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Reporter Jodi Brooks covered a high-profile murder trial during her first week on the job in 1998 at WPMI-TV, Mobile, Ala., where a young mother was prosecuted for drowning her newborn baby in a toilet. The baby’s mother Mitzi Variali…
I forget which glossy national magazine it was, which is merciful of me, but one of them a few years ago put humdrum actor Matthew McConaughey on its cover and hailed him as “the man who’s come to save the…
CBS and EchoStar Communications announced an agreement last week that cleared the way for the satellite company to offer the network’s high-definition TV programming to some DISH Network subscribers.Under the two-year deal, the HDTV programming generally could be pitched to…
“What amazes me is that broadcasters and cable operators seem to think this is a private negotiation, not a rulemaking [conducted] pursuant to federal law. When they cut a deal, it’s a little late to start thinking about whether they’ve…
Job cuts at BETNew York-The Black Entertainment Television-CBS News production agreement announced last week will result in some 30 jobs being lost from BET’s work force of approximately 300. A restructuring of the BET news division announced late Friday by…
Many on Wall Street are betting Comcast Corp.’s $54 billion offer for AT&T Broadband will be sweetened and maybe even challenged but in the end succeed in creating a new dominant U.S. cable operator.While Comcast officials waited at press time…
More news breaking in Viacom’s groupJoel Cheatwood, vice president for news at the Viacom Television Stations Group, is readying announcements about duopoly-driven newscasts to be produced by CBS-owned stations for sister Viacom-owned UPN stations in the same cities. The consensus…
Telemundo, the No. 2 player in the hot-as-salsa Spanish-language television arena, may go to court over the loss of “Betty La Fea” (“Betty the Ugly One”) and its sequel to bigger rival Univision.Rights to “Betty,” the phenomenally popular telenovela that…
The Quadrangle Group stands shoulder to shoulder with Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter and JPMorganChase as a Wall Street adviser to Comcast Corp. in its $54 billion bid for AT&T Broadband.It’s the biggest gig yet for the year-old private…
A combined Comcast-AT&T Broadband would likely be approved by federal regulators even though it would create the largest cable company in the country, surpassing AOL-Time Warner, industry observers say.“The Bush administration has given every conceivable signal that it’s not going…