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Twitter is targeting abusive messages with a number of steps announced today as social media sites are coming under growing criticism for hate speech. “Twitter said it was making it easier for its users to hide content they do not…
Press release from Amazon, Nov. 15, 2016: Amazon.com today announced its selections for the Best Books of 2016, naming Colson Whitehead’s novel “The Underground Railroad” the Best Book of the Year. The annual list features the Top 100 books of…
Press release from IMAX, Marvel and Disney-ABC, Nov. 14, 2016: IMAX Corp., Marvel Television, a unit of Marvel Entertainment, and Disney|ABC Television Group today announced an innovative agreement to exclusively premiere the new ABC series “Marvel’s The Inhumans” in IMAX…
One of the stars of the Discovery Channel reality show “Deadliest Catch” was assaulted over the weekend, the AP reports. The story reports that authorities are investigating after Josh Harris said on social media that his brother Jake Harris was…
Viewers of one NBC affiliate missed out on pieces of comedian Dave Chappelle’s performance over the weekend on “Saturday Night Live.” Deadline.com reports that WRAL-TV in the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill market in North Carolina made ample use of the bleep option during…
HBO has given renewals to three series, with the big news in the announcement being that the drama “Westworld,” the pay-cable net’s most high-profile series in some time, will be back — but probably not until 2018. Entertainment Weekly reports…
Comcast Cable and NBCUniversal today announced the appointment of a key executive. The company named Kathy Kelly-Brown as Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives. “In this role, Kelly-Brown will be responsible for identifying creative, technological and strategic opportunities across the entire…
A journalist who was a familiar face on television during a career that included stints at NBC and PBS died today. The New York Times reports that Gwen Ifill died of cancer at a hospice facility in Washington. She was…
An actor who has appeared on the soap opera “The Young and the Restless” was arrested on alleged child molestation, TMZ.com reports. “Actor Corey Sligh was arrested and booked for child molestation in his home state of Georgia,” the website…
One of the major broadcast networks saw a surge in total viewers and key demos across the board for its prime-time programming Sunday. Donald Trump’s first interview since becoming president-elect got things off to a strong start for CBS with…