“Friends” alum Courteney Cox will make a three-episode appearance in the upcoming season of “Scrubs,” which will make its transition to ABC in fall, Entertainment Weekly says, citing unnamed sources. Cox will play the role of Dr. Kelso’s successor as…
Rev. Jesse Jackson was unknowing caught on tape after an interview with Fox News Channel saying he believes Sen. Barack Obama has been “talking down” to blacks and he would like to “cut his nuts off,” Daily Variety reports. Jackson…
The city of Los Angeles announced it will name the intersection of Sunset and Cahuenga “Larry King Square” honoring the CNN anchor, the Los Angeles Times reports. The city says its decision was influenced by the “second golden era” in…
The Associated Press, along with the CBS and NBC affiliate news services, have retracted video of a tornado touching down in Nebraska after an unidentified individual raised claims that the clip was created using images he shot of a tornado…
Ad agency holding company Interpublic Group of Companies is restructuring its media operations, signaling the importance of ad placement and prices in both traditional and new media, the New York Times reports. The new umbrella division for IPG’s media operations…
YES Network CEO Tracy Dolgin told the Wall Street Journal the two main reasons why some regional sports networks like YES find success: Large market size and a popular franchise. As an independent cable network carrying some 130 New York…
Most of the writers for Fox’s upcoming animated series “Sit Down, Shut Up” are said to be in favor of a new deal offered by Sony Pictures TV, the Hollywood Reporter says. Although the new deal does not sign the…
Bloomberg L.P. will consolidate some of its divisions in a restructuring that three units: news, data and financial products, the New York Times reports. The news unit, in addition to running the company’s news-gathering component, will oversee its media assets…
Former WMAQ-TV Reporter Amy Jacobson’s decision to sue rival Chicago station WBBM-TV over a story that led to her losing her job creates an unusual situation in which even media members are trying to blame the media for their predicaments,…