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Hollywood Reporter Sale Finalized

The sale of The Hollywood Reporter, along with the music trade Billboard and six other Nielsen Business Media publications, has been finalized, the Los Angeles Times reports. As expected, the new owner is a consortium of investors called e5 Global Media consisting…

History Taps Celebs for 12-Part Documentary

Meryl Streep, Michael Douglas, Colin Powell, Brian Williams and numerous others will take part in History’s 12-part "America The Story of Us" series next year, Variety reports. The cable channel says the documentary series, which will cover 400 years of…

FX Renews ‘The League’

“The League” will be back for a second season on FX, reports The Hollywood Reporter. FX ordered an additional 13 episodes for late-summer 2010. –Elizabeth Jensen

Anthea Disney, Well-Respected Top News Corp. Executive, Leaving at Year’s End

Anthea Disney, News Corp’s EVP of Content, will be leaving the company at the end of the year, it was announced today. Disney, who was in charge of TV Guide when News Corp. owned it, has been with the company…

Top Sports Illustrated Golf Writers Are Upset That Revelations About Tiger Woods from TMZ and Other Celebrity News Sites Are Being Treated as Legitimate

The top golf writers from Sports Illustrated, in a recent roundtable discussion, dissed the Tiger Woods news coming from TMZ and other celebrity sites. The roundtable, posted at golf.com, can be read here. A summary of the roundtable is available…

Time Warner Cable Accuses Fox of Attempted ‘Hijack’ of Retransmission Consent

Time Warner Cable (TWC) says that Fox "has brazenly sought to hijack the retransmission consent process" by jumping into negotiations by its affiliates, B&C reports. TWC made the charge in a Dec. 8 FCC filing supporting a Mediacom Communication retransmission…

With AOL Spinning Off From Time Warner Today, Former TW CEO Jerry Levin Still Defends Merger

Gerald Levin, the former CEO of Time Warner who, along with then AOL CEO Steve Case, crafted the joining of the two companies, still defends the validity of the merger at the time he did the deal. Levin, who was…

MTV’s DiSanto Defends ‘Jersey Shore’ Against Charges That It Promotes Negative Stereotypes

MTV programming president Tony DiSanto, an Italian-American, defended his new reality series “Jersey Shore” against charges that the show promotes negative stereotypes. DiSanto made his remarks in an interview with James Hibberd’s Live Feed blog at The Hollywood Reporter. “It never…

Oprah’s OWN Plans Doc Showcase

Oprah Winfrey’s upcoming cable network OWN is teaming up with documentary distributor Roco Prods. for a monthly documentary showcase on the network, Variety reports. Theatrical screenings nationwide will accompany the broadcast of some of the titles. "There is a wide-ranging…

Alfre Woodard Jumping to TNT from CBS

Alfre Woodard will co-star in TNT’s pilot "Delta Blues," after her “Three Rivers” was recently pulled from CBS, reports The Hollywood Reporter. “Delta Blues,” about a Memphis police officer who lives with his mother and moonlights as a singer, is…