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News Corp. Unveils Constitution Changes

News Corp. late Wednesday unveiled a series of changes to its corporate constitution that the media giant hopes will convince Australian shareholders to support a domicile change to the United States.A number of large shareholders in Australia had indicated they…

Vice-Presidential Debate Gets Strong Ratings

More than 43.6 million people tuned in to ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, Fox News Channel and MSNBC to see Tuesday’s live televised debate between Vice President Dick Cheney and Democratic challenger John Edwards, according to data from Nielsen Media Research….

NBC to Open Interactive Exhibit Oct. 7

An interactive exhibit about the history of democracy will be the backdrop for political coverage through Nov. 5 and the setting of election night programming on Nov. 2 across all NBC-owned platforms. “Democracy Plaza” opens to the public Oct. 7…

Lifetime’s ‘Plain Truth’ Sets Record

The debut of the Lifetime original movie “Plain Truth” became the network’s highest-rated movie of the year and nearly toppled TNT’s “Salem’s Lot” as the most-watched basic cable movie of 2004. “Plain Truth” — the adaptation of Jodi Picoult novel…

Scripps Ponders Splitting Off Assets

As the E.W. Scripps Co. evolves into an entertainment company, there is nothing barring it from splitting off some of its assets into a separately traded company, CEO Kenneth Lowe said Wednesday.Speaking at a Goldman Sachs investor conference in New…

News Corp. Set to Change Corporate Constitution

News Corp. is close to changing its constitution to bolster its corporate governance rules in an effort to quell worry among Australian shareholders still on the fence about whether to support the company’s domicile change to the United States. Details…

‘Good Day Live’ Seeks New York Correspondent

Twentieth Television’s daytime news and entertainment talk show “Good Day Live” is searching for a “true New Yorker” to join the show as a guest correspondent, the show’s executive producers Lisa Kridos and Josh Kaplan announced Tuesday.The show is encouraging…

‘Wheel,’ ‘Jeopardy!’ Renewed Through 2010

“Wheel of Fortune” and “Jeopardy!,” the top two series in syndication, have been renewed for the 2008-09 and 2009-10 seasons by a number of station groups.Roger King, CEO of CBS Enterprises and King World Productions, Inc. and Steve Mosko, president…

Divney to Rejoin MTV Networks

Larry Divney is rejoining MTV Networks as part of a series of executive changes announced today. Mr. Divney, who retired as president of Comedy Central in June, was named chief operating officer, ad sales, for MTV Networks. “I’m excited to…

Fox Sets ‘My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss’ for Nov.7

Fox announced Tuesday it was premiering its new reality series “My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss” Sunday, Nov. 7 at 9 p.m. (ET).Modeled after Fox’s reality series “My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance,” the hour-long show will combine elements of NBC’s “The…