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The Writers Guild of America is ratcheting up the pressure on studios as the threat of a writers strike continues to hang over Hollywood, the Los Angeles Times reports. The WGA is “reaching out directly to advertisers, saying that a…
A deadline looms this Friday in a retransmission fee skirmish between DirecTV and the ABC affiliates KRGV-TV in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, market and WBRZ-TV in Baton Rouge, La. DirecTV and the Manship family, which owns the stations, have been…
A musician who was about Christmas music and heavy metal at the same time, who was behind one of the all-time classics of the holiday rock genre, has died. Billboard reports that Paul O’Neill, the founder and leader of the…
Google’s ad business is getting a run for its money from a competitor whose business is booming: Amazon. A new report this week from BMO Capital analyst Daniel Salmon projects that Amazon will grow its share of the digital ad…
Discovery Channel has a big week coming up, with a seven-day celebration lined up that will feature season premieres, programming marathons, supersized episodes and an all-new documentary special. The stunt is all part of Discovery’s annual “Epic Week,” which runs…
An investor group dubbed the “three amigos” may take another run at a Time Inc. acquisition after initially being rejected. The New York Post reports: “The trio, Edgar Bronfman Jr., Len Blavatnik and Ynon Kreiz — who were originally rebuffed…
Press release from HBO, April 6, 2017: “Every morning before having breakfast, I pick up my newspaper, get the obituary section, and see if I’m listed,” says comedy legend Carl Reiner. “If I’m not, I’ll have my breakfast.” The 95-year-old…
Press release from Discovery, April 6, 2017: Discovery Channel is rolling out an all-new marathon line-up with EPIC WEEK, a seven-day celebration featuring super-sized episodes of the network’s top series and new specials. The week-long programming block packs in 8…
MGM Holdings Inc. has a deal in the works to assume full ownership of the premium channel Epix for about $1 billion, Reuters reports. The deal would have MGM acquiring the 81% of the channel that it does not already…
Former Fox News Channel star Megyn Kelly, who is getting a Sunday night newsmagazine on NBC along with her new role as part of the NBC morning lineup, has been given the all-clear signal from Fox. Variety reports that Kelly…