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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the studio that recently agreed to be acquired by an investment team led by Sony Corp., reported a narrowed third-quarter loss Tuesday.The film studio, whose shareholders have yet to approve the $4.7 billion deal that would sell MGM to…
CNN founder Ted Turner and Federal Communications Commission member Michael Copps are scheduled to speak at the 2005 NATPE Conference & Exhibition. NATPE Co-Chairs Stephen Davis, president of Granada America, and John Weiser, president of distribution for Sony Pictures Television,…
Court TV, which has been calling itself “The Investigation Channel” in prime time, is upset at plans by A&E Networks to launch The Crime and Investigation Network overseas. A&E said its network, expected to launch Jan. 1 in Australia, will…
News Corp. on Tuesday moved one step closer to being called a United States-based company when shareholders overwhelmingly voted to reincorporate the Australian-based company in the United States.The reincorporation measure won more than 91 percent of the shareholder vote, far…
Lifetime’s latest original movie green light is “Odd Girl Out,” a fictional take on the nonfiction book “Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls” by Rachel Simmons. The telepic stars Alexa Vega (“Spy Kids”) as a teen…
After two weeks in the white-hot political and media spotlight, “A POW Story: Power, Politics and Media,” appears to have attracted a modest audience during its Oct. 22 broadcast on stations owned and/or programmed by Sinclair Broadcasting Group in metered…
Time Warner and Comcast are free to submit a joint bid for the assets of bankrupt cable operator Adelphia Communications, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.Citing sources familiar with the situation, the newspaper said Adelphia’s board of directors decided to…
Executive recruiting firm Heidrick & Struggles on Monday was tapped by The Walt Disney Co.’s board of directors to assist the search for the company’s next CEO, who is slated to be named by next June.In naming Heidrick as its…
Eileen O’Neill has been promoted to VP of affiliate relations for Twentieth Television, it was announced Monday by Susan Kantor, senior VP of marketing and creative.In her new role Ms. O’Neill will be responsible for overseeing affiliate relations for all…
NASCAR, the latest target of a Federal Communications Commission investigation after a complaint by the Parents Television Council, said last week that fining NBC affiliates over a recent on-air obscenity would be overkill. NASCAR already has punished driver Dale Earnhardt…