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Cable Channel Partners With USA Bid Committee to Bring World Cup to U.S.

The USA Bid Committee has announced it is forming a partnership with a cable channel in its effort to bring the FIFA World Cup to the United States in 2018 or 2022. The organization on Monday named Fox Soccer Channel…

Entertainment Studios Names New VP of Marketing

Entertainment Studios has named a new vice president of marketing, reports TVNewsCheck.com. John McDonald, who will be working out of Los Angeles, will be in charge of all levels of marketing for the company, including branding, multiplatform expansion, ad sales…

Eli Manning, Meet Your New Teammate, SpongeBob SquarePants

Eli Manning will soon have a new teammate: SpongeBob Squarepants. Manning and a number of other of his National Football League colleagues–both players and coaches–are going to lend their voice talents to a new series on Nicktoons, both the cable…

Apple’s iPhone Fix May Be Imminent

An iOS 4.0.1 software fix is in the works and may arrive early this week, reports CNET. Around the time the iPhone 4 was first released last week, users started flooding the Internet with complaints that holding the phone a…

Oprah’s OWN Investigating Foul Play in Online Voting for Finding Talk-Show Host

Oprah Winfrey’s OWN, her television network that will debut in early 2011, is investigating foul play in an online voting contest to find the host of a talk show, reports Fox 411. The contest, which requires contestants to submit video…

Ad Age’s Annual Ratings Share Chart for the New TV Season; Plus: Why Advertisers Are Paying More for Less

What will be watched SUNDAY ABC CBS NBC FOX CW 7 P.M. (ET) America’s Funniest Home Videos 4.17 60 Minutes 7.83 Football Night in America 3.2/5.9 The OT 7.15 8 P.M. (ET) Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 5.48 The Amazing…

Forecast Indicates U.S. Ad Spending Has Bottomed Out; TV and Online Seen Outpacing Other Media

A new forecast indicates ad spending in the United States bottomed out earlier this year, with the overall figure for 2010 expected to decline 1.3 percent to $145 billion, down from the $147 billion spent in 2009. U.S. ad spending…

Oy Vey: New iPhone 4 is Perfect–As Long as You Don’t Hold It the Wrong Way

Apple’s new iPhone 4 seemed almost perfect, until customers started reporting dropped calls and slower signals when they cradled the device in some places, The New York Times reports. Touching a metal band designed to improve the phone’s signal reception…

FCC Places Brakes on Comcast-NBCU Merger, Says Companies Returned Incomplete Responses

The Federal Communications Commission has placed the brakes on its process for vetting the Comcast-NBC Universal merger, saying the companies didn’t provide complete responses to a May request for information, B&C reports. The FCC also said the companies didn’t follow…

Al Gore Accuser Looking to Sell Story of Alleged Sexual Abuse for $1 Million

The massage therapist who has claimed former vice president Al Gore sexual abused her is seeking $1 million to reveal her identity and more details of Gore’s alleged behavior, reports the New York Post’s Page Six. The woman’s attorney is…