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Report: Amazon.com Readying ‘Free’ Video Streaming Service for Prime Members

Amazon.com may be close to unveiling a competing video streaming service to Netflix, with Engadget publishing a screen shot of the rumored service that will reportedly be free for Amazon’s Prime members. Prime subscribers pay $79 per year for free…

With New Job Running NBC Universal, Steve Burke Steps Down as COO of Parent Company Comcast

Stephen Burke, who joined Comcast in 1998 as president of Comcast Cable, and who rose to become the chief operating officer of the company, has left that position as he becomes the CEO of Comcast’s just acquired NBC Universal, Reuters…

Major Media CEO Received Big Increase in 2010; with Equity Awards His Total Take Came to $28 Million

The CEO of a major media company received a 35% bump in salary and bonus last year, bringing his 2010 package, including equity awards, to $28 million, reports the Los Angeles Times’ Company Town blog. Robert Iger, the CEO of the Walt…

CBS Orders Pilot From ESPN Talk Show Host Colin Cowherd

CBS has ordered a pilot that is based on the life and work of ESPN talk show host Colin Cowherd, reports EW.com’s Inside TV blog. The project is from Bill Martin and Mike Schiff and the non-writing producing team of…

For NATPE, a Change of Locale, To Miami Beach, Seemed to Be a Mostly Good Thing

Did you go to NATPE this year? If so what did you think of it being in Miami Beach? TVWeek Open Mic blogger Hillary Atkin thought that, overall, NATPE received a breath of fresh air by travelling to the most…

‘Need to Know,’ Made to Replace ‘Now,’ Tallies Negative Marks, Renewal Not Likely Manifest

The PBS newsmagazine "Need to Know," created last year to replace "Bill Moyers Journal and "Now on PBS," may not be renewed after the feedback from some stations has been negative, reports our friend lizabeth Jenson in The New York Times….

Creator of Several ‘Sesame Street’ Muppets, and the ‘Elmo World’ Segment of the Show, Dies. He Also Wrote the Animated Features ‘An American Tail’ and ‘The Land Before Time”

The creator of several Muppet characters–who also created the ‘Elmo’s World’ segment of ‘Sesame Street,’ has died, reports the New York Times. His name was Tony Geiss, he was 86 and lived in Manhattan. Geiss’ work helped the program win 22…

Sheen Enters Rehab; ‘Men’ on Indefinite Hiatus

“Two and a Half Men” star Charlie Sheen checked into a rehab center Friday, and producers of the hit CBS sitcom say the show is on indefinite hiatus while he receives treatment, according to a TMZ.com report. “Due to Charlie…

Latest Charlie Sheen Incident Gets Curiouser and Curiouser–Reality Show Plastic Surgeon Helped Get Him to Hospital, and a Pal Says the Actor Laughed So Hard at TV That He Had a Hernia

In what may be the least credible explanation for hard-partying Charlie Sheen’s latest crisis–but who knows–a friend of the star of “Two and a Half Men” told reporters Friday that Sheen had to be hospitalized because he was laughing so…

CNN Taps NBC News, Newsweek Veteran as New Managing Editor

CNN announced that former NBC News executive and Newsweek editor Mark Whitaker has been enlisted by CNN Worldwide as executive vice president and managing editor for the network. In this newly created position, Whitaker will lead editorial coverage across CNN’s…