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Starbucks has announced a program under which it will pick up college education expenses for its employees. Bloomberg reports that the company rolled out a plan to pay for most of the cost of getting a degree through Arizona State…
The venerable children’s program “Sesame Street” is about to get an update, which will be broadcast in a half-hour format instead of the show's usual hourlong episodes, reports Elizabeth Jensen in The New York Times. The hour version of the…
A top producer at MSNBC is leaving the cable channel for an executive position at ABC News. TVNewser.com reports that Subrata De, the executive producer of MSNBC's “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” will take the job of vice president of newsgathering at…
Open-government advocates are increasingly calling for the Supreme Court to allow cameras to broadcast its proceedings, but the justices “remain opposed to the idea,” according to the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. A group of media and legal…
With the chief executive of the Hub stepping down this month, the future of the children’s channel, a co-venture between Discovery Communications and toymaker Hasbro, appears murky, reports Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com. Andreeva writes: “I was hearing the name of…
The season finale of “Game of Thrones,” which aired Sunday, became the most pirated show on television, beating even its own record, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker. 1.5 million people downloaded pirated versions of the episode through different…
HBO has signed a two-year, first-look deal with “Ride Along” director Tim Story, who will produce comedy, drama and longform projects for the network, reports Deadline.com. The piece reports: “This marks a return to TV for Story, who directed the…
Fox came out on top in Monday night's prime-time ratings among the broadcast networks, based on Nielsen overnights for the key 18-49 demo. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that "MasterChef" led the way for Fox, climbing two-tenths of a point from last week…
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio made good on a bet he made with Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, singing "I Love L.A." on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" live after the Los Angeles Kings defeated the New York Rangers to…
Two new broadcast networks that are set to roll out this summer have secured a major distribution agreement. Katz Broadcasting, which owns the new channels Escape and Grit, announced that the channels will be carried by Raycom Media. The new…