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SI’s Rick Reilly Joining ESPN

Noted sportswriter Rick Reilly has left Sports Illustrated and will be joining ESPN. At ESPN, Mr. Reilly will be writing a back-page column for ESPN The Magazine and another regular column for ESPN.com. He also will appear on “SportsCenter” as…

Deals Extend Reach of Sony’s Minisode Net

Sony Pictures Television inked new distribution deals for its Minisode Network with AOL, Joost and Sony-owned Crackle. The deals expand the reach of the network beyond original partner MySpace. In addition, Minisode will be carried on Verizon phones, Sony said….

‘This Week’ Makes Move to Newseum Studio in 2008

“This Week With George Stephanopoulos” is scheduled to become a capital destination television experience early in 2008 when it moves into a studio at the Newseum that is scheduled to be completed on Pennsylvania Avenue between the White House and…

Q&A: WGA President Patric Verrone

Writers Guild of America West President Patric Verrone is an unreasonable man. Unwilling to negotiate, he’s intent on leading WGA membership into a catastrophic strike that will cripple the industry — or, at least, that’s how the opposition portrays him….

MySpace Launches Scripted Series

MySpace plans to launch a new Web series today that will run daily for the next two months. The show, “Roommates,” is a scripted series about a reality TV show. Each episode will premiere at 4 p.m. ET, Monday through…

Sophomore Slump at CW

Promising New Series Weak in Ratings

Digital Quest for Kids Heats Up

Nick, Disney Channel Take Different Approaches to Draw Trendsetters

MTV Follows DiSanto’s Script

Rock Drama ‘Kaya’ Fits Programmer’s New Vision for Net

The Insider: Bearing the Bad News in Hi-Def

CNN anchor Anderson Cooper, CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta and Animal Planet host and wildlife biologist Jeff Corwin spread out to 13 countries on four continents for “Planet in Peril,” a four-hour documentary about four issues threatening Earth…

Fox Selling Out on World Series Ad Spots

Even Before Teams Are Set, Inventory Is Getting Scarce