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Talent Signs Up for ‘Celebrity’ Game Show

Janice Dickinson and Geraldo Rivera have signed on to participate in the upcoming NBC reality competition “I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here!,” OK! Magazine reports. Unnamed sources close to the show say both are on board, though…

Column: Major League Baseball, Please Take My Money!!!

There is $14.95 burning a hole in my pocket every month. It’s itching to jump into the bank account of Major League Baseball every month for the next six months. But the league won’t let that money leave my wallet….

Adalian Column: I Heard the News Today. Oh, Boy.

A Pew study released late last year showed that, for Americans under 30, the Internet has all but overtaken TV as their primary source of news. TV types no doubt greeted the report with alarm. I wouldn’t be surprised if…

Heidrick & Struggles to Search for TVB President

Heidrick & Struggles will head the Television Bureau of Advertising’s search for its new president. Hedrick’s Michael Speck and Mark Casey will lead the search. Current TVB President Chris Rohrs will leave the organization at the end of this year.

Pirate Bay Dealt Setback, Media Cheers

The television industry received a ray of hope in its battle to protect a key future revenue source—online content—from Web thievery last week when the people behind file-sharing site the Pirate Bay were convicted of copyright violation. Friday’s verdict in…

Gannett Revenue Down 15% for Q1

Gannett TV’s revenue was down 15% for the first quarter compared with last year, Broadcasting & Cable reports. The company earned a total $143.5 million in revenue, versus last year’s $170.2 million for the same time period, the trade publication…

TWC Holds Off on Metered Broadband Tests

Time Warner Cable is delaying its planned tests for meter-based Internet billing, Broadcasting & Cable reports. While CEO Glenn Britt still feels pay-per-use broadband billing is the “best pricing plan,” the delay comes after public criticism of the practice, the…

‘Real World’ Star Shipping Out to Iraq

Ryan Conklin, one of the stars of the recent “Real World: Brooklyn” on MTV, is going back to serve in the army in Iraq on Sunday, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. Conklin, who received word of his deployment notice while the…

CBS Embarks on Another ‘Amazing Race’

CBS will send contestants around the world for a 15th season of “The Amazing Race.” Open casting calls for the next season will be held in Chicago (April 24), Pittsburgh (May 1) and New York (May 8). Applications are available…

Horne to Head Diversity Initiatives at NBC Entertainment

NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios have named Karen Horne as director of entertainment diversity initiatives. Ms. Horne will head the Writers Diversity Program and Directors Diversity Program. Ms. Horne joins NBC from Loud Paint Entertainment, where she was a…