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Stephen Colbert Estimate of Rally Crowd: 6 Billion. National Park Service Estimate: 200,000. Rally was Part Circus, Part Satire

Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert’s "Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear" on Saturday on the National Mall in Washington D.C. was "Part circus, part satrie and part parade," reports the New York Times. Colbert sent a tweet,  the story saysl which said…

The Fox-Cablevision Dispute, Though Settled for Now, May Have Ramifications for the Comcast-NBC Deal

A Wall Street analyst has written "Comcast, which is buying a majority stake in the media company [NBC Universal] from General Electric Co., may receive heightened regulatory scrutiny as a result of the [Cablevision-Fox] dispute, said James Ratcliffe, an analyst…

Video: Wait a Minute. Is That a Joint That Zach ‘Hangover’ Galifianakis Just Lit Up on Bill Maher’s Show as They Discuss The Proposition in California to Legalize Pot?

Was Charlie Sheen on Another Bender? Report Says Yes; His Manager and Publicist Say No

While RadarOnline.com has published a report that Charlie Sheen went on another bender when he returned home from New York, his manager and publicist deny it, according to TMZ. The RadarOnline report alleges that Sheen’s handlers are very concerned because…

The ‘Spanish Oprah’ — Cristina Saralegui — Says Univision Wasn’t Quite Accurate When It Said She Was Retiring. She Claims She Was Fired, Because She Controlled Her Show and ‘Because I am old’

Cristina Saralegui, called "The Spanish Oprah" and the host of Univision’s "El Show de Cristina," tells the Los Angeles Times that contrary to Univision’s claim she is retiring, the TV network fired her. According to the article, Saralegui said that…

The Speech Writer, Adviser and Close Confidant Who Helped Shape Much of the Media Image of JFK, Dies

The person who was a speech writer, adviser and condfidant of President John F. Kennedy, and who helped shape much of JFK’s media image, has died, The Washington Post reports. The Post wrote: "Ted Sorensen, the admired longtime assistant to President John F. Kennedy who provided…

Will Your SmartPhone Replace Your TV Remote Control?

Many aspects of television have undergone change during the past decade — think of YouTube videos, Hulu and 3D television sets — but the most recent gadget to get an overhaul is the remote control, reports the New York Times….

A Pissed Cablevision Settles Dispute With Fox. Usually Once the Programmer and Distributor Agree to Terms, Everyone Makes Nice. Not This Time

Cablevision and Fox have ended their retransmission dispute that had kept three million Cablevision subscribers in the New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Philadelphia areas from seeing the World Series among other programming. When most programmers and and distributors settle these…

MGM Creditors Have Voted: They Rejected Carl Icahn’s Overtures and Have Accepted a Reorg That Will Move the Fabled Studio Into Chapter 11 and Re-emerge Under Management of Spyglass (the Financers of ‘Star Trek,’ ‘Wanted,’ and Others)

MGM creditors have decided to put the company into Chapter 11 as opposed to selling its debt to investor Carl Icahn, Forbes reports. According to the article, "The vote came after Icahn had made two separate offers to buy up…

Fox Settles Retrans Dispute With Dish After a Month; Now More Pressure on Fox and Cablevision to Settle Their Dispute

"Roughly two days before its retransmission consent agreement for more than two dozen Fox Networks owned and operated stations were set to expire, Dish Network has reached a carriage deal that not only avoids a blackout of the broadcast networks,…