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Walt Disney Co.'s ESPN says it is cutting staff
Just one week after touting its strength to advertisers and declaring it wasn't worried about new competition from Fox Sports, ESPN is cutting its staff. The moves are part of an overall cost-cutting effort by ESPN parent Walt Disney Co. Earlier this...
Tags: U.S. Open (tennis), The Walt Disney Co., Layoffs and Downsizing, Job Layoffs, ESPN (tv network)
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'Star Trek' to hit warp speed. ESPN takes U.S. Open. CW upfront.
After the coffee. Before the flight back to Los Angeles. The Skinny: Finally heading home after a week and a half in New York. Hope my cats remember me and didn't tear our place up. Friday's headlines include the weekend box-office preview, some...
Tags: Media Industry, Star Trek (movie, 2009), Iron Man 3 (movie), Entertainment, ESPN (tv network)
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ESPN to take over U.S. Open tennis rights from CBS in 2015
After holding serve for 45 years, CBS has lost the rights to the nation's premier tennis tournament. ESPN on Thursday said it has clinched an 11-year deal with the United States Tennis Assn. for the exclusive TV rights, beginning in 2015, for the annual...
Tags: Media Industry, Southeastern Conference, National Collegiate Athletic Association, PGA Championship, The Walt Disney Co.
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Less dancing at ABC! Viacom jumps gun in upfront ad race.
After the coffee. Before the CBS and TNT upfronts. Jealous yet? The Skinny: It feels like I've been here a week. Oh wait, I have been here a week! By the time most of you read this, I'll have already been to two upfront events and in desperate need of a...
Tags: Music Industry, Scandal (tv program), Entertainment, Television, Grey's Anatomy (tv program)
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Fox bets on stars! ESPN eyes Open. Pressure on Sony to split
After the coffee. Before the ESPN and ABC upfronts. The Skinny: I got through the day without any pizza. Let's see if I can make it two in a row. Tuesday's headlines include Fox's new TV schedule for next season. Also, a hedge fund manager is pressuring...
Tags: Media Industry, Networking, Health and Medical Professionals, Entertainment, Tennis Channel (tv network)
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Fox Sports 2 likely to launch in August alongside Fox Sports 1
News Corp.'s Fox Sports will launch not one, but two new national sports cable channels in August, according to people familiar with the plan. In March, Fox Sports said it would debut Fox Sports 1 on Aug. 17. At the time, the company downplayed talk...
Tags: New York Yankees, FX (tv channel), Entertainment, Television, News Corp.
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2013 TV upfronts: ESPN not worried about a la carte or competition
ESPN President John Skipper said Tuesday he isn’t too worried about proposed legislation from Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) that would allow consumers to pick what channels they want instead of buying a big package of networks. “We don’...
Tags: Entertainment, ESPN (tv network), Television, News Corp., Fox Broadcasting Company
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2013 TV upfronts: Fox unveils fall and midseason schedules
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.NEW YORK -- With ratings for "American Idol" tumbling and few new hits to speak of other than "The Following," Fox will unveil a 2013-14 schedule Monday that includes five new comedies and four dramas during its upfront presentation to advertisers in...Tags: ABC (tv network), Brooklyn (New York City), Entertainment, The Mindy Project (tv program), Television
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers' Ronde Barber to retire after 16 seasons
Ronde Barber has played 16 seasons, pulled in 47 interceptions, won a Super Bowl and made five Pro Bowls. And he did it with just one team, Tampa Bay. And even though the Buccaneers were open to having him return another season, the 38-year-old...
Tags: Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Derrick Brooks, Football, TBS (tv network), Ronde Barber
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Fox veteran Peter Levinsohn named Universal Studios president
Longtime digital media veteran Peter Levinsohn will join Universal Pictures as president and chief distribution officer, overseeing worldwide home entertainment, new media and digital strategy and international and domestic television distribution....
Tags: Media Industry, IGN Entertainment, Inc., Entertainment, Apple iTunes, Amazon.com Inc.
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Rupert Murdoch's entertainment group to be named 21st Century Fox
Rupert Murdoch has settled on a new name for his soon-to-be-reconstituted film and television company: 21st Century Fox, a moniker with a guaranteed 87-year shelf life. That should be more than sufficient for the 82-year-old media mogul. Murdoch and...
Tags: Media Industry, Newspapers, Entertainment, Newspaper and Magazine, Television
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FS West split screen of Kings, Clippers might not be best solution
Tuesday night it seemed to be Christmas in April for Fox Sports West. First the defending Stanley Cup champion Los Angeles Kings and then the suddenly struggling Los Angeles Clippers were involved in key playoff games shown on the channel. Except then...
Tags: Los Angeles Kings, TNT (tv network), Stanley Cup Playoffs, Los Angeles Clippers, Jonathan Quick
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