E!’s late-night host Chelsea Handler is less than tactful, but her ratings are rising, the New York Times reports. Handler says her live-in boyfriend and boss, Comcast Entertainment Group president Ted Harbert, brought up doing product placement on her show,…
HBO is moving some of its pay-per-view fights to its network because fewer people are signing up to pay to watch the events, Broadcasting & Cable says. As the economy deteriorated, some midsize events that were expected to draw 300,000…
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ESPN is looking to replace ombudsman Le Anne Schreiber, whose two-year hitch expires in the spring, USA Today reports. Executive editor John Walsh is leading the search for some who will critique ESPN’s coverage and decision-making, the paper says. —Jon…
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When it came time to judge “God’s Warriors,” CNN’s three-part series on religious extremism, the jurors were impressed with the commitment of resources that it represented. “The ambition of that series and the sweeping nature of it and the time…