Here! co-founder Paul Colichman already has plans for the premium pay TV cable network’s recent acquisition of Advocate and Out magazines and their related properties, the Los Angeles Times says. Through the $6.5 million deal, Colichman, dubbed the “gay Citizen…
CNN’s Fareed Zakaria has political friends in high places, but this familiarity with guests may be hurting his approach as an interviewer, the Los Angeles Times says. Although Zakaria was able to score interviews with Henry Kissinger and Condoleezza Rice…
MSNBC has seen the largest increase of viewership during the race for the presidency of the major cable news outlets, the Associated Press reports. In order to keep drawing viewers, the network plans to air round-the-clock political coverage as the…
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“Project Runway” is close to signing Bunim-Murray (“The Real World”) as its new producer, Daily Variety reports. Former producer Magical Elves signed a production deal with NBC in May, which will prevent the company from moving with the show to…
ESPN2 will air “Road to Redemption Presented by Nike,” a five-part documentary about the U.S. men’s basketball team’s journey to the Beijing Olympics, Multichannel News reports. The series premieres July 2 at 7 p.m., with additional content to be made…
A federal judge ruled that a class-action lawsuit by cable and satellite subscribers seeking to force companies to offer a la carte programming may proceed, Multichannel News reports. The lawsuit claims that video distributors and programmers harm consumers and make…
Cable news networks now capture 58% of viewers, beating broadcast network news’ 42% share, Media Daily News reports. The gap between cable and broadcast news has grown from the second quarter of 2007, during which cable had a 54% share…