The New York Times has launched Watching, its long-planned TV and film recommendation website. The site offers consumers a curated list of films and programs based on qualifiers such as “binge-worthy,” “joke heavy,” “brainteasing,” “family-friendly” and “strong female lead” to name a few. The idea is to help readers…

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It’s one of newsosaur journalism’s most coveted gigs, and always influential in terms of Hollywood coverage. <img class="alignright size-full wp-image-49406" title="masthead" src="https://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/plugins/lazy-load-0.7/images/1x1.trans.gif" alt="masthead" width="300" height="43"…

This morning I read in The New York Times that “CBS shook up the upfront week on Wednesday with the most startling moves of any network for the coming season.” But then I read the Wall Street Journal, whose parent company News Corp also owns CBS’ rival Fox, and its headline “Playing It Safe” for a story that said “CBS…

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