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MySpace Makes Exec Appointments

MySpace has named Manu Thapar as senior VP of engineering, Angela Courtin as senior VP of marketing, entertainment and content and Tish Whitcraft as senior VP of customer care, Media Daily News reports. Additionally, Jason Oberfest has joined the company…

NBC.com Shares Comic-Con Panel Videos

NBC.com has put up the full video from its Comic-Con panels for “Chuck,” “Heroes,” “The Office,” “Knight Rider” and “Kings.” The video page also includes “Adventures of Comic-Con Virgin,” featuring interviews and on-the-scene footage. —Vlada Gelman

Classic ’90s Nick Shows Join iTunes

Nickelodeon will add several shows from the 1990s and early 2000s to the iTunes store as part of Nick Rewind, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The shows, which include “Rugrats,” “Clarissa Explains It All,” “Doug,” “Hey Dude” and “Rocko’s Modern Life,”…

Mol in Talks for ‘Mars’

Gretchen Mol is in final negotiations to join the cast of ABC’s “Life on Mars” as Annie, E! Online reports, citing unnamed sources. The ABC pilot has gone through major recasting, keeping only Jason O’ Mara as its lead. The…

MoveOn.org Spots Hit MTV, Comedy Central

Thirty-second ads for advocacy group MoveOn.org will begin airing on MTV and Comedy Central on Tuesday, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The pro-Obama ads cost a reported $150,000 and push back at the “Both Ways Barack” pro-McCain ads on MTV, the…

Moody Promoted at A&E, Biography

Thomas Moody has been upped to senior VP of programming, planning and acquisition at A&E and Biography Channel, the Hollywood Reporter says. Moody is crediting with co-creating and producing “Find & Design,” “Private Sessions,” “Watching the Detectives” and “The Chris…

Media Deal Attached to Shanghai Disney Park

Plans to build a Disneyland park in Shanghai could include a media deal that would give the Walt Disney Co. unrivaled access to the market, according to documents obtained by Reuters. The agreement would allow Disney to bypass foreign film…

‘Law & Order: CI’ Enlists New Producers

Walon Green and Robert Nathan will replace Warren Leight as executive producers on “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” Deadline Hollywood Daily reports. Dick Wolf plans to break the 16-episode season into halves, with Green producing eight episodes starring Vincent D’Onofrio…

Few Viewers for Fox Business Net

An average 8,000 people watch Fox Business Network during the day, Time magazine reports. That number falls far below CNBC’s 284,000 daytime viewers. However, FBN increases to 20,000 viewers during prime time, the magazine notes. —Vlada Gelman

CBS Evening News Debuts in HD Sans Sound

Some viewers had no audio during the beginning of CBS Evening News’ first HD broadcast on Monday night, TVNewser reports. Many stations switched to a standard feed to resolve the sound difficulties, but the HD was restored eight minutes into…