A studio chief writes about his friendship and business dealings with legendary Apple founder Steve Jobs in The Hollywood Reporter. In one revealing passage the studio chief, Fox’s Filmed Entertainment co-chairman and CEO Jim Gianopulos, tells of the tough negotiations…
Charlie Sheen is No. 1 by a wide margin on a just-released list from Forbes, but the magazine notes that the list covers the period from May 2010 to May 2011 and things have slowed down considerably for the actor…
Fun article from Wired magazine Gadget Lab if you’re going to be downloading Apple’s iOS5 to your iPhone. The piece is called "iOS5: Exploring 7 Hidden New Features." Here’s one of our favorites from the piece: "You’re in a high-powered business meeting….
After a bidding war, "Glee" co-creator Ryan Murphy has found a network home for his comedy pilot about a gay family, reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. Murphy wound up selling the project to NBC, the story reports. The project focuses…
Saying the strategic value of Hulu is too important, the owners of the online-streaming service have canceled the sale of the property, reports Bloomberg. “Hulu holds a unique and compelling strategic value to its owners," owners News Corp., Walt Disney…
"Politico says a reporter has resigned after editors determined she had plagiarized stories about transportation, most recently from a New York Times article," reports The Huffington Post Media blog. The article goes on to say, "Editor-in-chief John F. Harris and executive…
In a strategy geared to build interest in Kelsey Grammer’s "Boss," Starz has launched a plan to make the pilot available across several platforms before its debut on the linear channel, reports Deadline.com. The previews launched Thursday, according to the…
CBS has been so dominant in the ratings for the young fall television season that it has accomplished something no network in history has ever done before, The New York Times reports. According to Nielsen figures for the first three…
On a night when a rain-delayed baseball playoff game took Fox out of the running in the overnight ratings, ABC came away with a win for the night in the 18-49 demo, TVbytheNumbers.com reports. On the strength of another big…
Netflix flexed its muscles in the streaming-TV-content space, signing a multiyear deal to carry content from the CW, MSNBC reports. The agreement comes on the heels of a pact Netflix signed last week with AMC. The CW deal will add…