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Metacafe Sees Record 9 Million Unique Visitors in October

Online video destination Metacafe set a traffic record in October, drawing more than 9 million unique visitors in the United States, the company said Wednesday, citing comScore numbers. That’s a 30% rise since January and a 10% bump over September,…

ESPN Secures British Open Broadcast Rights

ESPN has signed a multiyear deal with the R&A, organizer of golf’s Open Championship, that takes effect in 2010. ESPN will televise 34 live hours of the British Open’s four rounds and also will produce six hours of encore highlights…

‘Kimmel’ Posts Season-Best Ratings

ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” attracted its biggest audience of the 2008-09 season for the week of Nov. 3. The late-night show garnered 1.92 million total viewers and 0.7 million viewers among adults 18-49, its best numbers so far this season….

Cochran to Step Down as RTNDA President in June

Barbara Cochran, the network news veteran who has been president of the Radio-Television News Directors Association for more than 11 years, will step down and become consultant and president emeritus when her contract expires at the end of June. The…

TV Land Picks Up Reality Trio for 2009

TV Land has added three new series to its TV Land Prime 2009 lineup, which caters to viewers in their 40s. The half-hour reality show “How’d You Get So Rich?” will feature Joan Rivers searching the country to find out…

Philbin-Hosted ‘Password’ Returns to CBS

CBS is bringing back “Million Dollar Password.” The Regis Philbin-hosted game show will return to the Eye’s lineup Sunday, Dec. 21, at 8 p.m., the network announced Thursday. It replaces “The Amazing Race,” which will have concluded its current season…

AccessHollywood.com Rakes in Record Autumn

Records were broken during October and November for the Web site of NBC Universal’s “Access Hollywood.” According to comScore figues, AccessHollywood.com attracted 2.5 million unique visitors during October, the most ever for the site. Omniture data found Nov. 12 had…

‘The View’ Finishes Ahead of Daytime Pack

For the first time in its 12-year history, “The View” finished No. 1 in total viewers among daytime programs for the week of Nov. 3. The program attracted 4.67 million viewers and was first in women 18-49 for the second…

Gannett Acquires Social Media Provider Ripple6

Gannett has acquired social media services provider Ripple6, which becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Gannett. Ripple6 currently powers Gannett’s MomsLikeMe.com, social media properties for Procter & Gamble and the soon-to-launch MixingBowl.com—a social network around meals and meal planning from…

Death Stalks ABC’s ‘Pushing Daisies’

“Pushing Daisies” may be close to pushing daisies. According to industry sources familiar with the situation, ABC has decided not to produce any more episodes of the critically beloved show this season. Word of the show’s apparent death began spreading…