Articles By: Kim LaCapria

HuffPo Taps Precocious Teen Reporter For New High School Vertical

HuffPo Taps Precocious Teen Reporter For New High School Vertical

The Huffington Post hiring spree continues unabated, with news that a relatively well-known 17-year-old media wunderkind has been selected to lead the network’s yet-to-be-described high school vertical. The role of teens in such media has recently been a hot topic- […]

CBS Doubles Second Quarter Gains, Credits Digital Distribution

CBS Doubles Second Quarter Gains, Credits Digital Distribution

“High margin revenue” largely stemming from older content licensed to distribution channels like Netflix has resulted in nearly doubled profit for CBS in the second quarter, CEO Les Moonves has confirmed. Much of the gains were derived solely from older […]

Former OWN CEO Christina Norman Snapped Up by HuffPo For Black Voices

Former OWN CEO Christina Norman Snapped Up by HuffPo For Black Voices

By all accounts, former OWN CEO Christina Norman’s tenure with the Big O was doomed from the start. Even Norman said when she first spoke to Oprah about the big deal gig, something was off. The meeting didn’t go well- […]

AOL Editions Released For iPad, Does It Stack Up to Flipboard?

AOL Editions Released For iPad, Does It Stack Up to Flipboard?

Rich people may be ignoring the iPad and other forms of digital content, but consuming your media on a smartphone, tablet or other device has kind of been a hit with us plebes. Today, iPad owners got yet another novel, […]

WordPress Sites Threatened By ‘Zero Day’ Image Utility Bug

WordPress Sites Threatened By ‘Zero Day’ Image Utility Bug

The most time-consuming, non-consensual game played in WordPress users’ free time has to be, hands down, “find the buggy plugin.” (If you’ve ever tearfully watched the sun rise as you suck down Dr. Pepper and sob as you sort through […]

New Media Experts Are The New Pentagon Target

New Media Experts Are The New Pentagon Target

Earlier this year, it was a bit amusing when it came to light that the Secret Service (the executive branch’s security detail with “secret” right there in the name) had an account on Twitter. Today, another notoriously national security-focused organization […]

86% of Rich People Prefer Print Media, According to Survey

86% of Rich People Prefer Print Media, According to Survey

So, when the guillotines are finally dragged out and dusted off, it seems you may not be coming into possession of a shiny new gold-plated iPad after all. The divide between the very wealthy, the more moderately wealthy and the […]