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The House Energy and Commerce Committee passed a bill that would free up $65 million in funds for the DTV transition, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The money, which will be made available Feb. 17, will be used to help low-power…
Scripps Interactive CEO Ken Lowe wants former Viacom CEO Tom Freston to come work for his company, which owns Food Network, Fine Living, HGTV and DIY Network, the New York Post reports. At a media conference for moguls in Sun…
AMC’s “Mad Men” will skip ahead 14 months to 1962 when it returns for its second season on July 27, the Orlando Sun-Sentinel reports. Creator Matthew Weiner told critics at a TCA panel that he hopes to be in 1968…
ESPN will scale back its planned nine-hour “SportsCenter” block to six hours, the Hollywood Reporter says. Six live hours of the program will air Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., the newspaper says. Hannah Storm and Josh…
Mike Murphy will join MSNBC as a commentator, the New York Times reports. Murphy served as John McCain’s strategist during the 2000 presidential race, the newspaper notes. —Vlada Gelman
Fox News Channel correspondent Greg Kelly has been tapped to co-anchor “Good Day New York” for Fox’s broadcast outlet in New York, TVNewser reports. Several anchors have filled in for the position since Ron Corning was let go in April,…
Executive producer Chris Sheridan is leaving ABCNews.com to join ESPN, TVNewser reports. Sheridan will serve as producer on nine new hours of “SportsCenter,” in addition to working on SportsCenter.com, the Web site says. —Vlada Gelman
Worldwide revenue from YouTube, which is likely to total about $200 million in 2008, has fallen short of Google’s expectations, the Wall Street Journal reports. Google Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt admitted some big advertisers are uncomfortable with the idea…
Two of West Virginia Media Holdings’ stations will provide the full ABC Television Network programming schedule on their digital sub-channels, TVNewsday reports. Digital channels NBC affiliate WBOY Clarksburg-Weston, W.Va., and CBS affiliate WTRF Wheeling-Steubenville, Ohio, will launch Aug. 1 with…