In what Advertising Age’s Brian Steinberg is calling a setback to Google’s goal of becoming a big player in television advertising sales, Google and NBC Universal ended an ad pact almost a year before it was due to expire. The…
Projections that consumers would be flocking to stores to buy the new 3-D television sets have been overestimated, reports TheWrap.com. New data from DisplaySearch revealed weaker worldwide and North American sales than expected for 3-D TV sets, primarily because of…
A Website that hooks up older women with younger men — CougarLife.com — has offered "Cougar Town" star Courteney Cox $1 million to become its spokeswoman, reports TMZ.com. The offer comes as Cox is separating from David Arquette, the story…
The carriage dispute between Fox and Cablevision systems has sparked two New York Congressmen to get involved, calling on the companies to enter arbitration, reports the Hollywood Reporter. Neither Fox nor Cablevision immediately responded, the story says. The dispute is…
AOL, along with several private equity firms, is exploring making a bid for Yahoo, reports the Wall Street Journal. [Please note, the WSJ is behind a firewall and may charge you a fee to read this story.] According to the…
"Warner’s home entertainment division has engaged Prime Focus to convert two back titles in the [Harry Porrter] series for 3D Blu-ray: ‘Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix’ and ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,’ " according to Variety….
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. has approached Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer with a merger proposal, Reuters reports, and the idea has the support of corporate raider Carl Icahn. As Lions Gate’s largest shareholder, Icahn is seen as crucial to any possible deal. He said…
On "Dallas," nobody got the better of oilman J.R. Ewing. And in real life, the actor who played him, Larry Hagman, had similar success in a lawsuit against Citigroup, reports the New York Times’ DealBook blog. Hagman won $11.6 million…
What is the significance of the news, reported earlier today, that the cast of "Glee" has now surpassed the Beatles with the numbers of singles they’ve has listed on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart? The analysis of Kyle Anderson at the…
The new television season continues to separate the winners from the stragglers, with Fox giving its freshman comedy "Raising Hope" the season’s first full-season pickup, according to EW.com’s The Ausiello Files. Meanwhile, NBC’s "Outlaw" has stopped production, although the network…