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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: Satellite and Cable Service, I Love Lucy (tv program), Breaking Bad (tv program), Mutual Funds, News Corp.
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Rupert Murdoch warns about Facebook, sees echo of 'crappy' Myspace
Today marks the one-year anniversary of Facebook's initial public offering, a milestone that often prompts reflection and introspection. And in the case of Rupert Murdoch, the occasion provided an opportunity for a nanny-nanny-nah-nah tweet: "Look out...
Tags: News Corp., Media Industry, MySpace, Computer Networking and Internet, Rupert Murdoch
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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: ABC (tv network), Nickelodeon (tv network), Satellite and Cable Service, Chuck Lorre, Dance
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'Gatsby' does great. Upfront week! Bruce Rosenblum on way out.
After the coffee. Before getting through two upfronts in one day. The Skinny: It's a beautiful day here in New York. Too bad I'll spend it indoors at the NBC and Fox upfronts, and then running in and out of Starbucks to steal their Wi-Fi to file blog...
Tags: Go On (tv program), Smash (tv program), The New Normal (tv program), Iron Man 3 (movie), Rupert Murdoch
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John McCain introduces Television Consumer Freedom Act of 2013
Calling the business practices of the television industry an "injustice being inflicted on the American people," Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) introduced legislation Thursday he said will give consumers more choice and control over their pay-TV services....
Tags: ABC (tv network), The Walt Disney Co., Media Industry, Satellite and Cable Service, John McCain
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McCain is prepping legislation to overhaul pay-TV business
The maverick wants to cook the TV industry's golden goose. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is preparing to introduce legislation perhaps as early as Thursday that would dramatically overhaul the television business and will probably be met with strong...
Tags: ABC (tv network), Nickelodeon (tv network), Media Industry, Satellite and Cable Service, John McCain
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Give cable TV subscribers more freedom of choice
President Obama has nominated venture capitalist Tom Wheeler, a former lobbyist for the cable and the wireless industries, to serve as head of the Federal Communications Commission. "Tom knows this stuff inside and out," Obama said. If that's true, I...
Tags: Satellite and Cable Service, Mad Men (tv program), Prices, Federal Communications Commission, Barack Obama
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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: Nickelodeon (tv network), Media Industry, Television Networks, Summer Olympics, Television
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Chinese Theatre closes for renovations
Hollywood's best-known theater is going dark for several months. The former Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood shut down this week for several months of renovations and a digital face lift. The storied theater held its final movie showing last...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Travel, Arrested Development (tv program) , Sid Grauman, Iron Man 3 (movie)
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NBC's Harbert adds to duties. Lights-out quarter for CBS.
After the coffee. Before trying to find a hardware store. The Skinny: It was a tough choice but I decided to go with the season finale of FX's "The Americans" last night instead of ABC's "Nashville," which I recorded for later. Let this be a lesson to...
Tags: China, ABC (tv network), The Wall Street Journal, Iron Man 3 (movie), Personal Weapon Control
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Wheeler rolling to FCC. DreamWorks Animation eyes AwesomenessTV
After the coffee. Before a long morning of earnings calls. The Skinny: I got through the season finale of "The Following" last night. It wasn't easy. Fortunately, afterward I watched the premiere of Comedy Central's "Inside Amy," which was a tad...
Tags: MSNBC (tv network), Satellite and Cable Service, Mad Men (tv program), Two and a Half Men (tv program), The Philadelphia Inquirer
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Weak Paramount slate contributes to Viacom's 18% drop in profit
Paramount Pictures turned in another disappointing performance, contributing to an 18% drop in quarterly earnings for parent company Viacom Inc., the media conglomerate reported Wednesday. The Melrose Avenue movie studio suffered from the DVD blues...
Tags: Media Industry, Black Entertainment Television (tv network), Television, Philippe P. Dauman, Entertainment
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