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FCC Waiver Allows Tribune Deal to Proceed

FCC Approval Allows Deal to Meet Deadline

Keri Renewal Sponsors Lifetime Reality Series

‘Queer Eye’s’ Kressley Set to Host ‘Naked’

Real People Review Movies for Reelz

Viewers Will Vote Off Three Webcam Critics Each Week

Sprout Plants ‘Fifi’ on Linear Channel

Outlet Hopes U.S. Exclusive Will Help It Build Audience

FCC-Cable Battle May Have Legs

Dispute Could Affect Issues Facing Agency in Future

The Insider: No Opinions, Just Questions

Forget the residual deal points for a few minutes. Four weeks into the writers strike, The Insider has more (im)pertinent questions to kick around. Like: Who’da thunk NBC’s Carson Daly would have been the first late-nighter to go back to…

Syndie Series at Season Highs at Sweeps’ Midpoint

‘Wheel,’ ‘Men,’ ‘Family Guy,’ ‘Ellen’ See Gains in Key Demographics

Hollywood Writers, Producers Resume Battle

The war of words is back on in the Hollywood writers strike. Contract negotiations temporarily ceased Thursday, with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers and the Writers Guild of America issuing starkly contrasting statements characterizing the progress made…

FCC Approves Tribune Waiver on Party-Line Vote

The Federal Communications Commission on Friday, on a 3-to-2 party-line vote, approved the Tribune Co.’s sale to investor Sam Zell and an employee stock ownership plan, allowing the $8.2 billion deal to go forward by year end. The FCC gave…

Writers Strike News Roundup: Fri., Nov. 30

Conan Covers Staff Salaries Conan O’Brien is offering to pay 80 non-writing staff members of his show “Late Night With Conan O’Brien” for the foreseeable future, Daily Variety says. Mr. O’Brien joins David Letterman in opting to pay staff through…