The nearly five-year-old Fox Business Network is now "cost neutral," according to Fox Televisions Chairman Roger Ailes, which means it's at least breaking even -- a goal Ailes said the network made in 2011. Speaking at the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Ailes said that business news was "a small niche," so the channel is "doing pretty well."

The total number of Boxee Box users is low -- only around 200,000 -- according to this post, which uses a company tweet as a source. But that number is "still in line with an industry-wide trend: Smart TV set-top boxes haven’t reached a wider audience, and sales have often been below expectations," writes Janko Roettgers. Roettgers then reports on other company's somewhat-disappointing sales figures, and concludes that "the only company able to move higher numbers has been Apple."

Oh, dear! "The mood is turning uglier inside the New York Times," where labor negotiations "remain acrimonious," and where its lack  of a CEO makes at least one reporter angry. Meanwhile, the New York Daily News, which is "bleeding red ink" -- possibly as high as $30 million a year -- is "rife with rumors that more cutbacks are ahead and that new editor-in-chief, Colin Myler, is going to bring in many of his former colleagues from Fleet Street to replenish those axed." Some of these details are undoubtedly true, but consider that this perhaps-too-dark picture of two of New …

As YouTube begins to compete more and more with the Boob Tube (yes, youngsters, this was once a nickname for TV),  its talent is being solicited by Hollywood agents. "Why not? The popularity of some YouTube performers and their 'channels' dwarfs many TV shows, and their videos have been seen more than a billion times," writes Jefferson Graham. "It's a seismic shift," according to one agent who represented the likes of Roseanne Barr at the "height" of her career. Graham gives examples of how YouTube is upping the bar to become more like traditional TV -- like investing $100 milion …

"Will someone please buy 'The Village Voice' back from Phoenix?" headlines this post by Tom McGeveran. Though the iconic New York weekly is not for sale, it ought to be, McGeveran contends, so it can "be saved from its disastrous involvement in the adult-services advertising business," along with the well-meaning  "'alternative press' culture at its Phoenix-based parent company" that  "doesn't work for the city or for the Voice." McGeveran's too-long (but still fascinating to skim, at least) analysis includes some backstory, from the paper's founding in 1955 to its stint as "the medium through which a mainstream middle-class readership stayed …

Steve Mandala, high-ranking ad sales exec for NBCUniversal's 14 cable networks, is no longer with the company -- a fact that's been true since April 6, according to a company spokesperson cited by Sam Thielman. "Another source close to the network also said that [Mandala] won't be replaced in the role," writes Thielman.

ABC's only remaining daytime soap opera, "General Hospital," will stay on the air, to the delight of those lamenting the canceling of ABC's  "All My Children" and "One Life To Live." Meanwhile, one of the shows brought in to replace those two dead soaps -- the talk show "The Revolution" -- is now facing its own demise, Nelli Andreeva reports.

Condé Nast bought the online and mobile recipe service Ziplist for an undisclosed sum, enabling Conde's online editions of Bon Appetit and Gourmet to use the service. Ziplist lets users "save recipes and create digital shopping lists from content they find online," writes Tanzina Vega.

Meredith's Eating Well magazine upped its rate base for the second time this year, moving from 500,000 to 600,000, starting with the September/October issue. That new number marks a 71% increase from this time last year. Meredith's purchase of the pub from the Eating Well Media Group last June has helped the brand, providing access to the parent company's direct mail and database resources, according to Ioanna Opidee. Other positive steps: "the brand’s content licensing and custom marketing group, its Health-in-a-Hurry mobile app and a series of food and nutrition-related books," she writes.

Only 20% of respondents to a survey on consumers' use of TV Everywhere recalled viewing ads on their mobile TV or video service -- and 81% "highlighted the lack of ad variety, reporting that they see the same ads played across the entire TV service (47%) or across the individual channel (34%)," writes Kristin Brzoznowski. The 2012 Market Tools survey from QuickPlay Media also found viewers had increased their interest in multiscreen viewing, with 57% of respondents reporting this trend, up from 48% last year. In other highlights, "The study provides a clear indication of the growing role of OTT …