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Wendy Williams to End Her Radio Show at the End of the Month

Just one week into her TV talk show, Wendy Williams announced that she is leaving the daily radio program where she made her name, the New York Times reports. The radio show, “The Wendy Williams Experience,” which has aired on…

Business Users Force Twitter to Change Direction; Company Now Sees Way to Make Money

Twitter, the latest new media rage, has decided to market itself as a communications network instead of a social network, Reuters reports. "We started out by creating this very simple status updating system. And that’s not what Twitter is. It…

HBO has Money Riding on the Success of ABC’s ‘FlashForward’ This Fall

In a deal not uncommon in Hollywood, HBO, which passed on "FlashForward," but doesn’t want to be embarrassed–financially speaking–if it’s a hit on ABC, will be getting paid to avoid any embarrassment, Los Angeles Times Company Town blogger Joe Flint…

OMG: 18 TV Related Panels at Comic-Con Today

So, you don’t think Comic-Con is THE place to be this week if you’re in the TV biz. Well, check this out…..Today alone there are 18 TV-related panels at the show…Here’s a list of the TV programs that will be discussed today, in…

Showtime Creating ‘Dexter’ Prequel as Animated Webisodes

Showtime is creating 12 animated webisodes that will be a prequel to "Dexter," according to James Hibberd of The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed blog. Michael C. Hall, who plays the title character on the series, will do his character’s voice…

News Corp. Digital Chief: Videogames on MySpace to Become ‘a Crucial Theme’

Boosting the videogame platform of MySpace will become a key initiative of the social networking site that has been seriously challenged by Facebook and Twitter. "MySpace is and will be more in the future a gaming platform, a space for people to…

Cronkite Remembered at Funeral; CBS to Have Public Memorial at Lincoln Center Next Month

CBS’s legendary newcaster Walter Cronkite was remember fondly by friends and family at his funeral service in Manhattan Thursday afternoon, the New York Times reports. The Times also reports that CBS is expected to have a public memorial for Cronkite…

AT&T U-verse Now 10th Largest Subscriber TV Provider in U.S.

AT&T’s U-verse TV service added just under 250,000 subscribers in the second quarter, making it the 10th largest subscriber TV provider in the U.S. after the six biggest cable operators, DirecTV, Dish and Verizon’s Fios, Multichannel News reports. In addition,…

‘Beyond Twisted’ Test by Warner Bros. and Fox Stations Ends Early

Saying they’ve learned what they wanted to know, Warner Bros. and Fox TV Stations have decided to end their eight-week test of the show "Beyond Twisted" after three weeks, B&C reports. The show featured video clips of the strange and…

Cox Cable New VOD Scheme Increases Viewership of Turner Shows by 10% and Ads Were Included in the Shows

Eight shows from Turner Broadcasting’s TNT, TBS and Cartoon networks saw boosts of almost 10% in a test on Cox’s My Primetime video-on-demand service, Multichannel News reports. Significantly, "Our work with Turner demonstrates that consumers will view on-demand content, with…