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News Corp. is expecting to report lower earnings Wednesday, but investors are looking for Rupert Murdoch to provide any sign that the ad market is rebounding, the Los Angeles Times reports. News Corp. stock, up 77% since March, remains down…
National Amusements completed a $1.46 billion debt restructuring that should mean controlling shareholder Sumner Redstone won’t have to sell off more of its stake in Viacom and CBS, the Associated Press reports. National Amusements was forced by lenders to sell…
Ex-CNBC chief Bill Bolster is asking The Weather Channel to provide him with a private jet as part of his negotiations to take the cable network’s top job, the New York Post reports. Talks between Bolster and The Weather Channel’s…
The New York Observer takes a look at how social networking technology is affecting what’s on television. The Twitter and Facebook campaign to save “Chuck” from cancellation may not have much of an effect, but Nielsen is looking at new…
Mindy Kaling has signed a two-year, seven figure agreement with NBC and Universal Media Studios, in which she’ll continue writing and acting for “The Office” while developing a comedy vehicle for herself, Daily Variety reports. “I’ve always wanted to do…
“American Idol” front-runner Adam Lambert rocked the house with his version of Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love,” the Washington Post reports. “It was a steep downhill slide from there,” the paper says. —Jon Lafayette
HBO has ordered David Simon’s “Treme” to series, although the network is still working on the number of episodes to first be produced, Daily Variety reports. “Treme” is set in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina and follows residents as they…
Just as Barack Obama campaigned for change, MSNBC is pitching itself to advertisers as the news network whose audience is filled with “changemakers,” the New York Observer says. MSNBC also wants to make sure media buyer know it beat CNN…
CBS is creating a pilot for a remake of the classic game show “Let’s Make a Deal,” and is in discussions about reviving “The Dating Game,” Daily Variety reports. The projects may be candidates for filling the daytime period that…
As Bravo’s “Real Housewives” franchise gets ready to take on New Jersey next week, the chronicle of conspicuous consumption shows no signs of being slowed by the economy, the New York Times reports. “I know more really, really smart people…