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Feds Say Former TV Star Owes Almost $2 Million in Taxes

A former TV star known for cavorting on the beach is in hot water with the Internal Revenue Service, reports Walletpop.com. An IRS lien has been issued against former "Baywatch" star Pamela Anderson for $1,700,173. This follows an earlier lien of…

Cavuto: Fox’s High Priest of Business Journalism

Neil Cavuto, who has been at Fox News Channel since its beginning in 1996 as anchor and managing editor of business news (and who now has the additional title of senior VP of both Fox News and spinoff Fox Business Network),…

John King Scrambles to Ready a CNN Primetime Show

By Elizabeth Jensen CNN’s John King has only had his own show on the network, the four-hour Sunday morning “State of the Union,” since early this year. But sometime next January, the veteran political reporter is being handed one of…

Neil Cavuto: Fox’s High Priest of Business Journalism

Neil Cavuto has been at Fox News Channel since its beginning in 1996, as anchor and managing editor of business news, and now with the additional title of senior VP of both Fox News and spinoff Fox Business Network. He…

How Much Is Fear of the Internet is Driving Comcast Deal?

Is fear of the Internet one of the drivers of the Comcast-NBCU deal? For those who have a vested interest in the way video is currently delivered to consumers, one of the things that keeps them up at night is…

Broadcast TV’s Place in Comcast’s NBCU Empire Questioned

Where NBC’s broadcast businesses will fit under a cable-focused Comcast control is worrying some NBC employees, the New York Times reports. On the record, Comcast executives say they see plenty of room for the broadcast network in the new structure,…

Peter Liguori Headed to Post at Discovery

Discovery Communications has hired former Fox programming executive Peter Liguori as the company’s chief operating officer, the Los Angeles Times reports. Liguori, who left News Corp. earlier this year, will be charged with raising the profile of the Discovery channels,…

MTV’s ‘Jersey Shore’ Down One Advertiser

MTV’s “Jersey Shore” lost an advertiser, TVGuide.com reports. Domino’s decided it didn’t need to have its spots run in the reality program, which has been criticized by an Italian-American group for promoting stereotypes. Domino’s’ vice president of communications, Tim McIntyre,…

Comedy Central Using Web as Series Development Tool

Comedy Central has four projects in development that started on the Web in some form, B&C reports. Programming president Lauren Corrao says by starting shows on the Web the network can see whether potential talent “can write, act or direct….

‘Monk’ Series Finale Sets Cable Record

USA’s "Monk" ended after eight seasons by setting a basic cable viewing record, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The one-hour finale drew about 9.4 million viewers, topping the 9.2 million who tuned in for TNT’s "The Closer,” and setting a record…