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Edwards Tackles Prescription Drug Ads as Campaign Issue

Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards, a frequent foe of direct-to-consumer prescription drug ads in the past, is reviving the issue on the campaign trail. In a speech Sunday in Manchester, N.H., the former North Carolina senator called for banning DTC…

NBCU’s Zucker Wants to Keep Leno

NBC Universal President and CEO Jeff Zucker said he’d like to keep Jay Leno in the NBCU family and “we are in those conversations now,” but he also said flatly: “Late Night” host “Conan O’Brien will take over ‘The Tonight…

News Corp., NBCU Launch Online Video Portal Hulu

Hulu, the online video venture between News Corp. and NBC Universal, is officially up and running today in a private beta test. However, anyone can sign up for the test simply by visiting www.hulu.com and entering their email address. With…

DAVE to Sell Ads Via YuMe

Broadband advertising network YuMe inked a deal with video technology provider DAVE Networks to sell and serve ads against its content. Under the deal, DAVE will use YuMe to sell ads for its peer-to-peer system that provides video distribution, social…

Q&A: Producers’ Chief Prepares for Strike

Producers’ Negotiator Prepared for Walkout

‘Catch,’ ‘Chopper’ Headed to Syndie

Debmar-Mercury Sells Discovery Duo

WebMD Has TV Ad Prescription

Hospitals Can Follow Model for Healthy Business

Diverse Voices: Opportunities Growing for Women in Hollywood

An Old Boys’ Network may still run Hollywood, but a Young Women’s Network is working to equalize things. Conversations with a number of women in the television industry—ranging from actresses to network executives—paint a picture of slow improvement in opportunities…

The Insider: Arm-Wrestling With Arnold

The Insider wouldn’t have been surprised to see a governor in a movie muscle a fictional reporter who wasn’t taking his word for something. But this wasn’t a movie, It was real life on Tuesday in fire-whipped Southern California. And…

Local Stations Bring Wildfire Story Home

Reporters Cover the Community as San Diego Burns