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Sundance to Air ‘Vote for Change’

Sundance Channel Friday said it plans to broadcast a special on the “Vote for Change” concert tour that will include live performances from the tour’s finale in Washington Oct. 11. Sundance paid a license fee to documentary filmmakers Albert Maysles…

New York Times Names New Broadcast Group President

New York Times Co. on Friday named Robert Eoff as president of the newspaper group’s television station division. The appointment is effective immediately.Mr. Eoff was elevated to the new position after the previous president, Cynthia Augustine, on Monday left the…

DGA Reaches Tentative Deal With Producers

The Directors Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers have reached a tentative agreement for a three-year contract, the parties announced Thursday. The deal does not include any changes in DVD residuals — the most…

Martha Stewart Signs New Employment Contract

Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia has entered into a new employment contract with its founder, but she won’t be paid while she serves her five-month prison sentence starting Oct. 8.Under the terms of the five-year contract, which was signed Sept. 17…

Sony-led Investment Team Inks Deal to Buy MGM

The lion has finally been tamed.A Sony-led investment consortium on Thursday inked an agreement to acquire venerable movie studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for about $2.94 billion and the assumption of $2 billion in debt, ending months of tussling among the participants about…

WGA Chooses Gottlieb for VP

The membership of the Writers Guild of America, West elected Carl Gottlieb to VP, the guild announced Wednesday. Mr. Gottlieb received 1,150 ballots compared with 834 for challenger Dennis Feldman. The results of the race for seats on the guild’s…

‘CSI: NY’ Beats ‘Law & Order’

In one of the most competitive time periods of the new season, CBS’s Wednesday 10 p.m. (ET) debut of “CSI: NY” beat NBC’s flagship procedural drama “Law & Order” in total viewers and key adult demos, while the 8 p.m….

ESPN ABC Sports Panel Attracts Rival Company Execs

ESPN ABC Sports Customer Marketing and Sales has attracted the heads of its rivals for a panel discussion at its annual ad sales event in New York next month. In addition to George Bodenheimer of ABC and ESPN, the panel…

ABC Punks NFL Players on ‘You’ve Been Sacked’

ABC Sports will be punking NFL players in a new feature that will kick off during halftime of next week’s “Monday Night Football.” The feature is called “You’ve Been Sacked.” Each week NFL players play a practical joke on a…

Fraser Leaves ‘McEnroe’

Woody Fraser, the ace producer who took over CNBC’s struggling John McEnroe talk show barely six weeks ago, is no longer connected with the show or the cable network. Mr. Fraser’s exit reportedly was effective Tuesday. A CNBC spokeswoman confirmed…