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Congress Goes After FCC’s Martin

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell is ripping the Federal Communications Commission for “an apparent breakdown in an open and transparent regulatory process” and the congressman said a committee panels will launch an inquiry. As Congress returned to…

NBCU Cuts Jobs at Oxygen Media

NBC Universal began making deep job cuts Monday at Oxygen Media, which it acquired last month. The cuts represent about 25% of Oxygen’s 260 person staff and came from across all departments. NBCU said it spent the last few week…

Cartoon Network’s Davidson Dies at 38

Jennifer Davidson, 38, senior VP of programming and scheduling at Cartoon Network, died unexpectedly on Saturday morning due to a sudden illness. The wife and mother of three was one of the first 15 people hired at Cartoon Network, starting…

Zucker Hopes for Strike Dialogue

On Day 29 of the Hollywood writers strike, NBC Universal President and CEO Jeff Zucker said he’s “hoping the two sides will begin a real dialogue” when they are scheduled to meet again tomorrow. Studios and networks made a new…

AOL Partners With Amazon Unbox

The online TV download business grew smaller today as AOL officially shuttered its AOL Video Store. The Web giant has now partnered with Amazon Unbox. Under the deal, AOL is sending traffic to former competitor Amazon Unbox and will receive…

Writers Strike News Roundup: Mon., Dec. 3

Optimism For Speedy Strike End Wanes Industry insiders are skeptical for a quick end of the writers strike, even in the face of renewed contract talks, Daily Variety reports. Most are looking at March for the soonest end to the…

Strike Sends Season Sliding

Nets May Crash Cable’s Summer Party

Nov. Sweep Win 3 in a Row for ABC

CBS Holds Its Lead in Total Viewers

Four Cablers Fly on Interactive ‘Runway’

Bravo Takes Leap Toward Standardizing Tech

QuickTakes: Do you think Fox’s upcoming lie-detector series ‘The Moment of Truth’ is going too far?

“It won’t help raise American SAT scores, but it’s certainly no cause for alarm. The invasion of other people’s privacy will always be a source of entertainment. It may not represent TV at its most high-minded, but I don’t think…