TLC reality star Honey Boo Boo is in a dispute with the Girl Scouts of the USA, which is trying to stop her from selling Girl Scout cookies, reports TMZ.com. The problem is that Honey Boo Boo, whose real name…
Simon Cowell, who has been behind such iconic talent competitions as “American Idol” and “The X Factor,” is creating yet another talent competition. The U.K.’s Independent reports that Cowell’s production company Syco is working with YouTube on the show, “The…
The creative team behind a successful 1990s comedy series has sued Walt Disney Co. for allegedly failing to properly exploit the show, The Hollywood Reporter’s Hollywood, Esq. reports. The lawsuit over “Home Improvement” was filed by the Wind Dancer Production…
Dish Network has scored a partial victory in court, winning one out of four claims it brought against Walt Disney Co.’s ESPN over the terms of a sports programming contract, reports Bloomberg. A jury awarded Dish $4.85 million, only a…
AOL has named a veteran media executive to head up its portfolio of brands, including TechCrunch and Mapquest. Reuters reports that the company appointed board director Susan Lyne to the post. Lyne is vice chairman of Gilt.com, an online flash…
ABC News has named a new political director, expanding the role of an “ABC World News” fixture, B&C reports. The promotion of “World News” senior Washington editor Rick Klein comes amid a flurry of hiring moves for the network’s news…
Daily Variety, which began publishing 80 years ago, in 1933, will publish its last print edition on March 18, 2013, reports its sibling publication, Deadline.com. (Deadline owner Penske Media Corp. bought Variety last fall.) The article, by Deadline founder Nikki Finke, is…
Following up on Sunday’s high-profile gig as host of the Academy Awards, Seth MacFarlane took to Twitter and indicated that he won’t make himself available for a second try at the job, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed. In…
Conservative pundit Glenn Beck is making a push that will place his media company, TheBlaze, in more direct competition with his former employer, Fox News Channel, reports TVNewser.com. Beck has launched a campaign called GetTheBlaze, which urges fans to call…
Netflix Chief Executive Reed Hastings said that the streaming service’s revival of "Arrested Development" is likely to vary from most of the other original programming the service is producing, reports Deadline.com. For most of its announced original series, such as…