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The Major League Baseball Network, which started in January, appears to have the makings of a successful enterprise, with executives saying it’s on target to meet first-quarter ad revenue projections, the New York Times reports. “I think MLB Network has…
Richard Parsons is leaving Time Warner’s board of directors, Daily Variety reports, citing an SEC filing. Parsons joined the company’s board in 1991 and served as chief executive from 2002 to 2007, helping the company through some tough years after…
Barry Meyer and Alan Horn have extended their agreements to stay on at Warner Bros. Entertainment for another two years, the Hollywood Reporter says. The two took over the Burbank-based studio about 10 years ago when Meyer was tapped as…
Yahoo has tapped Elisa Steele as chief marketing officer, re-establishing the role after its last marketing chief left for Nintendo two years ago, the Wall Street Journal reports. Steele was previously the senior vice president of corporate marketing at NetApp,…
Matt Lauer missed Monday’s “Today” show broadcast after he flipped over his bicycle’s handlebars and was slightly injured, the Associated Press reports. The accident happened when a deer jumped in front of his bike, the news agency says. Lester Holt…
CBS Consumer Products has signed an agreement to bring a stage show based on “Survivor” to three theme parks this summer, Daily Variety reports. “Survivor” executive producer Mark Burnett was consulted but wasn’t involved in creating the stage show, called…
‘Arli$$’ creator and star Robert Wuhl is working on a new series for HBO, a comedy about a father and son who run a sports arena in New York, the Hollywood Reporter says. “I wanted to do a satire of…
Spike TV has bought the rerun rights to HBO’s “Band of Brothers,” a 10-part miniseries set during World War II, Daily Variety reports. The series will air on Spike in the third quarter, the trade reports. —Aimee Picchi
Lifetime’s “Northern Lights” became the network’s top-rated television movie this year after premiering with 4.5 million viewers on Saturday, Daily Variety reports. The show, which stars LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian, might have been helped by tabloid stories about an…
Stephen Colbert may be going up in space—by name at the least, the Associated Press reports. NASA opened a contest to name a new space station, and after Colbert urged viewers to submit his name for the contest, his came…