Updated July 5, 2011, 2 p.m., to clarify that Chord Overstreet was not considered a regular during the past season of "Glee." ‘Glee’ is making some cast changes, including cutting one of its main cast members, reports Deadline.com. Meanwhile, two…
Comcast is pulling the plug on a three-year-old original Web content unit of NBCUniversal, reports Andrew Hampp in Advertising Age. NBC Universal Digital Studio has been shuttered, the story reports. The Digital Studio aimed to create branded entertainment such as…
NBC announced that it was “simply outbid” for the rights to an event that the network has carried for 43 years, the Associated Press reports. ESPN is nearing a deal with Wimbledon that would bring an end to NBC’s association…
Hackers apparently took over a Fox News Twitter account early on July 4 and sent out tweets that claimed President Obama had been fatally shot while campaigning in Iowa, reports The New York Times. Six messages were removed around noon…
A Twitter war has broken out between actor Ashton Kutcher–who founded an organization with his wife, Demi Moore, aimed at raising awareness of human trafficking and child sex slavery–and the Village Voice, according to Digital Spy. The battle is over…
As notoriously loud grunter Maria Sharapova mows down her competition at Wimbledon, the BBC has unveiled a device that can turn down the volume on players’ grunts, The Sydney Morning Herald reports. Wimbledon NetMix allows viewers tuned in to BBC…
One of the stars of MTV’s "Jersey Shore" has been sued because his nickname is allegedly causing trouble for a man who uses a similar moniker in his career, reports the Hartford Courant. A Connecticut disc jockey who goes by…
A Netflix-like plan for movie theaters has run into problems, as some theaters have refused to honor the monthly passes, reports Bloomberg. New York-based MoviePass has been selling a $50-per-month trial service that would offer users one movie per day,…
NBC is being pressured to pull "The Playboy Club" before it airs next season, with advocacy groups setting up advertiser boycotts and other actions in an effort to keep the show off the air, reports FoxNews.com. The nonprofit group Morality…
As expected, MySpace has been sold by News Corp. to ad-targeting company Specific Media for $30 million to $40 million. Not expected was Specific’s announcement about MySpace saying that "Justin Timberlake will take an ownership stake [percentage not released] in the social-media…