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The songwriter who penned the Paul Revere & the Raiders hit “Indian Reservation” and the Nashville Teens’ “Tobacco Road” has died. The AP reports that John D. Loudermilk died Wednesday in Christiana, Tenn. He was 82. “Loudermilk, originally from North…
A number of major marketers are unhappy with Facebook after finding out the company has been overestimating the average time its users spend viewing video ads on the platform, The Wall Street Journal reports. The report, which cites sources who…
Legendary TV newsman Dan Rather has a new show premiering next week on radio. SiriusXM announced today that the weekly program “Dan Rather’s America” will bow Tuesday, Sept. 27, on SiriusXM’s Radio Andy channel 102. The program, which rolls out…
Comedy Central took the wraps off a lineup of stand-up specials that are in the works for the cable channel. The lineup of projects announced today features comedians Lewis Black, Kurt Braunohler, Joe DeRosa, Mark Normand and Roy Wood Jr….
In the wake of the revelation that about half a billion Yahoo accounts were hacked in a massive breach going back to 2014, Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., called for passage of breach notification legislation, B&C reports. Warner, who co-founded the…
21st Century Fox Executive Chairman Rupert Murdoch received a substantial bump in his annual compensation for the fiscal year ended June 30. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Murdoch received $34.6 million, up 24% from the $27.9 million he received a…
Press release from Comedy Central, Sept. 23, 2016: Comedy Central is set to film original one-hour stand-up specials this fall featuring Lewis Black, Kurt Braunohler, Joe DeRosa, Mark Normand and Roy Wood Jr. Just in time for the elections, Lewis…
“Yahoo announced on Thursday that the account information of at least 500 million users was stolen by hackers two years ago, in the biggest known intrusion of one company’s computer network,” reports The New York Times. The story continues, “In…
TVWeek Open Mic blogger Chuck Ross begins today’s entry by writing: “This is one of the saddest columns I will ever write. One of my best friends, who has, over the years, talked to me for hours on end, telling…
This is one of the saddest columns I will ever write. One of my best friends, who has, over the years, talked to me for hours on end, telling me stories filled with wonder and joy and yes, grief too,…