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A venture capitalist who is credited with playing a big role in the emergence of Silicon Valley has died. MediaPost reports that Thomas Perkins died Thursday in Marin County, Calif. He was 84. Perkins was behind a number of key…
The reason CBS will stick with the ratings-challenged Tony Awards comes down to two words: Leslie Moonves. The New York Post reports that the head man at CBS is a big backer of the ceremony, quoting Moonves saying several years…
NBC News will air an interview with David Letterman this Sunday night, June 12, 2016. It will air at 7 p.m. ET/PT, opposite “60 Minutes” on CBS. Here’s a short clip released by NBC News.
A media agency has indefinitely suspended its membership in the 4As over the transparency issue. MediaPost reports that Cincinnati-based Empower MediaMarketing announced the move this week, following the release of an ANA report that found pervasive use of kickbacks in the…
The lede on an AP story that may contain the most non sequiturs we’ve seen in one sentence all week reads: “New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he once performed a duet of ‘Hotel California’ with U2 frontman Bono at…
An actor known for his work on the ABC drama series “Scandal” received a jail sentence of 30 days Wednesday but was released today after serving six days of the sentence. TMZ.com reports that Columbus Short, who played Harrison Wright…
The newly relocated Los Angeles Rams have signed a TV deal that will land their preseason games on local station KCBS-TV. Variety reports that the team and the station put the finishing touches on the multiyear deal today. “The deal…
“Game of Thrones” aficionados found a number of clues in a release by HBO providing episode titles and lengths for the final two episodes of the show’s current sixth season. For one thing, the final episode, “The Winds of Winter,”…
A syndicated show that has been called the most successful daytime talk show to launch in the past 10 years received a pickup that will keep the program on the air through the 2018-2019 season. TVNewsCheck reports that Sony Pictures…
A new analysis offers hope for Donald Trump supporters who are concerned that he might continue to alienate himself among nonwhite voters. The New York Times cites an analysis by The Upshot suggesting there may be enough white voters to…