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YouTube removed nearly 30,000 video clips from Japanese TV programs, music videos and movies after The Japan Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers requested they be taken down, the Associated Press reported Friday. Video-sharing sites that have built…
NBC Entertainment President Kevin Reilly said the loss of 700 jobs at NBC Universal won’t affect the quality of the flagship network’s content. Sitting on a panel alongside the programming chiefs of the five major broadcast networks and MyNetworkTV for…
A coalition of consumer groups suggested Thursday that the Federal Communications Commission should review the impact of potential media mergers using a statistical index that suggests much of the media industry is already too consolidated.Unveiling a series of market-by-market concentration…
Google revenues soared a whopping 70 percent in the third quarter to $2.69 billion, the company reported today, and third-quarter profit nearly doubled to $733.4 million from $381.1 million a year earlier.“Business is very, very good here at Google,” said…
ABC enjoyed its usual Wednesday night victory among adults 18 to 49 and households, but is facing a potentially worrisome trend: “Lost” losing viewers. The J.J. Abrams drama has posted week-to-week losses for the first three episodes of the new…
NBC Universal plans to eliminate about 700 jobs, or 5 percent of its workforce as part of a sweeping plan to cut $750 million in administrative and operating costs and remake itself for the digital age. The plan, to be…
The CW has canceled the low-rated freshman drama “Runaway.”Some decisions are easier than others: After three episodes, the Sunday night drama-created by Darren Starr and starring Donnie Wahlberg as a man on the run from police-was the lowest-rated series last…
Nielsen Media Research will wait to release average commercial-minute ratings, a measure intended to provide accurate data on how many viewers are watching spots, until Dec. 11, delaying a planned Nov. 18 launch.The information will be made available free to…
ABC once again enjoyed a Tuesday night dual victory anchored by “Dancing With the Stars.” The network scored a 4.6 rating among adults 18 to 49 and 10.4 household rating, according to preliminary Nielsen Media Research figures, winning the night…
Former Viacom CEO Tom Freston will receive termination payments of about $58.9 million, the company said in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Wednesday.Mr. Freston, who was removed by Chairman Sumner Redstone and the Viacom board in September, signed a…