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Liberty Shares Surge After Buyout Announcement
Shares in station group Liberty Corp. surged more than 26 percent Friday after the company announced Thursday that it was being sold to privately held station owner Raycom Media for $987 million.News of the Liberty deal had a varied impact…
WGA to Award Series Writers
The Writers Guild of America will add three television series categories to its annual Writers Guild Awards, the guild announced Thursday. Awards for outstanding achievement in writing for a dramatic series, a comedy series and new series will be presented…
Raycom Agrees to Buy Station Group Liberty Corp.
Television station owner Liberty Corp. said Thursday that it has agreed to be acquired by privately held Raycom Media in a cash deal valued at $987 million.The deal comes on the heels of the three-way $681 million sale by Emmis…
Lifetime Names Daniels Entertainment President
Lifetime Entertainment Services has named former WB Network executive Susanne Daniels as president of entertainment for Lifetime, effective Sept. 12, the network announced Thursday. Ms. Daniels will be based in Los Angeles and will be responsible for all programming on…
Nielsen Reports Increase in U.S. TV Homes
The number of TV homes in the United States has increased 0.5 percent in the past year to an estimated 110.2 million, according to Nielsen Media Research, which announced its 2005-06 season estimates Thursday.The number of African American TV homes…
Askin Re-Elected ATAS Chairman
Dick Askin, president and CEO of Tribune Entertainment, was re-elected to a second term as chairman of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences at a board meeting held Wednesday night. “I am grateful to the board of governors for…
Stewart Previews ‘Martha,’ ‘Apprentice’ for Press
With her electronic monitoring bracelet hidden underneath her right pants leg and her microphone pack strapped under here left pants leg, Martha Stewart invited the press to her country-in-the-city kitchen-studio in Manhattan Thursday morning and gave away tidbits of information…