April 09, 2008

BET

Rap-It-Up: Learn The Facts About HIV & AIDS

Local colleges, health organizations and a number of radio stations will offer free HIV testing, health information and a panel discussion about HIV/AIDS and its effects on African American women. oses Cone Infectious Disease Clinic, Bennett College for Women, North Carolina A&T State University and BET (Black Entertainment Television) present Rap-It-Up, a HIV/AIDS Prevention Community Event.

http://www.digtriad.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=101432&catid=216

CBS

CBS In Talks With Time Warner to Use CNN

CBS is said to have held talks with Time Warner about a deal to outsource some of its news-gathering operations to CNN. The talks include reducing CBS's news-gathering capacity while keeping top personalities like anchor Katie Couric. Also: CBS News says it has no plans to outsource to CNN.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/08/business/media/08cbs.html

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/07/national/main4000535.shtml

CW NETWORK

'Top Model' hit with FCC indecency complaint

The Parents Television Council has filed an indecency complaint with the Federal Communications Commission over The CW network’s telecast of America’s Next Top Model on March 26, which showed a blurred scene of a model posing nude on a bed.

http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/media_agencies/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003787131

FOX

BONO GIVES BACK

AMERICAN Idol raised some $75 million for charities around the world last year with its Idol Gives Back special, and the goal for this year’s broadcast on Wednesday, April 9 is $100 million. A bunch of stars have signed on to lend their support, including Bono, who was also on the top-rated show last year.

http://www.irishabroad.com/news/irish-voice/entertainment/Articles/BONO-GIVES-BACK120408.aspx

Hulu CEO Outlines Global Online Ambitions

Hulu's ambition is to bring global content to America and the rest of the world, says CEO Jason Kilar. The online video joint venture between News Corp. and NBC Universal is available for the moment only in the United States. "We have an ambition to be global."

http://www.screendaily.com/ScreenDailyArticle.aspx?intStoryID=38154

News Corp Buys Stake In Online Video Network

Fox Networks, an advertising network run by News Corp.'s Fox International Channels, is acquiring a majority stake in utarget, a European ad network specializing in online video. The unit will be rebranded utarget.Fox and is expected to boost News Corp.'s efforts in online advertising.

http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/newstex/AFX-0013-24336249.htm

MTV

Mike Myers To Host 2008 MTV Movie Awards

MTV Wednesday announced actor/comedian Mike Myers will host this year’s MTV Movie Awards, scheduled for Sunday, June 1, live from the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, Calif.

http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6549527.html

MTV Networks Japan in Online Video Deal

MTV Networks Japan has reached a deal to make a selection of its content, including the animated comedy Beavis and Butthead, available on niwango’s online video-sharing service, Nico Nico Douga.

http://www.worldscreen.com/newscurrent.php?filename=MTVN040908.htm

MTV Tr3́s debuts three new original productions

Three new original productions that place the world and dreams of young Latinos at the center were announced today by MTV Tr3́s. eginning April 14th, MTV Tr3́s viewers will find out what it’s like to make dinner for a Latino superstar on “Rock Dinner,” the moves some viewers will risk for something that really matters to them in “Bust a Ritmo,” and how to get a video produced by MTV in “Dame un Break.”

http://smallscreen.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1399194.php/MTV_Tr3&%23769s_debuts_three_new_original_productions_

UNIVISON

The Latin Recording Academy®, Univision Network, and Mayor Bill White Announce Latin GRAMMY Awards Host City

The Latin Recording Academy® President Gabriel Abaroa, Univision Network news anchor Barbara Bermudo, and Houston Mayor Bill White today announced that the 9th Annual Latin GRAMMY® Awards will be broadcast live from the Toyota Center in Houston on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008.

http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080408005048&newsLang=en

Univision, Nielsen Unveil Research Tool

Univision Communications today unveiled a new research tool, developed in conjunction with Nielsen, that it plans to use in this year's upfront to sell sponsors on the benefits of advertising on its Hispanic broadcast network, Univision.

http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/agency/e3ie162533a78dd4240f5af05d087e7bc4d

VIACOM

Mark Taylor To Head Nickelodeon Animation

NICKELODEON/MTVN KIDS UPPED MARK TAYLOR to senior vice president and general manager, Nickelodeon Animation Studio, responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of Nickelodeon's Burbank Animation Studio.

http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.san&s=80242&Nid=41343&p=917272

AFRICA

Africa Goes Wireless

Naabala is a traditional East African Maasai warrior. He has a bright red shukha blanket draped over his shoulder and a baton-like weapon, called a conga, tucked in his belt. As we walk together, his many necklaces jangle as he tells us about his first lion hunt - at the age of 16 - stopping only to show us which plants cure fever and which ones are poisonous. Then our mini-culture lesson comes to an abrupt end when something very unexpected happens - Naabala's cell phone rings.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-kielburger-and-marc-kielburger/africa-goes-wireless_b_95896.html

Full house at PSI condom launch

DESPITE the absence of Mafikizolo, The Population Services International (PSI) Lover’s Plus smooth condom launch held at Cafe Mogambo was a resounding success.

http://www.observer.org.sz/main.php?id=42774&section=entertain

Government adopts male cut as strategy in fight against HIV

The policy, stipulating how all willing Kenyan men, irrespective of their age, will undergo circumcision, sets into motion the use of the surgical procedure as a standard HIV prevention strategy for the country. Health personnel from Government health facilities at various levels are to undergo in-service training to hone their skills on the new procedure.

http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?category_id=39&newsid=120839

NO TALK OF CONDOMS

The government in one Nigerian state has banned citizens from promoting condom use, despite the fact that the number of those infected with HIV/AIDS in the nation continues to rise each year reports allAfrica.com.

http://www.bet.com/News/NewsArticleHealthCondomTalkBannedInOnePartofAfrica.htm?wbc_purpose=Basic&WBCMODE=PresentationUnpublished&Referrer=%7B0471DDF0-D0D8-48A8-9E30-ADD40CBE0269%7D

ASIA

Federal HIV/AIDS grant means $291K for Guam

Guam has been awarded $291,055 to assist low income, uninsured and underinsured patients living with HIV or AIDS via a grant to the Department of Public Health and Social Services, according to a news release from the governor's office.

http://www.guampdn.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080410/NEWS01/804100314/1002

Safe sex? What's that? Migrant workers wonder

CHINA'S arduous war against the HIV/AIDS plague gained a new advocate when the State Administration of Industry and Commerce (SAIC) integrated an HIV prevention message - primarily safe sex - into its routine duties.

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2008/200804/20080410/article_355283.htm

CARIBBEAN

Would you buy condoms, pads?

Most men can identify with feeling awkward when first being asked to pick up feminine hygiene products. Women experience a similar twinge in the pit of their stomachs when purchasing a box of condoms.

http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20080407/flair/flair9.html

HIV/AIDS AND SEXUAL HEALTH NEWS

Alicia Keys Hoping To Spread A Virtual Virus

Alicia Keys [ tickets ], co-founder of the charitable and educational foundation Keep a Child Alive (KCA), continues her fight against AIDS with the release of a new documentary, "Alicia in Africa: Journey to the Motherland," which was filmed during a recent trip to Africa to visit communities affected by HIV and AIDS, according to a press release. Keys also plans to screen the "Alicia in Africa" trailer before each concert on her upcoming American tour, which kicks off April 19 in Virginia. The performer plans to raise money--as well as awareness--with her "Text Alive" initiative, which allows anyone to make an immediate $5 donation to KCA by text messaging "Alive" to 90999.

http://www.livedaily.com/blog/1831.html

Brazil builds £10m condom factory to help save rainforest

Making love might not seem like the most obvious way to save the world's largest tropical rainforest - and combat the threat of Aids. But according to the Brazilian government, which this week opened a £10m condom factory deep in the Amazon jungle, it could be an effective weapon in the battle to silence the chainsaws of Amazonia.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/apr/09/forests.conservation?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront

Condom Maker Launches Nationwide Bus and Concert Tour During STI Awareness Month

Starting today in Atlanta, the Trojan Evolve tour will travel across the U.S. raising awareness regarding the poor state of sexual health in America and urging Americans to petition for change. The fact is, this is not a sexually healthy nation, and the Evolve tour is designed to address this head on by inspiring a positive sexual health movement and empowering Americans to change behaviors and opinions about carrying and using condoms.

http://sev.prnewswire.com/retail/20080408/NYTU05008042008-1.html

Face gives away sexual intentions, new study says

A woman can tell at a glance if the man approaching to woo her is merely after her body or wants a more meaningful relationship, a study indicates. Equally, a man can tell, though with less success, whether a woman is likely to have a relaxed attitude to sex or holds more traditional views.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article3708640.ece

IWU gets grant to study why students make risky sexual decisions

The federal government is so interested that it gave IWU researcher Natalie Smoak and a colleague at the University of Connecticut a $1.2 million grant. They will use virtual-reality technology to study how and why people make decisions that could lead to sexually transmitted diseases, including the human immunodeficiency virus.

http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2008/04/08/news/doc47fc2347319d8330625876.txt

PUSH TO MAKE CONDOMS AVAILABLE IN ALL PRISONS IN AUSTRALIA

Almost 2,000 prisoners are taking part in a sexual health study, comparing NSW, which offers condoms in prisons, and Queensland, which does not. The study is funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council and will be published by the National Centre in HIV Social Research.

http://www.ssonet.com.au/display.asp?ArticleID=8128

THT launches "rough sex" website

A leading sexual health charity has created a new information website aimed at gay men interested in rough sex, S&M and other "hard core sexual practices." Terrence Higgins Trust said research had found that men had questions about specific sex scenes but didn't know where to get reliable information.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-7346.html

MULTI CULTURAL NEWS

MySpace Expanding Content For U.S. Latinos

News Corp.'s MySpace is expanding its offerings for U.S. Hispanics, adding eight bilingual communities focused on Latino interests. MySpace says it is expanding the Latino site because it has been adding tens of thousands of Hispanic users each month with little promotion.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080408/ap_on_hi_te/apfn_myspace_latinos

National black gay conference attracts Atlanta leaders

Health issues will be a major focus at the conference, especially because of the rising rates of HIV infection among black gay men, Davis said. Dr. David Malebranche of Emory University, who has done significant research on HIV among black gay men, will be taking part in that aspect of the conference.

http://www.sovo.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=17547

OTHER MEDIA NEWS

AARP Launches Its Own Online Social Network

AARP, formerly the American Association of Retired Persons, the U.S. organization devoted to interests of people age 50 and over, is launching its news publication, AARP Bulletin, online. The new site if part of a relaunch of AARP.org, which now includes an online social network.

http://www.circman.com/viewmedia.asp?prmMID=3896

Ad Business Model Outdated, Publicis Says

The advertising industry's business model "is no longer valid, no longer relevant," says Maurice Levy, CEO of global ad giant Publicis Groupe. Ad agencies need to develop a deeper understanding of technology, he adds, noting rising competition from Google, Microsoft and Yahoo.

http://www.reuters.com/article/industryNews/idUSN0848220820080408

CosmoGIRL!, Vice Magazine Go Virtual

Magazines are inching their way into virtual worlds. Vice magazine and vMTV are partnering to create the vLES, a virtual Lower East Side; CosmoGIRL! is holding its first-ever virtual prom in a virtual world created by There.com. Advertisers are experimenting with several platforms.

http://www.minonline.com/features/6688.html

Disney Game Arm to Buy Chinese Developer

Disney Interactive Studios plans to buy Chinese company Gamestar, as the U.S. entertainment giant expands in China. The acquisition will contribute to Disney's "global growth plans" and new products, says Graham Hopper, general manager for Disney Interactive.

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080408/china_disney_video_games.html

'Essence' ranks No.1 in ad revenues for March; 'The Green' has biggest gain

Essence magazine led all black-oriented titles in total ad dollars for the month March, according to Media Economics Group's estimates and rankings. The black women's monthly had $19.48 million in ad dollars, compared with $14.0 million for the same month last year, or an increase of 39.1 percent

http://www.targetmarketnews.com/storyid04070801.htm

Gannett's USA Today Launches IM News

USA Today is rolling out a new instant message-based application. Available initially to users of AOL's AIM service, users will be able to search current and archived USAToday.com headlines and set up real-time news alerts. The instant message bot was developed by InfiniteAgent.

http://www.mobileburn.com/pressrelease.jsp?Id=4441

Google, New York Times to Track News Online

Google is teaming up with the New York Times to allow users to track the news geographically in a layer on Google Earth. Users can follow the news by location and by section. The partnership marks the first time Google has worked with a news organization to offer news in real time.

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/04/07/google-earth-adds-new-york-times-layer

HBO Set to Name Naegle as New Series Chief

United Talent Agency partner Sue Naegle could be named HBO entertainment president as soon as Wednesday. Insiders confirm that Naegle has emerged as the top candidate for the highly sought-after position. HBO execs are hinting that an announcement is imminent.

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117983725.html

'Old' Media Lead in Nods for Webby Awards

NYTimes.com and NPR.org earned the most nominations, with eight each, for the 12th annual Webby Awards, dubbed "the Oscars of the Internet." Other nominees include PBS, CNN, BBC, the Onion, and the Guardian, as well as Digg, Flickr, and Facebook. Winners will be announced May 6.

http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSN0834002120080408

Pitchfork.tv Takes a Stab at Music Videos

Sensing a gap between MTV's reality shows and YouTube's labyrinth of musical treasures, the popular music blog Pitchfork is launching a video service that will serve up music videos, band interviews and even feature-length films at higher quality than is standard online.

http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/news/2008/04/pitchfork_tv

Time Warner's AOL May Lose to Facebook

Time Warner's struggling AOL online unit could be the big loser if Facebook's new instant-messaging chat feature takes off. Facebook users may become "addicted to Facebook chat and begin to decrease their usage of AIM," according to Pali Capital analyst Richard Greenfield.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/04092008/business/im_chat_not_just_domain_of_aol_105671.htm

Yahoo's Flickr Plans to Take On YouTube

Yahoo will begin showing homemade videos on its photo-sharing site, Flickr, in a long-anticipated move that may be too late to lure most people away from the Internet's dominant video channel, Google's YouTube. Yahoo's inability to keep pace with Google has caused its stock price to sag.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080409/ap_on_hi_te/flickr_video

YouTube Launches C-SPAN Election Channel

C-SPAN, the U.S. private nonprofit cable public affairs network, is launching its own channel on YouTube, focused on the upcoming Pennsylvania primary. Users will be able to upload their videos and share what they believe is the most important issue in the election.

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/04/08/c-span-launches-channel-on-youtube