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Paramount Puts TV Division in Hands of Digital Exec

Paramount has named a president of its new television division, with an appointment that makes it clear the company is making digital a high priority. Variety reports that Amy Powell was named president of Paramount Television. "Powell will continue to…

Just Like Old Times: Roseanne Barr and Tom Arnold Renew Their War of Words

It was deja vu all over again, but this time the battle raged on Twitter, in full view of the public. With fans following along closely, Roseanne Barr and Tom Arnold got into an online fight over old wedding videos,…

Cable Channel Buys Election-Polling Guru Nate Silver’s Website

FiveThirtyEight creator Nate Silver, who has been writing a blog of the same name for The New York Times, sold his company to ESPN, reports TVNewser.com. Silver said ESPN bought the FiveThirtyEight name and Web domain as part of a…

Aereo Seen as Possible Bargaining Chip in Fight Over Broadcast Fees

With a programming blackout looming in the increasingly rancorous negotiation between CBS and Time Warner Cable, The New York Times reports that the startup Aereo service, which streams broadcast TV signals over the Internet, is surfacing as a possible bargaining…

‘Two and a Half Men’ Gets Back at Star Who Called the Show ‘Filth’

"Two and a Half Men" star Angus T. Jones, who blasted the CBS sitcom during an episode last year that has been widely described as a meltdown, is getting left on the cutting room floor. The show’s producers are editing…

How CNBC Turned an Embarrassing Clip Into a PR Fiasco (Here’s the Clip)

CNBC made what’s being called a public relations blunder after some of its on-air personalities got a lesson in the banking system from Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. Deadline.com reports that the cable channel "looked like a sore loser" after it…

Geraldo Rivera Tweets Half-Naked Photo of Himself After Turning 70 — Look If You Dare

Geraldo Rivera shared a selfie of himself Sunday morning, pictured half-naked and with a towel covering his privates, writing on Twitter, "70 is the new 50," TVNewser.com reports. Rivera turned 70 July 4. The Twitterverse responded by retweeting the image hundreds of times,…

Apple Testing iPads and iPhones With Larger Screens

Apple is working on iPhones and tablets with larger screens, according to a Wall Street Journal report citing officials at the company’s suppliers. "In recent months, Apple has asked for prototype smartphone screens larger than 4 inches and has also…

CBS and Time Warner Cable Ratchet Up the Rhetoric as Talks Reach an Impasse

CBS and Time Warner Cable are taking their problems public, with each starting a campaign to make the other company look bad as discussions over a new distribution deal reached an impasse, reports Joe Flint in the Los Angeles Times….

Emmy Voters Redefine Television as Netflix Crashes the Party

Industry watchers are digesting this morning’s news that an online series, Netflix’s "House of Cards," crashed television’s biggest annual awards party in a big way, grabbing nine Primetime Emmy nominations, with the online streaming site — which brought in a…