The next version of Apple’s iPhone will debut next month and will include a design overhaul, reports Bloomberg. The new iPhone, set for release Sept. 12, will have a thinner body and larger screen, the story reports. The device will…
The co-owner of The Hollywood Reporter is one of two final bidders for Variety, reports the New York Post. Jimmy Finkelstein, through his role as chairman of Prometheus Global Media, is one of the suitors for the entertainment trade publication,…
NBC’s ratings juggernaut Olympics coverage continued to crush the competition in prime time Monday night, with most of the broadcast competition staying out of it by airing repeat programming. The few rival broadcast nets who did try out fresh programming…
A male-focused comedy produced by John Wells has been bought by Fox, reports Deadline.com. The single-camera comedy, “Hard Up,” is based on an Israeli format. Wells, who co-created the U.S. version of "Shameless," will executive produce "Hard Up" with Etan…
Yahoo’s interim chief executive officer is leaving the company after its board passed him over for the permanent top job, instead hiring former Google executive Marissa Mayer, reports Bloomberg. Ross Levinsohn took on the interim role in May when ex-CEO…
Segment producers for "Attack of the Show" have filed a class-action suit against the G4 Network and owner NBCUniversal Media over pay, classification and what they claim are unfair businesses practices, reports Deadline.com. The lawsuit was filed by Sean Jordan,…
Oprah Winfrey’s sputtering OWN cable network “remains on track” to reach profitability during the second half of 2013, Discovery CEO David Zaslav said today, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Discovery is a partner in OWN. The company previously projected that…
CBS’s Leslie Moonves has waded into the debate over how NBCUniversal is covering the London Olympics, after a chorus of viewer complaints arose — especially online — over NBC’s strategy of tape-delaying of much of the coverage, B&C reports. Moonves…
A “daytime drama” is playing out at CBS’s top-rated daytime soap opera, where the executive producer and head writer has been ousted, Soap Central reports. “The Young and the Restless” is giving the boot to Maria Arena Bell and bringing…
NBC announced a key executive move, naming a new EVP of alternative programming for NBC Entertainment, Deadline.com reports. The job is being filled by promoting Meredith Ahr. Ahr, who has been VP of alternative programming and development since 2007, will…