Ok, guys, you may want to tune out -- but we loved reading about this "ad that normalizes talking about periods for a younger crowd," and then watching it, courtesy of Rebecca Eisenberg.

Hulu LLC and HBO are both working with Google "to add their paid-subscription services to the company’s new Chromecast device," writes Andy Fixmer. Gaining such content would put Google "on better footing to compete with Roku and Apple TV."

Time Warner Cable recently launched a revamp of its website -- from former Road Runner to now, TWC Central, "an online hub designed to connect customers to news, entertainment, social networking, and Time Warner’s web products," writes Natan Edelsburg. "More than a simple rebranding effort, TWC Central will begin to offer original content and allow customers to access live TV outside of their homes."

The toll of jobs just lost at Gannett's U.S. Community Publishing newspaper division and other subsidiaries is 223 and counting, according to the Gannett Blog. This round of layoffs is reportedly "being done under the radar," and "is the biggest since about 700 newspaper employees were let go in June 2011."

In search of a host to attract ratings gold, Academy Awards producers recently chose performers ranging from very non-P.C. comic Seth McFarlane,  to blast from the past Billy Crystal, to a duo of actors ill-suited to the task (James Franco, Anne Hathaway).  Now comedian and talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres will be taking the reins for the March 2, 2014 live broadcast. She managed to make a little joke about it, as noted by The Wrap staff: "I am so excited to be hosting the Oscars for the second time. You know what they say - the third time's the charm."

Steve Bornstein, president and chief executive of the NFL Network, will step down when his contract expires next spring, to be succeeded by Brian Rolapp, who has been COO of NFL Media since January 2011. Bornstein, "a pivotal figure in televised sports for more than 20 years," founded the NFL Network in 2003, which "laid the groundwork for the growth of the league’s media operations," writes James Andrew Miller.

Facebook has a daytime reach "comparable to or exceeding" the four major networks for 18- to 34-year-olds, according to a just-released Nielsen study that was (of course) sponsored by Facebook.  This study was part of Facebook's effort to drum up advertisers for its new video ad program. "Before TV networks get too upset, Nielsen was quick to point out that many synergistic opportunities exist between Facebook and TV networks because so many consumers access both on a daily basis," writes Lauren Indvik. "In the 25-to-34-year-old demographic, for example, Facebook and individual TV networks had about a 16% overlap. …

Reader's Digest Association has emerged from bankruptcy after almost 6 months of Chapter 11 protection. This was the RDA's second Chapter 11 filing -- the first was from Aug. 2009 to Feb. 2010. In administrative news, "It does appear that current RDA president/CEO (since Sept. 2011) Robert Guth will remain in charge," writes Steve Cohn.

The controversial Rolling Stone issue whose cover featured a photo of Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev nonetheless sold big on newsstands, "more than double the magazine's average sales for the prior year," writes Emma Bazilian. The lesson? Though "retailers like CVS and Stop & Stop pulled it from shelves after a “Boycott Rolling Stone” campaign gained steam on Facebook," controversy sells.