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Behind Chase Carey’s Remarks About Hulu Adopting a Pay Model: Hollywood is Scared to Death About What Technology is Doing to Its Businesses

In an eye-opening piece on CNET, titled "End of the World as Hollywood Knows it," Greg Sandoval, the respected reporter who used to write for The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times, explains why Hollywood is freaking out about…

Revamped CNN Web Site Coming Monday

CNN.com already gets 38 million unique visitors a month, but the network thinks it could do better, and will launch a redesign on Monday, the New York Times reports. The revamped site will include more online video featured more prominently….

Which TV Names Are on Fortune’s New ’40 Under 40′ List of ‘Business’s Hottest Rising Stars’?

James Murdoch, chairman and CEO, Europe and Asia, and heir apparent at his father’s News Corp., landed at No. 3 on Fortune’s “40 Under 40” list of “Business’s Hottest Rising Stars.” Among the other TV names on the list are Hulu…

Lego Getting Its Own Reality Series

The building block toy Lego is getting its own reality series, Variety reports. Producer Scott Messick (Cartoon Network’s "Destroy Build Destroy”) teamed up with the Lego Group to develop docuseries, competition shows and kid’s game shows based on the toy….

Hulu to Charge Users in 2010

Chase Carey, the deputy chairman of News. Corp — which co-owns Hulu — says the popular online destination that carries TV programming, will start charging users, probably as soon as 2010, B&C reports. Noting that “It’s time to start getting…

Former Winning Team’s Manager Joins Fox World Series Coverage

A World Series-winning team manager will become part of the Fox Sports World Series coverage team, according to the Associated Press. Ozzie Guillen, who is manager of the Chicago White Sox, will work side by side with anchor Chris Rose and…

‘EastEnders’ to Launch Web Spinoff Aimed at Teens

Producers of the long-running British soap opera "EastEnders" are creating an online-only spinoff aimed at the youth market, reports Variety. Leading up to the soap’s 25th anniversary in February, "EastEnders: E20" will commence a 13-part series in early 2010. The Webisodes will…

Media Giant, Thought to Be in the Running for NBCU, Thinks Comcast Will End Up the Winning Bidder

A very top executive of one of the media companies thought to be bidding for NBC Universal said at a media conference that he thinks Comcast will likely end up getting NBCU, B&C reports.  Chase Carey, vice chairman of News Corp., said his company…

Web Show Parody from ‘Daily Show’ Alum Coming to a TV Screen Near You

"Children’s Hospital," the very funny Web series that parodies TV hospital shows such as "Grey’s Anatomy," has been picked up by a cable network, Variety reports. The series, from "Daily Show" alum Rob Corrdry, who also stars in the series, has…

Redstone’s Stock Sales Send Viacom, CBS Shares Up

Sumner Redstone’s sale of nearly $1 billion in shares of Viacom and CBS stock sent share prices in both companies up, the Los Angeles Times reports. Usually when the chairman of a company sells his own shares, the opposite happens….