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Pay-Cable Drama Series Canceled

A drama series that has been running on pay cable has been canceled. TheWrap.com reports that, after two seasons, Starz is pulling the plug on "Magic City." This Friday’s episode will serve as the series finale, the report notes. The…

CBS’s Moonves Unmoved by Offer From Time Warner Cable — We Have His Cold Response, in Full

CBS Corp. released its response to yesterday’s proposal by Time Warner Cable CEO Glenn Britt to end the cable provider’s blackout of CBS-owned stations, Showtime and other CBS properties. The response, in the form of a personal letter to Britt…

‘Marco Polo’ Explores Move to Netflix

The "Marco Polo" series from The Weinstein Co. and Electus may be moving to Netflix, after the streaming service made an offer for a 9-episode order for the drama, reports Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com. "According to sources close to the…

Video: Bob Woodward, the Legendary Washington Post Reporter, Comments About the Sale of The Post to Internet Billionaire

Just a week after the Boston Globe was sold to Boston Red Sox owner John Henry, an Internet billionaire has bought The Washington Post. Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of Amazon.com, agreed to buy The Post for $250 million,…

CBS Series Hits All-Time Low as Football Returns to Dominate Sunday Broadcast Ratings

The National Football League returned to Sunday nights with an NBC preseason game between the Miami Dolphins and Dallas Cowboys, lifting the Peacock Network to an easy ratings win for the night, based on Nielsen overnights. TVbytheNumbers.com reports that NBC…

Time Warner Cable Proposes Solution to the CBS Blackout

Time Warner Cable provided a ray of hope today to viewers affected by the company’s impasse with CBS, which has taken the broadcast network and CBS-owned cable networks off TWC’s systems. USA Today reports: "With a CBS programming blackout well…

How Long Will It Take for the CBS-Time Warner Cable Dispute to Be Resolved?

CBS and Time Warner Cable didn’t negotiate Sunday, following TWC’s implementation of a blackout of CBS-owned stations and cable networks in some major cities, and that’s a situation that could take a while to be resolved, reports Bill Carter in…

Joan Rivers Goes Blue as Her War With the WGA Heats Up

Joan Rivers is lashing out at the Writers Guild of America in her first public comment about the guild’s accusations against Rivers in connection with her E! Network show "Fashion Police," reports Variety. "This is such a bunch of bullshit,”…

Sale of Boston Globe — for a Fraction of its $1.1 Billion Purchase Price in 1993 — Cited as a Milestone in Decline of Newspapers

The Boston Globe was sold to Fenway Sports Group, whose chairman is "The Cosby Show" executive producer Tom Werner, and the sale, for $70 million, is "the latest milestone in the story of newspapers’ decline in the digital age," reports…

‘Big Brother’ Delivers Its Largest Audience of the Season for CBS; Other Networks Struggle With Series Lows

"Big Brother" delivered a strong performance in the ratings Thursday night, helping CBS coast to a dominant win for the night, based on Nielsen overnights. The network reported that the reality show’s 7.04 million total viewers for the live eviction…