While Comcast Chief Executive Brian Roberts says NBCUniversal’s $4.4 billion deal to telecast the next four Olympics will prove profitable, some others aren’t so sure, reports Bloomberg. Comcast plans to make money by charging higher distribution fees for broadcast stations…
Fox Business Network hired a Barack Obama impersonator to take part in a "debate" with presidential candidate Gary Johnson, former New Mexico governor, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The debate was featured on "Media Matters for America" with host John…
MSNBC’s "Morning Joe" hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski openly pitched moving their show to CNN when they ran into Time Warner chief Jeff Bewkes, reports the New York Post. Scarborough reportedly told Bewkes, whose company is the corporate parent…
In a move that ratchets up its rivalry with PBS, Nickelodeon is getting into the homework game with the July introduction of a set of math homework kits, reports Elizabeth Jensen in The New York Times’ Media Decoder blog. The…
Apple said it’s recalling an "extremely small number" of iPad 2’s because of a problem connecting to Verizon Wireless’ network, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Technology blog. The recall affects iPad 2’s that were made with duplicate identifying numbers, which…
NBC Entertainment Chairman Bob Greenblatt is close to hiring a top executive "in an entertainment president capacity under entertainment chairman Greenblatt and may also have oversight of Universal Media Studios," reports Deadline.com. The executive, according to the report, is 20th…
"The producer of ‘Pretty Woman’ and the ‘Spider-Man’ films, who was a driving force behind the Stand Up to Cancer research movement, died Sunday," reports The Hollywood Reporter. Laura Ziskin, who was also the first woman to produce the Academy Award…
One of the stars of NBC’s “30 Rock” is apologizing for an anti-gay set of jokes that went awry at a concert appearance at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville last Friday, The Huffington Post reports. Comic Tracy Morgan, who plays…
Singer and actress Selena Gomez was rushed to the hospital after an appearance Thursday on NBC’s “Tonight Show,” TMZ.com reported. Gomez reportedly felt ill during and after the show, complaining of nausea and a bad headache. She remained in a…
The just-concluded broadcast upfront secured higher volume and solid price increases for the big networks, solidifying the impression that advertisers’ fondness for Big TV is alive and well, reports Brian Steinberg in Advertising Age. But does the estimated $8.8 billion…