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Just a few months after Disney took an ax to its Maker Studios digital network, slashing jobs and cutting way back on its support for video creators, the company has revealed its grand vision for what remains of Maker. Fortune…
HBO announced plans today to commemorate the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, with what the network calls a landmark documentary. Diana died 20 years ago, in August 1997. “HBO has U.S. rights to the film, produced by Oxford Film…
Nickelodeon filled a key executive position, naming Chris Young as senior vice president of the Nickelodeon Entertainment Lab. “In this new position, Young will manage the new Burbank-based Lab, which will spearhead long-range research and development efforts around new technologies…
“After a day of twists and turns, Hollywood has dodged a bullet,” reports Deadline.com in a piece posted at 1:15 a.m., Pacific time. The story, by veteran Hollywood labor reporter David Robb and Dominic Patten, continues, “A threatened writers strike…
Will there be another conservative challenger to Fox News sooner than later? According to a report on the website Mediaite (operated by Dan Abrams, who is ABC’s legal analyst), a “senior TV executive” told the publication’s reporter Rachel Stockman, “‘I’m…
21st Century Fox, controlled by Rupert Murdoch, is reportedly positioning itself to make a bid for Tribune Media, which would bring its stable of TV stations into the fold. The New York Times reports that Fox is in talks with…
Barbra Streisand says she has been a victim of Hollywood sexism, which created obstacles to her success as a director and cost her Oscar nominations. Variety reports that Streisand talked about it Saturday at the Tribeca Film Festival, where she was…
A “Kelly War” has been declared in morning television, with the timing of NBC’s announcement about Megyn Kelly — the same day as a big announcement from Kelly Ripa — perhaps the first shot across the bow. “Kelly War officially…
A TV series that is currently getting a lot of attention in the U.S. and other countries has prompted one country, New Zealand, to create a new rating and require warnings at the beginning and end of each episode. According…
Veteran journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the former Washington Post reporters who uncovered the Watergate scandal, got back together on stage at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner Saturday night — an event that The New York Post says…