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A station group’s effort to buy two TV stations has met resistance from another station owner in the market. The Alaska Dispatch News reports that GCI, a telecom firm that owns CBS affiliate KTVA-TV in Anchorage, has taken its case…
The generation of Americans born after 2000, an increasingly important target demo for television outlets, now has a name, courtesy of MTV. The Week reports that the cable channel settled on identifying the group as “the Founders.” “The network has…
CNBC announced that it will bring back a series that just wrapped up the cable channel’s most-watched debut season ever. The show is “Jay Leno’s Garage,” which will return with 12 original hour-long episodes in spring 2016. “Hosted by legendary comedian…
After being rebuffed by CNN boss Jeff Zucker over a demand to be paid $5 million to participate in the upcoming GOP debate, presidential front-runner Donald Trump has backed down and now says he will take part in the debate…
Peter Chernin, chairman and CEO of The Chernin Group and the former president and chief operating officer of News Corp., is said to be interested in acquiring Yahoo!’s search business. The New York Post quotes a source close to talks…
Actor Charlie Sheen has been hit with a lawsuit accusing the “Anger Management” star of assault and battery. Sheen is also accused of negligence and inflicting emotional distress by failing to reveal his HIV status, in a suit filed by…
The TV-rating service Nielsen has provided an explanation for a decline in the number of minutes U.S. viewers spend in front of their traditional TV sets — and it confirms what most people probably would have guessed. The AP reports…
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are taking aim at the eagerly awaited “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” as they ready for the release of their own movie, “Sisters,” which comes out the same day. E! News reports that the comedy…
ABC is moving forward with a drama project from John Ridley. The broadcast network got a jump on pilot season with the order today of a pilot for “Presence (unlic),” The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports. “The project centers on…
YouTube is moving forward with efforts to bring high-end programming on board to bolster its new YouTube Red subscription service, Investor’s Business Daily reports. The initiative, which includes rounding up movies and television content, has the potential to ratchet up…