Research firm SNL Kagan says 2010 was a good year for the business news cable channels, the New York Post reports. The market-leading business news network remains CNBC, which had an 11% rise from last year with expectations of $273…
Julian Assange, the embattled founder of WikiLeaks, has signed a $1.3 million deal involving publishers in the U.S. and the U.K. to write his autobiography, Digital Trends reports. The deal is for $800,000 from Alfred A. Knopf in the U.S….
The star of a hit CBS show is working out the details of a $30 million deal with the show’s producer, Warner Bros. Television, reports Deadline.com. The deal would give Simon Baker, star of “The Mentalist,” one more year added…
Comcast’s goal of getting government approval for its $30 billion merger with NBC Universal got a boost when Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski proposed to approve the deal–as long as the companies agree to conditions, the Los Angeles Times’…
Richard Chamberlain, who played the title role in television’s "Dr. Kildare" and himself only came out of the closet in 2003, tells The Advocate Magazine that he wouldn’t advise a "gay leading man-type actor to come out. "There’s still a…
New York’s local stations are preparing for some changes in their news teams starting Jan. 3, as one station prepares for an anchor to return and another gets ready for a new lead anchor, the New York Daily News reports….
A new type of mobile-phone ad may soon hit your mobile device, reports The Wall Street Journal. (Note: The WSJ is behind a pay wall and not all readers may be able to access this article.) Called "intercept campaigning," the…
Rovi Corp., which provides interactive television guides for cable and satellite services, has agreed to buy Sonic Solutions, which provides streaming services of shows and movies, for $775 million, reports Bloomberg News. The goal of the combined company is to…
Netflix may be heading for a fall–at least in terms of its share price, according to The Wall Street Journal’s Brett Arends. (Please note that the WSJ is behind a pay wall and not all readers may be able to…
Nielsen Holdings may prove to be one of the big initial stock offerings of 2011, as the media-measurement company is preparing for a $1.7 billion IPO as early as January, CNBC.com reports. Nielsen has been waiting for more than six…