Just days after the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Discovery has canceled the docu-reality show "American Guns," Deadline.com reports. The show, which tracks a family of gun makers, has drawn angry messages on its Facebook…
After hitting a snag in its attempt to revive two canceled ABC soap operas last year, the production company behind the effort appears to have the project back on track. The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed reports that Prospect Park has…
A Florida man who was caught in the FBI’s “Operation Hackerazzi” after hacking into celebrities’ e-mail accounts has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, CNN reports. “Christopher Chaney, 36, stole nude photos, scripts and personal information from the e-mail…
In a move that extends Nielsen’s monopoly reach on TV ratings to also include the U.S. radio market, the company announced plans today to buy Arbitron for $1.26 billion, Advertising Age reports. “Nielsen, already by far the largest research company…
Social media blew up over the weekend with Oscar winner Morgan Freeman’s reaction to the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn., but it turned out the words were not the actor’s, reports TheWrap.com. Freeman’s publicist Stan Rosenfield declared…
Top marketers including Anheuser Busch, Volkswagen, Coca-Cola and Best Buy are rolling out their ad plans for the upcoming Super Bowl, and Advertising Age is keeping track of the details — what they’re buying, which agencies are handling the campaigns…
The one-hour daily syndicated program “TMZ Live” is getting expanded distribution starting in fall 2013, with the Fox-owned stations expanding their carriage of the show from seven to 17 stations. Ken Werner, president of Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution, and…
Cox Communications and The Walt Disney Co. have reached a long-term carriage deal that expands options for watching Disney-owned networks both in and out of the home, reports Reuters. Live and on-demand content from Disney networks, including ABC and ESPN,…
Legendary daytime drama producer Paul Rauch, who in his time oversaw six soap operas as executive producer — including "Another World," "One Life to Live," "Santa Barbara" and, most recently, "The Young and the Restless" — has died at age…
Joe L. Allbritton, who founded Allbritton Communications — the parent company of Washington D.C.-based ABC affiliate WJLA, cable’s News Channel 8 in the D.C. area, and Politico — died Wednesday at 87, TVNewsCheck reports. Allbritton, a national champion debater in…