Time Warner is asking its bondholders to adjust the terms of its debt to permit it to dispose of AOL’s assets, the Wall Street Journal reports. The new CEO Time Warner hired for its troubled AOL unit, Tim Armstrong, formerly…
Foxnews.com entertainment writer Roger Friedman was fired for reviewing a pirated copy of the 20th Century Fox film “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” which has been leaked on the Internet, the New York Times reports. The report confirms an earlier post by…
After the cancellation of the long-running soap opera “Guiding Light” by CBS, Procter & Gamble Productions will be focusing on digital media and Web sites to push its products to consumers, Dow Jones reports. P&G is also look at ways…
A new television ad campaign for Sprint Nextel focuses on Internet and data services available through the company’s cell phone service, the Wall Street Journal says. Sprint has been losing share to AT&T and Verizon Wireless, the paper says. —Jon…
Denise Garcia has joined Next New Networks as senior vice president of sales. Ms. Garcia will oversee the online TV company’s sales, advertising solutions and ad operations teams, while advancing its integrated advertising offerings. She comes to Next New Networks…
It might not be obvious on the surface, but the new limited-run drama “Harper’s Island” has a lot in common with another CBS island-based show: “Survivor.” Like Mark Burnett’s groundbreaking reality series, “Harper’s”—an “I Know What You Did Last Summer”-style…
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