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Deep Product Staff Cuts Coming to Yahoo, With Managers Asked to Come up With 20% Reductions ‘as Planning Exercise’

Yahoo is prepping for major cuts to its product staff, with managers asked to come up with 20% headcount reductions "as a planning exercise," reports Advertising Age.  It would mark the first major layoffs at Yahoo since April 2009, soon…

WCVB-TV in Boston to Fill ‘Oprah’ Time Slot With ‘Ellen DeGeneres Show’

WCVB-TV in Boston will fill "The Oprah Winfrey Show" time slot next fall with "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," reports the Boston Globe.  "Ellen" will move from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with the morning slot going to the syndicated "Live…

Charter to Start Contacting Broadband Users Who Tap Too Much Bandwidth

Charter Communications said starting next month it’ll begin contacting broadband customers who tap too much bandwidth, reports Multichannel News.  The cable company is also reserving the right to kick policy violators off its network if they don’t cooperate, the story…

Once Highly Anticipated Spy Drama Canceled by NBC

A series that entered the fall television season as one of the most anticipated new shows has been canceled by NBC, reports Bill Carter in the New York Times’ ArtsBeat blog.  "Undercovers," about a pair of gorgeous undercover agents who also…

Homeless Reality Star Couple Say They Are Considering Filing for Bankruptcy After Spending $10 Million

A reality star couple is considering filing for bankruptcy and are homeless after spending $10 million on things like plastic surgery, six cars and private jets, reports Lifesandstylemag.com.  Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt, the former "The Hills" stars, now owe…

Storm Chasers’ Star Matt Hughes Died in May — Fact Not Widely Known Until After His Final Episode Aired Wednesday

"Storm Chasers" star Matt Hughes died in Kansas on May 26 after trying to take his own life, a fact not widely publicized until after Discovery Channel aired his final episode Wednesday night, reports The Hollywood Reporter.  Hughes also worked…

‘Bachelorette’ Contestant, 35, Found Dead in Remote Area of California National Forest

"The Bachelorette" contestant Julien Hug, 35, was found dead in a remote area of the San Bernardino National Forest, reports the San Diego Union-Tribune’s Signs on San Diego Website.  No foul play is suspected in his death, the story says….

New Disney Channel Geared to 2- to 7-Year-Olds Will Focus on Social Values

Disney Junior, a new Disney channel that will debut in 2012 and target children between 2 and 7 years old, will focus on programming that promotes social values and behavior, reports Brooks Barnes in the New York Times.  That’s a…

With Cable Operators Losing TV Customers, Could Hulu and Netflix Finally Be Having an Impact?

The Associated Press asks whether Internet TV services such as Hulu and Netflix are finally convincing people to cancel their cable-television subscriptions, as cable operators have been losing TV customers at an even faster rate.  Third-quarter results from top cable-TV…

So Who Will Be the Next Simon? ‘Idol’ Judge Tyler Says ‘We Switch on Being Brutal’

The question many viewers have about the next season of "American Idol" is who will replace the acid-tongued Simon Cowell, and a press conference with the show’s host somewhat provided an answer, reports the Los Angeles Times’ ShowTracker blog.  “We…