President-elect Barack Obama says, “I’m still clinging to my BlackBerry.”

A TV set equipped with a digital converter box, left, displays a superior image to that of an analog TV. The government has run out of money for discount coupons to buy the $50 converters.

Cyrus Mehri, a lawyer who has sued corporations over racial discrimination, said that “favoritism rules and merit is cast aside” in the advertising industry.

Meridith said it was eliminating 250 jobs, including about 40 people who work at Country Home, a reduction that a company spokesman said was effective immediately.

Mr. Grey, a former talent manager and producer, has renewed his contract to run Paramount for five more years.

When you can’t tell the difference between second down and third down, or between third and fourth down, you’re in trouble.

Chris Matthews, the host of the MSNBC program “Hardball,” told his staff on Wednesday night that he would not run for the Senate in 2010 in Pennsylvania.

Jeffrey L. Bewkes, Time Warner’s chairman, said the declining value of AOL would contribute to a $25 billion write-down and a 2008 operating loss. Above, he spoke at a conference in October.

Tropicana, the juice brand, is undertaking a major makeover of its advertising, marketing and packaging in a new $35 million ad campaign.

The Ohio man who became a household name during the presidential campaign says he is heading to Israel as a war correspondent for the conservative Web site pjtv.com.

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

In a new television spot for J&R, a customer has a moment with an electric guitar.

Journalists have been barred from the battle zone in Gaza, but they are given full access to sites in Israel hit by Hamas rockets.

The move to enforce a law that bans foreign companies from broadcasting in the country effectively bans Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Voice of America and the BBC.

This message — except the “probably” — has been approved by Richard Dawkins, scientist and author of “The God Delusion.”

Time Warner Cable extended a deal to carry CBS television stations, CBS said, avoiding what could have been another heated industry dispute.

A billboard to promote the HBO series “Big Love” in Los Angeles has jacks for headphones, so passers-by can hear its messages.

Passed over for the top job, Philip Bennett decides it is time to leave.

The book retailer said that George L. Jones would be succeeded by Ron Marshall, a private equity executive with experience turning around ailing companies.

The Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation agreed to buy TV Guide Network and TVGuide.com from the Macrovision Solutions Corporation for $255 million.

With his reputation for being tough on crime and his way with a good quote, Sheriff Joseph M. Arpaio of Maricopa County in Arizona would seem to be a reality show waiting to happen.