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Koch Brothers Protests Put Pressure on Tribune Co., Even If It Is 'Premature'
VarietyAs public interest groups, progressive orgs and Writers Guild of America, East members rallied on Wednesday against the prospect that conservative billionaires Charles and David Koch would buy Tribune Co. or the Los Angeles Times, the official word is...Tags: Career and Workplace, Television Industry, Rupert Murdoch, Media Industry, Newspapers
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Digital Demand Expands Syndication Pipeline
VarietyThe networks grab all of the attention, but the big money in primetime TV stems from content licensing. And that makes Wall Street attuned to how the major TV studios perform during pilot season. On the heels of the May 13-16 upfront derby, Morgan...Tags: Television Industry, NBC (tv network), Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., Amazon.com Inc., Media Industry
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Can NBC's Savvy Brit Deborah Turness Wake Up 'Today'
VarietyAbout 25 years ago, Deborah Turness was working in Paris as an intern for the British Channel 4 News show when she secured a scoop that helped kick-start her TV career. It was election time and anchor Jon Snow had asked Turness, a U. of France graduate,...Tags: MSNBC (tv network), NBC (tv network), Television Industry, France, BBC
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'Fast and Furious 6' laps 'Hangover III'; Hub looking for hits.
After the coffee. Before trying to persuade Netflix to make another season of "Men of a Certain Age." The Skinny: So far I've gotten through seven episodes of "Arrested Development." Unlike others who powered through all 15 like a kid with a pizza in...
Tags: Viacom Inc., Media Industry, Memorial Day, The Fast and the Furious 6 (movie), The Firm (tv program)
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News Corp promises "relentless" cuts at newspapers
ReutersMay 28 (Reuters) - Robert Thomson, chief executive of the new News Corp, said there will be "relentless" cost cuts in store for the newspaper business as it prepares to separate from Rupert Murdoch's entertainment empire. The cornerstone of the company...Tags: Book, The Wall Street Journal, Advertising, Rupert Murdoch, Media Industry
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Comcast aces Tennis Channel! Google's Hollywood moment is here.
After the coffee. Before listening to another media investment conference. The Skinny: I was watching "Brooklyn DA," the CBS documentary series, Tuesday night, hoping for a crossover episode with the cast of "Girls," but no such luck. Tuesday's...
Tags: Satellite and Cable Service, Tennis, NBC (tv network), Sundance Film Festival, Media Industry
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'Epic': Animated film has slow start in box office abroad
The international box office for "Epic" is anything but so far. The animated movie from 20th Century Fox's Blue Sky Productions unit -- which focuses on a transformed teenager who befriends a group of misfits and fights rot-causing creatures -- has...Tags: Entertainment, Rio (movie), Despicable Me 2 (movie), Epic (movie), Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.
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Roku raises $60 million from Hearst Corp and others
Roku Inc., which makes devices to stream online content on television sets, said Wednesday it has received $60 million from investors including New York publishing giant Hearst Corp. The Saratoga, Calif., company said the Series F round was led by a...
Tags: Netflix Inc., Tim Cook, Media Industry, Hulu, Hearst Corporation
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McCain is prepping legislation to overhaul pay-TV business
The maverick wants to cook the TV industry's golden goose. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is preparing to introduce legislation perhaps as early as Thursday that would dramatically overhaul the television business and will probably be met with strong...Tags: Comedy Central (tv network), MTV (tv network), Satellite and Cable Service, Television Industry, John McCain
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News Corp. ex-counsel denies being alerted to probe of Fox reporter
The former general counsel of News Corp., parent company of Fox News, said his office never got any notification from the U.S. Justice Department in 2010 that it had subpoenaed communications records of Fox News reporter James Rosen. In an interview...
Tags: Satellite and Cable Service, Justice System, The New York Times, Career and Workplace, Roger Ailes
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Fox reality TV exec Mike Darnell leaves a legacy
The man considered to be the godfather of reality television is stepping down. Mike Darnell, head of alternative entertainment for Fox Broadcasting, is leaving the network after almost two decades overseeing both the good — "American Idol" —...Tags: American Idol (tv program), Television Industry, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Rupert Murdoch, Mariah Carey
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