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After a Year, The Daily Tablet Paper Struggles
The Daily has struggled to break into the national conversation or to drive news and build on its brand the way traditional outlets do.


Print News Organizations Plunge Into Live Video
Web sites, newspapers and other news organizations are gearing up to produce hours of video programming, in part to pursue the higher revenues available from video ads.


NBC Spends Millions on the Buildup to ‘Smash’
Estimates are that NBC has spent as much as $25 million promoting “Smash,” a new series that the network hopes will be the hit it desperately needs.


$800 Million Chinese Fund to Back Film Projects
Sun Media Group is joining Harvest Fund Management to create Harvest Seven Stars Media Private Equity, which will back entertainment ventures in China and abroad.


Media Decoder Blog: A Super Bowl Where Viewers Let Their Fingers Do the Talking
Twitter was abuzz with comments during the big game, reaching a peak of 12,223 posts per second, with a total of about 15 million.


Media Decoder Blog: The Breakfast Meeting: In Ads, Super Bowl Was Humdrum, Though Madonna Came to Play
Also, new media hopes in The Daily and BuzzFeed, and newspapers find hope in video.


Media Decoder: Streaming Music at Spin
An overhaul for Spin.com includes plans for a streaming music player, nine new blogs and Web-only content like news and album reviews.


Hacking Questions at Times of London
The hacking scandal at Rupert Murdoch’s British newspapers widened on Thursday when a lawmaker said police investigations had spread to the flagship Times of London.


Viacom Posts Lower Earnings, Blaming Ratings at Nickelodeon
Philippe Dauman, the company’s chief executive, said that if Nickelodeon’s ratings had stayed steady last fall, total ad revenues would have been up.


Fourth-Quarter Profit and Revenue Declined at The New York Times Company
Fourth-quarter profit declined as rising subscription and digital advertising revenue at the company’s largest newspapers could not offset the continued drop-off in print advertising.


Advertising: Some Super Bowl Ads Being Seen Long Before the Game - Advertising
Advertisers placed many Super Bowl spots on YouTube or social media well ahead of the game, hoping to start a conversation and generate follow-up interest.


The Bay Citizen: Nonprofit News Groups Considering a Merger
The Bay Citizen is considering a potential merger and raising questions about whether the founding patron’s vision for a revitalization of Bay Area news reporting can survive him.


AOL Profit Declines but Beats Expectations
Fourth-quarter earnings declined to $22.8 million, compared with $66.2 million a year ago.


Robert B. Cohen Dies at 85; Founded the Hudson News Chain
Mr. Cohen was president of the Hudson County News Company, a newspaper distributorship, when it went into the retail field in the mid-1970s by taking over a newsstand at the Newark airport.


Television Review: ‘Smash,’ on NBC, With Debra Messing and Anjelica Huston
Megan Hilty takes flight in NBC's new series, Monday nights at 10, Eastern and Pacific times; 9, Central time.“Smash,” NBC’s series about backstage Broadway, comes with New York and Hollywood names off screen (Steven Spielberg, Therese Rebeck) and on (Debra Messing and Brian d’Arcy James).


News From the Advertising Industry
Account assignments, executive appointments and miscellaneous news from advertising agencies.


Television Review: Steven Van Zandt in Norwegian Netflix Series ‘Lilyhammer’
Steven Van Zandt stars in the Netflix series. Its eight episodes can be streamed as of Monday.“Lilyhammer,” starring Steven Van Zandt as a wiseguy in witness protection in Norway, is the first original series on Netflix and is available via streaming video.


Tumblr Hires Writers to Cover Itself
The social blogging site has hired a content executive and a Newsweek writer to document the service and market it to users.


Advertising: Orthodontists Market to Adults Seeking Prettier Smiles
The American Association of Orthodontists has been running ads aimed at the rising number of adults seeking braces or teeth-straightening services.


Networks Resort to Trickery in an Attempt to Lift Ratings
Strategies include front-loading national commercials early in a show and extending hit shows a minute or two into the following hour.


Front Row: Fashion Changes, and So Do the Magazines
Readers can expect to see some changes in the big March magazine issues, most notably in Glamour and Harper’s Bazaar.


Advertising: A Brand Too Strong to Stay in Its Own Ad
A new Procter & Gamble co-branding campaign has an Old Spice pitchman interrupt commercials for Charmin and Bounce products.


The Whistle Hopes to Be Sports Media Destination for Children
The Whistle, a new media company aimed at 6-to 16-year-olds, is forgoing a cable network beginning, instead trying to capitalize on outlets like YouTube and gaming consoles.


The Media Equation: At BuzzFeed, the Significant and the Silly
The Web site is trying for pollination: providing the kind of content that will have visitors passing along links from one person to the next, that will in turn bring them around to BuzzFeed.


Advertising: Super Bowl Commercials, From Charming to Smarmy
A that brought back its chimps dressed as humans.Risk-taking, rule-breaking ideas were as hard to find among the more than 50 Super Bowl commercials as good taste in a GoDaddy ad.


Corner Office | Amy Astley: Amy Astley of Teen Vogue, on Valuing a Work Ethic
Amy Astley of Teen Vogue says that in hiring, she wants to get a sense of applicants’ work ethic — and whether they can think in an entrepreneurial way.


Editorial | State of Play: Perpetual War: Digital Pirates and Creators
Stopping digital piracy, which is growing by leaps and bounds, is about protecting creativity — and jobs.


Campaign Spotlight: Will Curve Appeal Demonstrate Appeal to Men and Women? -Campaign Spotlight
The Curve fragrance is being joined by a brand extension, Curve Appeal, which is also being aimed at male and female consumers in their 20s. In a departure, ads for the new fragrances feature celebrities.


Q. and A. With Stuart Elliott
What is she singing about in that commercial? And what is the name of that actor who is trying to sell me aspirin?


Webdenda: Accounts and People of Note in the Advertising Industry
Arik Air, Lagos, Nigeria, named C. Moore Media International Public Relations, New York, as its public relations agency of record.


Talk to The Times: Answers to Readers’ Questions About State’s Secrets
Editors and reporters answered questions from readers about The Times’s reports on the leaked American diplomatic cables.


An archive of Q. and A. features with Times editors, reporters, columnists and executives.