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Crown Media Holdings, the company that owns the Hallmark Channel, said Thursday that its board of directors has authorized the company to explore strategic alternatives for the company, including a possible sale.The company said its board had formed a special…
The Walt Disney Co., in a move designed to bolster its corporate governance, said Thursday its board will amend its bylaws to require that directors step down from the board if they receive a withhold vote by a majority of…
ABC is giving Mr. Peterman another chance. “Seinfeld” actor John O’Hurley and “General Hospital” star Kelly Monaco will compete against one another in the 90-minute reality special “Dancing With the Stars: Dance-Off,” which is scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 20. Mr….
The drama got a little too real Thursday morning in the New York studio of CBS’s “Guiding Light,” when some 40 members of the cast, crew and production staff were quarantined and examined after mercury leaked from a blood pressure…
TNT announced Thursday that it has hired former NBA player Reggie Miller, a five-time All-Star with the Indiana Pacers, as an analyst for its studio and remote broadcast teams for the 2005-06 NBA season. Mr. Miller retired as a player…
Comcast expects its subscribers and other cable operators to help it pay for its new investment in hockey programming.Comcast secured the rights to broadcast hockey on its OLN channel after ESPN declined Wednesday night to match Comcast’s offer.In a conference…
Comcast Cable has fired two customer service employees who changed the name on the bill of a Chicago-area customer who made repeated complaints about her service to “Bitch Dog.” The customer had made about 40 calls to Comcast during July…
Neil Giuliano, a former four-term mayor of Tempe, Ariz., has been named president of the of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation by the organization’s board of directors. Mr. Giuliano succeeds Joan Garry, a former Showtime and MTV executive…
ESPN executive Mark Shapiro is leaving the company to work for Daniel Snyder, the owner of the Washington Redskins and an investor in the Six Flags Amusement Parks. Mr. Shapiro, who as executive VP of programming and production had a…
NBC News has two new VPs: David Verdi, who has been executive director of news, and Mark Lukasiewicz, who has been executive producer of NBC News specials. In an internal memo Wednesday, NBC News President Neal Shapiro said both executives…