With a flood of new daytime talk shows jockeying to fill the void left by Oprah Winfey’s departure from syndication, there are bound to be some casualties — and one of the shows that just debuted appears to already be…
About three months after NBC’s morning program "Today" pushed out co-host Ann Curry — a move that was apparently designed to recharge ratings for the show — the program is dropping even further in the ratings, reports the New York…
Screenwriter Charlie Kaufman, along with “Community” creator Dan Harmon, has turned to crowdfunding to get backing for a stop-motion project — and the effort has paid off, reports Deadline.com. Called “Anomalisa,” the project raised a record $406,237 from Kickstarter, a…
Apple said today, Sept. 17, 2012, that "iPhone 5 preorders topped 2 million in 24 hours — more than double the amount of preorders it had for the iPhone 4S," reports USA Today. The story continues, "The company said that because…
Cable networks booked almost $9.8 billion in upfront sales this year, surpassing the broadcast upfront, reports Jon Lafayette in B&C. The growth rate for the 2012-13 upfront was 5%, lower than the double-digit gains recorded during the two previous years,…
With CBS and ABC still airing mostly repeats, Fox and NBC slugged it out for the top spot in the broadcast ratings Thursday night — and Fox’s new season of “The X Factor” and season premiere of “Glee” proved to…
A replacement has been named for Rupert Murdoch as chairman of Times Newspapers Holdings Ltd., the British subsidiary of News Corp. that publishes The Times and The Sunday Times, Deadline.com reports. Taking over from Murdoch will be News Corp. Director…
One of the stars of MTV’s "Jersey Shore" was barred from a restaurant for two years after a June 10 incident that led to her arrest, reports E! Online.com. Deena Cortese was banned from the Spicy Cantina & Mexican Grille…
Turning around NBC remains a top priority for NBCUniversal, Chief Executive Steve Burke said at an investor conference Thursday, Jon Lafayette reports in B&C. "We think we’re ahead of where we thought we would be. We feel like we’ve done…
On Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012, the central bank of the United States "announced it would buy agency-backed mortgage-backed securities and long-term Treasurys, expanding its balance sheet by around $85 billion a month through the end of the year. But the Fed’s…