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Declaring that the industry has to rethink the relationship between ads and content, AOL today announced that it is bringing its premium ad formats to Microsoft properties, starting with MSN. The annoucement expands on a deal last year in which…
A must-read piece in the New Yorker digs up the dirt on Harvey Levin’s TMZ.com celebrity gossip site, which the report says “resembles an intelligence agency as much as a news organization.” The report notes that the TMZ operation has…
Taylor Swift just gave singer, songwriter and rapper Kesha, known for a string of hits including “TiK ToK” and “We R Who We R” and for her performance on Flo Rida’s “Right Round,” a gift of $250,000. USA Today reports…
Victims of the mass shooting in San Bernardino in December are getting involved in the battle between the federal government and Apple over encryption, which was sparked by a judge’s order that Apple assist the government in cracking the iPhone…
A busy two nights of series premieres and season premieres for original programs has the folks at AMC crowing about some impressive live+3 numbers. In a press release sent out today citing Nielsen data, AMC counts off the ratings achievements…
A spinoff is in the works for Spike’s breakout hit “Lip Sync Battle.” The network is joining forces with Nickelodeon to develop “Lip Sync Battle Jr.,” a kids’ version of the show. Casey Patterson Entertainment and Matador, which are behind…
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) rolled out plans for an unusual programming block in which the cable net will run 27 films that have been labeled “condemned” or “objectionable” by the Catholic Legion of Decency. “Founded in 1933, the Catholic Legion…
Media personalities, civil rights figures and educators have been responding to the death Friday of Harper Lee, the author of “To Kill a Mockingbird,” including Oprah Winfrey. In an article in The New York Times, Oprah Winfrey recalls an encounter with…
Fox’s animated staple “The Simpsons” has released a short video clip skewering the 2016 presidential race. Here it is:
The new network head at ABC opened up about the shakeup among the network’s top executives and what she plans to do in her new position. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Channing Dungey said of the sudden…