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CNN’s Cooper: ‘Fear Has Been Defeated’ as Mubarak Steps Down

The news that Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak is stepping down was greeted with emotional responses around the world, and among those to react strongly was Anderson Cooper, who was attacked last week while on assignment in Cairo for CNN, Examiner.com…

MGM Names New Boss of Domestic TV Distribution

MGM announced today that it has picked a new president of Domestic Television Distribution. Company Co-Chairmen and CEOs Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum announced that John Bryan has been promoted to the position. Bryan is the executive vice president of…

Following Lohan’s Arraignment on Felony Grand Theft, All Anyone Seems to Be Talking About Is Her White Minidress

The judge at Lindsay Lohan’s arraignment Wednesday stressed the seriousness of the felony grand theft charge against her, but for the media and the public, it seems all anyone wants to talk about is her white minidress, MSNBC reports. Lohan,…

Forget Fox News and CNN. Here’s the News Channel We All Need to Be Watching

Forget Fox News and CNN. The news channel we all really need to watch, says TVWeek Open Mic Blogger and TV critic Aaron Barnhart, is Al Jazeera in English. Read why Barnhart thinks Al Jazeera is a must-see and why…

Report: Blockbuster, Which Filed for Bankruptcy in September, Now Preparing to Sell Itself

Blockbuster, the video-rental chain that filed for bankruptcy last September, is now getting ready to sell itself, reports the New York Post. The company would be sold in a court-administered auction and could attract bids of more than $300 million,…

Better Than By the Minute Measurement for Commercials: Nielsen Gets Closer to Brand-Specific Ratings, or Ability to Track Ratings of Commercials

Nielsen is getting closer to providing brand-specific ratings, or ratings on a commercial-by-commercial basis, reports The New York Times Media Decoder blog. Nielson said it will adopt a method of digitally coding commercials through a system called Ad-ID, which is…

Facebook Was Recently Valued at $50 Billion. Forget That. Now It’s Said to Be Worth $60 Billion, as Employee Stock Sale Being Contemplated

After recently being valued at $50 billion following a round of financing that raised $1.5 billion, Facebook is considering allowing employees sell their shares in an offering that would now value the social-networking company at $60 billion, reports Bloomberg. An…

Could AT&T Make an Offer for Dish Network? At Least One Analyst Believes So, as Dish Stock Moves Up

Credit Suisse analyst Jonathan Chaplin wrote in a note that AT&T may be interested in making a bid to buy Dish Network, causing the second-largest U.S. satellite-television provider’s stock to jump, reports Bloomberg News. Chaplin wrote that AT&T might be…

Whoa! Take This, Verizon: AT&T Offering the 8GB 3GS iPhone for Just….$49

AT&T has lowered the price of the 8GB 3GS iPhone to just $49. Consumers can also buy this phone through Apple at this new low price, but only for customers willing to take a two-year contract with AT&T. That’s a…

Golden-Voiced Homeless Man Looking for Work Again, Explains What Happened With Dr. Phil and Rehab

Ted Williams, the homeless man with the golden voice whose life was resurrected thanks to a YouTube video, is out of rehab and looking for voiceover work, according to The Hollywood Reporter. In an appearance on the CBS "Early Show,"…