CBS News and Sports President Sean McManus, NFL Network anchor Rich Eisen and Time Magazine columnist James Poniewozik. And of course…you! (more...)

President Obama had an outburst last night! Sort of. Alas, it was less Kanye-style than actually about Kanye West -- the President was quoted on Twitter referring to him as a "jackass" -- but it's still a headline dominator this morning. Also, it was supposed to be off the record. However, thanks to the beauty of Twitter we all get to enjoy the unedited Obama. Here's what happened. (more...)

Webcast It's time for another edition of Mediaite Office Hours. We'll be live from Livestream.com's studio at 4pmET (new time just for today), with guests including CBS News and Sports President Sean McManus and ABC News Political Correspondent Rick Klein. And of course…you! (more...)

It's time for another Mediaite Office Hours. We'll be live from Livestream.com's studio at 1pmET (new time - today only), with MSNBC anchor Willie Geist and more. And of course…you! (more...)

It's time for another edition of Mediaite Office Hours, likely the final one from our conference room set. We lined up a great show: guests include CNN correspondent Ali Velshi (live from Missouri) and Garrett Graff of Washingtonian. And of course…you! (more...)

Mediaite was born at around 2 a.m. on Sunday, July 6th. Then the server crashed. Welcome to the fun-filled world of a start-up! For the past four weeks, we've taken to comparing the site to a baby: Don't leave it alone, don't expect much sleep, you never know what it'll burp up. (Wordpress! How you bedevil us!). Though it's certainly forced us to stretch in ways we weren't expecting, we've enjoyed the past month — enough to look forward to sticking around for a while (sorry, Brain Trust). (more...)

It's that time of the week again - Mediaite Office Hours! We lined up another great show for you: Guests included host of the new MSNBC show Way Too Early, Willie Geist, Politico reporter (and fellow former mediabistro'er) Patrick Gavin and our own Dan Abrams, plus Mediaite columnist Tommy Christopher. Thanks to everyone who called in, commented, watched and listened. (more...)

Welcome to Mediaite, the website of and about the media. It’s my hope that after checking out the site you will see this as a unique property that will quickly become the must-read for anyone interested in media, the business of it and the personalities behind it. We have assembled some of the most respected and engaging media writers in the country as well as dynamic features including a media influence index and a job board that can assist media professionals, even those seeking new careers. For me, this site is the manifestation of a vision I have had for many years. (more...)