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News Corp. on Wednesday reported $843 million in profit for the quarter ended Sept. 30, helped by double-digit increases from its Fox regional sports networks and the FX cable channel and at Fox Broadcasting and the Fox TV stations group.In…
ABC News’ 90-minute coverage of the midterm elections Tuesday night cruised to a dominating win for Charles Gibson on his time anchoring election coverage as the network’s flagship anchor. NBC News’ Brian Williams was relegated to second place, and CBS…
U.S. Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., the incoming chairman of a key House committee, on Wednesday strongly questioned any further easing of media ownership rules, suggesting that his panel will offer more scrutiny of telecom measures than the committee has under…
The week before the sweeps ratings period found freshman talk show “Rachael Ray” maintaining its lead over the competition, even as its audience count declined 5 percent.For the week ended Oct. 29, several shows, particularly returning talk shows and off-network…
Fox got some overdue good news Tuesday night when “House” led the network to a ratings victory over incumbent ABC. The acclaimed medical drama garnered a 6.8 during its 9 p.m. slot among viewers 18 to 49, according to preliminary…
Jane Saunders has been named senior VP of a new department of the Motion Picture Association of America dedicated to managing and promoting rights management and copyright royalty policy worldwide.In her new position at the Rights Management Policy and Relations…
Hyundai will sponsor AMC’s Movie of the Month franchise for a second year, the network said Wednesday. Movie of the Month includes bonus features such as “making of” video and trivia wrapped around the films, which will include “Ghost,” “Miracle…
“Extra” producer John Ankwicz has been named senior VP of production for Telepictures Productions, the company announced Wednesday. Mr. Ankwicz will lead production on all Telepictures series and will report to President Hilary Estey McLoughlin.Mr. Ankwicz was one of the…
NBC Universal will try to help its station group’s struggling daytime lineups by launching the previously announced “iVillage Live” show Dec. 4.The hour-long, live interactive show will play simultaneously on the NBC stations, the company’s Bravo cable network and on…
Cablevision Systems, the biggest cable provider in the New York area, said its third-quarter loss narrowed as it lured more television, high-speed data and telephone customers.The net loss was $59.2 million in the quarter, down from $63 million a year…