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$29.1 million for Comcast CEO Roberts last year
The Philadelphia InquirerComcast Corp. CEO Brian Roberts was compensated $29.1 million in salary, stock options, bonus, pension contributions, and perks such as use of a corporate jet in 2012. That's more than 700 times what the typical U.S. worker earned in 2012, and Roberts,...Tags: CEO Pay, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Boeing Co., TLC (tv network), Comcast Corporation
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'The Bible' on Fox News Channel? It almost happened
If Rupert Murdoch had gotten his way, the miniseries "The Bible" might very well have ended up airing on the Fox News Channel instead of the History channel, where it was a huge hit. Murdoch, the chairman and chief executive of News Corp., was hot for...
Tags: The Following (tv program), History (tv network), TLC (tv network), Media Industry, Roma Downey
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Some Discovery networks to dabble in scripted programs
VarietyA TV company best known for its reliance on so-called "non fiction" programming is playing with something a little off-kilter for its viewers: scripted fare. Discovery Commmunictions, the cable-network concern that makes its bones showing science and...Tags: Nik Wallenda, Television Industry, Harpo Productions, Inc., Oprah Winfrey, Bravo (tv network)
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Comcast's Roberts paid $29 million; NBCU's Burke got $26 million
Comcast Corp. Chief Executive Brian Roberts might run the nation's largest entertainment and cable TV company, but he ranks in the middle of the media pack in terms of salary and perks. Roberts received $29 million in compensation last year, an increase...Tags: Television Industry, Comcast Corporation, Brian L. Roberts, General Electric Company, Robert A. Iger
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Fallon will inherit declining empire! Disney shutters LucasArts.
After the coffee. Before remembering to record NBC's "Hannibal." The Skinny: For some reason my DVR didn't record "Modern Family" last night but it did capture some good discounts on QVC. You don't need me to tell you that today's headlines include a...
Tags: Matt Lauer, George Lucas, Gaming, Oprah Winfrey, Lucasfilm Ltd.
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Discovery CEO's 2012 pay package approaches $50 million
Honey Boo Boo should be getting a nice box of chocolates in the mail. David Zaslav, the chief executive of cable programming giant Discovery Communications, had a 2012 compensation package worth $49.9 million, according to the company's proxy statement....
Tags: TLC (tv network), Television Industry, Animal Planet (tv network), OWN (tv network), Satellite and Cable Service
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Tribune Co. Listening To Offers For Newspapers
Tribune Co. has hired investment bankers to sell off its newspaper unit, which includes The Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and The Hartford Courant, according to a person familiar with the situation. The company has hired Evercore and J.P. Morgan to...Tags: The Boston Globe, Media Industry, Newspaper and Magazine, Chicago Tribune, Food Network (tv network)
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Tyler Perry's 'For Better or Worse' moving to OWN from TBS
Tyler Perry's sitcom "For Better or Worse" is moving from TBS to OWN this fall. The move extends the growing relationship between the actor/director and OWN, the cable channel owned by Oprah Winfrey and Discovery Communications. Perry signed a deal to...
Tags: OWN (tv network), Tyler Perry's House of Payne (tv program), Satellite and Cable Service, Oprah Winfrey, TBS (tv network)
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Tribune taps former FCC official Edward Lazarus as general counsel
Tribune Co. has named Edward Lazarus, a former high-ranking Federal Communications Commission official and one-time federal prosecutor in Los Angeles, as its executive vice president and general counsel. Lazarus, 53, is the first key hire for Tribune'...
Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Prosecution, Television Industry, Newspaper and Magazine, Media Industry
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Oprah Winfrey brings her empire to WME: Signing is coup for agency that wooed mogul after she exited CAA
VarietyOprah Winfrey has landed at WME. The media mogul took her time in settling on a new percentery after leaving CAA last month. The Winfrey signing could be a bonanza for WME. It will rep the mogul across all of her many business entities, including cabler...Tags: OWN (tv network), Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey
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Lance Armstrong: 4.3 million watch interview with Oprah on OWN
Oprah Winfrey's "worldwide exclusive" interview with disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong greatly enhanced the performance of her nascent OWN network. Thursday's installment of the highly anticipated "Oprah and Lance Armstrong: The Worldwide Exclusive"...Tags: Starcom Incorporated, Television Industry, Media Industry, Satellite and Cable Service, ABC (tv network)
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Producers Guild unveils nominees for TV and digital series awards
The Producers Guild of America announced Wednesday the television series and specials and digital series nominated for the 24th Annual Producers Guild Awards -- and there are some new faces and switch-ups. In the drama category, "Breaking Bad" will...
Tags: Louis C.K., Danny Thomas, Breaking Bad (tv program), Heidi Klum, The Hour (tv program)
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