Jon Stewart's rise coincides almost perfectly with the growth of the modern Web -- he was the first true star of a new era of Internet journalism.

Many journalists and biographers were in the know about the sexual assault accusations against Mr. Cosby. So what took so long for the story to become national news?

Legendary "60 Minutes" correspondent whose career spanned 5 decades dies in car crash at age 73

Mr. Oliver’s show, “Last Week Tonight,” is counterintuitive to the prevailing conventions of television, but has been a smash hit.

In general, the film academy and the industry it mirrors manage diversity the same way that corporate America does, by ticking off boxes.

Bob Odenkirk prepares for the new show “Better Call Saul,” which features the character he played on “Breaking Bad.”

If podcasting’s model seems familiar — Netflix, anyone? — it’s no surprise that it will have similar transformative effects on traditional audio programming providers, like public radio.

Charles C. Johnson, a blogger based in California, may be the ultimate expression of a certain kind of citizen journalism — one far more toxic than we’re accustomed to seeing.

If podcasting’s model seems familiar — Netflix, anyone? — it’s no surprise that it will have similar transformative effects on traditional audio programming providers, like public radio.

The sentiment that drove the sales probably had less to do with those messages and more to do with the impulse to preserve a world in which the speech of the many cannot be held hostage by a few.

Remembering the fights that Philip Seymour Hoffman won

For cancer patients, the “medical” part of marijuana is no joke. Cannabis is a magic plant. And it helped save my life.

Things have gone so deeply wrong so quickly, it is hard to keep track of all the mistakes that led us here, David Carr writes.

Remembering the fights that Philip Seymour Hoffman won

Iconic paper's sale to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos cements the end of our monopoly-media era

It’s too easy to pick on her creative choices, as she tests the limits while becoming a true pop diva.

The actor Michael Cera, currently in “Crystal Fairy” and “This Is the End,” has been directing short films and writing new episodes of “Arrested Development.”

Mr. Levy is the most prominent writer hired full time by the site, which began as a place where anyone can write but is adding more professionals.

When big news breaks, a common impulse is to turn to CNN, but the network suffers from self-inflicted damage.

Apple’s leader limited his children’s screen time, and a surprising number of other technology executives do too.

Remembering the fights that Philip Seymour Hoffman won