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“Dirty Sexy Money” executive producer Matthew Gross has signed a three-year, seven-figure agreement with ABC, the Hollywood Reporter says. Mr. Gross, who has helped produce shows including “Day Break” and pilots “Twenty Questions” and “Neighbors,” will continue to run day-to-day…
Shareholders of radio and billboard giant Clear Channel Communications approved the company’s $17.9 billion sale to private equity firms Thomas H. Lee Partners and Bain Capital, the New York Times reports. Clear Channel, which started the process of going private…
The release in Beijing of the last 250,000 Olympics tickets available to the public started a stampede after people waiting in line all night rushed ticket windows around the city, the Associated Press reports. Police restricted the public from many…
Thomson Reuters, which merged last year, will start a business news channel for the Internet and cable as soon as January to compete with CNBC and Bloomberg News, U.K.-based Daily Telegraph reports. In May, the company, while cutting 140 jobs,…
MTV’s first political advertisement, purchased by conservative group Let Freedom Ring, slams presidential candidate Barack Obama, calling him “Both Ways Barack” and “worse than a flip-flopper,” the New York Post reported. The ad says Obama has taken opposing positions on…
Comcast may acquire the female-shopper-centric electronic newsletter Daily Candy for $75 million, Web site Gawker.com reports. Daily Candy’s controlling shareholder is former AOL executive Bob Pittman, the Web site says. —Danny King
Major League Baseball’s Chicago Cubs may fetch a sports-franchise record $1 billion when owner Tribune Co. sells the 132-year-old team, ballpark Wrigley Field and 25% of its television station, Bloomberg News reports. Tribune owner Sam Zell has narrowed the suitors…
MTV selected U.K.-based actor-comedian Russell Brand, most recently seen in “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” as the host of this year’s Video Music Awards in September, the Associated Press reports. Brand has hosted a number of MTV programs in Britain as well…
Bob Barker, former longtime host of “The Price Is Right,” will be featured in public service advertisements about the 2009 switchover to all-digital broadcasts, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Barker also will be featured in spots shown in Wilmington, N.C., where…
“American Idol” judge Simon Cowell received the most votes for reality-show villain while colleague Paula Abdul was voted worst reality-television judge, Reuters reports, citing an AOL Television poll. About a third of those surveyed said they wanted to take part…