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• YouTube Pushes Google+ Integration To Clean Up Comment System by Ross Fadner

  Google has started pushing Google+ integration with YouTube, urging its users to replace their old YouTube user names with their Google+ profiles when posting comments or videos on the video-sharing site. ...Read the whole story

• Redbox, Verizon Unveil Exec Lineup For Netflix Competitor by Ross Fadner

  Redbox and Verizon on Monday offered up some more details about their forthcoming Netflix competitor, Redbox Instant by Verizon, including the executive lineup, which will include former executives from both companies. ...Read the whole story

• Tablets To Lead Mobile Advertising In 2014 by Mark Walsh

  A new report predicts tablets will emerge as the primary platform for mobile ad revenue in the next two years as a result of their larger screen and the more immersive media experience. The Yankee Group study forecasts tablets will account for 53% of mobile ad dollars in 2014 compared to 47% for mobile handsets. ...Read the whole story

TV Is Everywhere. Now What? by Lynda Clarizio

Though consumers' appetite for video content on any platform seems to be insatiable, for the most part, we continue to buy and sell media the same way we did 25 years ago. ...More

• A Contrarian Take On Marissa Mayer's Future At Yahoo by Ashkan Karbasfrooshan

  Hiring Marissa Mayer was a huge statement for Yahoo, but as a wise man told me privately, the company gets no points for simply anointing her. To use a sports analogy, it's akin to hiring a defensive-oriented coach at a franchise known historically for its offense (or vice versa). The move made headlines, but only results will matter. ...More

• "Meet The Superhumans" Ideally Promotes Upcoming Paralympic Games by Larry Dobrow

  Forget the hoops, gymnastics, swimming, chasing of steeples and Vegas bombast of the opening ceremonies - I'm tuning in to the Summer Olympics for the stories, man. I long to learn about the orphanage-reared handballer who triumphed over homelessness, poverty, addiction, obesity, anorexia, bullying, pollen allergies, bad hair, smoking, sassing one's elders and chronic tardiness; about the trampoliner who fell off the trampoline that one time and hurt his arm but somehow mustered the courage to get back on the trampoline; and about the equestrian dressager who had to overcome the emotional disrepair inflicted by a slightly distant father. I ...More

• Were There Only 'Seven Words You Can Never Say On Television'? by Karen Herman

  July 21 marked the 40th anniversary of George Carlin's arrest for performing "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television" at Milwaukee's Summerfest. Carlin was charged with violating obscenity laws, but the case was dismissed that December, with a ruling that his language was indecent, but not obscene. In 1973, spurred by a radio broadcast of Carlin's material, a five-year battle of F.C.C. v. Pacifica Foundation ended with a Supreme Court ruling that the routine was "indecent but not obscene," and that the FCC could require that indecent broadcasts air during hours when children were not likely to be listening ...More