November 21, 2009

It’s a measure of Oprah Winfrey’s outsize stature that the news that she would shut down “The Oprah Winfrey Show” in September 2011 buckled the media world.

By pinpointing the origin of gunfire, a system called ShotSpotter is assisting New York-area police departments in reducing violent crime.

Unlike rival small-claims shows, “Street Court” goes right to the dispute’s heart, bathroom or front lawn.

The federal trial of the former State Senate leader Joseph L. Bruno has put a new light on the way he ran legislative affairs in Albany for 14 years.

Adam Young, who performs under the name Owl City, has become a textbook illustration of how the music business needs new and old forms of media to make an artist a star.

Any Hershey offer would need to be at least $17 billion and would break from the financial conservatism that has long defined the American chocolate giant.

For girls, the season’s hottest toy is a set of fake hamsters; for boys, a series of battle cards and action figures inside small spheres.

Despite the persistent pessimism of its songs, “Battle Studies,” the artist’s fourth album, remains polite, affable and vulnerable enough to ensure that his female fans won’t stray.

Test prep companies are catering to a new demographic: 3- and 4-year-olds.

“Girl Crazy,” the Gershwin musical from 1930 about a handful of wiseacre New Yorkers plopped down in the Wild West, opens this year’s Encores! series of concert musicals at City Center.

A variety of economists say that stimulus legislation is helping the economy to grow again.

Analysts and executives are wondering if the economic model of broadcast television, which is more heavily reliant on advertising than cable, is irreparably broken.