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YouTube Chief Sees a Future Dominated by Internet-Provided Content

Chad Hurley, co-founder and chief executive officer of YouTube, sees the growing use of Wi-Fi equipped devices as a great thing for YouTube, as the video site giant looks to be seen on the same level as television, the Telegraph…

Hey Soul Sister: VH1 to Launch 44 (No, That’s Not a Typo) Series Before the End of This Year

VH1, with its slate of celebrity love series and outrageous reality fare, is looking to revamp its lineup and slowly move away from series like "Flavor of Love," the Hollywood Reporter reports. The network is prepping to launch 44 new…

Litton, ABC Stations Team Up for Programming

Litton Studios will produce six all-new original half-hour educational and informative, or E/I, series for exclusively for ABC stations starting September 2011, the company announced today. Station groups like ABC owned-and-operated stations, plus Cox, Newport, McGraw-Hill and Post-Newsweek are currently…

Broadcast, Cable and Online Vet Erik Sorenson Joins Exec Search and Managing Consultant Group

Sucherman Consulting Group, which is a management consulting and executive search firm, has brought media industry veteran Erik Sorenson on-board its senior management team as executive vice president, the group announced today.  Sorenson’s career in television is extensive, from being a news director…

Apple’s Jobs Claims Mistake in Rejection of Pulitzer-Winning Cartoonist’s App

Apple’s chief executive office Steve Jobs, responding to a customer’s email about a rejected iPhone application from Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist Mike Fiore, said it was a mistake to reject the app, the New York Times reports.  Fiore, who draws animated…

Report: Major Golf Tourney Will Be on Primetime on NBC; Tiger Expected to Play

For only the second time ever, the U.S. Open Golf Tournament will be aired in primetime, on Saturday and Sunday, June 19-20, reports B&C.  Tiger Woods who last week applied to enter in the tournament, is expected to play, though he…

23-Year Nick Network Vet Cohn Gets Promotion

Nickelodeon has promoted 23-year network veteran Marjorie Cohn to president of original programming and development for the Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group, reports B&C. Cohn had previously been Nickelodeon’s executive VP of original programming and development. Cohn has been involved…

Fox News Pulls News Commentator From Tea Party Event

Fox News executives forced network anchor host and commentator Sean Hannity to cancel a taping of his show at a Cincinnati-based Tea Party event Thursday after it was found out that event organizers were billing Hannity as a centerpiece of…

NBC Universal Loses $223 Million on Vancouver Winter Olympics

NBC Universal Sports & Olympics Chairman Dick Ebersol told reporters in January that this year’s Winter Olympics would cost the network money, and now the figures are in, the Hollywood Reporter says.  NBC Universal’s first-quarter results show the Winter Olympics…

Revenue From DVD Rentals Drop, Furthering Home Entertainment Woes

U.S. DVD rental revenue dropped 14% in this year’s first quarter from last year’s, adding another worry to a rocky home entertainment business, the Los Angeles Times reports. The Digital Entertainment Group, which furnishes the statistics, didn’t provide revenue amounts…