Traffic figures provided for AOL’s major media brands in a recent report reveal the real reason behind AOL’s recent takeover of The Huffington Post, according to an analysis on Bloomberg’s Businessweek page. Mathew Ingram writes in the piece: “When AOL…
The latest novelist to try his hand at TV is Salman Rushdie, who gained worldwide fame in the 1980s when Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa against him and Rushdie went into hiding, Deadline.com reports. Rushdie is writing the script…
Two influential Hollywood executives may be stepping down from Hulu’s board, giving Chief Executive Jason Kilar more freedom to run the business, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. News Corp. Chief Operating Officer Chase Carey and Walt Disney…
TeenNick will revive a slate of older Nickelodeon favorites for a new retro lineup, Entertainment Weekly reports. Shows to be featured include “All That,” “Clarissa Explains It All,” “Rugrats” and “The Amanda Show.” The shows will be aired in a…
Joel Surnow, the producer of the troubled miniseries "The Kennedys," tells the Los Angeles Times‘ Show Tracker blog that he blames Democratic bigwigs for blocking the project from airing on the History network. Surnow said his own political leanings as…
“American Idol” slipped in the ratings Thursday night, falling 21% in adults 18-49 from the numbers it scored with its two-hour episode a week ago. But “Idol” still was easily the night’s top show and Fox still took home a…
NBC marketing chief Adam Stotsky may be the next top executive to leave under Bob Greenblatt’s overhaul of the network, reports New York Magazine’s Joe Adalian in the publication’s Vulture blog. "The most recent speculation in industry circles: Greenblatt wants…
"[T]he Hollywood legal community is buzzing about whether the case could go to trial or if it will be decided by a private abritrator. Our sources suggest arbitration is the most likely forum for this dispute, but it’s hardly a…
Cablevision, the corporate parent of Rainbow Media–which consists of AMC, IFC, Sundance Channel and WEtv–is getting a new name as it prepares to be spun-off in a few months as a new public company, Bloomberg reports. The unit will now…
“Two and a Half Men” creator Chuck Lorre was quick to respond to a $100 million lawsuit filed against him and Warner Bros. by Charlie Sheen, TMZ.com reported. Lorre’s attorney, Howard Weitzman, called the allegations against Lorre in the lawsuit…