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Daily Archives : Jul 13, 2011

Thousands Take To Social Media To Blast Netflix on 60% Price Increase

"Netflix users stormed the streaming video and DVD rental services’ blog and Facebook page by the thousands on Tuesday to criticize a new pricing structure that will raise some users’ monthly bill by 60 percent," PCWorld reports. According to the…

Winfrey Takes Matters Into Her OWN Hands at Cable Network

Oprah Winfrey has made herself CEO and chief creative officer of OWN, the Oprah Winfrey Network, as she intensifies her focus on turning around the ratings-challenged network, the Los Angeles Times reports. The move follows by about two months the…

Bette Midler Pulls Out of Major David Mamet HBO Production

HBO Films has suspended production of its Phil Spector biopic project after Bette Midler, who was a key part of the project, pulled out, reports Deadline.com. Midler didn’t appear on set when she was scheduled to begin filming scenes, and two…

Producer of ‘Knight Rider’ and ‘Six Million Dollar Man’ Sues Universal for Millions, Claims He Was Cheated

A television producer who worked on hits including "Knight Rider" and "Six Million Dollar Man" has sued Universal, claiming he was cheated out of millions of dollars in profits from some of the biggest hits of the 1970s and 1980s,…

New iPad Rumored for Later This Year

A new iPad with a higher-resolution screen is rumored to be on Apple’s release slate for later this year, reports tech blog Thisismynext.com. The new iPad would be a "pro" device geared to people who work in video and photo…

News Corp. Abandons Bid for BSkyB

News Corp. has given in to public outrage and pressure from the British Parliament over the phone-hacking scandal centered on the company’s News of the World tabloid and has withdrawn its bid to take over the U.K. satellite TV company…

News Corp.’s U.S. Broadcast TV Licenses Considered Safe Despite U.K. Hacking Scandal, But Lawmakers Are ‘Keeping an Eye’ on the Company

The widening U.K. phone-hacking scandal involving News Corp.-owned tabloid News of the World — and possibly extending to other News Corp. publications — isn’t likely to result in a push by U.S. regulators to revoke any of the company’s 27…

Ad Forecast Scaled Back Amid Global Turmoil

A global advertising forecast from ZenithOptimedia was scaled back in the face of political turmoil in the Middle East and debt issues in Europe, reports Advertising Age. ZenithOptimedia now expects global ad spending to increase 4.1% to $471 billion this…

Viewers Return in Big Numbers to Vampire Series

A hit vampire series that saw its audience fall off for its second episode of the season enjoyed a resurgence in viewership for Episode 3, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s The Live Feed blog. The third episode of Season 4…

Soap Opera Stars Appear to Be in the Same Boat as Many U.S. Workers — Deciding Whether to Take Big Pay Cuts to Move Online

With "All My Children" and "One Life to Live" moving from television to online, the soap operas’ stars are deciding whether to continue appearing in the programs when they move to the Internet, reports FoxNews.com. Several current cast members have…