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The Senate Commerce Committee has scheduled a hearing May 12 on Senate Bill 967, which would require government-produced video news releases to disclose the government’s role in creating the releases.Earlier this week, House and Senate negotiators agreed to include similar…
The morning after ABC’s “primetime>live” exposé on “American Idol” judge Paula Abdul and her apparent relationship with former contestant Corey Clark, Fox and “Idol” producers announced they are conducting their own investigation into Mr. Clark’s allegations that Ms. Abdul had…
MTV and Sean “P. Diddy” Combs on Thursday announced a second season of “Making the Band 3.” At the end of the first season, Mr. Combs decided he didn’t have enough talent to make a girl group, so he’s bringing…
Spike TV will exclusively premiere a fourth film in the “Blade” franchise, the Viacom-owned channel announced Thursday. The Spike TV movie will be produced by New Line Television and Marvel Studios and will be scripted by David Goyer. The films…
Gray Television, an Atlanta-based owner of 31 television stations, on Thursday said its first-quarter profit plunged 62 percent, hurt by a sharp decline in political advertising revenue.The company, which also owns publishing operations, posted a profit of nearly $2.1 million,…
Cablevision Systems posted a slightly narrower loss in the first quarter as the company reported subscriber gains in basic cable, digital cable and high-speed data.The Bethpage, N.Y.-based company reported a loss of $118.9 million compared with red ink of nearly…
News Corp. Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch on Wednesday said he expects to have a plan in place to buy back Liberty Media’s voting shares in his company by the time the company discusses its full-year results in August.Speaking during…
Comedy Central on Wednesday said it suspended production of “Chappelle’s Show,” and that the third season of the highly rated program will not premiere on May 31st as scheduled. “All parties are optimistic that production will resume in the near…
Tribune Broadcasting stations, Tribune Entertainment Co. and Sony Pictures Television have entered into an agreement to develop and produce first-run syndicated programs, the companies announced Wednesday. The venture will debut an as-yet unnamed daytime program on the Tribune stations in…
Spanish-language broadcaster Univision Communications reported Wednesday that its profit and revenue surged during the first quarter thanks to strong audience growth at its broadcast and cable properties.The Los Angeles-based company, which owns the Univision, TeleFutura and Galavision networks, saw its…