• Prepare to enter the third dimension. ESPN plans to launch a 3D channel in June. And Discovery, Imax and Sony are teaming up on a 3D channel, too.
• Has Kathy Griffin been banned from CNN following her risqué performance alongside Anderson Cooper on New Year's Eve? Maybe yes, maybe no.
• Newsday is cutting pay and…
Kirkus Reviews Back From the Dead
After being folded by Nielsen last month, curmudgeonly book review magazine Kirkus Reviews is coming back—Jeff Bercovici reports an undisclosed buyer is resurrecting Kirkus this month. No such savior for fellow dead mag E&P, yet.
• Nielsen has concluded a deal to sell handful of trade titles like The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard to a consortium of investors that includes Jimmy Finkelstein and Guggenheim Partners. Rupert Murdoch's son Lachlan was once part of the investor group, but ended up dropping out. [AdWeek, NYP, LAT]
• Nielsen also…
