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As lawmakers begin a massive rewrite of the nation’s telecommunications law this year, cable TV operators want them to consider eliminating much of the power that local franchising authorities currently hold over the industry — particularly when it comes to…
Twenty-three writers were announced on Tuesday as finalists for the 2005 Humanitas Prize by Frank Desiderio, president of Humanitas. The Humanitas Prize “exists to encourage those who create contemporary media to use their immense power in a humanistic way, to…
In a bid to capture the growing number of dollars directed toward the online comparative shopping sector, E.W. Scripps on Monday said it is buying Shopzilla for $525 million in cash.While at first blush the acquisition is not one that…
A Delaware judge has ruled that a lawsuit challenging the appointment of Robert Iger to CEO of The Walt Disney Co. will go forward and begin in August, said Roy Disney and Stanley Gold, dissident shareholders who filed the claim…
“NBC Nightly News” executive producer Steve Capus has been promoted to senior VP of the news division and John Reiss has been promoted from senior broadcast producer to executive producer of “Nightly.”The announcements, which have been expected for some time,…
VH1 said Monday it has ordered 10 episodes of a new reality series dealing with the modeling industry that will air in the fall. The series, tentatively titled “The Agency,” follows booking agents at the Wilhelmina modeling agency. The show…
Cablevision Systems said Monday the costs associated with the shutdown of failed satellite service Voom could be as high as $130 million. But the company said the impact would not be significant to the bottom line because the sale of…
Viacom co-President and co-Chief Operating Officer Leslie Moonves on Monday repeated his commitment to pursue retransmission fees from cable operators, saying that although it might take three to five years before he can start charging cable to carry the CBS…
Sinclair Broadcast Group on Monday said it is selling its 17.5 percent stake in Atlantic Automotive, an automobile dealer group in the Mid-Atlantic region, as the company heeds shareholders’ desire to end the company’s investment in the dealer group.Baltimore-based Sinclair…
Thirteen-year CNN veteran Miles O’Brien is leaving Atlanta and the anchor desk of “Live From” to co anchor the news network’s “American Morning” with Soledad O’Brien in New York.“In a morning television landscape littered with mindless entertainment, there will be…