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Star of Hit Prime-Time Show Is Front-Runner to Host Emmys

Fox has set its sights on an actress who stars in a hit prime-time show to host this year’s Emmy Awards, Deadline.com reports. The actress, one of the stars of Fox’s “Glee,” is Jane Lynch, who has emerged as the…

Shriver Camp Hires Investigator to Dig Into Arnold’s Affairs

The Maria Shriver camp has hired a private investigator to dig into the affairs of Arnold Schwarzenegger, her estranged husband and the former California governor, TheWrap.com reported. Since the news broke last week that Schwarzenegger had fathered a child with…

‘Star Trek’ Coming to the Country of Jordan

Rubicon Group Holding, an entertainment company in Jordan, has announced that it will be building a theme park based on the "Star Trek" franchise, reports AttractionsManagement.com. The park will be built in Aqaba, Jordan, at a cost of $1 billion….

John Malone Reveals Reasoning Behind $1 Billion Barnes & Noble Bid

Liberty Media Chairman John Malone, addressing shareholders Monday in Denver, explained the reasoning behind the company’s buyout big for Barnes & Noble, which valued the company at $1 billion, Adweek reported. Malone sees a big future for B&N’s Nook e-reader…

Monday Ratings: Unscripted Shows Add Up to a Big Win for ABC

With a prime-time lineup consisting of unscripted programming, ABC scored a solid ratings win Monday night, TVbytheNumbers.com reported. ABC, which aired a one-hour “Dancing With the Stars” and a two-hour “Bachelorette,” averaged a 3.4 rating for the night in adults…

Heidi Klum’s Million-Dollar Content Deal With AOL

UPDATED May 24, 2001 at 7:30 pm, PT to reflect how much Klum is getting paid. Supermodel Heidi Klum rolled out a new AOL website today, part of the online company’s latest strategic push, Advertising Age reported. According to the…

Fans Try Another Tactic In Campaign to Save Canceled ABC Soaps

Soap Fans United, a grassroots campaign to save "All My Children" and "One Life to Live" from ABC cancellation, shifted to a new tactic, going after the ABC affiliates in an effort to apply pressure to the network to reverse…

Current TV Launches ’50 Documentaries to See Before You Die’

Current TV announced it is launching a series that will count down the most important documentaries of the past 25 years. “50 Documentaries to See Before You Die,” which kicks off Aug. 1, will be hosted by documentary filmmaker Morgan…

As Users Learn to Accept Commercials, YouTube Expands Opportunities for Advertisers to Buy Video Space

YouTube is opening the door a little wider for advertisers to buy space to air video on the website, The New York Times reports in its Media Decoder column. The move comes as users are, perhaps reluctantly, learning to accept…

Consumers Embracing TV Apps–Samsung Says 5 Million of Its TV Apps Have Been Downloaded

Samsung says 5 million of its TV apps have been downloaded, B&C reports. According to the article, "In a move that highlights the growing consumer embrace of connected TVs, Samsung Electronics Co. has announced that the Samsung Apps store has…