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CBS boss Les Moonves king of network TV with 2012-13 ratings win
Last week, CBS boss Leslie Moonves told ad buyers his network was at the "center" of the media universe. On Tuesday, he proved why. CBS wrapped the 2012-13 TV season with a commanding victory in every single ratings category, according to Nielsen....
Tags: Arrested Development (tv program) , The Big Bang Theory (tv program), NCIS (tv program), Television, Entertainment
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Networks send SOS to Michael J. Fox, Robin Williams and other stars
Ā If viewers are losing interest in broadcast TV, what can lure them back? Executives hope they have an answer: stars. Lifting the curtain on their 2013-14 schedules at the "upfronts" in New York this week, the networks behaved like smartphone-...
Tags: Carnegie Hall, The Voice (tv program), Fox Broadcasting Company, Amazon.com Inc., Buffy the Vampire Slayer (tv program)
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2013 TV upfronts: CBS unveils schedule with six new shows
NEW YORK -- Wrapping up a season in which it will finish first in both viewers and the crucial adults 18-49 demographic that advertisers favor, CBS unveiled a fall television schedule with four new comedies and two dramas. For CBS, the win in adults 18-...
Tags: Partners (tv program), Vegas (tv program), CSI (tv program), Allison Janney, Amazon.com Inc.
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Sony shares jump as hedge fund urges IPO of entertainment unit
Sony Corp. stock soared in afternoon trading after New York hedge fund Third Point proposed that the electronics and media giant make an initial public stock offering of up to 20% of its entertainment arm. That unit, known as Sony Entertainment Inc.,...
Tags: Cinema Industry, Breaking Bad (tv program), Satellite and Cable Service, Science and Technology, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc.
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TV broadcasters are in suspense over their upfront ad haul
Can the return of Michael J. Fox, agent Jack Bauer and "Ironside" help vanquish the flesh-eating zombies that are threatening to take a bite out of television broadcasters' fortunes? ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC are unveiling their fall lineups this week...
Tags: The Voice (tv program), Fox Broadcasting Company, Comcast Corporation, Radio City Music Hall, Starcom Incorporated
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A Sony entertainment spinoff would provide opening for CBS
New York hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb wants Japanese electronics giant Sony Corp. to spin off its Culver City entertainment business. CBS Corp. might like that, too. Loeb, whose Third Point funds own more than $1 billion in Sony stock, sent a letter...
Tags: Breaking Bad (tv program), AMC (tv network), Satellite and Cable Service, Viacom Inc., Services and Shopping
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Economists predict modest growth in advertising spending
Economists are forecasting slow growth in advertising spending for the remainder of 2013 amid encouraging signs from the U.S. labor market. Media companies are doing their best to grab a bigger slice of the pie. This week, Wall Street cheered Viacom...
Tags: Media Industry, Nickelodeon (tv network), Advertising, Television, Entertainment
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CBS' quarterly revenue tops $4 billion; profit up 22%
The lights didn't go out on CBS Corp. during the first quarter. The Super Bowl -- which was marred by a third-quarter power outage that dimmed the lights in the New Orleans Superdome -- helped the broadcasting giant rake in more than $4 billion in...
Tags: Media Industry, Mercedes-Benz Superdome, American Football Conference, Football, Advertising
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CBS CEO Leslie Moonves' 2012 pay package valued at $62.2 million
CBS is home to "Two Broke Girls" and one rich chief executive. Leslie Moonves, the CEO of CBS, had a 2012 compensation package valued at $62.2 million, according to the company's proxy statement filed Friday. Although that makes Moonves the highest-...
Tags: CEO Pay, Media Industry, Corporate Officers, 2 Broke Girls (tv program), The Walt Disney Co.
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CBS gets half of TV Guide Channel. Web production helps Los Angeles.
After the coffee. Before getting over jet lag. The Skinny: On Tuesday, I said I missed Monday's "The Following." Last night, I caught up with it and was infuriated as usual. Don't any of these FBI agents wear bulletproof vests, and don't they know...
Tags: Fox Broadcasting Company, The Following (tv program), Smash (tv program), Satellite and Cable Service, Today (tv program)
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CBS in talks to acquire half of TV Guide Network
Looking to expand its cable portfolio, CBS is in talks to acquire a 50% stake in TV Guide Network for about $100 million. Currently co-owned by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. and One Equity Partners, an investment arm of JPMorgan Chase, TVGN has been on...
Tags: Curb Your Enthusiasm (tv program), Computing and Information Technology Industry, Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation, Entertainment, Television
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Daily Variety ends boffo run
Hold onto your Tuesday copy of Daily Variety. It could be worth something oneĀ day. The publication, which has kept Hollywood insiders on top of whose star is rising and whose is falling for almost 80 years, ended its run as a print vehicle today to...
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