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Sports broadcaster Pat Summerall will be back in the booth starting Aug. 12, when he fills in on preseason “Sunday Night Football” telecasts for Mike Patrick, who is about to undergo open-heart surgery. Mr. Summerall, who retired as an NFL…
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Cox Communications’ controlling shareholder, frustrated over the short-term focus of the public market and motivated by a desire to operate more freely in an increasingly competitive market, on Monday agreed to take the company private in a $7.9 billion deal.Under…
Viacom on Monday sweetened its takeover bid for online sports Web site SportsLine.com, agreeing to pay $1.75 a share, or $47 million, for the 62 percent of the company it didn’t already own.A 13 percent premium over SportsLine’s Friday close…
Satellite operators DirecTV Group and Pegasus Communications settled their years-long legal battle today, with DirecTV agreeing to buy Pegasus’ satellite operations for $875 million in cash and the two companies dismissing their respective legal claims.Such a sale between DirecTV and…
A new Spike TV reality series chronicles the goings-on in a Las Vegas nightclub. “The Club” premieres Tuesday, Oct. 12 and is executive produced by Ben Silverman (“The Restaurant”) and Full Circle Entertainment. Cameras will follow the owner, staff and…
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Age: 48 Current assignment: Senior VP of ABC News Background: Mr. Mason was promoted to his post in June. He was in London on a fellowship in 1981 when he joined ABC and rose through producer and off-air reporter ranks…
After a long record spotted with false starts, interactive television appears to have gained some traction here in the United States, with Scott Newnam, CEO of GoldPocket Interactive, standing at the center of it all. Mr. Newnam’s company has become…