Argentina Star
ArgentinaStar.com Saturday 4th February 2012 Edition 35/2012
bullet
Front Page Breaking Media News
corner
Zuckerberg's taxes on IPO? How about $2 billion
(Credit: James Martin/CNET) Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg may be on the hook for $2 billion in taxes with his company going public. But he's not necessarily all that upset about it. As The...


Add to My Yahoo!

Follow us on Follow us on TwitterFollow us on facebook
Art of the Super Bowl Ad: Father of Super Bowl Spots on Clydesdales, Pepsi's Best and Michael Jordan
Registering allows you to sign up for any of our free emails, participate in polls or comment on stories. If you are trying to get to subscriber-only content, or wish to receive weekly copies of Ad...
Mormonism still raising questions among Americans, in New York Times forum
Too much money, too perfect, too happy, too disconnected with the real world. Is it Mitt Romney people are bothered with, or the Mormon Church? Despite Romney's attempts to persuade the...
James Murdoch 'kept in dark' on hacking - reporter
LONDON (Reuters) - News Corp's James Murdoch was "kept in the dark" about the scale of phone hacking at the News of the World by his subordinates who tried to manage the problem, the...
'Girls Gone Wild''s Joe Francis Sends Legal Threat to Madonna Over Super Bowl Show
NBCUniversal and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell are also named in the document, which aims to prevent the singer from performing her song of the same name at the Super...
Experts query digital cable TV policy
The National Communications Commission's (NCC) announcement this week that it plans to lift the digital cable television service penetration rate to 100 percent by 2014 has been questioned by a...
Apple feels no need to offer lower cost iPhone, says analyst
Apple seems to have no desire to sell cheaper smartphones, according to a report from Citigroup technology analyst Richard Gardner. Meeting with Apple CEO Tim Cook and Chief Financial Officer Peter...
Facebook working on mobile ads? Firm says nope
(Credit: James Martin/CNET) Update, 4:51 p.m. PT: Paul Gelb, Mobile Practice lead at Razorfish, sent several tweets today saying his company was not working with Facebook on mobile ad buying:...
SAG and AFTRA Launch Merger Website
• Labor The website contains an FAQ (frequently asked questions), news, events and videos, an instructions on hosting house parties. There are twelve FAQs: three on general subjects and nine on...
Golden Globes Trial: Dick Clark Might Still Need to Testify in Person
The judge is expected to rule Tuesday on whether the iconic producer will have to take the stand in the Hollywood Foreign Press and Dick Clark Productions court...
Hollywood Studios Follow RIAA's Lead By Suing LimeWire
Here is why it probably wasn't the best idea in the world for LimeWire to settle up with record companies. Last year, the once-popular, now-dead file-sharing company paid $105 million to put an...
Facebook Hires Former Levi's, Apple Exec Rebecca Van Dyck to Lead Marketing
Register here for free. Register so that you can sign up for our free e-mails, participate in our polls, comment on stories, share stories and generally keep connected to the leading source of...
6 business leaders mull bid for Philly newspapers
PHILADELPHIA -; Philadelphia Flyers owner Ed Snider and New Jersey powerbroker George Norcross are among six business leaders mounting a potential bid for two Philadelphia newspapers. Former...
Zimbabwe media body seeks to ban foreign newspapers
HARARE -- Zimbabwe's media commission on Thursday said it will ask authorities to ban foreign newspapers that are not registered to operate in the...
Ian Burrell: Dark clouds gathered over Murdoch mean storms for The Thunderer
Once it was a story about hacking mobile phones. But the scandal over British media malpractices has spread to include illicit payments to police and now the hacking of email accounts. And, as this...
Reporters' Roundtable: What's Facebook going to do with that money?
Facebook filed to go public this week and the entire tech world turned its attention to the filing document, the S-1. It revealed some impressive numbers: 845 million monthly users on Facebook, about...
EU officials want Google to suspend privacy policy change
European Union officials have asked Google to refrain from implementing its plans to share user information across all of its services until the privacy implications can be analyzed, but Google is...
Facebook users polled 'unlike' new Timeline feature
SodaHead said they want to see the new feature bite the dust. Among the rest of the SodaHeads surveyed, only 20 percent said they like the Timeline, while 10 percent said they don't use...
Google's response on new privacy policy ticks off congresswoman
Google apparently isn't making any friends in Congress after a hearing yesterday on the company's new privacy policy. Called before a Congressional committee to address questions over the...
Apple wants to wed handhelds to gym equipment
Apple filed for a patent "Interfacing Portable Media Devices And Sports Equipment" last October and according to the documents, the new technology would help owners of Apple's mobile...
Iran to ban Samsung over explosive Israeli cable ad?
I wish to report an international incident between Israel and Iran. And, um, South Korea. For it seems that a TV commercial for HOT, an Israeli cable TV company, has created excessive heat beneath...
Facebook working on mobile ads after all?
(Credit: James Martin/CNET) Facebook may be working on delivering advertisements to its mobile users, addressing one of the biggest concerns from the company's IPO filing. Marketing...
Media stocks broadly higher
CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- Most media and entertainment shares were higher Friday morning in step with a broader market cheered by a better-than-expected jobs report. The Dow Jones U.S. Broadcasting...
Patricia Disney, the former wife of Roy Disney, Dies at 77
• Obituaries Patricia was vice chairman of Shamrock Holdings, the investment company for the Roy E. Disney Family. She and her husband, the nephew of the...
Facebook Doesn't 'Like' Female Board Members
’s film chronicles the construction of an online forum by a group of young men who are too awkward or uncomfortable to effectively interact with their female...
Pension Fund Calls on Apple to Adopt Majority Vote for Board Seats
NEW YORK ­- The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) on Friday called on Apple to have unopposed board candidates elected only if they manage to attract a majority of...
Facebook Looking to Move Marketers From Free Ads to 'Sponsored Stories' 


, having filed for its much-anticipated IPO, Wall Street is looking more closely at future revenue opportunities for the social networking giant as it evaluates whether its expected market valuation...
Celeb Weeklies Still Struggling on Newsstands
The magazine circulation report due out next week will show celebrity weeklies are continuing to take a beating on the newsstand, according to early indications. Newsstand...
Just in Time for Super Bowl: 'The Least Interesting Man in the World'
No, tiny Breckenridge Brewery in Colorado did not pull a coup and secure Super Bowl ad time on NBC. But here's guessing the craft brewer will get folks in Denver talking on Sunday about the...
Is Madonna the Worst Choice Ever for a Super Bowl Halftime Show?
You should, and you do, you just have to activate it. Simply click the link below to do that and get subscriber-only access to the site (that means full access to everything but the Ad Age...
Stat of the Day: Which NFL Teams Draw the Best Playoff Ratings?
Minneapolis and Phoenix are two markets the NFL might want to consider expanding in, if the playoff ratings are any indication. Oh wait, they have teams there already. Right. As a Bears/Lions fan,...
Are We Ever Going to Top the Greatest Super Bowl Ad of All Time?
Registering allows you to sign up for any of our free emails, participate in polls or comment on stories. If you are trying to get to subscriber-only content, or wish to receive weekly copies of Ad...
Patriots Lead Chatter, But Giants Have More True Fans In Social Media
Football buzz is never more intense than in the leadup to the Super Bowl, and it's hyper charged this year with two huge-market rivals -- the Giants and Patriots -- about to meet in a rematch...
Former MySpace, MTV Exec Nada Stirratt Joins Data Giant Acxiom
We charge a bit more for that-mainly because some very smart and experienced data geeks put a lot of time and effort into quantifying the agency, media and marketing world. You'll find the...
NFL Network Beefs Up Its 2012 Slate
The NFL has effectively put the kibosh on a proposed eight-game package of Thursday night games, electing instead to gift a handful of extra contests to its proprietary cable network. Starting...
The New York Times daily yesterday published an article entitled “In the Arab Spring, Watch Turkey” which …
The New York Times daily yesterday published an article entitled "In the Arab Spring, Watch Turkey" which claims that latest developments in the Middle East have caused such comments that a...
Business mogul mulls new bid for Philly newspapers
PHILADELPHIA- Business mogul Raymond Perelman is mulling another bid for Philadelphia's two largest newspapers, more than a year after creditors outbid him at a bankruptcy...
Facebook working on mobile ads afterall?
(Credit: James Martin/CNET) Facebook may be working on delivering advertisements to its mobile users, addressing what was one of the biggest concerns from the company's IPO filing. ...
No potty-mouth lyrics for iTunes Match
Right now, that's more than Apple can say. The company is trying to fix a glitch that has resulted in iTunes Match filtering out explicit lyrics out of what appears to be a small number of rap...
Bail denied again for MegaUpload's Kim DotCom
Kim DotCom takes an oath to tell the truth prior to testifying at a bail hearing. The MegaUpload founder accused of piracy and money laundering denied being a flight risk. Click on photo to watch...