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How the Silverman NBC Exit Story was First Reported Publicly by….Ryan Seacrest??!!

Though it had been rumored for months that Ben Silverman was going to leave NBC, when the event actually happened, it was first reported not by a professional reporter, but by Ryan Seacrest on his Twitter account. The Los Angeles…

Google Partners with Visible World to Make its Auction Based TV Initiative More Attractive

Google has been pushing its auction-based Google TV initiative for some time now. According to the Wall St. Journal, Google "is teaming up with Visible World Inc., a well-known New York technology company that uses software to create multiple versions of a…

Time Warner Profit Takes a 34% Dive in Second Quarter; Ad Slump, Slow DVD Sales Blamed

Time Warner Inc.’s second-quarter profit shrank 34 percent due to revenue declines in its publishing, movie and online properties, which were affected by the ad slump and slow DVD sales, the Associated Press reports. Time Warner, owner of Warner Bros., the HBO and…

TV and Movie Marketing Executives: Is the Twitter Glass Half-Full or Half-Empty?

Seems to us, given that–at the most– there are about 7,000 attendees in a sold-out hall during any one event at Comic-Con, that we were getting Tweeted a-plenty. But this article in Variety says no, that the Twitter-buzz generated from…

Quick: What Song–Whose Singer Has Had a Ton of BAD Publicity In Recent Months– Has Soared Into iTunes Top 10 This Week

Chris Brown should take this as a sign that he’s got to be serious about no longer hitting women: Due to nothing he’s done, his song ‘Forever" has soared back into the iTunes Top 10 Chart. The reason, of course,…

Apple Working on New Entertainment Multimedia Device With 10 Inch Screen

Apple’s much anticipated iTable-device, that could launch later this year, is likely to be able to let users read and see and hear a variety of media, from TV shows to movies to books to music albums, Mercurynews.com reports. The device…

Viacom Optimistic as Profits Tumble and TV Media Revenues Slide

Revenue at Viacom’s media neworks division, which includes its cable networks, slid 8% to $197 million in the second quarter, the Associated Press reports. Domestic ad revenue slipped 6%. Howvever, Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman said he was pleased with how the upfront…

New Channel From Partners Viacom, Lionsgate and MGM Signs First Distributor

Epix, the new premium channel that’s a co-venture between Viacom, Lionsgate and MGM has signed its first distributor, Verizon’s FiOS, MediaWeek reports. According to the article, the "deal gives Verizon a lot of flexibility to offer Epix a la carte and…

Silverman’s Tenure Zucker’s Fault. And Who the Heck Hired Zucker?

TV Critic Tim Goodman at the San Francisco Chronicle takes on NBCU chief Jeff Zucker, and even those who pre-date him. –Chuck Ross

Verizon Wireless May Package Fios, Cell Phone and Internet Services

Verizon Wireless may package its Fios, mobile phone and Internet services, Bloomberg reports. Fios customers almost doubled in the last quarter, performing much better in that regard than Verizon’s mobile phone division, Bloomberg says. “A year from now, we’d be…