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Online Content Firm Alloy Digital Acquires Generate

Online video content creator and distributor Alloy Digital announced that it has acquired studio and talent management company Generate, creating what the company calls “the first of its kind, multi-platform, next generation media company.” Making the joint announcement were Alloy…

‘Oprah’ Alum Signs On to Exec Produce Daytime Show

One of the daytime talk shows vying to become the next “Oprah” has signed an alum of that show as its executive producer, B&C reports. “Survivor” host Jeff Probst’s new talk show landed Amy Coleman, a supervising producer on “Oprah,”…

Why Google, Facebook, Twitter and Others May Join Forces to ‘Nuke’ the Internet

Trouble is brewing on the Internet, where Wikipedia has signaled what might be coming with a series of warnings about the pending Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA. Now it appears that Wikipedia, which has threatened to shut itself down…

Say Cheese: Company That’s as American as Apple Pie on the Verge of Bankruptcy. The Final Irony

An iconic U.S. company that was once one of the biggest corporations in America is teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, reports The Wall Street Journal. The company is 131-year-old Eastman Kodak, which is struggling to avoid Chapter 11. It…

PBS Slates Special to Celebrate Return of Hit Series

PBS has been riding high with its latest hit series, and the service will trumpet its return with a one-hour special, Entertainment Weekly reports. The series is the "Masterpiece" drama "Downton Abbey," which premieres its second season on PBS on…

Last Summer’s Top New Cable Series in Key Female Demos Returns to Big Numbers

Last summer’s No. 1 new cable series in key female demos had its season premiere Tuesday and picked up where it left off, ranking as the day’s top scripted cable show in several demos, ABC Family reports. The show is…

Tensions Between Olbermann and Current TV in Hands of Lawyers for Each Side

Keith Olbermann’s lead attorney is negotiating with Current TV over his role at the network, following a falling out over his participation in the Republican primaries, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Hollywood, Esq. blog. The attorney, Patricia Glaser, represented Olbermann…

Pilot Rejected by the CW Six Years Ago Finally Gets Picked Up — by the CW

A pilot that was rejected six years ago during the transformation of former networks the WB and UPN into what is now the CW has finally been picked up — by the same network that killed it back then, the…

VH1 Puts One of Its Franchise Series on Hold

VH1 has no plans to air one of its franchise series this year, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The network isn’t using the word “canceled,” but neither “Celebrity Rehab” nor its spinoff “Celebrity Rehab Presents Sober House” is included in…

Head of PBS Fires Back at Mitt Romney

Responding to a suggestion from Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney that PBS air advertisements, PBS President and Chief Executive Paula Kerger said that won’t happen, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Show Tracker blog. Kerger said Federal Communications Commission rules prohibit…