It’s not just girls, boys want to keep up with the latest trends too. We can use lessons from the workplace to help teens with homework. A new study found a link between degrading lyrics and teen sex. Teen obesity is just as deadly as teen smoking. R-rated movies are prompting teens to smoke. ...

On July 6th, 2005, The Observer officially launched the Media Mob under editor Tom Scocca with a post that attempted—and failed—to introduce an awkward portmanteau word we thought would capture large media companies' incursions into the then-still novel medium of blogs. We called it (shudder) bl...

The video embedded above is of Alisa Miller of Public Radio International. In less than five minutes, she very succinctly shows how much time America’s media focuses on international issues. The most startling fact: aside from ABC’s one-man crews, Africa, India, and South America are lef...

Last month, PRWeek reported that Washington bureau cutbacks by many mainstream media outlets are resulting in fewer story opportunities, less experienced correspondents, and more work for communications pros. However, the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism explained in data...

This week’s media analysis examines CBS’ foray into prime time with an 8 pm broadcast of its Evening News with Katie Couric tonight. The network contends this is a one-time event to attract new viewers to its 6:30 pm broadcast, but most people I spoke with wondered if this would work. Am...

On the evening of Monday, January 19th, the publisher David Bradley , stood in the opulent living room of his Georgian mansion off of Embassy Row in Washington D.C., across the road from the Naval Observatory, and spoke of existential angst. "All of us have those middle of the night sentiments ...

Earlier this week, we wrote about heavy cuts that CBS News made to its Tel Aviv bureau shortly before the outbreak of war in Gaza. The layoffs come at a time when just about everyone in the media is suffering from a serious downturn in advertising. So how much money will CBS News save by reducing a ...

Rupert Murdoch says the mainstream media has become contemptuous of its audience: Murdoch to media: You dug yourself a huge hole. To make his point, Murdoch criticized the media reaction after bloggers debunked a “60 Minutes” report by former CBS anchor, Dan Rather, that President Bush h...

Americans who voted early have done so amid charges - from both parties - of attempts to steal the election through either voter fraud or suppression. Armen Keteyian takes a hard look at whether those fears are justified....

(CBS/AP) The mother and brother of Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Hudson were found murdered yesterday in their Chicago home. A suspect is in custody and a nationwide Amber Alert has been issued for Hudson's 7-year-old nephew. CBS News correspondent Cynthia Bowers reports that Hudson returned t...