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A joke on the latest installment of the ABC sitcom “Roseanne” sparked a backlash, including rebukes from a number of TV insiders. The scene in the revival’s third episode, which aired April 3, finds the characters played by Roseanne Barr…
The Federal Communications Commission is being accused of stonewalling after reportedly refusing a Freedom of Information request focusing on an infamous video the agency released in December. “The video in question features FCC Chairperson Ajit Pai demonstrating all of the…
The visionary pianist who revolutionized jazz when he launched the free jazz movement in the late 1950s has died. The AP reports that Cecil Taylor died Thursday at his home in Brooklyn. He was 89. Details about his cause of…
HBO announced plans today to use an innovative procedure to enable non-subscribers to access the Vice episode “Raised in the System,” which debuts tonight on HBO. The full episode will be made available digitally after the show’s linear premiere, with…
Just a week after The Atlantic announced his hiring, the magazine fired its new commentator over comments he made about abortion. The AP reports that editor-in-chief Jeff Goldberg announced the firing of conservative writer Kevin Williamson, saying in a company…
A big awards show that will be airing on NBC for the first time will be broadcast live coast to coast. The network today took the wraps off plans for the “2018 Billboard Music Awards,” which will air from MGM…
Agency pioneer Irwin Gotlieb is stepping down from his role as global chairman of GroupM, the media investment group of WPP, but will transition to a senior advisory role with WPP, the company announced today. Gotlieb was GroupM’s first global…
Press release from GroupM, April 6, 2018: GroupM, the media investment group of WPP, today announced that Irwin Gotlieb is stepping down from his role as Global Chairman as he transitions to a senior advisory role with WPP. Gotlieb was…
Press release from Discovery Channel, April 6, 2018: Discovery has assembled a team of award-winning filmmakers to tackle one of the most important issues of our time: WHY WE HATE (w/t). Executive produced by filmmaking heavyweights Steven Spielberg and Alex…
“Working with major media agencies in anticipation of the upfront TV ad market, NBCUniversal has come up with what it says is the industry’s first unified advertising metric — measuring all live, on-demand and time-shifted commercial impressions on every viewing…