Media and entertainment company CBS Corp. is buying CNet Networks Inc., an online news and information provider, for $1.8 billion in cash in its latest bid to expand its reach on the Internet, the companies announced Thursday. The price of $11.50 per shar

It seems that we always want to know the news before everybody else. In fact, that's why media even exists--to get the news to consumers in a timely and accurate fashion.

White Denim by Annie Ray Yesterday, White Denim is soft-releasing their new album, Exposion , online only through TopSpin Media (if it sounds familiar, it might be because Byrne & Eno just released Everything That Happens Will Happen Today on

Independent News & Media is undertaking a major restructure of its business, axing up to 90 jobs. It is hoped the initiative will save the publisher about £10m.

Apparently it’s not enough to employ a “celebrity” news anchor or columnist. You must also seat your celebrity news anchor or columnist next to an actual Hollywood celebrity (C-list will do) at Fête-The-Press-Inside-The-Beltway functions.