CBS and "Alan Berger, [Katie] Couric’s agent at Creative Artists Agency in Los Angeles, began talks in early December," reports Bloomberg News. The story notes, "Both sides recognize Couric’s salary must be reduced for her to remain at CBS, one…
Netflix Chief Executive Reed Hastings has publicly asked a hedge fund manager to stop placing bets against his company, reports Bloomberg News. Hastings wrote a posting on the Seeking Alpha Website responding to a report by Whitney Tilson, a co-founder…
As Simon Cowell readies a U.S. version of "The X Factor" for a fall debut, the U.K. show is facing an investigation from the country’s media regulator Ofcom after more than 4,000 complaints were made over dance routines from Christina…
With Los Angeles TV station KCET leaving PBS, talk show host Tavis Smiley has had to find a new PBS staton to host his show. He is shifting the co-producer of the weeknight PBS show to WNET.org starting Jan 1, 2011, reports…
The new Apple TV, available just since October, will hit sales of over one million this week, the company has announced. Here’s the take on this news by Jay Yarow of Business Insider: Apple "probably wants to rub Apple TVs…
Is Jeff Gaspin about to roar again? Could be. "Gaspin, who will soon exit NBC once its acquisition by Comcast Corp. is complete, would join several other experienced Hollywood hands on the MGM board, including former Pixar Chief Financial Officer…
Samsung has a new line of Internet-enabled TV sets, and ESPN will allow the sets to carry its popular Scorecenter mobile app, reports Mediaweek. According to the article, Samsung "has introduced the Samsung Apps store—essentially a TV version of Apple’s…
Keith Olbermann ended his self-imposed exile from Twitter, meaning that the host of MSNBC’s "Countdown" missed out on just three days of tweeting, reports the Los Angeles Times’ ShowTracker blog. The story points out that Olbermann’s Twitter exile lasted about…
After speculation that Hulu would raise money through an initial stock offering, those plans are now on hold, as its executives and board members weigh the service’s next steps, reports the Los Angeles Times’ CompanyTown blog. [The Wall St. Journal…