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Press release from Netflix, Aug. 22, 2016: Netflix, the world’s leading Internet TV network, today announced a new comedy series, Friends from College, from Nick Stoller (Neighbors, Neighbors: Sorority Rising, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Get Him to the Greek) and Francesca…
Press release from NBC, Aug. 22, 2016: NBC Olympics’ exclusive and unprecedented coverage of the 2016 Rio Olympics was the most ambitious media event in history, providing more ways to consume more hours of content across more platforms than any…
A co-anchor on the ABC morning show “Good Morning America” offered an apology and an explanation after she offended viewers by using the term “colored people.” The AP reports that Amy Robach, who was co-anchoring as a fill-in for Robin Roberts,…
Comcast has closed on a $3.8 billion acquisition of DreamWorks Animation, which is now part of NBCUniversal’s Universal Filmed Entertainment Group. Deadline.com reports that the acquisition ends the studio’s 12-year run as a publicly traded company. It will now operate…
A video — you can watch it below — of a teenager performing on a water-damaged piano in Louisiana as neighbors sift through the wreckage of their flooded homes is being hailed as symbolizing the resilience of those in the…
U.S. Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte has now been dropped by all of his sponsors. After Speedo and Ralph Lauren severed their ties with the beleaguered Olympian this morning, his two other sponsors followed suit. USA Today reports: “Syneron-Candela, the parent…
An official close to the investigation into the death of pop icon Prince says pills found at his Paisley Park estate were counterfeit drugs that contained the opioid fentanyl, the AP reports. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that’s 50 times…
The Rio Olympics were either a huge ratings success or a massive failure, depending on who’s doing the spinning. NBC’s headline on a ratings announcement released Sunday highlighted that the Rio Games delivered the second-highest audience total for any non-U.S….
The major urban television market that was last in the U.S. in percentage of viewers watching the Rio Olympics, as of last Thursday, was Charlotte, N.C. The Charlotte Observer reported that the market was No. 56 out of 56, based…
NBC is touting the Rio Games as the second-most-watched non-U.S. Olympics on record, in prime-time competition coverage. The claim is based on Total Audience Delivery, combining broadcast, cable and digital viewing. “The 2016 Rio Olympics is the first in U.S….