An investigative journalist who spent much of his career at CBS has died, The New York Times reports. Jay McMullen was 90. McMullen’s career took him from posing as a prospective drug trafficker in Mexico to recording uniformed Boston police…
"Jim Beloyianis, president of Katz Television Group, and Michael Spiesman, president of Katz’s Continental Television Sales, are gone in a major shakeup at the national rep firm, a source confirmed Friday afternoon," reports our good friend Harry Jessell at TVNewsCheck….
A "Desperate Housewives" actress is the first cast member to join a new pilot, Deadline.com reports. Vanessa Williams has been cast in the ABC project "666 Park Avenue," the story reports. Williams will play the wife of the owner of…
Billboard has named the musical artist who was the No. 1 money maker for 2011. Was it Adele, Kenny Chesney, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, U2 or Lil Wayne? Billboard said the No. 1 money maker made about $35 million last year….
A man who collects typewriters used by famous people, whose collection also includes machines used by John Lennon and Joe DiMaggio, succeeded in purchasing Andy Rooney’s typewriter at an estate sale, and says that CBS has been calling him asking…
Larry King will be getting an interview show courtesy of a new Internet television network backed by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim Helu, who has been named by Forbes as the world’s richest man, reports Reuters. The network will be called…
Whitney Houston’s daughter, Bobbi Kristina, spoke to Oprah Winfrey in a TV special that was aired on Winfrey’s OWN network on Sunday, March 11, 2012. Accroding to a report in The Hollywood Reporter, Kristina said, " ‘I wake up at night." [Whitney]…
Predicting a "great fight" with traditional media companies, billionaire Barry Diller said he plans to expand his new Aereo Web-based television service to 75 to 100 cities within a year, reports Bloomberg. Aereo, which costs $12 per month and allows…
CNN is in advanced talks to buy a social news site, according to sources familiar with the talks, The New York Times reports. The site is Mashable. The story reports: “Mashable, which specializes in stories about technology and social media,…
Disney Channel has renewed a musical comedy series, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Production on a new season of "Austin & Ally" is set to start this summer, the story reports. The show focuses on the extroverted singer Austin and…