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The Weather Channel laid off an undisclosed number of employees yesterday, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The network was purchased by media conglomerate NBC Universal earlier this year. Officials for both TWC and NBCU wouldn’t comment beyond a prepared statement that…
Actor Connor Paolo told “Gossip Girl” producers thanks, but no thanks, when they offeredto mak him a series regular on the CW show, Entertainment Weekly reports. Paolo, who plays star Blake Lively’s little brother Eric on the series, apparently wouldn’t…
Yahoo! is going through a series of transitions in the wake of CEO Jerry Yang’s resignation earlier this week, Valleywag reports. Sean Suchter, “the heart of Yahoo’s search technology,” resigned yesterday and may end up at Microsoft. That could be…
Meredith Corp. has invested in the San Francisco-based Real Girls Media Network, MediaPost reports. Real Girls, which bills itself as the premiere online destination for women 25-54, is made up of about 30 female-focused communities and social networks, thus adding…
The platform technology for NBC’s new local station Web sites is being supplied by Broadcast Interactive Media, TVNewsday reports. Broadcast Interactive, along with Clickability, Inc., provides content management systems to more than 150 TV and radio stations in the U.S.,…
Dish Network and Frontier have renewed their strategic alliance, Multichannel News reports. Frontier’s bundle offers more than 120 HDTV channels, one point of contact for customer service, and a single bill for all telephone, video and high-speed Internet services for…
A new study conducted by the National Bureau of Economic Research and funded by the National Institutes of Health found that if fast-food advertising to children were cut the national obesity rate would drop by as much as 18%, Advertising…
Six cable networks have written the Federal Communications Commission about concerns with the agency’s investigation of operators’ moving channels from analog to digital, Broadcasting & Cable reports. In the letter, the networks express concern the FCC’s inquiry will delay February’s…
Key players are dropping like flies at CBS’ owned-and-operated Chicago station WBBM-TV, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. New general manager Bruno Cohen is cleaning house, having already axed the station’s news and local programming chiefs. Dumping the station’s tagline and its…